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RED BANK: SEWER LINE BREAK CLOSES ROAD
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RED BANK: Repair work on a broken sewer line forced the closure of a busy stretch of Shrewsbury Avenue early Friday morning.
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June 23rd, 2017 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RUMSON: OCEANIC MAKEOVER BEGINS ANEW
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RUMSON: Locals get a look at options for a new Oceanic Bridge as officials hit the reset button on the consensus-building process begun a decade ago.
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June 21st, 2017 @ 9am
FREEHOLD: Alleged gunman in 2014 Red Bank shooting gets underway, though jurors won't hear about an alleged retaliation killing.
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June 21st, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: SOMETHING BREWING AT TRIUMPH?
RED BANK: The vats arrived Tuesday at the Triumph Brewing Company brewpub at the West Side Lofts. So what does that that means in terms of opening?
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June 20th, 2017 @ 4pm
SHREWSBURY: Two weeks of arrest reports from borough police.
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June 20th, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: The latest crime and arrest reports from RBPD include thefts of a tip jar and a traffic cone.
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June 20th, 2017 @ 10am
OCEANIC BRIDGE: CONCEPT PLANS ON DISPLAY
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OCEANIC BRIDGE: Monmouth County officials will unveil concept plans for repairing or replacing the span at public sessions in Middletown and Rumson today.
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June 20th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: CRAFT BREWERY, TAKEOUT PLANNED
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RED BANK: A craft-beer brewery and a takeout restaurant are expected to occupy store space on Monmouth Street that's been vacant almost nine years.
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June 19th, 2017 @ 11am
FAIR HAVEN: SCHOOL STARTUP SPINS A PROFIT
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FAIR HAVEN: A student-run "company" that was launched to teach kids entrepreneurship landed a legit contract with a Silicon Valley startup this year.
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June 19th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: BOOKMARKS MARK FAVORITES
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RED BANK: More than 500 kids submitted drawings of their favorite things about the town for the library's bookmark contest. Here are the winners.
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June 16th, 2017 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: ROAD WORKER STRUCK
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FAIR HAVEN: A Monmouth County worker on a road-striping crew was struck by a car here Thursday, police said.
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June 15th, 2017 @ 3pm
RED BANK: CAR PLOWS INTO VNA BUILDING
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RED BANK: Vehicle plows into vacant former VNA headquarters, briefly entrapping two occupants.
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June 15th, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: PARKING PLANS GET FIRST AIRING
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RED BANK: Five would-be builders tout their visions for large parking and housing projects in the heart of downtown, some with retail thrown in as well.
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June 15th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: MUMFORD LOCKS UP EXTRA SITES
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RED BANK: In the contest to redevelop White Street Roger Mumford may have an edge or two: options to buy two key properties.
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June 15th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: TOWNHOUSE LOOK FOR MILL CREEK
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RED BANK: Mill Creek's proposed White Street redevelopment calls for luxury apartments and a parking garage disguised to look like a row of townhouses.
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June 15th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: DOBCO PLANS ‘CORRIDOR’ TO RIVER
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RED BANK: Dobco proposes 1,010-spot garage and pedestrian 'corridor' to West Front Street as part of garage and apartment project.
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June 15th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: BNE PUSHES ‘APPROPRIATE SCALE’
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RED BANK: BNE-Canoe garage proposal calls for 'appropriately scaled' apartments and no retail, so as not to compete with existing stores.
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June 15th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: BIJOU TOUTS GREEN APPROACH
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RED BANK: Builder Bijou Properties touts its track record in Hoboken, where "they don't want to be Jersey City," principal tells parking committee.
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June 15th, 2017 @ 8am
LITTLE SILVER: Video newsman Brian Donohue suited up for last Sunday's vintage baseball game here last Sunday, complete with head-mounted camera.
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June 14th, 2017 @ 12pm
SANDY HOOK: CRASH VICTIMS COPTERED OUT
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SANDY HOOK: Two of four victims of a one-vehicle crash were helicoptered to a hospital with serious injuries Tuesday night. Alcohol suspected.
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June 14th, 2017 @ 9am
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VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
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 ...