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RED BANK: BASIE PARKING DEAL YIELDS GAIN
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RED BANK: It's not a huge amount, but a deal with the Basie that Whelan says should have happened years ago could put $20k in borough coffers this year.
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November 21st, 2016 @ 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: Remember the Hampton Inn planned for the foot of Cooper's Bridge? Six years after it was proposed, it returns to the planning board Monday night.
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November 18th, 2016 @ 3pm
RED BANK: SOIRÉE KICKS OFF HOLIDAY SEASON
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RED BANK: Business Alliance kicks off holiday party season with fundraiser soirée at the Molly Pitcher. See who you know among attendees.
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November 18th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: CHARTER FOES CLAIM BROAD BASE
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RED BANK: Who's behind the Civil Rights complaint against the Red Bank Charter School filed with the Justice Department earlier this week?
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November 17th, 2016 @ 11am
SANDY HOOK: BACKERS RALLY TO SAVE HOUSE
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SANDY HOOK: Preservationists hope to save the last remnant of a long-forgotten beach club from demolition in order to create a museum and cultural center.
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November 16th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: RIVER CONTAMINATION UPDATE SET
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RED BANK: Teaching kids "watershed mindfulness," plus the findings of bacteria-sniffing dogs, mark agenda for the final Rally for the Navesink of 2016.
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November 16th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: GROUPS SEEK FEDS PROBE OF CHARTER SCHOOL FOR STUDENT ‘SEGREGATION’
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RED BANK:Two groups ask the Justice Department to investigate alleged Civil Rights violations in the continued existence of the charter school.
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November 15th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: In the latest blotter, a downtown business reports theft of $20,000 worth of clothing and accessories.
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November 15th, 2016 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO ARREST
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FAIR HAVEN: Borough man arrested on pot and other charges.
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November 15th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: VAN ZANDT LINEUP TO ROCK BASIE
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RED BANK: Steven Van Zandt to pick bands for four concerts to raise funds for a massive $20 million Count Basie Theatre expansion.
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November 14th, 2016 @ 1pm
RUMSON: SURF TEAM WRAPS UP FIRST SEASON
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RUMSON: R-FH surfing team wraps up its first season of existence.
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November 14th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: BURSTING WITH KINDNESS
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RED BANK: The 'Dance for Kindness,' complete with 'freezemob' and 'flashmob,' livens up a stretch of Broad Street. We've got photos.
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November 14th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: After complaints about stinky, foul-tasting water, officials have reverted to borough wells, blaming an algae issue at the NJAW reservoir.
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November 11th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: Clinton lost, but her coattails helped Dems gain parity on the council as voters went straight down the ballot voting blue.
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November 11th, 2016 @ 6am
ON THE GREEN: Towns plan community Veterans Day ceremonies.
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November 10th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: CHARTER CLAIMS NO ‘SEGREGATION’
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RED BANK: In an op-ed, charter school superintendent Pennotti blasts "segregation" claims of critics, citing a 2004 court ruling.
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November 10th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: GARAGE DEBATE PREVIEWED
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RED BANK: Debate over possible downtown parking garage offers preview of public hearing on a key step in the process next month.
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November 10th, 2016 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: Incumbent GOP pair hold off strong challenge.
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November 8th, 2016 @ 10pm
RUMSON: Incumbent Republicans easily retain both council seats at stake.
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November 8th, 2016 @ 10pm
SHREWSBURY: Incumbents won all four council seats on the ballot.
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November 8th, 2016 @ 10pm
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ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
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!