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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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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)