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RED BANK: REPAIR WORK CONTINUES
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RED BANK: Work continues on replacing utility pole downed by truck where southbound Route 35 meets Water and Wall streets.
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September 23rd, 2021 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: CAR STRIKES HOME
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RED BANK: No injuries as car strikes home, narrowly missing gas meter.
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September 23rd, 2021 @ 5am
RED BANK: SEASONS ON THE WING
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RED BANK: Maple Cove provided a summer-ending birder's bounty Tuesday. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Green as autumn arrives.
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September 22nd, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: KIDS LEND A HAND FOR NEW MURAL
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RED BANK: Kids provide words of inspiration for new mural at Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County unit on Drs. Parker Boulevard.
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September 21st, 2021 @ 2pm
RED BANK: WARMING CENTER SET FOR WINTER
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RED BANK: Men's fellowship congregants of two churches team up to prepare warming center on Shrewsbury Avenue for coming winter.
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September 21st, 2021 @ 8am
SHREWSBURY: HISTORICAL PLAQUE INSTALLED
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SHREWSBURY: History lovers celebrate as district gets commemorative plaque 43 years after National Register of Historic Places designation.
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September 20th, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: TOWN HALL OPEN BY APPOINTMENT
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RED BANK: After 17 months off-limits to visitors because of the pandemic, borough hall offices reopened Monday on an appointment-only basis.
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September 20th, 2021 @ 8am
RED BANK: SCENES FROM TOWN YARD SALE
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RED BANK: Scenes from Saturday's Townwide Yard Sale.
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September 20th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: YARD SALE SET TO SHINE
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RED BANK: Library-organized yard sale set to shine Saturday, with interactive locator map now available to help shoppers zero in on bargains.
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September 17th, 2021 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MUMFORD YANKS APARTMENT PLAN
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RED BANK: Mumford yanks plan for Shrewsbury Avenue apartments after stream of complaints about gentrifying impact on neighborhood.
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September 17th, 2021 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: RESIGNATION FOLLOWED CLASH
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FAIR HAVEN: Lucarelli silent on the decision to quit as mayor hours after clash over meeting "decorum" and his own conduct.
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September 16th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: ADMINISTRATOR SEARCH ON PAUSE
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RED BANK: Ballard says he was kept in the dark as "select group" paused search for new borough administrator. Meantime, majority likes McConnell as interim.
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September 15th, 2021 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN: LUCARELLI RESIGNS AS MAYOR
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FAIR HAVEN: Ben Lucarelli resigns as mayor, effective immediately. He has held the job for nearly a decade, following one term on the council.
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September 14th, 2021 @ 3pm
RED BANK: GRANT BOOSTS LIBRARY WIFI
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RED BANK: Library uses $10k grant to expand wifi, which is now available outdoors even when the building is closed.
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September 14th, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: GOP BAILS AND VISCOMI JUMPS IN
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RED BANK: Republicans bail from second straight council race as Viscomi mounts another independent bid, making it a race of three women.
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September 13th, 2021 @ 6pm
RED BANK: DOGS AGAIN FROLIC IN PARK
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RED BANK: Like a dog aroused by the smell of food, Dog Days of Summer snapped back to life in Marine Park Saturday. Photos galore.
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September 13th, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: STREET FAIR RETURNS
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RED BANK: Scenes from Sunday's Street Fair, a volunteer fire department fundraiser that drew thousands with craft and food stands.
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September 13th, 2021 @ 10am
RED BANK: REFLECTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 11
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RED BANK: Mayor and eighth-grader offer reflections as about 100 gather in Riverside Gardens Park on 20th anniversary of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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September 13th, 2021 @ 7am
ON THE GREEN: IN MEMORY
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RED BANK: Remembering those from the Greater Red Bank Green who were killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America.
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September 10th, 2021 @ 9pm
RED BANK: Search for a new borough administrator has "stalled," say two council members, with a looming vacancy in the borough's finance office, too.
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September 10th, 2021 @ 4pm
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SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
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.