Category Archives: Breaking News

Firefighters and other emergency personnel from a handful of towns were on the scene of a midmorning residential fire at 105 Rumson Road in Little Silver Wednesday. As of about 10:45a, the fire, said to have started in the basement,...

Bridge Avenue in Red Bank at 5:35p. Trains were moving through the station and traffic was clearing after a brief downpour. We'll post further updates on the Little Silver propane situation and the resulting rail and traffic tie-ups here. 5:12p:...

A leaking propane tank in the vicinity of the Little Silver train station is causing road and rail backups in Red Bank, according police radio transmissions. A train that's been reported to have been sitting in the Red Bank station...

The Star-Ledger reports that a juvenile bottlenose dolphin was found dead on the Fair Haven bank of the Navesink River this morning. And wNBC.com says most of the dolphin pod that's been in the river since July 7 appears to...

Red Bank police investigate a robbery across the street from the police station Friday afternoon. At right, a notice alerts customers that the branch has been temporarily closed. Red Bank police are investigating a robbery this afternoon at the Two...

Various unconfirmed emergency calls picked up over the police scanner during the storm: • A swimming pool reported in the middle of Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright • Phone line to Barnacle Bill's in Rumson pulled down (initial report said...

This is from the National Weather Service at 1:56p today: * AT 156 PM EDT.NATL WEATHER SVC DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED...

Councilman John Curley embraces Mayor Pasquale Menna after tonight's council session. With four months left to his term, firebrand Republican John Curley announced his resignation from the Red Bank Council tonight, creating the possibility that a party-chosen successor could get...

Mayor Pasquale Menna tells redbankgreen that the Red Bank First Aid Squad on Spring Street has opened its air conditioned facilities to the public while crews from JCP&L attempt to get the power back on as a result of the...

A power outage -- or outages, perhaps -- have has hit the east side of Red Bank as well as Little Silver, Fair Haven, Rumson and Sea Bright. There are no details on the specific cause or extent of the...

The suspect vehicle on Route 36 in Eatontown at about noon. Red Bank police apparently had a hand in the arrest of man suspected of robbing a Bank of America branch on Route 35 in Middletown late this morning. No...

A briefcase left next to a dumpster prompted the use of a bomb-sniffing dog at 200 White Road in Little Silver this morning, the Asbury Park Press is reporting. The presence of the unattended briefcase was reported to police at...

Today's downpours have led Sea Bright to cancel tonight's fireman's fair activities. Mayor Maria Fernandes says the fair will open at 3p both Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting. That's three hours earlier than previously scheduled. The fair, which kicked off...

Like the Democratic primary, this thing seems to go on and on. Well, maybe this will end it... or maybe not. A state Appeals Court today ruled in favor of former Heisman trophy winner (and Citigroup bigwig) Pete Dawkins and...

Flames shoot out the window of house at 37 Elm Place this afternoon. (Thanks to Robert Wainwright for this photo.) A fast-moving fire did extensive damage to a Red Bank house this afternoon. Firefighters quickly brought the blaze under control....

Students at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School spent more than two hours this afternoon locked in classrooms while authorities investigated a security threat, redbankgreen has learned. The Asbury Park Press reported that the school entered into a 2 1/2-hour lockdown...

Maybe you've seen her, or someone you're pretty sure was her, at the Antiques Center, a vaguely Garbo-esque figure picking among the lamps and jewelry. Or perhaps you've spotted her at the Red Bank post office; that had to have...

The former home of the Visiting Nurse Association on Bodman Place falls to the wrecking claw this morning. The longtime home of the Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey on Bodman Place is being torn down today. The building hasn't...

A northbound train zips through the crossing at Broad Street and Newman Springs Road this morning. North Jersey Coast Line trains are now reported to be running an hour late because of delays caused by a car that had been...

Bruce Springsteen has scheduled a May 7 concert at the Count Basie Theatre as a fundraiser for the historic Red Bank venue and some of its programs. The Monmouth Street theatre announced the rare headline appearance by the rocker this...