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RED BANK: Cellphones down while driving, please. Borough police plan enhanced enforcement of distracted-driving laws through April.
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March 30th, 2021 @ 11am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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LITTLE SILVER: RBR SET FOR MP4 AND BEYOND
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LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional shares photos of new addition as it prepares for increase in in-school instruction for fourth marking period.
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March 30th, 2021 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: POWER OUT FOR 100 HOMES
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FAIR HAVEN: Power still out for about 100 homes after brief storm.
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March 29th, 2021 @ 3pm
RED BANK: DEMS SWAP IN NEW CANDIDATE
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RED BANK: Local Democrats name Sturdivant to replace Jones in June primary challenge to council incumbents Triggiano and Yassin.
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March 29th, 2021 @ 12pm
RED BANK: CHANGE OF PLANS FOR CORNER
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RED BANK: What's Going On next to the library? Here's the latest on a developer's vision for the corner of West Front Street and Maple Avenue.
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March 29th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: TRUTH IN ADVERTISING?
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RED BANK: Truth in advertising?
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March 28th, 2021 @ 8pm
FAIR HAVEN: KAYAKER FOUND DEAD
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FAIR HAVEN: Body of kayaker reported missing on Navesink River found.
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March 27th, 2021 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: SEARCH LAUNCHED FOR KAYAKER
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FAIR HAVEN: Authorities launch Navesink River hunt for kayaker reported missing in windy, choppy conditions. Status of search unclear.
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March 26th, 2021 @ 4pm
RED BANK: DEVELOPMENT PLAN RETURNS
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RED BANK: Revised development plan for corner of Shrewsbury Avenue and Drs. Parker Boulevard reduces number of apartments, shrinks retail area.
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March 26th, 2021 @ 3pm
FAIR HAVEN: COMPAÑEROS GETS $5,000
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FAIR HAVEN: Dunkin' franchisees contribute $5,000 to Compañeros de Comida, a student-run volunteer organization that helps feed families in need.
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March 26th, 2021 @ 10am
RED BANK: HOFFMANN LEAVING REC JOB
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RED BANK: Leaving borough hall for new job, parks and rec director Charlie Hoffmann gets a 'pile-on' of love from officials.
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March 25th, 2021 @ 1pm
RED BANK: GAS SITE MAY GET ‘JET GROUTING’
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RED BANK: More than a century after it was used as a gas works, a borough property may get some 20th-century environmental remediation.
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March 25th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: SENIOR & REC PLANS REVIEWED
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RED BANK: With less rancor than in recent past, redevelopment agency reviews concept plans for senior and rec facilities.
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March 24th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: Cops executing narcotics search warrant recover 'significant' crack cocaine haul and cash; charge 43-year-old borough man.
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March 22nd, 2021 @ 1pm
RED BANK: TRINITY LAUNCHES FUNDRAISER
RED BANK: Trinity Church takes it heavenward in an effort to raise funds for a renovation project to restore its bell tower.
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March 22nd, 2021 @ 12pm
RED BANK: CONDO UNIT OWNER SOUGHT
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RED BANK: Housing official alleges 'skullduggery' by Cedar Crossing condo owner who association says hasn't paid fees in years, illegally sublets unit.
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March 22nd, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: GARMANY LOSES COVID-19 LAWSUIT
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RED BANK: Garmany comes up short in federal lawsuit against insurer over its pandemic losses, which it blames on Murphy shutdown.
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March 19th, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: VIEWS SPLIT ON MUMFORD PLAN
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RED BANK: Mumford plan for stores and 23 apartments on Shrewsbury Avenue gets mixed reviews but no zoning board decision yet.
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March 19th, 2021 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: Crime reports from February include multiple reports of fraud and identity theft, plus arrests for drugs and outstanding warrants.
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March 18th, 2021 @ 12pm
RED BANK: NEW TOOTH SIGN OK’D
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RED BANK: Historic Preservation Commission OK's replacement of dentist's tooth-shaped sign in less time than recommended for a good brushing.
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March 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.
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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.