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RED BANK: Police investigating report of shots fired on West Side.
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September 28th, 2016 @ 5pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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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
RUMSON: Pair charged in curbside armed robbery on a residential street.
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September 21st, 2016 @ 4pm
SHREWSBURY: The most recent arrest reports from borough PD.
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September 21st, 2016 @ 11am
RUMSON: RFH CELLPHONE POLICY CHALLENGED
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RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN: Students say crackdown on cellphone use is overreaction to one taking 'upskirt' videos of females in stairwells.
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September 21st, 2016 @ 8am
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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!