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FAIR HAVEN: DEMOCRATS WIN TWO SEATS
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FAIR HAVEN: Democrats Meghan Chrisner-Keefe and Mike McCue capture two council seats, easily winning all six voting districts.
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November 5th, 2019 @ 10pm
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RED BANK: Planning board hearing and possible vote on Saxum plan for 210 apartments on former VNA site postponed to December 2.
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November 4th, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: ‘MAGIC WAND’ IDEAS SOUGHT
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RED BANK: Urban planning students to solicit public input for improving Shrewsbury Avenue and a theoretical Broad-to-the-River project.
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November 4th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: COFFEE AND CORDUROY IN CHURN
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RED BANK: In this especially churny edition of Retail Churn, a new "coffee shop and general store" opens and a pilates studio relocates.
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November 1st, 2019 @ 10am
RED BANK: WINDY START FOR NOVEMBER
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RED BANK: November begins with strong winds but also a return of sunshine.Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Green.
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November 1st, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: HOME REHAB GRANTS AVAILABLE
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RED BANK: Qualified homeowners and renters can obtain up to $10,500 in loans to improve their residences through the Red Bank Affordable Housing Corp.
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October 30th, 2019 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: DOTS WHAT WE LIKE… AND DON’T
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FAIR HAVEN: After controversy over Dunkin' shop, restaurant committee tries to gauge which fast food businesses residents want and don't want.
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October 30th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: GOP CLAIMS WEST SIDE ADVOCACY
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RED BANK: Republicans in this year's council race position themselves as the true advocates for minorities and the West Side, a Democratic stronghold.
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October 29th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: RESTAURANTS IN CHURN
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a restaurant reopens with a new name, and two others close.
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October 25th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: HORGAN Q&A
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RED BANK: Question-and answer with incumbent Councilwoman Kathy Horgan, one of four candidates for two seats on the borough council in this year's election.
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October 24th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: PENNEY Q&A
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RED BANK: Question-and answer with Jonathan Maciel Penney, one of four candidates for two seats on the borough council in this year's election.
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October 24th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: Question-and answer with Erik Yngstrom, one of four candidates for two seats on the borough council in this year's election.
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October 24th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: Question-and answer with Allison Gregory, one of four candidates for two seats on the borough council in this year's election.
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October 24th, 2019 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: McCUE Q&A
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FAIR HAVEN: Q&A with council candidate Mike McCue, one of four contenders for two seats on the governing body in the November 5 election.
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October 23rd, 2019 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: RICE Q&A
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FAIR HAVEN: Q&A with council candidate Jacquie Rice, one of four contenders for two seats on the governing body in the November 5 election.
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October 23rd, 2019 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: CHRISNER-KEEFE Q&A
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FAIR HAVEN: Q&A with council candidate Meg Chrisner-Keefe, one of four contenders for two seats on the governing body in the November 5 election.
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October 23rd, 2019 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: Q&A with council candidate Jonathan Peters, one of four contenders for two seats on the governing body in the November 5 election.
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October 23rd, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: ZIPPRICH, TRIGGIANO ‘OUT’ LISTED
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RED BANK: Two members of the borough council were named to Insider NJ's 'Out 100' list of the state's most influential LGBT officials.
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October 22nd, 2019 @ 1pm
RED BANK: PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Two problematic pedestrian crossings, including one where a woman suffered fatal injuries, to get user-activated flashing signals.
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October 22nd, 2019 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: PEDESTRIAN STRUCK
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FAIR HAVEN: Pedestrian struck as car jumps curb and crashes into tree in early morning darkness. Victim declined medical assistance, police say.
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October 21st, 2019 @ 9am
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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
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