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RED BANK: CRIME & ARREST REPORTS
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RED BANK: DWI arrests, graffiti galore and "diamond Egyptian evil eye charm teardrop necklace" worth $10k reported stolen in June blotter.
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July 11th, 2023 @ 1pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: COUNCIL TO HOST ACCESS HOURS
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RED BANK: Taking a cue from Portman, council will launch weekly listening sessions, with at least one member present, says Facey-Blackwood.
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July 10th, 2023 @ 4am
RED BANK: ARTS CHAMPION TOM CHESEK DIES
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RED BANK: Tom Chesek, who for decades spotlighted unheralded local artists with distinctive prose, has died at age 64.
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July 7th, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: LOTTERY SETS NEW COUNCIL TERMS
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RED BANK: Triggiano and Facey-Blackwood, key players in government overhaul, win four-year terms in lottery held Thursday night.
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July 7th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: CANNON TO RETURN AS ATTORNEY
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RED BANK: Cannon to return as attorney one year after getting dumped; CME to return as engineer. New council's appointments at a glance.
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July 6th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: DRIVER UNINJURED IN ROLLOVER
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RED BANK: In yet another crash involving a rollover, driver crawls uninjured from wreckage on Drs. Parker Boulevard.
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July 5th, 2023 @ 4pm
RED BANK: THOUSANDS ENJOY RIVER CONCERT
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RED BANK: On a serene summer night, thousands settle in for New Jersey Symphony Orchestra concert on our beautiful Navesink River. Photos galore.
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July 4th, 2023 @ 11am
RED BANK: PLASTIC FILM PICKUPS CONTINUE
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RED BANK: Townwide plastic film recycling is still on for the first Wednesday of each month, says Facey-Blackwood.
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July 4th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: DRAG QUEENS STRUT THEIR STUFF
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RED BANK: Drag queens and audience members strutted their fabulous stuff at a family friendly event that drew no protesters.
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July 4th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: NEW GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE
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RED BANK: New era in municipal government begins with visit by governor, who swears in Portman and roasts Triggiano.
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July 3rd, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: TENANTS TO FILL KEY VACANCIES
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, leases signed for key vacancies; restaurant adds second menu; Italian ice shop opens; and more.
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June 30th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: CANADA WILDFIRE SMOKE RETURNS
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RED BANK: For the second time in a month, smoke from Canadian forest fires lays a haze over the Navesink River and the Greater Green.
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June 30th, 2023 @ 6am
RED BANK: A GRACIOUS END TO ‘BOROUGH’ ERA
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RED BANK: After 115 years, "borough" government era ends with a council session free of the infighting that marked the last five.
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June 29th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: NO FIREWORKS ON FINAL AGENDA
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RED BANK: Agenda for final council meeting under "borough" government form suggests no fireworks, but hey, anything can happen.
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June 26th, 2023 @ 3pm
RED BANK: COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT
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RED BANK: Outreach for volunteers to municipal boards and committees "absolutely working," with applications still welcome, says Portman.
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June 23rd, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: LITTLE SUN AT SUMMER’S START
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RED BANK: The summer of 2023 gets off to an inauspicious start without much sunshine in the extended forecast.
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June 22nd, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: FOREST LEAVES SCHOOL BOARD
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RED BANK: Board of education bids goodbye to longtime member Ben Forest, who joins the council July 1, and welcomes new member.
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June 21st, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: FAMILY-FRIENDLY DRAG EVENT SET
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RED BANK: While other towns have their knickers in a twist over LGBTQ matters, borough slates a family-friendly drag queen event in a park.
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June 20th, 2023 @ 9am
RED BANK: McCONNELL TO RETIRE
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RED BANK: Police chief and interim administrator Darren McConnell plans to retire next month. But there's an outside chance he'll be back as manager.
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June 19th, 2023 @ 9am
RED BANK: HUNDREDS CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH
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RED BANK: Hundreds gather to celebrate Juneteenth with a march, music, food and community in Johnny Jazz Park.
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June 19th, 2023 @ 7am
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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!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...