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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
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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
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL TO BUY BUILDING
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RED BANK: The charter school plans to pay $1.73 million for a commercial building that abuts its property to create a gym.
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April 26th, 2017 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: Borough, regional high school and local school budgets each get an airing at council meeting.
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April 25th, 2017 @ 5pm
RED BANK: HOMEBUILDER EYES FACTORIES
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RED BANK: Homebuilder plans to raze West Side buildings, including millworks and former guitar factory, to replace them with townhouses.
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April 25th, 2017 @ 2pm
LITTLE SILVER: Point Road School will get a new tree, and each student will get a seedling, as the Monmouth County Freeholders commemorate Arbor Day Friday.
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April 25th, 2017 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: CAR SMACKS HYDRANT
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LITTLE SILVER: Motorist taken to hospital after accident takes out fire hydrant.
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April 25th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: COP PLANS MENTORING PROGRAM
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RED BANK: Inspired by his interaction with a boy who was skipping school, a borough cop is creating a new mentoring program for preteen boys.
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April 24th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: THEATER ADDITION APPROVED
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RED BANK: Two River Theater wins approval for major backstage expansion as neighbors worry about traffic impact of new driveway.
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April 21st, 2017 @ 7am
RIVER PLAZA MAN IN HEROIC RESCUE
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A River Plaza man helped rescue a motorist from a submerged car following an Eatontown crash Sunday night, according to a report by the Asbury Park Press.
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April 20th, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: RIVERFEST UNPLUGGED, AGAIN
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RED BANK: Riverfest, a food-and-music event that drew as many as 75,000 visitors to the downtown waterfront, is canceled in a dispute with the borough over "donations."
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April 19th, 2017 @ 1pm
FAIR HAVEN: ACME CENTER MAKEOVER OK’D
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FAIR HAVEN: Acme shopping center makeover approved, minus a large sign that board members said raised pedestrian safety concerns.
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April 19th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: JUST-IN-TIME DELIVERY?
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RED BANK: Photo cries out for a funny caption. Let's hear what you've got.
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April 18th, 2017 @ 2pm
RED BANK: Included in the latest police blotter is a report of a stolen purse containing, among other things, a "family member Jersey City police badge."
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April 18th, 2017 @ 12pm
SHREWSBURY: The latest reports from borough police
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April 18th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: YARN, SNEAKERS, JEWELRY & MORE
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RED BANK: In Churn, a yarn shop opens, a shoe store rebrands, a jewelry store relocates and a restaurant closes.
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April 18th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: Better understanding of the sources of bacterial contamination prompts restart of kids' boating program suspended last summer.
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April 17th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: RESTROOMS NEARLY READY TO GO
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RED BANK: A new structure suddenly appeared in Marine Park last week. What's going on here?
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April 17th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: MAN CHARGED AS TREE VANDAL
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RED BANK: Cops charge panhandler with wave of tree mutilations. redbankgreen has photos of him at work.
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April 14th, 2017 @ 2pm
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FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
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