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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
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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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
RED BANK: LIGHTING THE WAY
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RED BANK: This week's Summer Scenes photo features a luminous green fence.
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August 8th, 2016 @ 3pm
FAIR HAVEN: Latest police blotter includes pair arrested on drug charges during traffic stop.
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August 8th, 2016 @ 1pm
SANDY HOOK: CLINGING JELLYFISH TARGETED
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SANDY HOOK: American Littoral Society seeks the public's help looking into clinging, stinging jellyfish.
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August 8th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: OUTDOOR ARTISTRY
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RED BANK: More art gets an airing at soon-to-open Detour Gallery.
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August 8th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: PARAKEET FOUND
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RED BANK: Did you lose a parakeet?
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August 5th, 2016 @ 6pm
COOL INSIDE: PARTY IN A CUP
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COOL INSIDE: PieHole serves up perhaps the most insane treat you've ever seen in a cup.
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August 5th, 2016 @ 4pm
RED BANK: APARTMENTS & GARAGE PROPOSED
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RED BANK: Developer plans 45 apartments above a parking garage alongside the train station at cab company office.
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August 5th, 2016 @ 9am
SHREWSBURY: NAVESINK EFFORT UPDATED
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SHREWSBURY: Effort to find and reduce fecal coliform levels in the Navesink cites a small success involving horse manure
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August 5th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: ORPHANED OPOSSUMS SAVED
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RED BANK: Baby opossums taken for care after their mother is killed.
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August 4th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: FOOD & CLOTHING POWER CHURN
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RED BANK: Retail Churn reports new bake shop coming and other changes in restaurant and retail scene downtown.
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August 3rd, 2016 @ 10am
SHREWSBURY: Crime and arrest reports.
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August 3rd, 2016 @ 8am
RUMSON: NAVESINK HEALTH RALLY SLATED
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RUMSON: Clean Ocean Action and other enviro groups plan a 'rally' to save the Navesink from runoff-borne pollution.
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August 2nd, 2016 @ 12pm
SANDY HOOK: ENTRY FEE HIKE PROPOSED
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SANDY HOOK: Entry fees would rise 33 percent next summer under a proposal by the National Park Service.
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August 2nd, 2016 @ 7am
RED BAN: Crime and arrest reports.
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August 2nd, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: BEE IN THE MOMENT
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RED BANK: This week's Summer Scenes photo zeroes in on a busy bee.
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August 1st, 2016 @ 1pm
RED BANK: APARTMENTS ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: A proposed six-unit apartment building needs a carload of variances.
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August 1st, 2016 @ 12pm
MIDDLETOWN: The accused assailant in a brutal knife attack on a shopper here three years ago escaped from a mental institution Saturday.
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August 1st, 2016 @ 5am
Partyline
LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS!
"Long Live Local News" flags from redbankgreen's 20th anniversary celebration in Marine Park Tuesday prove to be the perfect compliment to s ...
MUMS AND WITCHES
17 Prospect Ave (Photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...