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RED BANK: President Biden won't be stopping in town when he visits Murphy's mansion, says Menna, who was not invited.
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October 5th, 2022 @ 1pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: DEMS TO SKIP ONE OF TWO FORUMS
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RED BANK: Jackson and Mirandi to sit out in-person candidates' forum, drawing fire from GOP; all expected to participate in virtual event.
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October 5th, 2022 @ 6am
RED BANK: President Biden is scheduled to visit the area Thursday with a stop at Governor Phil Murphy's Middletown home, according to reports.
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October 4th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: BOLLARDS, AND BARRELS, VANISH
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RED BANK: Broad Street reopens as bollards and orange barrels used to create Broadwalk are removed. Will both return next spring?
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October 3rd, 2022 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SUBDIVISION ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Plan to subdivide two adjoining properties on Shrewsbury Avenue into three is the sole matter on planning board agenda Monday night.
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October 2nd, 2022 @ 3pm
RED BANK: FRAGRANT END TO 18-YEAR VACANCY
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RED BANK: In Retail Churn, florist ends 18-year store vacancy; new e-bike, pasta and gift shops open; hair salon takes another's place.
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September 30th, 2022 @ 11am
RED BANK: BROADWALK ENDS SHORT RUN
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RED BANK: After a late start and one-month extension, Broadwalk winds down this weekend amid uncertainty about a future return.
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September 30th, 2022 @ 6am
RED BANK: PARK DESIGNATION ADVANCES
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RED BANK: With questions still to be answered, council starts process to designate portion of Senior Center site as "passive" park.
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September 29th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: YOUR CAPTION HERE…
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RED BANK: What's Going On Here at East Front and High streets? redbankgreen has the answer... but we're open to alternate captions.
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September 28th, 2022 @ 1pm
RED BANK: NEW ‘PASSIVE PARK’ ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: On the council agenda: subdividing Senior Center to make riverfront park; additional metered parking spots; committee name change.
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September 28th, 2022 @ 6am
RED BANK: CHARGES FILED IN HIT-AND-RUN
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RED BANK: A borough man has been charged in the hit-and-run of a bicyclist left seriously injured on Newman Springs Road last month.
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September 27th, 2022 @ 12pm
RED BANK: TWO NEWSLETTERS LAUNCHED
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RED BANK: Borough government and RiverCenter launch digital newsletters, giving residents and business owners more ways to stay informed.
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September 26th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: TWO HURT IN ROLLOVER CRASH
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RED BANK: In yet another crash involving a rollover, two motorists were injured when their vehicles collided Friday afternoon, police say.
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September 24th, 2022 @ 11am
RED BANK: ENGLISH PLAZA, LIGHTLY ACCENTED
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RED BANK: Of eight shops and restaurants along English Plaza, most are owned by immigrants. Meet five of them here.
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September 23rd, 2022 @ 3pm
RED BANK: STOMPIN’ THRU THE WEEKEND
RED BANK: Omega Train debuts a song in praise of our "old downtown," which just so happens will be stomping this weekend. Here's the outlook.
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September 23rd, 2022 @ 6am
RED BANK: STATE POLICE RAID HOUSE
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RED BANK: State Police had a man in cuffs after officers in tactical gear raided a Drs. Parker Boulevard house Thursday afternoon.
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September 22nd, 2022 @ 4pm
RED BANK: RAIL BRIDGE EXERCISE PLANNED
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RED BANK: Law enforcement and emergency services plan to conduct training exercise on railroad bridge that crosses the Navesink River Saturday.
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September 22nd, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: ADOPT-A-FAMILY DRIVE BEGINS
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RED BANK: Lunch Break launches Adopt-A-Family Program to provide holiday meals for food- and financially insecure families.
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September 21st, 2022 @ 2pm
RED BANK: Responding to Taylor claim that he's the source of "chaos" in local government, Zipprich fires back – and Taylor doubles down.
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September 21st, 2022 @ 2pm
RED BANK: SYSTEM STOPS DUBLIN HOUSE FIRE
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RED BANK: Dublin House Pub sustains light damage after fire suppression system douses early morning kitchen blaze, officials say.
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September 21st, 2022 @ 7am
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(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!
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.