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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Preliminary Report on Main St., Middletown Fatal Collision Released

A preliminary police report gives new official details about the accident that killed a landscaper on Main Street, near Kolas Court.

A preliminary police investigation into a Sept. 17 fatal pedestrian-car accident on Main Street in North Middletown that killed Louis Cristello Sr., 62, of Hazlet categorizes the accident as "a hit-and-run." "Preliminary investigation reveals this as a 1-vehicle collision with a pedestrian, whereby Driver 1 fled the scene," states Middletown Cpl. Darrin Simon in the crash investigation report released Oct. 9 by Middletown Township Police.  Driver 1 is identified as Marissa Sasso, 24, of Twilight Place in Port Monmouth in the report.  "Driver 1 did return later and supplied blood and urine for toxicological examination," the report states. Results are pending. The report does not indicate when she returned. The fatal accident occured at 7:…

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Grassroots Push to Move Money on National Bank Transfer Day

The Move Your Money Project urges Americans to take their money out of the big banks on Saturday.

If activists get their way, there will be a whole lot of big bank customers clutching withdrawl slips this weekend. That's because Saturday is National Bank Transfer Day, the center of a push by the Move Your Money Project, a grassroots movement encouraging Americans to take money out of big banks and put it into the vaults of Main Street institutions. Local banks say they are already seeing an uptick in traffic to their branches from customers fed up with the threat of fee hikes from the likes of Bank of America. Rob Werner, COO of Two River Community Bank, which has 11 branches in Monmouth County, said even though Bank of America backed off on its plans to apply a $5 fee to debit purchases, many customers opted to vote with their feet. "…

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Rumson - Fair Haven Bank and Trust (in Rumson-Fair Haven Patch), United Teletech Financial (in Long Branch-Eatontown Patch), Two River Community Bank, and 2 more ›

Jessica Lotito

9:25 am on Monday, November 7, 2011

I like the small banks and credit unions.   more ›

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