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LITTLE SILVER: K9 UNIT OK’D, BUT NOT A FUND
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LITTLE SILVER: Borough will set up a K9 unit, but not a donor fund for it, following action by a divided council Monday night.
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May 9th, 2017 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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SHREWSBURY: Four weeks worth of crime and arrest reports from borough police includes two arrests of the same person.
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May 8th, 2017 @ 11am
FAIR HAVEN: Three people taken to hospital after a collision involving three motorcycles and a motor vehicle.
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May 8th, 2017 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: K9 ISSUE SPLITS COUNCIL
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LITTLE SILVER: Does the borough need a bomb-sniffing dog? A divided council takes up the question Monday night.
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May 8th, 2017 @ 5am
ON THE GREEN: A WET FRIDAY FORECAST
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RED BANK: The weekend on the Greater Green starts off with lots of rain.
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May 5th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: EMERGENCY PATH PLAN ADVANCES
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RED BANK: Plans for new emergency access to primary school, along with some water pressure upgrades for nearby residents, advanced last week.
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May 4th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: Environmental officials investigate mass die-off of bunker in the Navesink. Past incidents are believed to have been triggered by predatory bluefish.
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May 3rd, 2017 @ 3pm
RED BANK: SICKLES BREWS BOOSKERDOO DEAL
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RED BANK: The 'Sickles Market Provisions' planned for the long-vacant Anderson Storage building will feature a Booskerdoo coffee kiosk.
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May 2nd, 2017 @ 5pm
RED BANK: In the latest police blotter, a Fair Haven man is arrested for DWI and pot possession.
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May 2nd, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RESTAURANT PLAN STILL IN FLUX
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RED BANK: Rooftop dining in seafood restaurant proposed for former 10th Ave. Burrito building still faces objections from neighboring condo.
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May 2nd, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: PARENTS OFF TO TRENTON, AGAIN
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RED BANK: About two dozen parents, joined by five council members, head off by bus to Trenton to lobby for "equitable" school funding.
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May 2nd, 2017 @ 8am
RUMSON: April's police blotter includes the arrest of an unidentified 16-year-old for DUI.
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May 2nd, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: GAS LINE WORK TO IMPACT RUSH
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RED BANK: Emergency work to repair a gas leak is expected to create significant traffic tie-ups Monday evening, police said.
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May 1st, 2017 @ 2pm
RED BANK: FOOD FEST DRAWS A CROWD
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RED BANK: redbankgreen's shutterbug roams the crowd, finding tons of color under gray skies at Sunday's food fest.
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May 1st, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: FRAMES, FLOWERS AND BEARD CARE
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RED BANK: In Churn, a tonsorial parlor leases a sore-thumb space downtown, and we reveal the name of the business taking over the former Prown's storefront on Monmouth Street.
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May 1st, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: RIVER BACTERIA SOURCES LOCATED
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RED BANK: Officials from the 'Rally for the Navesink' collaborate celebrate success in finding a significant source of river bacteria on Marion Street.
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April 28th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: GLAZIER HONORED FOR ROOF SAVE
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RED BANK: Hospital honors union glazier for saving man in an apparent suicide attempt from top deck of Globe Street garage.
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April 27th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: 5K TO RUN AGAIN IN 2018
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RED BANK: Business alliance to host a 5K in June, 2018, filling an event gap left when the Sheehan Classic left town two years ago.
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April 27th, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: Budget vote creates unexpected bedfellows as two Republicans oppose plan drafted by colleague, who wins praise from her election opponent.
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April 27th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: SCHOOL TAX TO RISE 3.26 PERCENT
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RED BANK: The borough school tax is set to rise 3.26 percent amid familiar circumstances: enrollment growth and flat state aid.
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April 26th, 2017 @ 11am
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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 ...