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RED BANK: DESTIGMATIZING ADDICTION
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RED BANK: Law enforcers, healthcare providers and others advocate for destigmatizing opioid addiction at an Overdose Awareness event here.
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September 1st, 2020 @ 9am
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RED BANK: Driver charged with DWI after crash. Also, police pursue Range Rover believed stolen in Rumson, and get report of stolen Mercedes.
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August 31st, 2020 @ 1pm
RED BANK: ‘GOTH & GIRLY’ FASHION ON BROAD
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RED BANK: Boutique owner/designer Emily Natale brings a burst of 'goth and girly' fashion sense to Broad Street with an outdoor event. Photos galore.
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August 31st, 2020 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR’S ‘SOURCE’ FACES CUTS
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LITTLE SILVER: State plan to eliminate funding for RBR's school-based social service program the Source would be 'devastating,' says Moore.
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August 30th, 2020 @ 1pm
RED BANK: POOL CLOSURE PROMPTS RENT CASE
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RED BANK: With the pool and gym closed by COVID-19, some Grandville Towers tenants want a rent reduction under borough ordinance.
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August 28th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: WEEKEND OUTLOOK MIXED
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RED BANK: The extended weather outlook for the Greater Green includes sunshine Friday and Sunday, interrupted by a cloudy and maybe rainy Saturday.
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August 28th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: SIDEWALK SALE RETURNS
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RED BANK: Sidewalk Sale returns for 66th year, this time with Broadwalk, plus some StreetLife and a punk fashion show.
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August 28th, 2020 @ 5am
RED BANK: KNIGHTS SEEK COAT DRIVE FUNDS
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RED BANK: Knights of Columbus program to give a coat to every kid in town who needs one faces its greatest demand yet. Here's how you can help.
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August 27th, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: WHAT’S UP AT VACANT STATION?
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RED BANK: What's Going On at the former Raceway gas station at Riverside and Bridge Avenues? You ask, redbankgreen answers...
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August 27th, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: SCHOOLS ‘READY TO ROLL’
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RED BANK: Borough schools confident and "ready to roll" with plan for mixed in-school and at-home instruction, Rumage tells board of ed.
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August 26th, 2020 @ 12am
RED BANK: COUNCIL PROMOTES SIX COPS
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RED BANK: Six police officers move up the command ladder – unceremoniously, for now, because of the pandemic. Here's who they are.
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August 25th, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SUN, HIGH HUMIDITY FORECAST
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RED BANK: Sunshine and high humidity will combine to drive feel-like temperatures into the mid-90s Monday. Here's the extended forecast for the Greater Green.
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August 24th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: RALLY SLAMS POSTAL CHANGES
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RED BANK: Thirty protestors rallied outside the Shrewsbury Avenue post office to voice support for the postal service and its role in voting by mail.
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August 21st, 2020 @ 4pm
RED BANK: DEMS CLASH OVER BUDGET, PROBE
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RED BANK: Rifts laid bare as council Democrats clash for hours over budget and an email leak probe that one calls a "witch hunt."
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August 21st, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: WEEKEND WEATHER OUTLOOK
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RED BANK: A less-than-flamboyant weekend lies ahead, bringing clouds and a chance of rain. Here's the extended forecast for the Greater Green.
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August 21st, 2020 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: SEVEN CHARGED IN ATM SCAM
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LITTLE SILVER: Police charge seven here in multistate scam involving at least 100 suspects allegedly exploiting a flaw in Santander ATM system.
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August 20th, 2020 @ 11am
FAIR HAVEN: One month after plan to buy River Road site was killed, council sets special meeting to lay out new options for police station and DPW.
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August 20th, 2020 @ 7am
SHREWSBURY: CRIMES AND ARRESTS
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SHREWSBURY: Crime and arrest reports from borough police for the first two weeks of August.
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August 20th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: EX-GYMNAST BRINGS THE JUICE
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RED BANK: A Romanian gymnast-turned-life coach adds energy-drink retailer to her résumé today with the opening of a shop on West Front Street.
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August 19th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: July police blotter includes a number of bike thefts, two DWI charges and a Tinton Falls man arrested twice in four days.
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August 18th, 2020 @ 9am
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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 ...