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RED BANK: Boys and Girls Clubs open remote learning centers to provide safe space for children to participate in their schools’ virtual learning programs.
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September 10th, 2020 @ 11am
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RED BANK: CHANGES EYED AT BASIE FIELDS
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RED BANK: Count Basie Fields playground would be relocated to Mohawk Pond and street closed to traffic under Open Spaces application OK'd by council.
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September 10th, 2020 @ 6am
SANDY HOOK: PROPOSED FEE HIKE RETURNS
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SANDY HOOK: Four years after scrapping a proposed entry fee hike, Gateway National Recreation Area is again seeking a 33-percent increase.
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September 9th, 2020 @ 5pm
ON THE GREEN: Memorial events slated to honor to area residents killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America.
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September 9th, 2020 @ 2pm
RED BANK: BIKING LANDSCAPER NEEDS WHEELS
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RED BANK: Landscaper who hauls his equipment around by bike needs new set of wheels, so friends launch a Go Fund Me campaign to help.
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September 9th, 2020 @ 11am
ON THE GREEN: EARTHQUAKE SHAKES REGION
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RED BANK: A magnitude 3.1 earthquake centered near Freehold shook the Greater Red Bank Green early Wednesday morning. No damage reported.
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September 9th, 2020 @ 8am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR REOPENING DELAYED
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LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional delays start of in-person instruction over lack of walk-thru body temperature scanners, Moore says in announcement.
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September 8th, 2020 @ 7pm
RED BANK: Neither of two clashing requests for investigations of leaked emails appears on Wednesday night's council agenda. Here's what is on it.
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September 8th, 2020 @ 2pm
RED BANK: K9 FINDS SHOPLIFTING SUSPECT
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RED BANK: Tracked by K9 unit, shoplifting suspect found hiding in woods, arrested after reported struggle with police Monday night.
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September 8th, 2020 @ 12pm
SHREWSBURY: Crime and arrest reports from borough police for the last two weeks of August, 2020.
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September 8th, 2020 @ 9am
RED BANK: SCHOOL SUPPLIES DISTRIBUTED
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RED BANK: Volunteers distributed more than 400 backpacks filled with school supplies at Pilgrim Baptist Church Saturday. Giveaway continues Wednesday.
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September 8th, 2020 @ 9am
RED BANK: REVEREND HENRY P. DAVIS DEAD
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RED BANK: Reverend Henry P. Davis, former pastor of St. Paul's Baptist Church and president of the Greater Red Bank Area NAACP, has died.
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September 8th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: BASIE TAKES OVER MOVIE THEATER
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RED BANK: Count Basie Center, facing uncertain post-pandemic future, takes over two-screen movie house previously run by Bow Tie Cinemas on White Street.
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September 7th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: ALL SAFE AS FIRE DAMAGES HOME
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RED BANK: Early-morning fire from exploding citronella candle damages home; couple and their six cats and dogs escape unharmed.
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September 5th, 2020 @ 3am
RED BANK: Bike thefts, assault charges and DWI arrests dominate police blotter for month of August, 2020.
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September 4th, 2020 @ 2pm
RED BANK: COPS GET THEIR PROMO CEREMONY
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RED BANK: Six cops sworn in to new command positions as officials note the air of tension over policing elsewhere.
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September 4th, 2020 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: ‘TRANSITION’ CUSTOM ROLLS ON
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FAIR HAVEN: Pandemic aside, 'Transition Day' rolls on as new fourth-graders bike to their new school in a shower of cheers and confetti.
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September 4th, 2020 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR HALL OF FAMER DIES
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LITTLE SILVER: Greg Montgomery Jr., an All Pro punter and Red Bank Regional Hall of Famer, has died from mental health issues he worked to destigmatize.
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September 3rd, 2020 @ 5pm
RED BANK: LIQUOR STORE SETTLES CASE
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RED BANK: Vingo store here among 22 booze wholesalers and retailers paying $10.3 million to settle unfair business practice charges by state ABC.
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September 2nd, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: POWER LINE STRUCK
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RED BANK: Backhoe strikes live electrical lines on White Street. Operator safe after being briefly trapped inside vehicle. Video from scene.
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September 1st, 2020 @ 12pm
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner films praying mantis at church.
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 ...