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RED BANK: COMINGS AND GOINGS DOWNTOWN
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RED BANK: The latest comings and goings on the downtown retail scene.
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September 1st, 2016 @ 11am
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FAIR HAVEN: BIKE SHOP CALLING IT QUITS
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FAIR HAVEN: Like Laird's Stationery, Bike Haven is also getting squeezed out, though rising rent isn't the only reason.
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August 31st, 2016 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN: JAEGER TO MEET FANS AT FAIR
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FAIR HAVEN: Olympic silver medalist Connor Jaeger slated to meet fans at the fair Wednesday night.
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August 30th, 2016 @ 8pm
RED BANK: TOP BID $392,587 FOR FIREHOUSE
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RED BANK: Auction of century-old Independent firehouse draws four bids.
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August 30th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: A SUMMER MOMENT BY THE RIVER
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RED BANK: This week's Summer Scenes takes a moment to relax by the river.
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August 29th, 2016 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: SHARING SUMMER’S BOUNTY
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MIDDLETOWN: Kids spend their summer off growing and collecting produce for the hungry.
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August 29th, 2016 @ 11am
SHREWSBURY: Crime and arrest reports.
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August 29th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: FIRE DAMAGES BEDROOM
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RED BANK: Bedroom fire quickly extinguished.
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August 28th, 2016 @ 12pm
COOL INSIDE: AN OLD-SCHOOL EGG CREAM
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COOL INSIDE goes old school for a rich, cooling New York egg cream.
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August 26th, 2016 @ 6pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL OKS SIGNS, SEWER FIX
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RED BANK: Council takes action on matters involving borough parks, sidewalks, sewers and more.
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August 26th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: DETOUR GALLERY ARRIVES
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RED BANK: Detour Gallery opening draw hundreds to invite-only debut.
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August 26th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: Once again there's official talk of allowing food trucks to operate in town.Will it actually happen this time?
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August 25th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MENNA GRIPES HE WAS DISSED
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RED BANK: Things got snippy when Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna claimed he was being dissed by two council members -- fellow Democrats.
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August 25th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: SICKELS FACING HEAVY DEBT WOES
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RED BANK: Stanley Sickels, the borough government's most powerful unelected official, may lose his home to foreclosure.
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August 24th, 2016 @ 9am
SEA BRIGHT: POST-SANDY REBUILD DEBATED
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SEA BRIGHT: Residents pack town hall to debate a $12.7 million plan to rebuild, all at once, every public structure wiped out by Sandy.
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August 24th, 2016 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN: AT LAIRD’S, A SIGN OF CHANGE
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FAIR HAVEN: The sign comes down at Laird's Stationery, marking the end of an era.
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August 23rd, 2016 @ 4pm
RED BANK: OUT BACK AND UP ABOVE
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RED BANK: This week's Summer Scenes takes us behind some familiar downtown buildings.
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August 23rd, 2016 @ 9am
SEA BRIGHT: TOWN HALL ON REFERENDUM
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SEA BRIGHT: Residents will gather for a town hall meeting tonight on next month's referendum on rebuilding public facilities.
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August 23rd, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: BASIE TO STAY BASIE FOR CENTURY
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RED BANK: Count Basie Theatre makes its name official, and will keep it for another century under a deal with the Basie Trust.
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August 22nd, 2016 @ 10am
ON THE GREEN: WEATHER TO FROLIC IN
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ON THE GREEN: There's lots of sunshine in this week's weather forecast.
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August 22nd, 2016 @ 5am
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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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