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FAIR HAVEN: SET A SPELL AS SUMMER BEGINS
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FAIR HAVEN: Summer officially begins Sunday night with the solstice. Here's the extended weather forecast for the Greater Green.
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June 18th, 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: SCHOOLS GRADUATE 147
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RED BANK: Middle and charter schools graduate a combined 147 eighth-graders in outdoor ceremonies marked by sunshine and cool breezes.
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June 17th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: INDIANS WIN 2021 CHAMPIONSHIP
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RED BANK: Indians top Fair Haven Cubs in a nail-biter to win Two River Little League juniors division championship for 2021.
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June 16th, 2021 @ 10am
RED BANK: MORE RESTAURANTS COMING
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a young restaurateur plans to open his first business venture downtown in coming weeks.
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June 16th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: It's (still) all but official: Triggiano and Sturdivant win primary for spots of Democrats' November ballot for council.
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June 15th, 2021 @ 2pm
RED BANK: APARTMENT PLANS BACK ON DECK
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RED BANK: Two developments featuring apartments above stores, located just blocks apart on Shrewsbury Avenue, fill the zoning board agenda Thursday night.
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June 15th, 2021 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: FIREMEN’S FAIR BACK ON TRACK
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FAIR HAVEN: Firemen's fair returning; council takes action on budget, cannabis, waterfront property and more. Here's a quick rundown.
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June 15th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: PARK PULSES WITH LBGTQ PRIDE
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RED BANK: Juggling, hula-hooping and tons of vivid color brightened up Riverside Gardens Park at the second annual Pride event Saturday. Pix.
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June 14th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: Council opts to go for the green by allowing cannabis commerce, but zoning for it cultivation, warehousing and retail sales.
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June 11th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: PRIDE RETURNS TO PARK
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RED BANK: For the second time in three years, Parks & Rec hosts a free Pride event in Riverside Gardens Park Saturday afternoon.
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June 10th, 2021 @ 3pm
RED BANK: ANIMAL JOB ENDANGERED
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RED BANK: Animal control officer's job appears doomed; borough "is not not a pest control company," says McConnell, citing non-emergencies.
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June 10th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: WOMEN IN LEAD AS DEMS SPLIT
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RED BANK: Triggiano solidly at top of field as challenger Sturdivant widens lead over Yassin for second spot on Democrats' November ballot.
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June 9th, 2021 @ 6pm
RED BANK: THREE CLOSE IN DEM’S PRIMARY
RED BANK: In unofficial tally, Triggiano led three other Democrats after a rare primary challenge for council Tuesday, with second spot a closer call.
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June 8th, 2021 @ 10pm
RED BANK: In Tuesday's election, Democrats face off in rare contested primary while Republicans once again have 'placeholder' candidates on ballot.
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June 8th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: MUSICIAN SUFFERS HEART ATTACK
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RED BANK: Musician Bob Burger recovering after suffering onstage heart attack during show at the Count Basie Saturday night.
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June 7th, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: ANIMAL SERVICE BACK ON AGENDA
RED BANK: On council's workshop agenda: a change that would cost residents $90 an hour to remove wild animals from inside homes. That's now free.
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June 7th, 2021 @ 9am
LITTLE SILVER: T-STORMS FILL FORECAST
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LITTLE SILVER: Thunderstorms possible at some point every day through Saturday. Check out the extended forecast for the Greater Red Bank Green.
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June 7th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: EPOXY, SOAP & GOLD TUB IN CHURN
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RED BANK: Epoxy-and-wood tables; a gold bathtub; and two downtown restaurants get the spotlight in this edition of Retail Churn.
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June 4th, 2021 @ 12pm
RED BANK: HEIGHT REMAINS STICKING POINT
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RED BANK: After another round of shrinkage, PRC still faces zoning board concerns over height of proposed addition above Pazzo.
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June 4th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: Police-worn body cams are coming, but state money will cover only about a third of the estimated cost, says Chief McConnell.
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June 3rd, 2021 @ 3pm
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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.