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RED BANK: INTERPRETERS TO AID POLICE
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RED BANK: In what may be a New Jersey first, police department assembles a team of volunteer interpreters to help bridge language gaps with the public.
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July 29th, 2019 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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LINCROFT: Curchin Open, a mini-golf tournament held each autumn in a CPA office, has named its two beneficiaries for 2019.
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July 26th, 2019 @ 10am
SHREWSBURY: The latest crime and arrest blotter from borough police.
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July 25th, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL KILLS PARKING PLAN
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RED BANK: After getting an earful about proposed alternate-side parking law, council votes to kill it. Menna says a "reasonable" alternative will be sought.
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July 25th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: REDEV AGENCY INCHES AHEAD
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RED BANK: New Redevelopment Agency, with potential to exert enormous power over borough's future, inches toward goal of fixing municipal facilities.
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July 24th, 2019 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: OUTAGES LINGER AFTER STORM
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FAIR HAVEN: Power remained out for hundreds of customers on the Greater Green as cleanup got underway following Tuesday's brief, intense thunderstorm.
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July 23rd, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: STORM LEAVES POWER OUTAGES
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RED BANK: A brief, intense thunderstorm blew a tree down onto an apartment building and left numerous power outages across the Greater Green.
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July 22nd, 2019 @ 7pm
RED BANK: WHAT’S ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA?
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RED BANK: The borough council has street-sweeping, green roofs, single-use plastics and cranes on its plate when it meets this week. Details here.
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July 22nd, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: AFTER BRUTAL HEAT, T-STORMS?
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RED BANK: After a brutally hot weekend, the Greater Green could see thunderstorms with "excessive rainfall" Monday. Here's the detailed forecast.
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July 22nd, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: EXCESSIVELY HOT WEEKEND AHEAD
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RED BANK: Greater Green braces for excessive heat through weekend with feels-like temperature well above 100 expected. Forecast and tips.
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July 19th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: HPC AIMS TO SAVE DOOMED HOUSE
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RED BANK: Five months after planning board OKs demolition of hospital-owned Victorian house, historic commission proposes an alternative.
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July 18th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: BRICK-OVEN CONDITIONS EXPECTED
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RED BANK: Dangerous heat and thunderstorms dominate the forecast through the coming weekend. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Green.
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July 17th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: SAXUM TRAFFIC Q&A DELAYED
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RED BANK: With traffic the biggest issue surrounding Saxum's plan for old VNA site, many questions are deferred to next planning board session.
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July 16th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: HOT ENOUGH TO FRY/BOIL/POACH…
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RED BANK: Temperatures expected to climb through Saturday, with possible T-storms midweek. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Green.
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July 16th, 2019 @ 6am
SHREWSBURY: The latest crime and arrest blotter from borough police.
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July 15th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: RESTAURANTS FEED THE CHURN
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, two new restaurants prepare to open, two others close their doors and five shops get a new landlord.
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July 12th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: LONG-VACANT BUILDING GETS TLC
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RED BANK: A long-vacant building that might be key to a Broad-to-the-river project is suddenly getting some TLC. What's Going On Here?
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July 11th, 2019 @ 4pm
RED BANK: NEW TRACK, NEW DEAL FOR BASIE
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RED BANK: Count Basie Fields is getting a new track, and the borough has a new deal with Red Bank Catholic to help pay for it.
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July 11th, 2019 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: POSTAL SIGN LOST IN THE MAIL?
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FAIR HAVEN: For two years, the borough post office hasn't had a sign outside, leading some people to conclude it's closed, says the frustrated clerk.
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July 10th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: WAIT FOR RESTROOMS NEARS END
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RED BANK: What's Going On Here checks in on construction at Eastside Park, where a long-awaited restroom project appeared stalled.
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July 9th, 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.