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RED BANK: CRAFT BREWERY, TAKEOUT PLANNED
RED BANK: A craft-beer brewery and a takeout restaurant are expected to occupy store space on Monmouth Street that's been vacant almost nine years.
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FAIR HAVEN: SCHOOL STARTUP SPINS A PROFIT
FAIR HAVEN: A student-run "company" that was launched to teach kids entrepreneurship landed a legit contract with a Silicon Valley startup this year.
LITTLE SILVER: CELL TOWER DIALS UP OUTRAGE
LITTLE SILVER: Hundreds of residents pack a meeting to give elected officials an earful about a new cell tower built just 500 feet away.
LITTLE SILVER: RBR TEENS BRAVE SHARK TANK
LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional student entrepreneurs win cash awards from the Rotary Club, during the school's first "Shark Tank" competition.
RED BANK: RESTAURANT OPENS; DECK WON’T
RED BANK: Upscale seafood restaurant opens while owners are at planning board winning expansion approval, but minus the deck with river views.
RED BANK: PHARMACY CLEARED TO OPEN
RED BANK: What's Going On Here? A new drugstore on Shrewsbury Avenue gets the green light from borough inspectors to open.
RED BANK: THREE WEEKEND DEBUTS PLANNED
RED BANK: Two new businesses plan Memorial Day weekend openings, and a longtime veteran of the restaurant and bar scene unveils a new beer garden.
RED BANK: ORGANIC FOOD, BOOZE & CONES
RED BANK: This edition of Retail Churn has news about a new organic fast food coming to Broad Street, a liquor store expansion and the reopening of an ice cream stand.
RED BANK: REFACING… AND RE-FOOTING
RED BANK: This edition of Retail Churn is all about rebranding, with news about a sneaker store, a liquor store, an ice cream shop and a restaurant.
LITTLE SILVER: NEW AMBULANCE DEBUTS
LITTLE SILVER: Borough first aiders take the wraps off a new ambulance, which came in "$50 under budget," says ex-chief.
LITTLE SILVER: K9 UNIT OK’D, BUT NOT A FUND
LITTLE SILVER: Borough will set up a K9 unit, but not a donor fund for it, following action by a divided council Monday night.
LITTLE SILVER: K9 ISSUE SPLITS COUNCIL
LITTLE SILVER: Does the borough need a bomb-sniffing dog? A divided council takes up the question Monday night.
RED BANK: SICKLES BREWS BOOSKERDOO DEAL
RED BANK: The 'Sickles Market Provisions' planned for the long-vacant Anderson Storage building will feature a Booskerdoo coffee kiosk.
RED BANK: RESTAURANT PLAN STILL IN FLUX
RED BANK: Rooftop dining in seafood restaurant proposed for former 10th Ave. Burrito building still faces objections from neighboring condo.
RED BANK: FRAMES, FLOWERS AND BEARD CARE
RED BANK: In Churn, a tonsorial parlor leases a sore-thumb space downtown, and we reveal the name of the business taking over the former Prown's storefront on Monmouth Street.
RED BANK: FOOD FEST TO PACK PARKING LOT
RED BANK: The 2017 edition of the Red Bank International Beer, Wine and Food Fest commandeers the White Street municipal parking lot this Sunday.
FAIR HAVEN: SELDIN STORMS BACK AT 70
FAIR HAVEN: Stormin' Norman Seldin returns to the scene of a late '70s triumph with a 70th-birthday show at Nauvoo Grill Saturday night.
RED BANK: RIVERFEST UNPLUGGED, AGAIN
RED BANK: Riverfest, a food-and-music event that drew as many as 75,000 visitors to the downtown waterfront, is canceled in a dispute with the borough over "donations."
FAIR HAVEN: ACME CENTER MAKEOVER OK’D
FAIR HAVEN: Acme shopping center makeover approved, minus a large sign that board members said raised pedestrian safety concerns.
RUMSON: SALT CREEK RAISES $90K FOR 180
RUMSON: Salt Creek Grille hits the million-dollar fundraising mark, as its annual tasting event makes a big donation to domestic violence resource 180 Turning Lives Around.
Partyline
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs 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)