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RED BANK: COUNCIL TO HOSE FIREWORKS
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RED BANK: Days after a booming Fourth of July weekend, mayor and council say they'll act to enforce state ban on illegal fireworks.
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July 8th, 2021 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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SHREWSBURY: YMCA TAPS NAPPI FOR CHAIR
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SHREWSBURY: The board of directors of the YMCA of Greater Monmouth County has chosen Ted Nappi of Colts Neck as its new chairman.
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July 7th, 2021 @ 8am
RED BANK: MUMFORD SHRINKS PLAN AGAIN
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RED BANK: Mumford again shrinks plan for Shrewsbury Avenue apartment building. Also on zoning agenda: apartments next to library and exotic car rentals.
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July 7th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: ‘FEELS LIKE’ TEMPS TO TOP 100
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RED BANK: High temperatures and humidity will push feels-like temperatures above 100 Tuesday. Here's the extended forecast for the Greater Green.
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July 6th, 2021 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: MARINA, TOWN SETTLE LAWSUIT
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FAIR HAVEN: A six-year battle over river rights between the borough and one of its oldest businesses has been settled, the parties announced Thursday.
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July 2nd, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: Busy month for police with numerous assault and contempt-of-court arrests; six motorists charged with DWI. Notable: no marijuana arrests.
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July 1st, 2021 @ 1pm
RED BANK & FAIR HAVEN: SPCA TAKES OVER
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RED BANK & FAIR HAVEN: Effective Thursday, calls for animal control services from both towns are being handled by the Monmouth County SPCA.
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July 1st, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: BOARD TAPS BOWERS-CRADER
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RED BANK: RiverCenter names Samantha Bowers-Crader board chairperson, a position held by her father three decades ago.
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June 30th, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: DUCKLINGS FOUND IN OFFICE SPACE
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RED BANK: One last call for animal control officer Perez: ducklings found in a Broad Street office building, with mother nowhere in sight.
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June 30th, 2021 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN: THREE EAGLE SCOUTS CITED
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FAIR HAVEN: Mayor and council honor three new Eagle Scouts for service projects at the borough's community garden and Maple Cove in Red Bank.
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June 30th, 2021 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: SIDEWALK PLAN GETS PUSHBACK
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FAIR HAVEN: Sidewalks? We don't need or want them, say residents seeking to preserve their "bucolic" neighborhood near the Navesink.
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June 29th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: HEAT ADVISORY ISSUED
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RED BANK: High temperatures and humidity to grip the Greater Green through Wednesday. Here's the forecast through Independence Day.
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June 28th, 2021 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: COUNCIL TO MEET IN-PERSON
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FAIR HAVEN: Cannabis business, 5G technology, honors for scouts and more on agenda as council plans first in-person meeting since start of pandemic.
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June 25th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: NO LOCAL TAX INCREASE IN BUDGET
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RED BANK: Property owners will see no increase in the local tax this year, says Yassin. Here's a rundown of Wednesday's busy council session.
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June 24th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: FORTUNE TO HOST PARKER ROOM
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RED BANK: T. Thomas Fortune Center to host permanent exhibit on father-and-son physicians Drs. James Parker Sr. and Jr. under Monmouth Medical Center sponsorship.
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June 23rd, 2021 @ 9am
RED BANK: AGENCY APPOINTEE SILENT
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RED BANK: Prospective Redevelopment Agency executive director sits silent as Burnham says sexual harassment suit should delay appointment.
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June 23rd, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: TWIN PUMPERS DELIVERED
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RED BANK: Volunteer firefighters take delivery of two new pumpers to replace apparatus at Westside Hose and Independent houses.
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June 22nd, 2021 @ 1pm
RED BANK: On the council agenda this week: the annual budget, a new redevelopment agency head, plastic film recycling, animal control and more.
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June 21st, 2021 @ 2pm
RED BANK: MARCH INAUGURATES JUNETEENTH
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RED BANK: Juneteenth holiday inaugurated with march bookended by events at Pilgrim Baptist Church and T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center.
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June 21st, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: PROJECT GETS NO BOARD SUPPORT
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RED BANK: Mumford plan for Shrewsbury Avenue gets mixed reviews from public, but no support from zoning board. Too tall and too dense, members say.
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June 18th, 2021 @ 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.