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SHREWSBURY: Police blotter includes crimes and arrests from September 30 to October 12, 2017.
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October 19th, 2017 @ 2pm
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RED BANK: SQUEEZING IN NEW PARKING SPOTS
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RED BANK: Area near bottleneck gets two new parking spaces, and just minutes later, a truck calls that decision into question.
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October 19th, 2017 @ 6am
RUMSON: redbankgreen publisher apologizes for coverage of lockdown and suicide Sunday.
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October 18th, 2017 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN: PRESERVATION GOALS CURBED
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FAIR HAVEN: Newly found deterioration in 150-year-old River Road building prompts changes to Forefront's preservation plan.
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October 18th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: PARKING, TAXES DOMINATE DEBATE
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RED BANK: The four council candidates faced off Monday night in a debate-like forum dominated by parking and tax issues.
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October 17th, 2017 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: Crime and arrest reports from the borough police department for September, 2017.
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October 17th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: The latest police blotter includes reports of three DWI arrests, $5k stolen from a safe and the usual boatload of contempt-of-court arrests.
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October 16th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MENNA AIMS TO CURB BAR CRAWLS
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RED BANK: Menna wants 'bar crawl' speedbumps after Belmar shuts down one touted as the biggest the borough had ever seen.
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October 16th, 2017 @ 7am
RUMSON: SUICIDE PROMPTS ARMED RESPONSE
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RUMSON: Suicide at home prompts heavily armed response.
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October 15th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: A 76-year-old pedestrian was in the crosswalk on Broad Street when he was struck by car Friday morning, police say.
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October 13th, 2017 @ 11am
FAIR HAVEN: GIFTS AND THREADS IN CHURN
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FAIR HAVEN: A needlepoint shop will close, and be reborn, and a housewares store moves up to bigger space as downtown retailers shuffle addresses.
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October 13th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: COUNCIL PRESSES FOR LIGHT
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RED BANK: Council urges state to install traffic light at Bodman & Riverside, both for safety and to aid new overlay zone encouraging housing redevelopment.
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October 12th, 2017 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: A WINDOW ON TRADITION
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LITTLE SILVER: Eighth-graders from the Markham Place School carry on tradition, painting downtown store windows for Halloween.
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October 12th, 2017 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER: GRAD KEYNOTES HISPANIC FETE
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LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional students, and a 2014 alumnus, celebrate Hispanic heritage.
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October 11th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: COUNCIL CANDIDATES TO FACE OFF
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RED BANK: All four council candidates have confirmed their attendance at the 21st annual West Side Community Group candidates' night Monday.
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October 10th, 2017 @ 9am
SEA BRIGHT: RIVER WATER IN THE AIR
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SEA BRIGHT: Local firefighters created pretty arcs of water in the air over the Shrewsbury River during training here Saturday.
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October 10th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: A BREAK IN THE HUMIDITY
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RED BANK: Sunshine and drier air expected Tuesday. Here's the forecast through the rest of the week for the Greater Green.
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October 10th, 2017 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: WIRING BLAMED IN ATTIC FIRE
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LITTLE SILVER: Volunteer firefighters quickly doused an attic fire said to have been caused by faulty wiring Sunday evening.
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October 9th, 2017 @ 2pm
RED BANK: ZONING MAP UP FOR ADOPTION
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RED BANK: New borough zoning map incorporates zoning changes for housing and redevelopment made since 2010, doesn't propose additional ones, says attorney.
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October 9th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: NEW BOUTIQUE OPENS ON BROAD
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RED BANK: In the latest Retail Churn, a new clothing boutique with a "selfie mirror" opens, and long-awaited works gets underway on the Anderson Building.
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October 6th, 2017 @ 12pm
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FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
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 ...
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