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RED BANK: HOOPS, A PARADE, PIRATES & MORE
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RED BANK: A packed council agenda included lots of feel-good news, including honors for middle school hoopsters, plans for a parade and more.
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April 12th, 2019 @ 12pm
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FAIR HAVEN: Police reports for March, 2019 includes two arrests on DWI charges.
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April 11th, 2019 @ 2pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL DROPS REVERSE APPEALS
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RED BANK: After business owners and landlords blast reverse tax appeals, council votes to withdraw 2019 suits. But older cases continue.
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April 11th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: PETER NOBLE DIES
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RED BANK: Borough and schools mourn passing of Peter Noble, longtime policeman, fireman and board of ed member who died Tuesday.
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April 11th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: END IN SIGHT FOR ROAD PROJECT
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RED BANK: After nine months of detours, dust and disruption, a major road job nears completion. redbankgreen's What's Going On Here checks in.
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April 10th, 2019 @ 10am
SHREWSBURY: The latest crime and arrest blotter from borough police.
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April 9th, 2019 @ 2pm
RED BANK: ‘REVERSE’ TAX APPEALS ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Continuing "aggressive" campaign, borough identifies nine commercial properties targeted for possible 'reverse' tax appeals as under-assessed.
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April 9th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: ELECTRICITY DEAL IN THE WORKS
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RED BANK: Council moves to create energy aggregation program, under which electricity customers would get rates lower than JCP&L's.
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April 8th, 2019 @ 7am
ON THE GREEN: SPLASHES OF COLOR & RAIN
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RED BANK: As splashes of spring color arrive, so do April showers. Here's the National Weather Service forecast for the Greater Green.
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April 8th, 2019 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: NO CALL ON DUNKIN’ APPEALS
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FAIR HAVEN: A zoning board hearing to decide which borough board should hear the Dunkin' application is adjourned without a decision after four hours..
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April 5th, 2019 @ 3pm
RED BANK: Riverview Medical Center, now part of the state's largest hospital chain, will get new signs, including a lighted one facing the Navesink.
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April 5th, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: SIDEWALK ISSUE SLOWS PROJECT
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RED BANK: Questions about a sidewalk on a steep slope and parking slow proposal for townhouses overlooking Navesink River.
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April 5th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: A 42-year-old borough man is facing charges he sexually assaulted a child and invaded the privacy of another, according to police.
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April 4th, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: March was another busy month for RBPD, with a couple of thefts at the hospital and three DWI arrests on the activity blotter.
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April 4th, 2019 @ 10am
RED BANK: NICE PLACE YOU GOT HERE…
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RED BANK: Looking rather thuggish, a group of vultures loitered outside Les Gertrude apartments on Broad Street Thursday morning.
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April 4th, 2019 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN: LAWYERS GET DOWN TO DUNKIN’
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FAIR HAVEN: Residents planning to attend a zoning board hearing about a proposed Dunkin' might want to fortify themselves in advance with extra caffeine.
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April 3rd, 2019 @ 12pm
SANDY HOOK: BOOZE BANNED
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SANDY HOOK: The sun sets on a tradition as the last public beach to allow alcohol bans it, citing hundreds of booze-related incidents.
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April 2nd, 2019 @ 4pm
RED BANK: TOWNHOMES, SIGNS ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Zoning board takes up townhomes on vacant site twice previously approved for development, plus and large signs for Riverview Medical Center.
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April 2nd, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: SMOKE CLEARS WITH WINTER CHILL
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RED BANK: After a weekend tinged with smoke from a distant forest fire, new weeks starts with chill. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Green.
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April 1st, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: SHEDDING LIGHT ON SHREWSBURY
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RED BANK: Can you guess how many decorative streetlamps along Shrewsbury Avenue are out? Once again, pedestrian safety issues come to the fore.
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March 29th, 2019 @ 9am
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FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS!
"Long Live Local News" flags from redbankgreen's 20th anniversary celebration in Marine Park Tuesday prove to be the perfect compliment to s ...
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