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FAIR HAVEN: CONSOLIDATION COMPLICATION?
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FAIR HAVEN: The vacant Sunoco site has a new owner who wants to build 24 townhouses there, which could complicate an ambitious borough consolidation plan.
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March 27th, 2019 @ 10pm
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RED BANK: COUNCIL AGENDA
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RED BANK: Green Acres grant applications for two parks, and appointments to the new redevelopment agency are on the council's agenda Wednesday night.
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March 26th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: STUDENTS PROBE CAREER OPTIONS
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RED BANK: Middle school students get to kick the tires - and try some minimally invasive surgery - on 40 jobs and college opportunities at Career Day.
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March 22nd, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: DUNKIN’ CONTINUES SLOW DRIP
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RED BANK: Hearing resumes on proposed Dunkin' at Shell station as revised plan is unveiled and tempers flare over McKenna questions.
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March 22nd, 2019 @ 9am
LITTLE SILVER: SPORTS CUTS SPARK OUTRAGE
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LITTLE SILVER: Parents and students pack Red Bank Regional board meeting in effort to save hockey and golf from budget axe.
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March 21st, 2019 @ 12pm
LITTLE SIVER: RBR TEACHERS BLAST MOORE
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LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional teachers' union blasts Moore for "authoritarian" style and "general lack of integrity" after no-confidence vote.
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March 21st, 2019 @ 1am
FAIR HAVEN: HOUSING PLAN DRAWS FIRE
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FAIR HAVEN: Unveiled at a packed-room hearing, affordable housing plan draws ire for being "shoved down our throats."
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March 20th, 2019 @ 10am
SHREWSBURY: The latest crime and arrest blotter from borough police includes a DWI charge and three arrests for drug possession.
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March 19th, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: OFFICES WITH CAR LIFTS OK’D
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RED BANK: Board OKs office building designed to fit into historic district with a modern touch: underground parking served by valets and elevators.
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March 19th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: CONSERVATORY AT HOME AT LAST
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RED BANK: Now under the Basie wing, the Monmouth Conservatory of Music finds its first real, new home on Chestnut Street.
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March 18th, 2019 @ 3pm
LITTLE SILVER: BAG & STRAW BAN PENDING
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LITTLE SILVER: It's all but in the bag that the borough will ban plastic store bags and straws, with the reluctant acceptance of the business community.
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March 18th, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: (ITALIAN) ICE FORECAST
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RED BANK: The annual reopening of Strollo's Italian ice stand is a sure sign spring is near. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Green.
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March 18th, 2019 @ 5am
RED BANK: VETERANS’ ART TO GET SPOTLIGHT
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RED BANK: Free art school for veterans has been 'serendipitous' for a 71-year-old who'll have his works in the studio's first show next month.
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March 15th, 2019 @ 3pm
RED BANK: SILENCE BY ALL ON HARASSMENT
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RED BANK: There's silence all around as council ends a harassment case filed against Shehady five months into his job as business administrator.
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March 14th, 2019 @ 1pm
SHREWSBURY: The latest crime and arrest blotter from borough police.
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March 14th, 2019 @ 8am
LITTLE SILVER: BRANDT ON THE OUTS WITH FD
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LITTLE SILVER: A Republican candidate for mayor has been suspended by the volunteer fire department for violating its bylaws regarding the use of imagery.
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March 13th, 2019 @ 2pm
RED BANK: WRAPS COME OFF NEW BUILDING
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RED BANK: Wraps come off a new building that replaces the downtown's fugliest structure. What's Going On Here? Here's who'll occupy it.
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March 13th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: Nearly a decade after a borough middle school teacher was found slain in her Neptune City apartment, three men have been found guilty of her vicious murder.
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March 12th, 2019 @ 2pm
RED BANK: NO INJURIES IN CAR FIRE
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RED BANK: No injuries reported as blaze destroys vehicle traveling Maple Avenue early Tuesday.
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March 12th, 2019 @ 1am
RED BANK: HARASSMENT REPORT ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Report on investigation into harassment claim against Shehady by former borough employee on Wednesday's council agenda.
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March 11th, 2019 @ 11am
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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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