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RED BANK: ‘HOPE FOR HUMANITY’ VIGIL SLATED
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RED BANK: Lunch Break plans 'Hope for Humanity' candlelight vigil.
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September 13th, 2017 @ 3pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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SHREWSBURY: Three weeks worth of crimes and arrests, including a car stolen from a dealership, a burglary and a DWI charge.
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September 13th, 2017 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER: Two months worth of crime and arrest reports from the borough police department.
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September 12th, 2017 @ 1pm
RED BANK: PARKING GARAGE HEARING SLATED
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RED BANK: After remaining largely mum for months, the council is ready to talk, and hold a public hearing, about the parking proposals for White Street.
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September 11th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: The latest police blotter covers two weeks of police activity.
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September 11th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: FREE TROLLEY SERVICE PLANNED
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RED BANK: Electric tuk-tuks may begin free trolley services next week.
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September 8th, 2017 @ 4pm
RED BANK: Police arrested a Shrewsbury Avenue man on charges of sexual contact with a child, alleged to have occurred several years ago.
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September 8th, 2017 @ 1pm
RED BANK: BROWNSTONES PROJECT APPROVED
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RED BANK: Developer Roger Mumford's 22-unit brownstone townhouse plan wins praise from neighbors along with zoning board approval.
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September 8th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: OceanFirst plans to buy headquarters of homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises on West Front Street, redbankgreen has learned.
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September 7th, 2017 @ 1pm
RED BANK: HOVNANIAN SELLING HOME OFFICE
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RED BANK: Homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises, its output shrunken, plans to sell its gleaming headquarters here and move to Matawan.
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September 7th, 2017 @ 7am
SHREWSBURY: BABY TURTLES GET AN ASSIST
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SHREWSBURY: A dozen newly hatched snapping turtles make their debut in a gravel parking lot, then get an assist to the nearby creek.
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September 6th, 2017 @ 4pm
RED BANK: TAILOR, JEWELER, VAPE SHOP…
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RED BANK: A jeweler pairs up with a custom tailor; a vape shop leases space; a new barbershop plans to open; and more in Retail Churn.
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September 6th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: UP NEXT: MUMFORD TOWNHOUSES
RED BANK: While vying for the White Street project, developer Roger Mumford goes before zoning board this week with a West Side townhouse plan.
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September 5th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: LOST DOG? PUP BEGS TO DIFFER
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RED BANK: 'Lost' puppy found near Broad Street refuses to get in borough van, shows animal control officer where she lives.
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September 1st, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: The Count Basie Theatre kicked off a $20 million expansion with the demolition of an adjoining building that once housed a Wawa store.
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September 1st, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: WORK HALTED OVER SAFETY ISSUES
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RED BANK: Borough inspectors order halt to construction of a new apartment building over concerns about excavation safety.
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September 1st, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: INKY PROBES SEGREGATION CLAIMS
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RED BANK: Philadelphia Inquirer probes segregation claims leveled at charter school.
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August 31st, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: NEW BELLHAVEN PLAN WINS PRAISE
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RED BANK: Two years after controversy over a planned 'sprayrground,' a new concept for Bellhaven Nature Area gets a warmer reception.
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August 31st, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: APARTMENTS FINALLY UNDERWAY
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RED BANK: There's a big hole in the ground surrounded by a fence on Mechanic Street. What's Going on Here? Click for the answer.
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August 30th, 2017 @ 12pm
RBR TEACHER NOTED FOR LITERARY BLOG
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LITTLE SILVER: RBR teacher Gretna Wilkinson honored for literary blog, the Raven's Perch.
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August 30th, 2017 @ 8am
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