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RED BANK: CRIME & ARREST REPORTS
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RED BANK: Graffiti and contempt of court charges dominate January blotter, with arrests also for weapons and DWI.
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February 23rd, 2024 @ 5pm
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RED BANK: CARDS, BOOZE AND BAD LUCK
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RED BANK: Taking it back to Monmouth Street in 1924 for a story about guns, booze, gambling and "the cop with 100 hats."
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February 14th, 2024 @ 1pm
RED BANK: SILENCE CONTINUES ON PBA V. CHIEF
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RED BANK: Seven months after PBA complaint, McConnell is still police chief, awaiting a decision that will allow him to retire.
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February 14th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: CRIME & ARREST REPORTS
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RED BANK: Police blotter for December includes reported theft of $1,950 from a vehicle's glove compartment.
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January 17th, 2024 @ 9am
RED BANK: CRIME & ARREST REPORTS
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RED BANK: Lots of graffiti, four DWI arrests, and a borough man arrested twice in a month. Police blotter for November.
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December 15th, 2023 @ 9am
RED BANK: PBA AGAIN BLASTS McCONNELL
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RED BANK: PBA files grievance against McConnell as he ends "interim" borough leadership and awaits word on retirement as chief.
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December 15th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: BOROUGH GETS NEW MANAGER
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RED BANK: For top job at borough hall, council approves a 38-year-old municipal administrator who began his career as a police dispatcher.
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November 17th, 2023 @ 4pm
RED BANK: CRIME & ARREST REPORTS
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RED BANK: October police blotter includes graffiti, car vandalism, DWIs and more. See what's going down on your street.
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November 15th, 2023 @ 11am
RED BANK: VOTE ON TOWN MANAGER SLATED
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RED BANK: Council schedules special session to vote on contract for new borough manager. Police chief has been "interim" since mid-2021.
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November 14th, 2023 @ 6pm
RED BANK: DE-ESCALATION IN ACTION
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RED BANK: Bodycam video of July standoff with a knife-wielding man shows de-escalation in action, says incoming police chief.
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November 3rd, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: CRIME & ARREST REPORTS
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RED BANK: Police blotter for September includes man arrested for alleged sexual assault of a minor, five motorists charged with DWI.
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October 13th, 2023 @ 2pm
RED BANK: POLICE CHASE & NAB SUSPECTS
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RED BANK: Police arrest three Elizabeth men on car-burglary charges after hot pursuits on foot early Monday morning.
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October 3rd, 2023 @ 11pm
RED BANK: FILM SHOT HERE TO SCREEN
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RED BANK: "Miranda's Victim," a period film with scenes shot locally, to get a special screening with the director and actors Saturday.
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September 25th, 2023 @ 11am
RED BANK: CRIME & ARREST REPORTS
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RED BANK: Valuables left in cars, and valuable parts from the undersides of cars, were popular targets for thieves in August. Police blotter.
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September 15th, 2023 @ 2pm
RED BANK: ‘PEDESTRIAN’ COPS NAB 30
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RED BANK: Cops posing as pedestrians issued summonses to 30 motorists for safety violations earlier this week.
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September 14th, 2023 @ 3pm
RED BANK: DIVERSION PROGRAM LAUNCHED
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RED BANK: Prosecutor expands effort to steer individuals battling substance abuse and mental health disorders into recovery.
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September 5th, 2023 @ 5pm
RED BANK: SUSPECT CHARGED IN SHOOTING
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RED BANK: Police arrest 24-year-old suspect for shooting in which no one was injured at a hair salon three months ago.
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August 31st, 2023 @ 3pm
RED BANK: MCPO WEIGHS IN ON PBA CLAIM
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RED BANK: Prosecutor's statement refutes "another misrepresentation of the facts by the PBA" regarding his leadership, McConnell says.
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August 14th, 2023 @ 9pm
RED BANK: CRIME & ARREST REPORTS
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RED BANK: In police blotter for July, pricey wedding dress ($3200), mop bucket ($75) reported stolen; graffiti spree intensifies.
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August 14th, 2023 @ 3pm
RED BANK: McCONNELL REBUTS ALLEGATIONS
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RED BANK: Refuting PBA allegations, McConnell says he had a relationship with a former "significant other" of a department employee "years ago," but none since.
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August 12th, 2023 @ 8pm
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KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)