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RED BANK: A SUMMER STREET SCENE
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RED BANK: Introducing "Summer Scenes," photos by a borough eighth-grader.
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July 18th, 2016 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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COOL INSIDE: FRUITY AND FLYIN’ AT KITCH
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COOL INSIDE You'll be dyin' for a Flyin' Hawaiian by the time you finish reading this week's installment.
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July 15th, 2016 @ 3pm
RED BANK: SENIORS GET DOWN AND DIRTY
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RED BANK: Senior Center has a new raised-bed planter donated by Councilwoman Cindy Burnham.
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July 15th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: Risking customer ire, Toast's owner is now imposing a surcharge on bills paid with credit or debit cards.
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July 14th, 2016 @ 2pm
SEA BRIGHT: CLUB LIFEGUARDS ADD TO SKILLS
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SEA BRIGHT: Lifeguards from all seven private beach clubs responded to simulated ocean drownings as part of a new training program.
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July 14th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: ZONING SHORTCUT INTRODUCED
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RED BANK: Council action on redevelopment renews complaints of "spot zoning."
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July 14th, 2016 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN: LAIRD’S GETTING SQUEEZED OUT
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FAIR HAVEN: After almost 40 years, a stationery store where the register "never stops ringing" is being squeezed out by a new landlord.
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July 13th, 2016 @ 1pm
RED BANK: REAL ESTATE IN SPOTLIGHT
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Looking to buy or rent a home in Red Bank? Borough life gets the spotlight in a New York Times real estate feature published online Wednesday. Three married couples whoContinue reading "RED BANK: REAL ESTATE IN SPOTLIGHT"
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July 13th, 2016 @ 10am
RUMSON: BATCHLER BACKERS DEMAND ACTION
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RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN: Ousted football coach Bryan Batchler wants a public airing as the school moves to strip him of tenure.
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July 12th, 2016 @ 10pm
LITTLE SILVER: Police blotter for June, 2016.
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July 12th, 2016 @ 4pm
RED BANK: RAYRAP TO PUSH FOR LAW CHANGE
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RED BANK: Builder Ray Rap will press the council to raise the number of bedrooms allowed downtown without variances.
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July 12th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: FACADE REPAIR UNDERWAY
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RED BANK: Work underway on downtown building where a piece of the facade crashed to the sidewalk early Monday.
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July 12th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: PIECE OF FACADE BREAKS OFF
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RED BANK: Piece of building facade crashes to sidewalk.
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July 11th, 2016 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: Controversial proposal for bank branch postponed again.
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July 11th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: A VIGIL FOR VICTIMS, AND PEACE
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RED BANK: Vigil for Dallas police and civilian victims of violence draws several dozen participants.
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July 11th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: Vigil slated Sunday evening for Dallas police and civilian victims of violence.
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July 9th, 2016 @ 5pm
COOL INSIDE: A JOLT OF COLD JOE AT ROOK
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COOL INSIDE satisfies its craving for a cold coffee alternative with a caffeine kick.
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July 8th, 2016 @ 3pm
RED BANK: Schedule and trailers from the final full day of the Indie Street Film Festival.
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July 8th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: FRIDAY’S INDIE STREET LINEUP
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RED BANK: The full rundown, with a boatload of trailers, for Friday's Indie Street Film Fest offerings.
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July 7th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: At board lawyer's urging, RayRap architect keeps it brief.
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July 7th, 2016 @ 9am
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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!