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RED BANK: ‘INCLUSIVE’ MEASURE SQUEAKS BY
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RED BANK: Council approves controversial "inclusive community" statement despite concerns about "false hopes" tied to sanctuary city concept.
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April 13th, 2017 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: The ACLU and a marquee civil rights lawyer take up the case of two organizations hoping to close the charter school over charges of segregation.
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April 12th, 2017 @ 11pm
RED BANK: Long Branch man found with "considerable" stash of drugs after scuffle with cops.
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April 12th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: SPRING SPRINTS AHEAD TO SUMMER
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RED BANK: Summer-like temperatures trigger an urge to pop outdoors.
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April 12th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: SHOPS PLAN EGG HUNT WITH HINTS
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RED BANK: Downtown shops and restaurants plan a clue-driven Easter Egg Hunt this Saturday.
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April 11th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: PLANTING SEEDS FOR FUTURE PARK
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RED BANK: The long process of creating a waterfront park at the former town dump kicks off with a public brainstorming session.
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April 11th, 2017 @ 7am
RUMSON: This will just take a second — arrest reports for March, 2017.
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April 10th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: ANOTHER FAIR DAY IN STORE
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RED BANK: Today's weather forecast.
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April 10th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: MULTIPLE INJURIES IN CRASH
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RED BANK: Multiple injuries in three-vehicle crash on Newman Springs Road Saturday.
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April 10th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: STREET TREES ATTACKED AGAIN
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RED BANK: Another wave of tree mutilation targeting the same trees attacked earlier this week, as well as others, prompts the police to get involved.
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April 7th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: EASTER EGG HUNT HOPS TO BASIE
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RED BANK: This year's edition of the Easter Egg hunt, traditionally held at Eastside Park, will be held Saturday at Count Basie Fields .
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April 7th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: FUND APPEAL FOR FIRE VICTIMS
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RED BANK: Daughter of fire victims who lost everything in last week's blaze starts GoFundMe drive to help them back on their feet.
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April 7th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: CLANCY QUITS COMMUNITY PANEL
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RED BANK: Still disavowing incendiary text he said was meant as a "joke," Clancy resigns Human Relations committee.
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April 6th, 2017 @ 9pm
SHREWSBURY: The latest reports from borough police include a theft of more than $1,500 worth in goods from a cosmetics store.
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April 6th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: YOUNG TREES MUTILATED
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RED BANK: One or more vandals attacked a line of six recently planted trees on Monmouth Street, tearing off all the lower branches.
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April 6th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: CLANCY DISAVOWS DIVISIVE TEXT
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RED BANK: Amid renewed calls for his removal from Human Relations committee, GOP disputes context of controversial text message.
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April 5th, 2017 @ 4pm
LITTLE SILVER: Drug busts, a DWI and a couple of car burglaries kept borough police busy in March.
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April 5th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: ANOTHER SOAKING IN FORECAST
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RED BANK: After drenching rains last week, the Greater Red Bank Green is in for another soaking Wednesday night through Thursday afternoon
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April 5th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: VISCOMI DOUBLE-BARRELS CLANCY
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RED BANK: Party loyalist tees up GOP head for two issues: ignoring her, and sending a "disgusting" text about immigrant students.
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April 4th, 2017 @ 3pm
RED BANK: EYES ON THE ROAD, PLEASE
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RED BANK: Cellphones down, please. Borough police say they'll be conducting enhanced enforcement of laws covering distracted driving this month.
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April 4th, 2017 @ 12pm
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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 ...