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Sunday, December 23, 2012

Details Emerge in Death of Red Bank Woman in Middletown

On Oct. 1, Janet Ramos Morales died in the Bank of America parking lot on Route 35 South.

Middletown police have released a report that gives more information about how a 27-year old Red Bank woman was killed in the Middletown Bank of America parking lot, at Route 35 and Navesink River Road, on Oct. 1.  According to the investigation report, Janet Ramos Morales of Herbert Street, an unlicensed driver, was operating a 2002 Ford Explorer SUV when she pulled into the parking lot from the Route 35 South entrance. In attempting to make a left hand turn into an angled parking stall in the rear, police believe she was driving too fast and wound up side-swiping the passenger side of an unoccupied Toyota Tundra pick-up, and vaulting over the curb.  Her husband Angel Rojas Faustino, 34, was a passenger in the Ford Explorer, as was their …

Monday, April 30, 2012

Bank of America Closes its Doors in Little Silver

The plaza's management company says there are "lots of interested parties" to fill its space.

There's one less place to do your banking in Little Silver with the closing of the borough's Bank of America branch last week. The bank closed its doors for good on Friday and whether or not another banking institution will move in or perhaps a different category of renter is still up in the air, according to Ben Lucarelli, principal for JPL Realty Management in Red Bank, which owns the property. "We've got lots of interested parties," Lucarelli told Patch on Monday. The bank, which has been in that location since 2004, elected not to renew its lease due to "evolving customer demand," a spokesperson for Bank of America told Patch in February. "The location was not generating enough traffic," he said Right around the bend, tucked into the …

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Shore Area Banks Say They Won't Charge for Debit Cards

Bank of America announced plans last week to charge $5 per month for debit cards.

Local banks say they won't follow the lead of the nation's largest bank to charge customers for the use of debit cards. Like cell phones and MP3 players, debit cards have become nearly ubiquitous in recent years, representing the payment method for about half of consumer purchases nationwide, according to recent banking industry data. But the nation's largest bank – Bank of America – announced last week that it would begin charging some customers $5 per month to use the cards, which deduct money from a customer's account when they purchase an item at a store or online. The cards can also be used as traditional ATM cards to deposit and withdraw money at teller machines; Bank of America customers who use their cards only for ATM purposes won…

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