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RED BANK: AUDIT LED TO YASSIN CHARGES
RED BANK: Audit uncovered 'suspicious transactions' that led to charges against former council member Hazim Yassin, foundation prez says.
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RED BANK: YASSIN CHARGED WITH THEFT
RED BANK: Former councilman Hazim Yassin charged with stealing $7,650 from the nonprofit Red Bank Borough Education Foundation.
RED BANK: RECURRING BOMB THREATS PROBED
RED BANK: Police have ID'd an out-of-state suspect in a series of bomb threats directed at a Broad Street office, including three in the last three days.
RED BANK: DRUG OVERDOSE CASES SOARING
RED BANK: Borough police are "constantly" answering drug overdose calls these days, chief says as county prosecutor releases data showing OD deaths soaring.
RUMSON: BATCHLER RESIGNS AS RFH TEACHER
RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN: Former football coach Bryan Batchler, who lost his job under cloudy circumstances, resigns as RFH teacher.
MIDDLETOWN: MAN CHARGED WITH LURING
MIDDLETOWN: Prosecutor charges township man with luring teen found with him in his car.
RUMSON: BATCHLER BACKERS DEMAND ACTION
RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN: Ousted football coach Bryan Batchler wants a public airing as the school moves to strip him of tenure.
RED BANK: COUNCIL TAPS METER INSTALLER
Existing water meters are to be replaced with new technology that includes radio transmitters for remote reading, like one already in use on this new house on Oakland Street. (Photo by JohnContinue reading "RED BANK: COUNCIL TAPS METER INSTALLER"
RUMSON: BATCHLER WON’T BE PROSECUTED
Former R-FH head football coach Bryan Batchler. (Photo courtesy of Shore Sports Zone. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Ousted Rumson-Fair Haven football coach Bryan Batchler has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing forContinue reading "RUMSON: BATCHLER WON’T BE PROSECUTED"
RED BANK: GOP HOSED ON WATER VOTES
Council President Cindy Burnham, sitting in for the absent mayor for the first time, recused herself from the meter bond vote on advice from borough Attorney Jean Cipriani, right. (Photo byContinue reading "RED BANK: GOP HOSED ON WATER VOTES"
Two bonds totaling $3.7 million in debt for a new well and water meters are up for possible adoption vote. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: WATER BONDS UP FOR VOTE"
The Middletown police department is one of three in Monmouth County that will test the feasibility of video cameras worn on the uniforms of patrol officers, county Prosecutor Chris GramiccioniContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN COPS TO TEST BODY CAMERAS"
PROSECUTOR: NO WRONGDOING IN ARREST
Video of Jeffrey Michel’s arrest on the Brookdale campus last month. (Video by Vincent Cordero) By JOHN T. WARD The viral-video pepper-spray arrest of a Brookdale Community College student lastContinue reading "PROSECUTOR: NO WRONGDOING IN ARREST"
LITTLE SILVER COP CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
A Little Silver police officer was charged with simple assault Friday following an alleged domestic violence incident in Sea Bright a day earlier, authorities tell redbankgreen. Joseph Glynn, Jr., 26,Continue reading "LITTLE SILVER COP CHARGED WITH ASSAULT"
RUMSON: GUN BUYBACK TALLY SOARS
In its second year, two-day cash-for-guns program in Rumson and Asbury Park last week saw a 64-percent jump over 2013 in the number of weapons surrendered, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’sContinue reading "RUMSON: GUN BUYBACK TALLY SOARS"
RUMSON: GUN BUYBACK ‘BRISK’
Sergeant Rocco Santorsola shows off a MAC 10 assault weapon exchanged for $200 at the gun buyback in Rumson Friday morning. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RUMSON: GUN BUYBACK ‘BRISK’"
By JOHN T. WARD A Sea Bright man pleaded guilty to ripping off the Federal Emergency Management Administration via hotel charges he didn’t deserve, authorities announced Tuesday. Bill Nagle, 52,Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT MAN GUILTY OF SANDY FRAUD"
The family of a motorcyclist killed in a crash on West Front Street in Middletown last September is pressing the Monmouth County Prosecutor to bring charges against a motorist, NJ.comContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: FAMILY WANTS CRASH CHARGES"
By JOHN T. WARD A two-day gun-buyback program aimed at getting unwanted firearms out of circulation ended with a bit of a bang this weekend. Police in affluent, suburban RumsonContinue reading "RUMSON OUTDRAWS ASBURY IN GUN BUYBACK"
SEA BRIGHT MAN CHARGED IN SANDY FRAUD
By JOHN T. WARD A Sea Bright man was arrested Wednesday and charged with ripping off the Federal Emergency Management Administration by racking up hotel charges he didn’t deserve, authoritiesContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT MAN CHARGED IN SANDY FRAUD"
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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)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.