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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
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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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
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
RED BANK: PHARMACY CLEARED TO OPEN
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RED BANK: What's Going On Here? A new drugstore on Shrewsbury Avenue gets the green light from borough inspectors to open.
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June 1st, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: WILL ‘PURE’ GARAGE GET A SHOT?
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RED BANK: With three Democrats vowing "staunch opposition" to ambitious garage and housing proposals, will a garage-only plan get equal time?
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May 31st, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: RACIAL ROOTS OF MEMORIAL DAY
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RED BANK: As part of a series called "Let's Talk About Race," the library hosts a lecture Wednesday night on "The Surprising Origins of Memorial Day."
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May 31st, 2017 @ 5am
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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 ...