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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
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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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
RED BANK: SCHOOL TO GET 500 BOOKS
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RED BANK: As part of an effort to prevent educational "summer slide," the Primary School is to receive 500 books.
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June 14th, 2017 @ 8am
LITTLE SILVER: A QUICK STOP TO A FAST FIRE
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LITTLE SILVER: Quick action on a fast-moving fire on the hottest day of the year limits loss to a one unit in a four-condo building.
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June 13th, 2017 @ 11am
RUMSON: Arrests by borough police during the month of May, 2017.
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June 13th, 2017 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: CELL TOWER DIALS UP OUTRAGE
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LITTLE SILVER: Hundreds of residents pack a meeting to give elected officials an earful about a new cell tower built just 500 feet away.
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June 13th, 2017 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: BLAZE DESTROYS CONDO UNIT
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LITTLE SILVER: A fire first seen coming from an outdoor wall fixture destroyed a condo on Birch Avenue. No injuries were reported.
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June 12th, 2017 @ 5pm
RED BANK: PARKING PLANS MOVE TO THE FORE
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RED BANK: After a dozen years of talk and inaction on a new parking garage in the heart of town, five plans will get their first public airing Wednesday.
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June 12th, 2017 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: Police blotter for May, 2017 includes report on Rumson juvenile charged with DWI, speeding and more.
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June 9th, 2017 @ 9am
SHREWSBURY POLICE BLOTTER
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SHREWSBURY: The latest report from borough police includes 10 arrests, 9 of them for contempt of court.
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June 9th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: K-9 AIDS BIG DRUG BUST
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RED BANK: Police dog Hunter hunts down a large cache of drugs, including heroin, after suspect flees traffic stop on foot and discards bag.
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June 8th, 2017 @ 1pm
FAIR HAVEN: DETERMINED TURTLES GET ASSIST
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FAIR HAVEN: A female turtle determined to cross Ridge Road to lay her eggs got an assist earlier this week. So did two others.
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June 8th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: Hard to choose the best item reported stolen in the latest police blotter: the "Bimbo Nito valued at $1.00" or the pack of Newports.
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June 7th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RESTAURANT OPENS; DECK WON’T
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RED BANK: Upscale seafood restaurant opens while owners are at planning board winning expansion approval, but minus the deck with river views.
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June 6th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: NAVESINK OYSTER STUDY BEGINS
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RED BANK: With bags of shells collected from restaurant plates, Littoral Society kicks off a study to see if oysters can be brought back in the Navesink.
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June 5th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: THIS WEEK’S WEATHER OUTLOOK
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RED BANK: The weather outlook for most of the coming week isn't so bright.
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June 5th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: BIKE BLESSING, MUSIC & HOGS
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RED BANK: Pilgrim Baptist hosts its sixth annual Community Unity & Bike Blessing Festival Saturday, a free event deaturing food, entertainment, and hogs.
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June 2nd, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: DEMS GOAD GOP OVER GARAGE
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RED BANK: Council Democrats goad two Republican counterparts over downtown garage issue, but Schwabenbauer says they won't take the bait.
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June 2nd, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: JUNE ARRIVES IN FOG
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RED BANK: The Greater Green began June, 2017 enveloped in fog. Here's your weather forecast for the day.
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June 1st, 2017 @ 6am
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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)