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RED BANK: There won't be a Townwide Yard Sale this year as the event goes biennial.
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February 13th, 2017 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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SHREWSBURY: The latest crime and arrest reports from the borough PD.
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February 13th, 2017 @ 9am
LITTLE SILVER: In January's crimes, a borough business reported its bank account was cleaned out in a case of identity theft.
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February 13th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: ONCE AGAIN, IMPROV IN A JAM
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RED BANK: Improv Jam troupe's jamming, but in a jam, again, faced with losing its space in the Count Basie Performing Arts Academy.
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February 10th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: ADD SOME LOVE TO ‘EPIC’ POEM
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RED BANK: Community members invited to share a few words about what they love, and see their responses woven into an "epic" poem.
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February 9th, 2017 @ 8am
ON THE GREEN: HOW MUCH WHITE STUFF?
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ON THE GREEN: A snowstorm that's closed schools and government offices is expected to be brief but intense, dropping up to nine inches in a few hours.
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February 9th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: PARK, VACANT SITES ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Busy council agenda includes concept plan for a new park on the former landfill on West Sunset Avenue and a new law on vacant properties.
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February 8th, 2017 @ 7am
ON THE GREEN: UNUSUAL WARMTH, THEN SNOW
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ON THE GREEN: The Red Bank-area weather forecast calls for unseasonable warmth Wednesday followed by heavy snow Thursday.
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February 8th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: PARKING FORUM OPENS ‘DIALOGUE’
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RED BANK: A town hall meeting kicks off "dialogue" between merchants and residents on issues of parking and the role of a possible new downtown garage.
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February 7th, 2017 @ 3pm
FAIR HAVEN: Marijuana possession arrests dominate the January blotter from borough PD.
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February 7th, 2017 @ 2pm
RED BANK: HAMPTON INN WINS APPROVAL
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RED BANK: Hampton Inn gets a green light after developer withdraws a traffic element that opponents said would lead to crashes.
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February 7th, 2017 @ 12am
RED BANK: Former Ranney School employee faces federal prison term after admitting he downloaded child porn to his home computer.
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February 6th, 2017 @ 4pm
RED BANK: East Side Flag Football Union (EFFU) goes for glory once again in the Snow Bowl, a fundraiser for Special Olympics, at Metlife Stadium next month.
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February 6th, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: TOUTING A ‘SIMPLE’ PARKING FIX
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RED BANK: Downtown landlord John Bowers thinks the council's parking solution will lead the town over a cliff. He's put up $10k to create a simpler plan.
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February 3rd, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: Crime reports include theft of perfumes dropped off at Shrewsbury Avenue address by UPS. Sounds like a case for RBPD's K9, Hunter.
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February 2nd, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: SANCTUARY CITY STATUS ON TABLE
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RED BANK: In the face of Trump defunding threat, borough's Human Relations Committee expected to consider seeking sanctuary city status.
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February 1st, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: PHARMACY ALL PHRAMED OUT
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RED BANK: What's Going On Here? Update on pharmacy under construction.
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January 31st, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: Business Alliance plans town hall meeting next week to make its case for a parking garage and hear residents' concerns.
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January 31st, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: SUIT FILED OVER GARAGE HEIGHT
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RED BANK: A group led by former Councilwoman Cindy Burnham, just four weeks out of office, sues to derail White Street garage plan.
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January 30th, 2017 @ 5pm
SHREWSBURY: The latest crime and arrest reports from the borough PD.
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January 30th, 2017 @ 2pm
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 ...