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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
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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
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
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
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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
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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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