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RED BANK: REDEVELOPMENT HEARING SLATED
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RED BANK: Planning board to begin review of Saxum request for zoning change that could lead to big tax breaks for already approved 210-unit project.
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August 13th, 2021 @ 7am
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RED BANK: APARTMENT PLAN ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Victorian structure on Riverside Avenue would be razed to make way for 10-unit apartment building in plan on board's agenda Monday.
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August 13th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: BASIE TO HOST RUMSONITE’S FILM
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RED BANK: Basie to premiere 'Rushed,' a thriller about a mom bent on vengeance, starring and written by Rumson's Siobhan Fallon Hogan.
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August 12th, 2021 @ 1pm
RED BANK: DAL PRA PUTS ‘OUR KIDS’ FIRST
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RED BANK: New parks and rec director Dal Pra sets priority for teams using Count Basie Park fields: those with borough kids get first dibs.
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August 11th, 2021 @ 1pm
RED BANK: OPPRESSIVE HEAT SETTLES IN
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RED BANK: Oppressive heat and humidity to combine for feels-like temperatures in the 105 range for next few days. Here's the extended forecast.
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August 11th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: TWO VIEWS OF VEHICLE THEFT
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RED BANK: Surveillance video shows two angles on auto theft from 7-Eleven that nearly resulted in a collision with an ambulance Friday morning.
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August 9th, 2021 @ 3pm
RED BANK: PRC RETURNS TO DRAWING BOARD
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RED BANK: In the face of continued zoning board resistance, PRC goes back to drawing board, again, for its proposed addition above Pazzo.
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August 6th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: POP STAR’S POP WINS EXTENSION
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RED BANK: Pop star Charlie Puth's father gets zoning board OK for more time to build Broad Street apartments approved five years ago.
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August 6th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: MEMORIAL POLICY DEBATED
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RED BANK: Council takes up issue of naming streets, buildings and other public facilities as "memorials" for living honorees.
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August 5th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: COPTER STARS AT NIGHT OUT
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RED BANK: Black Hawk helicopter steals the show as police host National Night Out on a gorgeous summer night at Count Basie Park. Photos.
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August 4th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: BOARD OKS CANNABIS SITING PLAN
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RED BANK: Planning board OKs siting plan for growth, processing and retail sales of cannabis. One member objects to siting growers close to homes.
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August 3rd, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: DWI arrests, broken windows, thefts, tire slashings and more fill police blotter for July, 2021.
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August 2nd, 2021 @ 2pm
RED BANK: BEANBAGS FLY ON BROAD
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RED BANK: Beanbags fly as 128 players compete in borough's first-ever cornhole tournament, a fundraiser in the battle against childhood cancers.
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August 2nd, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: AUGUST BEGINS ON COOL SIDE
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RED BANK: First workweek of August starts off cool and sunny. Here's the National Weather Service forecast for the Greater Green.
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August 2nd, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: SEAFOOD, YARN & ART IN CHURN
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, Mexican seafood restaurant opens; Norwegian yarn shop to replace consignment boutique; health spa coming.
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July 30th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: BALLARD OPPOSES SURPLUS USE
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RED BANK: Ballard challenges fellow Democrats on council's use of $3.5 million surplus "just to say we didn't raise taxes."
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July 30th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: 16-UNDER TEAM GOES UNDEFEATED
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RED BANK: With pandemic cancellation of summer league, Parks and Rec sponsors 16-under team that gels for 11-0 season and USABL championship.
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July 30th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: SAXUM SEEKS TAX BREAKS
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RED BANK: Saxum seeks tax break to offset higher construction costs for 210 units at VNA site. Two vacant gas stations to be included in review.
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July 29th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: LIBRARY TO REVIVE YARD SALE
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RED BANK: Library sets date for first townwide yard sale in five years. Here's what you need to know as a seller or bargain-hunter.
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July 28th, 2021 @ 3pm
RED BANK: SURPLUS KEEPS TAX RATE LEVEL
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RED BANK: McConnell credits "wise" spending decisions during pandemic for surplus that's keeping 2021 tax increase to zero.
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July 28th, 2021 @ 7am
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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.