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RED BANK: HONORS FOR SLAIN FIREFIGHTER
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RED BANK: Firefighters honor Andrew Hill, their slain 26-year-old colleague, with a procession past the firehouse where he found his purpose in life.
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June 5th, 2018 @ 1pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: CORNER PROJECT ‘TOO BIG’
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RED BANK: Planners praise proposed office and luxury condo plan for corner of West Front and Maple, but tell developer it's too big.
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June 5th, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: PARKING, TAXES & MORE
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RED BANK: At last week's session, the council took action on parking, administration and commercial trash pickups; hearings slated on taxes, RiverCenter and shared services.
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June 4th, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: Here's a month's worth of crimes and arrests from RBPD, including seven motorists charged with DWI.
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June 4th, 2018 @ 1am
RED BANK: STREET VIGIL HONORS FIREFIGHTER
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RED BANK: Firefighter Andrew Hill recalled by family and friends at quiet vigil on the spot where he was slain a week ago.
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June 3rd, 2018 @ 12am
RED BANK: FIREFIGHTER’S FUNERAL SET
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RED BANK: Firefighters plan white-glove sendoff for Andrew Hill, their 26-year-old colleague who died after being stabbed early Sunday.
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June 1st, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: OVERARCHING CLOUDINESS
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RED BANK: The Greater Green won's see much sunshine this weekend into early next week, according to the National Weather Service.
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June 1st, 2018 @ 5am
RED BANK: ‘PUPPY MILL’ BILL TABLED
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RED BANK: Controversial 'puppy mill' ordinance tabled for a month in order to give stakeholders a chance to work out a compromise, Horgan says.
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May 31st, 2018 @ 12pm
RUMSON: EKDAHL RETIRES AS MAYOR
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RUMSON: After 14 years as mayor, during which he helped guide borough past Hurricane Sandy, Ekdahl retires early, citing the lure of winters in Florida.
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May 31st, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: MURDERED FIREFIGHTER RECALLED
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RED BANK: Slain firefighter had just paid for his dress blues to wear to Monday's Memorial Day service. Instead, he was honored there among the recently deceased.
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May 29th, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: Bar patron from Little Silver charged with crashing pickup truck through fence in attempt to run over an employee, police say.
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May 29th, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: BLAZE DAMAGES EAST SIDE HOME
RED BANK: Residents safe as volunteer firefighters battle Washington Street house blaze just hours after a colleague's murder.
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May 27th, 2018 @ 3pm
RED BANK: FIREFIGHTER STABBED TO DEATH
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RED BANK: A 26-year-old volunteer firefighter is dead after an early-morning stabbing and another borough man is charged with his murder, authorities said.
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May 27th, 2018 @ 1pm
LITTLE SILVER: Crimes and arrests reports for April, 2018.
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May 25th, 2018 @ 11am
ON THE GREEN: Check here for info on Memorial Day observances slated for Fair Haven, Little Silver, Middletown, Red Bank, Rumson, Sea Bright and Shrewsbury.
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May 25th, 2018 @ 5am
RED BANK: Here are the high school thespians named winners of 2018 Basie Awards Wednesday night.
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May 24th, 2018 @ 11am
RED BANK: Six months after parking reform efforts stalled, RiverCenter ponies up $25k as council nears selection of consultant.
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May 23rd, 2018 @ 3pm
RED BANK: DISH TO SET FINAL TABLE
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RED BANK: In Retail Churn, Dish to close after 13 years, will soon be replaced by another restaurant, according to unconfirmed reports. Also, a dance studio adds to its space downtown.
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May 22nd, 2018 @ 2pm
RED BANK: DOUBTS ON PRESERVATION LAW
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RED BANK: An effort to give teeth to the Historic Preservation Commission leaves a bad taste for some planning board members.
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May 22nd, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: MASKS ADD FLAIR TO MAYOR’S BALL
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RED BANK: Attendees to the fourth annual Mayor's Ball add flair and an amusing air of mystique with sparkly, lacy and feathery masks. See who you know in redbankgreen's photos.
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May 21st, 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.