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RED BANK: MEMBERS-ONLY CIGAR CLUB OK’D
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RED BANK: Zoners approve swank private cigar club and BYOB downtown.
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June 3rd, 2016 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RUMSON: What's Your Beef plans a free, open-house, food-and-drink sampling party.
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June 2nd, 2016 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR to hold a meet-and-greet with the new superintendent, Louis Moore.
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June 2nd, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: PRIVATE CIGAR CLUB PLANNED
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RED BANK: Private cigar club seeks zoning board approval for West Front Street.
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June 2nd, 2016 @ 7am
SEA BRIGHT: DONOVAN’S REBUILD BEGINS
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SEA BRIGHT: Construction of a permanent home for Donovan's Reef gets underway.
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June 2nd, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: CBA heads to Shore Conference final as Dalatri ties conference record for most wins, with 34.
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June 2nd, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: FIRE BURNS DOG-FILLED CONDO
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RED BANK: Fire damages a condo unit with two people and six dogs inside.
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June 1st, 2016 @ 5pm
RUMSON: The latest crime and arrest reports from borough police.
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June 1st, 2016 @ 2pm
redbankgreen takes a moment to reflect on a decade of shoe-leather journalism.
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June 1st, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: CHURN GALORE
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RED BANK: Retail Churn serves up the scoops on a whole lotta churning.
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June 1st, 2016 @ 9am
RUMSON-SEA BRIGHT BRIDGE UPDATE SLATED
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RUMSON-SEA BRIGHT: Updated plans for new bridge to get public airing next week.
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June 1st, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: RBC earns extra-innings win at Count Basie Field.
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June 1st, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: LIBRARY BULKHEAD WORK BEGINS
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RED BANK: Work gets underway on controversial bulkhead replacement at the public library.
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May 31st, 2016 @ 7am
SHREWSBURY: Crime and arrest reports.
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May 31st, 2016 @ 6am
MEMORIAL DAY 2016 COMMEMORATIONS
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Towns on the Greater Red Bank Green will hold traditional Memorial Day parades and commemorations Monday.
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May 29th, 2016 @ 10am
COOL INSIDE: SOME CRAZEE WAFFLING HERE…
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RUMSON: Cool Inside is back for the Summer of '16, and kicking things off with something from Crazee's.
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May 27th, 2016 @ 3pm
SEA BRIGHT: SEASONAL PARKING FEES DEBUT
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SEA BRIGHT: Summer-only paid parking goes into effect.
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May 27th, 2016 @ 1pm
RED BANK: GUN VIOLENCE ALERT GOES ORANGE
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Washington Street resident Evan Sabo, 10, and his mom, Brett Sabo, showed up at the Red Bank council meeting Wednesday night clad in orange to accept a proclamation declaring Gun Violence AwarenessContinue reading "RED BANK: GUN VIOLENCE ALERT GOES ORANGE"
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May 27th, 2016 @ 8am
ON THE GREEN: WEEKEND FORECAST MIXED
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Sunshine and temperatures in the high 80s made for an ideal beach day in Sea Bright Thursday. But Friday’s lead-in to the Memorial Day weekend will be mostly cloudy, withContinue reading "ON THE GREEN: WEEKEND FORECAST MIXED"
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May 27th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: BUDGET FAILS ON TIEBREAKER VOTE
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Mayor Pasquale Menna confers with Councilwoman Linda Schwabenbauer during the council’s budget deliberation Wednesday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank’s first Republican-led budgetContinue reading "RED BANK: BUDGET FAILS ON TIEBREAKER VOTE"
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May 26th, 2016 @ 7am
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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!