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RED BANK: APRIL ENDS WITH A SOAKING
RED BANK: April ended with a two-day soaking of the Greater Green. Here's the weather forecast for the first week of May.
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May 1st, 2023 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: STOP LEADS TO WEAPONS CHARGES
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RED BANK: Traffic stop leads to arrest of 22-year-old for possession of a handgun loaded with highly lethal ammo, borough police say.
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April 28th, 2023 @ 2pm
MIDDLETOWN: RIVERFRONT PARK TO OPEN
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MIDDLETOWN: Swimming River Park, in the works for eight years, debuts on former site of Chris' Landing Monday.
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April 28th, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: STREETLIFE GIGS AVAILABLE
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RED BANK: Openings still available for musicians and other performers in this summer's StreetLife program, which begins June 3.
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April 28th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: POSSIBLE GRENADE FOUND IN SEWER
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RED BANK: A bomb squad removed a hand grenade, or a pretty good facsimile of one, from a storm sewer Tuesday.
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April 25th, 2023 @ 1pm
RED BANK: For final pre-election meeting, council faces cost increase for removing lead water lines; cannabis law planning board rejected.
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April 25th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: REPORT RIPS DPU CONDITIONS
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RED BANK: Review IDs numerous deficiencies in DPU, from unsafe vehicles to employees "riding around aimlessly."
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April 24th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: WEEKLONG DETOUR FOR WATER JOB
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RED BANK: Stretch of Newman Springs Road to be shut down in one direction for a week starting Monday. Avoid if you can.
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April 23rd, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: GARDEN CONDOS TO BLOOM AT LAST?
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RED BANK: Two decades in the works, downtown development formerly known as Azalea Gardens could begin construction this summer, owners say.
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April 21st, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: COMMISSION HOSTS EARTH DAY FAIR
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RED BANK: Two days early, borough Environmental Commission hosts an Earth Day Green Fair at the middle school tonight.
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April 20th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: ELBOW-TO-ELBOW AT ‘FACEOFF’
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RED BANK: Large field of candidates in May 9 election sits elbow-to-elbow for "Faceoff Over Red Bank's Future." Full video.
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April 19th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: BOARD REJECTS CANNABIS LAW
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RED BANK: Pending cannabis zoning law doesn't comply with Master Plan because it inhibits economic development, planning board finds.
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April 18th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: HOGAN, PORTMAN SPLIT ON ‘DEBATE’
RED BANK: Hogan says Portman is "refusing" one-on-one mayoral debate. Portman calls claim "nonsensical."
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April 17th, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: AZALEA GARDENS PLAN ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: On agendas this week: EV charger law, cannabis zoning, and changes to a housing project approved six years ago but never built.
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April 17th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: WALTON TAKES OVER DPU
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RED BANK: Council picks new DPU head, OKs Broadwalk, takes action on long-closed town dump and hears plan for downtown gardens. Highlights.
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April 14th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: FIREFIGHTERS PRESS FOR RENT HIKE
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RED BANK: Volunteer firefighters derail introduction of borough budget they say would scuttle a negotiated funding plan for their firehouses.
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April 13th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: SENIOR CENTER LOBBY DEDICATED
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RED BANK: Lobby of long-closed Senior Center named in memory of the late Thomas E. Hintelmann, the town's longest-serving council member.
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April 12th, 2023 @ 6am
RED BANK: Thefts and graffiti make life less enjoyable for some business owners in March. Police blotter.
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April 11th, 2023 @ 10am
RED BANK: POT, BUDGET & MORE ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: On the council agenda Wednesday: cannabis review board, budget, new DPU director, housing grant and a four-way stop.
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April 11th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: EVENT SLATED AT SENIOR CENTER
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RED BANK: Officials schedule dedication ceremony at long-closed Senior Center, but it's maybe not what you're thinking.
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April 10th, 2023 @ 11am
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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 ...