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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
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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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
FAIR HAVEN: MOVE IT ON OVER
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FAIR HAVEN: What's up with the old building that's now up on blocks in the historic business downtown? What's Going On Here answers.
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April 14th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: Council ends parking deficiency fees for developers. Meanwhile, lawsuit may slow progress toward downtown garage.
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April 14th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: PRESSED, ATTORNEY APOLOGIZES
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RED BANK: Borough attorney apologizes for redirecting an audience member's video camera during council meeting.
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April 13th, 2017 @ 11am
Partyline
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 ...