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RED BANK: VACANT LOT SPLITS COUNCIL AGAIN
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RED BANK: Council splits again over special treatment for a proposed apartment building that lost a zoning case earlier this year.
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September 29th, 2016 @ 9am
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RBR: FRIDAY GAME OFF DUE TO HOLMDEL VIRUS
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RBR: Friday's home football game postponed over outbreak of hand, foot and mouth virus among Holmdel players.
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September 29th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: Police looking for unidentified man who fired two shots on the West Side.
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September 28th, 2016 @ 10pm
RED BANK: Police investigating report of shots fired on West Side.
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September 28th, 2016 @ 5pm
SHREWSBURY: Crime and arrest reports.
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September 28th, 2016 @ 8am
Superintendent Carolyn Kossack, seen here in 2012.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A lawsuit that accused Little Silver’s school superintendent of same-sex sexual harassment was settledContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: HARASSMENT SUIT COST $290K"
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September 28th, 2016 @ 7am
SEA BRIGHT: REBUILDING BONDS UPHELD
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SEA BRIGHT: By a 2-1 margin, voters say they're OK with $5.3 million in debt to replace every public structure wiped out by Sandy.
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September 27th, 2016 @ 9pm
RED BANK: FRANCE, NEW YORK MAKE INROADS
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RED BANK: The latest Churn reports on a French chef who's back in business and a longtime caterer planning a "traditional New York Jewish deli" downtown.
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September 27th, 2016 @ 2pm
SEA BRIGHT: PIVOTAL VOTE ON FACILITIES
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SEA BRIGHT: Voters will decide today whether to take on $5.3 million in debt to replace every public structure wiped out by Sandy.
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September 27th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: FIRST DEBATE DOWN
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RED BANK: The first presidential debate of 2016 is now history. Did it change your mind in any way?
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September 27th, 2016 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: FOOD + FALL = TRUCKTOBERFEST
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FAIR HAVEN: Oktoberfest meets field day as Fair Haven hosts its first-ever Trucktoberfest, featuring seven food trucks, three bands and more.
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September 26th, 2016 @ 1pm
RED BANK: PETE’S BANJO PLIES THE NAVESINK
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RED BANK: That odd-looking two-master with red sails you've seen on the Navesink? Here's what it is.
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September 26th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: OYSTERFEST GOES DOWN EASY
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RED BANK: Did our cameras catch you slurping, sipping or dancing like a fool at Oysterfest? Check out our photos.
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September 26th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: WATCH CLINTON & TRUMP DEBATE
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RED BANK: Pilgrim Baptist hosts a community viewing of the first presidential debate of 2016..
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September 24th, 2016 @ 9am
Week three video highlights of high school football: RFH, RBC and RBR.
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September 24th, 2016 @ 7am
RUMSON: STADIUM SECURITY BOOSTED
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RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN: New restrictions on what can be brought into Borden Stadium go into effect following last weekend's metro-area bomb spree.
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September 23rd, 2016 @ 6am
RUMSON: BATCHLER RESIGNS AS RFH TEACHER
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RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN: Former football coach Bryan Batchler, who lost his job under cloudy circumstances, resigns as RFH teacher.
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September 22nd, 2016 @ 1pm
RED BANK: Two River Road DWI cases in the latest police blotter.
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September 22nd, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: JUST A COUPLE OF WORKING SNIFFS
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RED BANK: Bacteria-sniffing dogs used to track contamination in the Navesink give a demo of their methods in a hospital conference room.
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September 22nd, 2016 @ 8am
ON THE GREEN: SUN SETS ON SUMMER
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RED BANK AREA: Weather outlook for the first day of fall, 2016.
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September 22nd, 2016 @ 6am
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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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