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FAIR HAVEN: Police reports for July includes reported theft of a $3,000 bottle of wine and a DWI arrest. No connection is alleged.
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September 4th, 2019 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: TESTS DETAIL GARDEN LEAD LEVELS
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RED BANK: Tests of community garden soil finds elevated lead in one sample, but at a depth NJDEP says requires "no immediate response." More tests expected.
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September 3rd, 2019 @ 6pm
ON THE GREEN: HEY, SUMMER’S NOT OVER YET
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ON THE GREEN: Even with the season's unofficial end and possible remnants of Hurricane Dorian later in the week, theres' still plenty of summer left to enjoy.
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September 3rd, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: THAI, MINI-DRONES, TACOS & MORE
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RED BANK: Thai fans who miss Siam Gardens will have a new place to try, in the same space, run by a familiar chef. Plus drones, tacos and windows in Churn.
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August 30th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: PUSHBACK OVER REDEV CONTRACT
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RED BANK: Price difference prompts Redevelopment Agency commissioner to tap the brakes on its first contract with planning firm.
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August 28th, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: REFERENDUM Q&A SCHEDULED
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RED BANK: Schools superintendent Jared Rumage schedules first presentation on a $6.75 million referendum for Thursday evening.
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August 28th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: LADLE HANDOFF FOR SOUP MAVEN
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RED BANK: After a ladle-handoff, That Hot Dog Place will reopen next month with a new name but the same slate of popular soups. What's Going on Here?
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August 27th, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: CRASH CUTS RESTAURANT POWER
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RED BANK: Car v. building knocks out power to restaurant, prompting early closure. Driver charged with DWI.
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August 26th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: With no opposition, and support from the town's only supermarket, council adopts ban on single-use plastic ban and styrofoam food containers.
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August 23rd, 2019 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: RIVER RATS LOSES TAX CASE
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FAIR HAVEN: River Rats can't claim property tax exemption, even though it's an IRS-recognized nonprofit run by volunteers, court finds.
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August 22nd, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: DEBATE OVER ‘McKENNA WAY’
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RED BANK: Proposal to name a downtown alleyway for former mayor Ed McKenna elicits both objections and support at council meeting.
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August 22nd, 2019 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: DUNKIN’ WINS BOARD APPROVAL
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FAIR HAVEN: After a year of controversy, Dunkin' shop wins planning board approval to open in River Road shopping center.
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August 21st, 2019 @ 1am
SHREWSBURY: The latest crime and arrest blotter from borough police includes a home break-in, a DWI arrest and a smattering of fraud and shoplifting reports.
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August 20th, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RIVERWALK BACK ON TRACK?
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RED BANK: Two years after the borough stopped work on a luxury apartment project, there are new signs of life. What's Going On Here?
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August 20th, 2019 @ 6am
SANDY HOOK: PLOVERS PROLIFERATE
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SANDY HOOK: Cancelling this summer's beach concert series helped ensure a successful breeding season for piping plovers, park service says.
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August 19th, 2019 @ 5pm
RED BANK: ACCIDENT KNOCKS OUT POWER
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RED BANK: A power outage said to have been caused by a bus backing up into a utility pole Sunday night continued into late morning Monday.
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August 19th, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: ANGLE SPOTS, NEW KIOSKS COMING
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RED BANK: It's throwback time as the borough plans to give White Street a makeover that will include 22 angled parking spaces.
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August 19th, 2019 @ 10am
RED BANK: ‘GROUNDHOG DAY’ OF MUGGINESS
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RED BANK: This week's weather may conjure thoughts of the movie 'Groundhog Day.' Here's the muggy forecast for the Greater Green.
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August 19th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: NEW NAME FOR MERGED YMCAs
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RED BANK: Two YMCAs merge to form the YMCA of Greater Monmouth County, headed by 27-year organization veteran Laurie Goganzer.
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August 17th, 2019 @ 1pm
RED BANK: Once again, a push to allow food trucks to operate here fails, as brick-and-mortar businesses cite the impact on their own investments in town.
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August 16th, 2019 @ 8am
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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.