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RED BANK: DAMP START TO WORKWEEK
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RED BANK: Another workweek begins on a damp note, with a high chance of rain Monday and Tuesday. Here's the forecast for the Greater Green.
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February 10th, 2020 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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MAN CHARGED IN THREE JOGGER ASSAULTS
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LITTLE SILVER: Police quickly nab man who allegedly assaulted a jogger Sunday morning. Red Bank cops say he did the same thing there twice in recent months.
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February 7th, 2020 @ 1pm
RED BANK: APARTMENT REVIEW BEGINS
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RED BANK: Hearing on 59-unit apartment project on Monmouth Street begins with focus on other density variances near the train station.
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February 7th, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: DREARY, DAMP, AND NOW, WINDY
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RED BANK: A string of damp, dreary days continued with a wind warning Friday. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Green.
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February 7th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: WHITE STREET MAKEOVER ON DECK
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RED BANK: Borough to hold information/public input session on plan for angled parking and White Street streetscape makeover.
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February 6th, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: Police find large stash of illegal drugs following traffic stop, and woman is charged with assaulting three cops.
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February 6th, 2020 @ 8am
RED BANK: APARTMENT PLAN UP FOR REVIEW
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RED BANK: Fifty-nine apartments would be built alongside the charter school if a plan up for review Thursday night wins zoning board approval.
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February 6th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: A study of traffic at 19 downtown intersections is on the agenda for council's workshop meeting Wednesday. Also: a ban on mass balloon releases.
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February 4th, 2020 @ 4pm
RED BANK: SHELL GETS SHOP OK ON THIRD TRY
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RED BANK: After previous plans for a 7-Eleven and a Dunkin' shop fell short, Shell station at busy corner wins OK for a convenience store.
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February 4th, 2020 @ 7am
SHREWSBURY: Crime and arrest reports from borough police.
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February 3rd, 2020 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR DIGS IN FOR EXPANSION
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LITTLE SILVER: Heavy equipment and piles of dirt now surround Red Bank Regional High.What's Going on Here? We've got the answers.
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February 3rd, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: GROUNDHOGS SEE EARLY SPRING
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RED BANK: Two groundhogs see early spring this year, and, it will certainly feel springlike on the Greater Green Monday. Here's the week's weather forecast.
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February 3rd, 2020 @ 5am
RED BANK: LIVER TRANSPLANT SCHEDULED
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RED BANK: Liver transplant surgery scheduled for ailing three-month-old after donor is found, and she's a member of the family.
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January 31st, 2020 @ 8am
RED BANK: WEEKEND WEATHER OUTLOOK
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RED BANK: Weekend weather outlook? We don't hate it. Here's the forecast for the Greater Green heading into Super Bowl Sunday and beyond.
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January 31st, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: Library trustees embark on five-year strategic plan update, starting with public survey of attitudes and input on services.
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January 30th, 2020 @ 10am
RED BANK: CRIME RATE DROPPED IN 2019
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RED BANK: Borough crime rate showed sharp drop in 2019. Also down: use-of-force incidents and internal affairs complaints, says Chief McConnell.
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January 28th, 2020 @ 1pm
LITTLE SILVER: CLOUDY START TO WORKWEEK
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ON THE GREEN: The final workweek of January, 2020 gets off to a cloudy start Monday. Here's the extended forecast for the Greater Red Bank Green.
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January 27th, 2020 @ 5am
RED BANK: GRANT TO FUND SOLAR BOOST
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RED BANK: Customers of the concession stand at Count Basie Fields could soon be drinking hot chocolate made with an assist from the sun.
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January 24th, 2020 @ 10am
RED BANK: A HARD RAIN’S GONNA FALL
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RED BANK: A hard rain's forecast before sunshine returns this weekend. Here's the extended outlook for the Greater Green.
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January 24th, 2020 @ 5am
SHREWSBURY: CRIMES AND ARRESTS
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SHREWSBURY: Two weeks of arrest reports from borough police.
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January 23rd, 2020 @ 1pm
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PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
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.