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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
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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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
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
RED BANK: The latest police blotter includes reports of a trashed hotel room, several car burglaries and the usual boatload of contempt-of-court arrests.
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October 6th, 2017 @ 11am
SHREWSBURY: Police blotter includes arrest of Red Bank man for DWI.
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October 6th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: GARMANY & TEAM RAISE $90K
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RED BANK: Ex-NFL QB Boomer Esiason and some famous friends raised nearly $90k at their annual fundraiser for cystic fibrosis at Garmany last month.
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October 5th, 2017 @ 4pm
Partyline
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
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