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RED BANK: Borough reschedules public hearing on plans for upgrades to the basketball and tennis/pickleball courts in Eastside Park.
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February 1st, 2023 @ 12pm
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RED BANK: DUSTED
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RED BANK: The Greater Green gets its first dusting of snow of winter 2022-2023, as seen from high above the Navesink River.
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February 1st, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: With the future of a plastic film recycling program up in the air, borough will go through with Wednesday's monthly pickup.
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January 31st, 2023 @ 3pm
RED BANK: Borough residents and businesses may smell chlorine in water coming out of their taps starting next week. Here's why.
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January 31st, 2023 @ 10am
RED BANK: SAWING INSTEAD OF SHOVELING
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RED BANK: The Greater Green closes out January with a bit of rain Tuesday, and may see this winter's first measurable snow overnight. 
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January 31st, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: OK FOR GIANT BILLBOARD SOUGHT
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RED BANK: Long-vacant eyesore gas station at town's northern gateway seeks variance for giant digital billboard this week.
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January 30th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: NEW CULINARY DELIGHTS ABOUND
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RED BANK: A veritable groaning board of new culinary delights has arrived in recent weeks. We've got them all in Retail Churn.
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January 27th, 2023 @ 4pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL WRAP
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RED BANK: Council tackles heavy agenda, honors retiree, remembers longtime soup maker. Here's a quick recap of the highlights.
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January 27th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: SHORT-RENTAL LAW ADVANCES
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RED BANK: Amid debate over substance and process, council introduced proposed law regulating Airbnbs and other short-term home rentals.
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January 26th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: STRONG WIND & RAIN FORECAST
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RED BANK: Strong winds and heavy rain expected to impact region Wednesday night and early Thursday, National Weather Service says. 
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January 25th, 2023 @ 6am
RED BANK: Officials to resume their efforts to enact a law regulating Airbnbs and other short-term home rentals this week.
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January 24th, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MASTER PLAN GETS WALK-THROUGH
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RED BANK: Draft Master Plan gets little criticism in its public debut. Up next: how to prioritize its many recommendations, says board member.
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January 24th, 2023 @ 11am
RED BANK: MAYOR HOSTS OFFICE HOURS
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RED BANK: Got a gripe, a question, a suggestion? Just want to meet the new guy? Mayor Billy Portman initiates weekly open-door sessions.
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January 23rd, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: MASTER PLAN DRAFT ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Draft Master Plan to make its debut Monday at a planning board hearing that will be both in-person and viewable via Zoom.
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January 20th, 2023 @ 6am
RED BANK: CAR FIRE DOUSED NEAR SCHOOL
RED BANK: Volunteers douse car fire near St. James School shortly before start of classes. No injuries reported.
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January 18th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: COMMEMORATING DR. KING
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RED BANK: Two school choirs participate as Pilgrim Baptist Church hosts its annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. commemoration.
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January 18th, 2023 @ 6am
RED BANK: MORE ‘UPSKIRTING’ CASES ALLEGED
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RED BANK: Borough man faces additional charges of 'upskirting' women and girls at supermarkets, sexual contact and more.
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January 17th, 2023 @ 5pm
RED BANK: After blowback, controversial new bylaws will get council review later this month, Ballard and Jackson said last week.
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January 17th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: EASTSIDE PARK UPGRADES SLATED
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RED BANK: Plans for upgrades to the basketball and tennis/pickleball courts in Eastside Park will be aired for public comment this week.
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January 16th, 2023 @ 6am
RED BANK: BOSS SHOWS UP FOR WORK
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RED BANK: Springsteen and band settle in at Count Basie Center for the Arts to rehearse for world tour that begins February 1.
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January 13th, 2023 @ 3pm
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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 ...