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RED BANK: With Zipprich and Schwabenbauer up for re-election, Democrats and Republicans will hold uncontested June primaries for two open council seats.
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April 4th, 2017 @ 6am
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RED BANK: Two weeks worth of crime and arrest reports from borough police, including the theft of a tip jar.
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April 3rd, 2017 @ 3pm
RED BANK: PREPARING FOR THE NEXT ONE
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RED BANK: Three days after a raging blaze, emergency responders conduct a training exercise on a house one block away.
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April 3rd, 2017 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: FAMILY DISPLACED BY GYM FIRE
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FAIR HAVEN: A family was displaced from home after an early-morning fire Sunday, according to a report.
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April 3rd, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: HOUSE RAZED, BOOTS STOLEN
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RED BANK: House destroyed by fire razed overnight. Sea Bright firefighter says boots were stolen from scene.
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March 31st, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: FIVE INJURED IN DOGGED BLAZE
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RED BANK: Cigarette may have caused blaze that injured five and ranks as one of the most "dangerous" in recent memory, officials said.
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March 30th, 2017 @ 8pm
RED BANK: MAN INJURED FLEEING HOUSE FIRE
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RED BANK: Fire destroys Leonard Street house after man jumps from second-story window.
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March 30th, 2017 @ 6pm
RED BANK: 11 TREES PLANTED. HERE’S WHERE.
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RED BANK: The borough's tree inventory grew by 11 new Black Tupelo and Serviceberry trees Tuesday. Here's where the babies went.
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March 30th, 2017 @ 8am
LINCROFT: RESIDENTS ZAP JCP&L LINE PLAN
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LINCROFT: Two months after they were thwarted from speaking, opponents of a proposed JCP&L high-voltage line vent their anger.
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March 29th, 2017 @ 10pm
LITTLE SILVER: BOROUGH EYES AVAILABLE LOT
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LITTLE SILVER: The borough has its eye on a lot to improve access to Challenger Field. First though, there are a couple of hurdles.
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March 29th, 2017 @ 9am
LINCROFT: SECOND JCP&L HEARING SLATED
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LINCROFT: Two months after objectors packed a hearing on JCP&L's proposed high-voltage line, a second hearing is slated for tonight in a 2,000-seat gym.
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March 29th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: BRAINSTORMING A NEW PARK PLAN
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RED BANK: Got some ideas for the new park planned for the former landfill site on the West Side? Bring them to this meeting.
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March 28th, 2017 @ 12pm
SHREWSBURY: The latest crime and arrest reports from borough police.
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March 28th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: IMMIGRATION STANCE REVISITED
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RED BANK: Committee revisits, with no changes, controversial statement on undocumented immigrants expected to face possible council action next month.
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March 28th, 2017 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: FOREFRONT PROJECT BEGINS
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FAIR HAVEN: What's with the pile of rubble in the historic downtown? redbankgreen has an update on an architecturally bold project.
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March 27th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: AT LEAST FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
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RED BANK: A boat cuts through the fog on the Navesink River off Marine Park in Red Bank Monday morning. Weather forecast.
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March 27th, 2017 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN: February police blotter includes two drunk-driving arrests and a smash-and-grab car burglary at Fair Haven Fields.
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March 27th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: TWO POLITICAL SPOUSES PASS
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RED BANK: Death announcements for Dorothy Nicosia and Doreen DuPont, spouses of two longtime political figures.
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March 24th, 2017 @ 3pm
FAIR HAVEN: ACME CENTER CHANGES DETAILED
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FAIR HAVEN: Acme center owner details plan to keep it as a "neighborhood shopping center" but with more accessible parking.
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March 24th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: TAX BILLS TO RISE 2.9 PERCENT
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RED BANK: The annual budget has been introduced. Here's the impact on taxpayers.
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March 23rd, 2017 @ 3pm
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VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
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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 ...