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RED BAN: Crime and arrest reports.
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August 17th, 2016 @ 2pm
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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August 17th, 2016 @ 10am
ON THE GREEN: BROOKDALE BUS LINES MERGED
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ON THE GREEN: A merger of bus routes will make travel easier for commuters to Brookdale Community College, according to a report.
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August 17th, 2016 @ 8am
LITTLE SILVER: Police blotter for July, 2016.
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August 17th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: RIVER OF LIGHT
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RED BANK: This week's Summer Scenes photo features a luminous green fence.
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August 16th, 2016 @ 2pm
SHREWSBURY: SWIMWEAR, PIZZA & MORE
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SHREWSBURY: A swimwear boutique, a pizzeria and two clothing stores are among the new and expected businesses in town.
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August 16th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SHADE TO BE MADE IN PARKS
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RED BANK: Officials hope to win grant money to provide much-needed shade at Count Basie Field and two other sites.
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August 16th, 2016 @ 8am
ON THE GREEN: ONE MORE DAY OF THIS HEAT?
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ON THE GREEN: Heat wave to last one more day, says National Weather Service.
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August 16th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: GOP council candidates demand 'emergency' meeting on river bacteria. Burnham says they're politicizing the issue.
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August 15th, 2016 @ 9am
SHREWSBURY: Crime and arrest reports.
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August 15th, 2016 @ 9am
RUMSON: CLINGING JELLYFISH GONE FOR NOW?
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RUMSON: Sea nettles may have eaten this year's bloom of highly toxic clinging jellyfish. But no one knows when they might be back.
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August 15th, 2016 @ 7am
RUMSON: Borough man gets three years in prison for commodities market manipulation.
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August 15th, 2016 @ 4am
RFH CHEERS JAEGER TO OLYMPIC SILVER IN RIO
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RUMSON: Locals cheer as R-FH alum Connor Jaeger takes silver in his second Olympics.
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August 13th, 2016 @ 10pm
COOL INSIDE: A ‘BOMBA’ OF SUBTLE FLAVORS
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COOL INSIDE: A "Bomba" at Juanito's Bakery in Red Bank delivers a payload of subtle flavors & textures.
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August 12th, 2016 @ 3pm
RUMSON: DOGS ENLISTED IN RIVER CLEANUP
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RUMSON: Dogs have been called in to help track sources of fecal coliform in the Navesink.
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August 12th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: SECOND FIREHOUSE UP FOR SALE
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RED BANK: The century-old Independent firehouse becomes the second in town to go on the auction block.
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August 11th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: PARKING PLAN ADVANCES, BARELY
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RED BANK: A tangle of issues lead to a mayoral tiebreaker vote to advance plans for a possible parking garage downtown.
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August 11th, 2016 @ 7am
ON THE GREEN: Setting the stage for a faceoff with residents living alongside it, JCP&L formally files plan for 10-mile high-power line.
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August 9th, 2016 @ 6pm
RED BANK: THIRD NOVEL FOR BARTENDER
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RED BANK: Bartender-slash-author serves up his third novel in two years.
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August 9th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: School board president Carrie Ludwikowski is leaving town.
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August 9th, 2016 @ 6am
Partyline
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!