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RED BANK: ALLEGED FAVORITISM SPARKED PROBE
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RED BANK: State AG's report exposes alleged pattern of favoritism by police Chief McConnell toward officer he dated and married.
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March 18th, 2024 @ 5pm
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RED BANK: NJAG FINDS McCONNELL VIOLATED ETHICS, SHOULD BE ‘TERMINATED’
RED BANK: Attorney General slams McConnell for "unethical behavior" regarding unidentified officer – who redbankgreen has learned is his spouse.
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March 15th, 2024 @ 4pm
RED BANK: PBA NOW “CONFIDENT” IN OFFICIALS
RED BANK: PBA president says union is again "confident" in police and borough leadership after AG "sustains" its complaints about McConnell.
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March 14th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: GANT PUTS McCONNELL ON LEAVE
RED BANK: Borough manager puts McConnell on administrative leave eight months after union allegations delayed chief's plan to retire.
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March 4th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: SILENCE CONTINUES ON PBA V. CHIEF
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: PBA AGAIN BLASTS McCONNELL
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: MCPO WEIGHS IN ON PBA CLAIM
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: McCONNELL REBUTS ALLEGATIONS
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
RED BANK: PBA BLASTS McCONNELL’S ‘ETHICS’
RED BANK: With McConnell retirement pending, police union accuses him of "numerous inappropriate sexual relationships" with employees.
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August 11th, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SCENES FROM A NICE ‘NIGHT OUT’
RED BANK: Hundreds enjoy free food and games at the annual police-sponsored National Night Out Against Crime festival. Photos.
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August 2nd, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: COPS + KIDS + COPTER = FUN
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RED BANK: Black Hawk helicopter is again the star attraction for kids as police host National Night Out at Count Basie Park. Photos galore.
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August 3rd, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: COUNCIL WRAPS UP 2021
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RED BANK: Council wraps 2021 with PBA contract, a plan to recombine workshop and regular sessions, a new used Tesla, and praise for a departing colleague.
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December 17th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: COPTER STARS AT NIGHT OUT
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RED BANK: Black Hawk helicopter steals the show as police host National Night Out on a gorgeous summer night at Count Basie Park. Photos.
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August 4th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: COUNCIL SAYS ‘BYE-BYE, 2018’
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RED BANK: Council says farewell to 2018, and the only two remaining Republican members, at its final session of the year.
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December 17th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: POLICE HOST NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
RED BANK: Borough police host an evening of free food and fun as part of the National Night Out Against Crime campaign at Count Basie Park.
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July 7th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: HUNDREDS PEDAL OFF IN UNITY
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Hundreds of cyclists from police departments across New Jersey headed down a misty Broad Street in Red Bank on the first leg of the annual Police Unity Tour Saturday morning.Continue reading "RED BANK: HUNDREDS PEDAL OFF IN UNITY"
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May 9th, 2015 @ 10am
RED BANK: STREET FAIR SHINES AGAIN
[slideshow_deploy id=’92747′] Sunday was a day of sunglasses, leashes, and bibs in downtown Red Bank for the annual late-summer edition of Street Fair, a fundraiser for the volunteer fire departmentContinue reading "RED BANK: STREET FAIR SHINES AGAIN"
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September 8th, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: GIRL’S WISH IS TO ENABLE OTHERS
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Eight-year-old Kasey Kennedy, a student at St. James School in Red Bank, with the members of the Red Bank Catholic Making Wishes Club – plus her little brother, Colin. (PhotoContinue reading "RED BANK: GIRL’S WISH IS TO ENABLE OTHERS"
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June 4th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK COPS BIKE DOWNPOUR FOR CHIEF
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Despite teeming rain and slick roads, dozens of cyclists, including numerous police officers, headed out on a 26-mile ride in memory of late Red Bank Police Chief Steve McCarthy ThursdayContinue reading "RED BANK COPS BIKE DOWNPOUR FOR CHIEF"
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May 8th, 2014 @ 9am
RED BANK COPS TO RIDE FOR LATE CHIEF
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Police Chief Steve McCarthy in 2010. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi. Click to enlarge) Members of the Red Bank Police Benevolent Association plan a memorial bike ride this week for the lateContinue reading "RED BANK COPS TO RIDE FOR LATE CHIEF"
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May 5th, 2014 @ 12pm
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CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.