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RED BANK: FLORENCE MAY SOAK THE GREEN
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RED BANK: Remnants of Hurricane Florence could soak the Greater Green Tuesday, with sunshine returning Wednesday. Here's the extended weather forecast.
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September 17th, 2018 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: PORK ROLL, FRESH OFF THE TRUCK
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, Johnny's Pork Roll truck finds a spot downtown. Plus, a barbershop moves in and a dance studio jetes out.
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September 14th, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: One man ended up hospitalized and another was in custody following an alleged early morning assault downtown, police said Thursday.
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September 13th, 2018 @ 5pm
RED BANK: TATTOO & POT ZONING MULLED
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RED BANK: Tattoo parlors and marijuana dispensaries could soon be allowed downtown under proposed zoning amendments.
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September 13th, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: ALARMS SHUT OFFICE BUILDING
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RED BANK: Elevated carbon monoxide levels trigger alarms and prompt second day of shutdowns for a large office building on Chestnut Street.
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September 12th, 2018 @ 3pm
RED BANK: Report of noise disturbance leads to the arrest of two New York men in connection with a stolen car found running nearby.
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September 12th, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: CYCLIST HIT ON MAPLE AVENUE
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RED BANK: A borough man was hospitalized after he steered his bike into the path of a vehicle late Tuesday night, police said.
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September 12th, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: FOG AND FLORENCE
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RED BANK: Dense fog blankets the Greater Green as Hurricane Florence watch indicates limited impact on New Jersey.
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September 12th, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: NO INJURIES IN SALON CRASH
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RED BANK: Car plows into nail salon. No injuries.
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September 11th, 2018 @ 4pm
RED BANK: RIVERCENTER ‘VISION’ SHARPENS
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RED BANK: RiverCenter's new 'vision' begins coming into focus as consultant unveils draft with emphasis on the town's "gem," its Navesink River waterfront.
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September 11th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: FOGGY, SOGGY DAYS AHEAD
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RED BANK: A stretch of foggy, soggy days are in store on the Greater Green, with possible impacts from Hurricane Florence, now headed toward the Carolinas.
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September 11th, 2018 @ 6am
ON THE GREEN: Local memorial events, and redbankgreen's visual tribute to area residents killed on September 11, 2001.
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September 10th, 2018 @ 10pm
RED BANK: MURPHY TOUTS LOWER COSTS
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RED BANK: Murphy visits Riverview to tout state's effort to preserve Obamacare, which he said will yield a 9.3-percent decline in premiums next year.
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September 10th, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: VAN STRIKES RESTAURANT ENTRY
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RED BANK: A van with an alleged drunk driver at the wheel smashed into a parked vehicle and then the side entrance of Brothers Restaurant Sunday night.
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September 10th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: HURRICANE FLORENCE WATCH
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RED BANK: All eyes are on Hurricane Florence, which could impact the Greater Green later this week. Meantime, here's the short-term forecast.
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September 10th, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: SAN REMO SITE ADDED TO PLAN
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RED BANK: San Remo to close as planned train station project gets more ambitious, with additional apartments and retail space.
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September 7th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: SPORTS SURGE BOOSTS ACADEMICS
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RED BANK: The borough middle school is coming off its best-ever year in sports, and officials said students benefitted academically, too.
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September 5th, 2018 @ 12pm
SHREWSBURY: The latest crime and arrest reports from borough police.
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September 5th, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: A month's worth of crime and arrest reports includes two thefts of Newport cigarettes, perhaps suggesting thieves "alive with pleasure."
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September 4th, 2018 @ 11am
RED BANK: HEAT INDEX TO TOP 100 AGAIN
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RED BANK: Summer steamrolls on past Labor Day as the heat index is once again expected to top 100 on the Greater Green Tuesday.
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September 4th, 2018 @ 6am
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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.