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RUMSON: IRISH SPIRIT WARMS COLD BONES
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RUMSON: Biting cold reduced the turnout, but the fifth annual St. Patricks Day Parade was another yet another spirited affair Sunday.
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March 13th, 2017 @ 6am
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RED BANK: BLIZZARD IN FORECAST
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RED BANK: Borough invokes new emergency parking ordinance as National Weather Service issues blizzard warning.
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March 13th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: HALF A STORM?
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RED BANK: A quick snowstorm blew into town and was expected to quickly depart.
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March 10th, 2017 @ 1pm
RED BANK: COPS, COFFEE AND A NEW K-9
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RED BANK: Two years after starting a K9 unit, borough police will get a second dog. Also will host a "Coffee with Cops" next month.
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March 10th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: RIVERCENTER RAPPED ON PARKING
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RED BANK: Two past RiverCenter chairmen think the agency should use is financial juice to help solve the parking crisis downtown.
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March 9th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: NO ACTION ON IMMIGRATION
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RED BANK: Council takes no immediate action on controversial measure regarding law enforcement and undocumented immigrants.
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March 9th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: SNOW?
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RED BANK: Rollercoaster temperatures expected to bring another springlike day Thursday and a couple of inches of snow Friday.
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March 9th, 2017 @ 4am
RUMSON: Arrest reports for February, 2017.
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March 8th, 2017 @ 3pm
SHREWSBURY: The latest crime and arrest reports from the borough PD.
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March 8th, 2017 @ 2pm
RED BANK: Homebuilding giant Hovnanian Enterprises very nearly posted a net profit in its most recent quarter.
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March 8th, 2017 @ 10am
RUMSON-SEA BRIGHT: BRIDGE CLOSING, AGAIN
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RUMSON-SEA BRIGHT: County officials plan another overnight closing of Route 520 bridge for maintenance.
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March 8th, 2017 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN: NAVESINK RALLY RESUMES
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FAIR HAVEN: An effort dubbed Rally for Navesink series continues tonight with discussions of oyster beds and safe boat waste disposal.
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March 8th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: TWO RIVER PLANS ADDITION
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RED BANK: Two River Theater files for major expansion of its backstage operations to allow for building large stage sets, costume creation and rehearsals.
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March 7th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: DOWNTOWN APARTMENTS OK’D
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RED BANK: A controversial plan for 35 downtown apartments wins approval amid parting shots at Menna and Whelan over redevelopment zone designation.
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March 6th, 2017 @ 9pm
RED BANK: BASIE PIMPS STAGE TO PRESS
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RED BANK: Commerce intrudes on a once-inviolable sanctuary as the Basie sells stage-naming rights to the Asbury Park Press.
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March 6th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: APARTMENTS & EATERY ON DECK
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RED BANK: On Monday's planning board agenda: a controversial plan for 35 downtown apartments, and changes to the former 10th Ave. Burrito building.
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March 6th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: WHELAN RUNNING FOR ASSEMBLY
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RED BANK: After just a year on the borough council, where he's spearheaded a parking garage effort, Republican Mike Whelan is running for Assembly.
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March 5th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: FORMER STAIR FACTORY REFRAMED
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RED BANK: The art collector who created Detour Gallery is now turning a former West Side stair factory into a frame shop.
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March 3rd, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: ACLU ENTERS CHARTER BATTLE
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RED BANK: The ACLU has joined two other organizations battling the charter school over charges of segregation and will appeal this week's charter renewal.
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March 2nd, 2017 @ 6pm
RED BANK: CHARTER WINS FIVE MORE YEARS
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RED BANK: Amid controversy over its impact on it host district, charter school wins state approval to operate for another five years.
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March 1st, 2017 @ 8pm
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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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