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RBR: HELPING FRESHMEN DROP ANCHOR
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LITTLE SILVER: Incoming RBR freshmen learn strategies for coping with stress as part of the Summer Slam transition program.
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August 2nd, 2017 @ 4pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: CLOUDS AND STORMS IN OUTLOOK
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RED BANK: Where'd the sunshine go, and when will it be back?
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August 2nd, 2017 @ 8am
SHREWSBURY: The latest crime and arrest blotter from borough police.
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August 2nd, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: CHARTER, RAYRAP ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: The charter school and developer Ray Rapcavage go before the zoning board with plans that have generated a fair amount of heat recently.
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August 1st, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: SECOND-METER ISSUE RETURNS
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RED BANK: The issue of separate water meters for lawn water and car washing sputters back to life after 18 months of silence.
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July 31st, 2017 @ 9am
LITTLE SILVER: Two months worth of crime and arrest reports from the borough police department.
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July 31st, 2017 @ 8am
RB, FH & LS COPS HOST ‘NIGHT OUT’
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FAIR HAVEN & RED BANK: Police in two towns host their latest events in the annual National Night Out community relations initiative Tuesday evening.
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July 31st, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: CHARTER DATA RELEASE ORDERED
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RED BANK: A state agency orders charter school to provide enrollment demographics after borough resident's complaint about lack of transparency.
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July 28th, 2017 @ 2pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL PROMOTES FIVE OFFICERS
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RED BANK: Five police officers move up the command ladder at swearing-in ceremonies during Wednesday night's council meeting.
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July 27th, 2017 @ 6am
SHREWSBURY: Police charge six drivers with DWI over five weeks. Blotter.
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July 26th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MISSION HOUSE RISING
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RED BANK: A new modular structure is going up on the St. Anthony of Padua campus. What's Going On Here? We've got the answer.
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July 25th, 2017 @ 1pm
ON THE GREEN: BRIDGES UP FOR COMMENT
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ON THE GREEN: Comments wanted on a replacement for the Oceanic Bridge and a proposed opening schedule for the Rumson-Sea Bright span.
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July 25th, 2017 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN: Police blotter for June, 2017.
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July 24th, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: STATION APARTMENTS OK’D
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RED BANK: Developer wins approval to convert five-story office building at the train station to apartments.
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July 21st, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: The latest police blotter includes seven DWI arrests.
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July 20th, 2017 @ 3pm
RED BANK: APARTMENTS ON ZONING AGENDA
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RED BANK: A plan to convert a five-story office building at the train station to apartments, and add 16 new ones, goes before the zoning board tonight.
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July 20th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: CRAFT BEER MICROBREWERY OK’D
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RED BANK: A second craft beer microbrewery has confirmed plans to open downtown, and it's less than 500 feet away from the first.
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July 19th, 2017 @ 3pm
RED BANK: EXTRA CASH FUNDS TEACHER HIRES
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RED BANK: The board of ed could hire as many as eight teachers and aides with a "gigantic" infusion of additional state aid, superintendent says.
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July 19th, 2017 @ 8am
SANDY HOOK: Twelve-year-old Union County girl dies day after water rescue.
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July 18th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: PEDIATRIC SURGEON INDICTED
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RED BANK: A 72-year-old pediatric surgeon was indicted on two counts of criminal sexual contact with a 17-year-old female patient.
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July 18th, 2017 @ 5am
Partyline
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)