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RED BANK: LATE-AUTUMN SNOW IN FORECAST
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RED BANK: The Green is expected to get an early taste of winter with a snowfall this weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
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December 8th, 2017 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: CUBAN, TWO POKE EATERIES SLATED
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RED BANK: in Retail Churn, two poke bowl shops, Cuban restaurant plan openings; pilates gym nears opening in former drugstore space.
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December 7th, 2017 @ 8am
SANDY HOOK: SURF FISHERMAN DIES
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SANDY HOOK: Fisherman dies after rescue from ocean surf Wednesday morning, according to National Parks Service spokeswoman.
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December 6th, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: JENSEN ELECTED FIRE CHIEF
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RED BANK: Firefighters mark election of Stu Jensen as 2018 chief as he pledges to try to give volunteers training and gear they need.
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December 6th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: Latest police blotter includes a bizarre incident involving angry man and car passengers.
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December 4th, 2017 @ 2pm
RUMSON: Police report 11 arrests in October and November. Five were for driving under the influence.
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December 4th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: PARKING AGENDA IN TRANSITION
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RED BANK: Amid recriminations and calls for a fresh start, Democrats prepare to take the wheel in the drive for a downtown parking solution.
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December 4th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: IMMIGRANTS PROCLAIM EQUALITY
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RED BANK: A march and rally for immigrant rights through downtown includes a declaration of moral support from borough police.
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December 2nd, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: HOVNANIAN HQ GOES FOR $42.5M
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RED BANK: OceanFirst's $42.5 million purchase of Hovnanian HQ may be a record price for the borough.
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December 1st, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: DEVELOPER CLARIFIES PLAN STATUS
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RED BANK: Developer comments on report about plans corner of Maple Avenue and West Front Street, where he hopes to erect office building.
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November 30th, 2017 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: Crime and arrest reports from the borough police department for October, 2017.
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November 30th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: UNDEFEATED SOCCER TEAM LAUDED
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RED BANK: Wearing neckties, middle school boys' soccer team lauded by council for second consecutive season without a loss.
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November 30th, 2017 @ 6am
SHREWSBURY: The latest crime and arrest reports from borough police.
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November 29th, 2017 @ 12pm
RUMSON: PUTH GIVES PIANO TO ALMA MATER
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RED BANK: Pop music star Charlie Puth donates a piano to alma mater where he produced a record of holiday songs as a sixth-grader.
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November 29th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: PRESERVATIONISTS CONCERNED
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RED BANK: Preservationists concerned as historic buildings change hands and buyer hints at replacing them with office building.
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November 29th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: RALLY FOR IMMIGRANTS SLATED
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RED BANK: March through downtown and rally in support of undocumented aliens slated for Friday by group called Awaken Community.
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November 28th, 2017 @ 4pm
FAIR HAVEN: KOCH JOINS COUNCIL AFTER ALL
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FAIR HAVEN: Three weeks after coming up short at the polls, and with her students looking on, Betsy Koch takes council seat vacated by Rowland Wilhelm.
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November 28th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: LIGHTS UP ON HOLIDAY SEASON
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RED BANK: Santa, the Grinch and Holiday Express bring a sledload of music and merriment to kick off the holiday season. Check out these photos.
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November 27th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: SUNSET PARK CONCEPT TO DEBUT
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RED BANK: Residents to get first look Monday at concept plan for new park on long-closed landfill site overlooking Swimming River.
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November 23rd, 2017 @ 11am
ON THE GREEN: REASONS TO BE THANKFUL
ON THE GREEN: All Good loads up on reasons to be thankful and hopeful.
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November 22nd, 2017 @ 11pm
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THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
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 ...