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RED BANK: CHIEF ADDRESSES USE OF FORCE
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RED BANK: Police chief says he has reviewed every arrest involving use of force over the past five years, and found no cases where it was inappropriate.
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December 6th, 2018 @ 1pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: One man ended up hospitalized and another was in custody following an alleged early morning assault downtown, police said Thursday.
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September 13th, 2018 @ 5pm
RED BANK: Report of noise disturbance leads to the arrest of two New York men in connection with a stolen car found running nearby.
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September 12th, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: GOP ATTACKS RIVAL OVER THREAT
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RED BANK: In the first attack of the 2018 election season, Republicans accuse Triggiano of "cavorting" with a man Clancy said has made threats against him.
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August 17th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: STORM BRINGS TICKET BLITZ II
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RED BANK: This week's snowstorm came with a second blitz of parking tickets for vehicles left on borough streets, police tell redbankgreen.
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March 23rd, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: In contrast to a blizzard that prompted a record number of parking tickets earlier this year, cops went light on ticketing in this week's storm.
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March 9th, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: A borough cop arrested was arrested in Middletown a week ago, but no charges or details have yet been disclosed.
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March 2nd, 2018 @ 3pm
RED BANK: STORM BRINGS TICKET BLIZZARD
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RED BANK: Thursday's snowstorm also brought a record number of parking tickets for vehicles left on borough streets, police tell redbankgreen.
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January 5th, 2018 @ 11am
RED BANK: IMMIGRANTS PROCLAIM EQUALITY
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RED BANK: A march and rally for immigrant rights through downtown includes a declaration of moral support from borough police.
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December 2nd, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL PROMOTES FIVE OFFICERS
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RED BANK: Five police officers move up the command ladder at swearing-in ceremonies during Wednesday night's council meeting.
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July 27th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: TWO NEW TO BOROUGH BLUE
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RED BANK: The borough police department is back to full force with the hiring of two new patrolmen, one of whom has a familiar name.
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May 25th, 2017 @ 1pm
RED BANK: COP PLANS MENTORING PROGRAM
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RED BANK: Inspired by his interaction with a boy who was skipping school, a borough cop is creating a new mentoring program for preteen boys.
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April 24th, 2017 @ 8am
RB REGIONAL’S CLAY HONORED ON MLK DAY
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Red Bank Regional principal Risa Clay was honored by the Pilgrim Baptist Church’s Commemorative Celebration Committee with its Community Leadership Award, on Martin Luther King Day. Press release from RedContinue reading "RB REGIONAL’S CLAY HONORED ON MLK DAY"
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January 22nd, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: McCONNELL TO BE NAMED CHIEF
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Captain Darren McConnell is expected to be named chief of the Red Bank police department at Wednesday night’s borough council meeting, redbankgreen has learned. McConnell has been the officer inContinue reading "RED BANK: McCONNELL TO BE NAMED CHIEF"
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December 18th, 2013 @ 9am
FIVE BUSTED FOR RED BANK BREAK-INS
Two burglaries at the Riverside Gardens Park concession stant a crackdown on loitering in the park, borough officials said. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red Bank police closed theContinue reading "FIVE BUSTED FOR RED BANK BREAK-INS"
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August 16th, 2011 @ 9am
EXTRA EYES, PATROLS SET FOR RED BANK
A bench at Riverside Gardens Park, where vandalism and littering have been growing problems. Debris in the pole-vault box at Count Basie Fields, below. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click toContinue reading "EXTRA EYES, PATROLS SET FOR RED BANK"
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July 29th, 2011 @ 7am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A Farmingdale man already in jail on charges of breaking into unlocked cars all over the redbankgreen coverage area and beyond now faces additional charges for theContinue reading "RED BANK CHARGES CAR BURGLARY SUSPECT"
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July 27th, 2011 @ 10am
FIVE BUSTED WITH FAKE I.D.s AT BAR
Brannigan’s in June. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A handful of 20-year-olds were arrested for trying to get into a Red Bank bar illegally lastContinue reading "FIVE BUSTED WITH FAKE I.D.s AT BAR"
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July 18th, 2011 @ 5pm
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A man was chased down and arrested in Red Bank Wednesday afternoon after snatching a necklace from a woman’s neck, police said. Kevin McNair, a 40-year-old withContinue reading "COPS CHASE DOWN WEST SIDE ROBBER"
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July 13th, 2011 @ 4pm
RED BANK VANDALS CAUGHT ON VIDEO
Still images of two vandals were release by Red Bank police Friday. (Image courtesy of Red Bank police; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Recognize either of these guys markingContinue reading "RED BANK VANDALS CAUGHT ON VIDEO"
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July 8th, 2011 @ 3pm
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RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
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Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...