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RED BANK: VIGIL SPEAKERS AIM AT GUN LAWS
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RED BANK: The latest in a series of anti-violence vigils was more overtly political than those in the past, with speakers taking on gun laws.
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October 5th, 2017 @ 11am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: APARTMENTS, RETAIL ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Zoning board slated to review plans for retail in a boarded-up Shrewsbury Avenue house; four new apartments at a two-family on River Street.
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October 5th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: BANDIERA PLANS PETTY TRIBUTE
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RED BANK: Cover artist extraordinaire Bobby Bandiera plans Basie tribute to Tom Petty, the rock guitarist and songwriter who died Monday.
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October 4th, 2017 @ 6pm
RED BANK: OPIOID ADDICTION CITED IN OBIT
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RED BANK: The obituary of a former borough resident who died of a drug overdose last week includes some unusually frank talk about his addiction.
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October 4th, 2017 @ 4pm
SHREWSBURY: TAPAS BAR HOSTS FUNDRAISER
SHREWSBURY: A new tapas and wine bar plans to kick things off with a "grand opening paella party" fundraiser for JBJ Soul Kitchen.
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October 4th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?
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RED BANK: What's that rapidly rising concrete block edifice on Central Avenue? redbankgreen's latest What's Going On Here has the answer.
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October 4th, 2017 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN: TOWN, R-FH SPLIT COURT COSTS
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FAIR HAVEN: Under a cost-sharing deal with Rumson-Fair Haven Regional. the town has new tennis and pickleball courts, and the school has new home courts.
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October 3rd, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: March and vigil for Las Vegas sniper victims scheduled.
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October 3rd, 2017 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: BACK TO THE FOREFRONT
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FAIR HAVEN: A 150-year-old River Road building was moved to a new foundation last week. What's Going On Here? redbankgreen answers.
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October 2nd, 2017 @ 12pm
RUMSON: Police blotter covering August and September, 2017.
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October 2nd, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: Police are investigating an early morning altercation on Bridge Avenue, where a gun was fired and a man was grazed by the bullet.
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September 30th, 2017 @ 4pm
RED BANK: CRAFTS SHOPS, RESTAURANT OPEN
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RED BANK: Two local-crafts shops open this weekend. Also, a Mexican restaurant with loco hours opens and a chain sub shop calls it quits.
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September 29th, 2017 @ 1pm
REDB BANK: HURRICANE FUNDRAISER PLANNED
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RED BANK: Merchants band together to support survivors of recent hurricanes that devastated Texas, Florida and Caribbean.
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September 29th, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: BUILDERS BALK AT ‘NET 500’
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RED BANK: Both developers vying to redevelop the White Street parking lot said an insistence on 500 net new space may not be economically viable.
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September 28th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: ‘RAILS’ PROJECT GETS ROLLING
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RED BANK: What's Going On at the Yellow Cab stand, which was demolished last week? A multiuse project called the Rails. We've got renderings.
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September 27th, 2017 @ 1pm
RUMSON: MARINE SCIENCE CENTER PLANNED
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RUMSON: Monmouth University announces plan for marine science center with labs and classrooms atop riverfront sewer pump station here.
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September 27th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: Push to redevelop the White Street parking lot gets two spotlights tonight, with meetings at borough hall (6:30) and the primary school (8 pm).
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September 27th, 2017 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: WALK & BIKE PLAN ON TABLE
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FAIR HAVEN: The borough closing in on new walking-and-biking plan that officials say could serve as a blueprint for generations to come.
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September 26th, 2017 @ 4pm
RED BANK: ‘DREAMERS’ GET, AND LEND, A HAND
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RED BANK: At a clinic on navigating new DACA era, 'Dreamers' help others just like them file paperwork. Meanwhile, their futures are "on hold," says one.
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September 26th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: ARTISTS HONOR ONE OF THEIR OWN
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RED BANK: Local artists are auctioning off their own work to fund a bench overlooking the Navesink in honor one of their own.
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September 25th, 2017 @ 12pm
Partyline
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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