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RED BANK: RAYRAP PROJECT GETS UNDERWAY
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RED BANK: House fire? Quick demolition? What's Going Here? Here's the scoop about recent activity at Harding and Hudson, the site of RayRap's long-awaited project.
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March 21st, 2018 @ 9am
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RED BANK: SICKLES ENTERING LIQUOR BIZ
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RED BANK: The Sickles Market Provisions planned for the long-vacant Anderson Storage building will feature a liquor store, redbankgreen has learned.
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January 30th, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: Ticket sales rose for the fourth straight year at the Count Basie in 2017, making it the state's top venue of its size once again.
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January 8th, 2018 @ 2pm
RED BANK: HOVNANIAN HQ GOES FOR $42.5M
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RED BANK: OceanFirst's $42.5 million purchase of Hovnanian HQ may be a record price for the borough.
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December 1st, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: OceanFirst plans to buy headquarters of homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises on West Front Street, redbankgreen has learned.
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September 7th, 2017 @ 1pm
RED BANK: HOVNANIAN SELLING HOME OFFICE
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RED BANK: Homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises, its output shrunken, plans to sell its gleaming headquarters here and move to Matawan.
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September 7th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: RAYRAP HOME PLAN WINS FINAL OK
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RED BANK: Developer Ray Rapcavage wins final approval for 18 homes with a huge garden plan at the Five Corners on the edge of downtown.
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August 7th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: CRAFT BREWERY LEASES FIREHOUSE
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RED BANK: In another sign of a possible tsunami of craft beer coming to downtown, the former firehouse on White Street has been leased to a startup brewery,
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August 3rd, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: The median police salary in New Jersey crossed the $100,000 mark in 2016, and most of the towns on the Greater Green were in step.
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May 9th, 2017 @ 1pm
RED BANK: SICKLES BREWS BOOSKERDOO DEAL
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RED BANK: The 'Sickles Market Provisions' planned for the long-vacant Anderson Storage building will feature a Booskerdoo coffee kiosk.
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May 2nd, 2017 @ 5pm
FAIR HAVEN: ACME CENTER MAKEOVER OK’D
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FAIR HAVEN: Acme shopping center makeover approved, minus a large sign that board members said raised pedestrian safety concerns.
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April 19th, 2017 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: ACME CENTER CHANGES DETAILED
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FAIR HAVEN: Acme center owner details plan to keep it as a "neighborhood shopping center" but with more accessible parking.
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March 24th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: Homebuilding giant Hovnanian Enterprises very nearly posted a net profit in its most recent quarter.
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March 8th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: OPEN-AIR STAIR MAY BE ENCLOSED
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RED BANK: Changes to a distinctive downtown building with an open-air staircase will go before the zoning board this week.
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January 17th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: BASIE SHINES ON GLOBAL STAGE
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RED BANK: Ticket sales soared 76 percent at the Count Basie in 2016, making it the top-grossing theater in New Jersey and 24th globally, Pollstar reports.
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January 9th, 2017 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: ACME CENTER TO GET MAKEOVER
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FAIR HAVEN: As another tenant departs, the new owners of the Acme shopping center file renovation plans amid buzz about store turnover.
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December 22nd, 2016 @ 3pm
RED BANK: RAYRAP CLEARS FIRST HURDLE
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RED BANK: A year after defeat, developer Ray Rapcavage wins key approval for townhouse-and-garden plan at the Five Corners on the edge of downtown.
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December 16th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: LATEST RAYRAP PLAN IN SPOTLIGHT
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RED BANK: A year after being stopped cold, RayRap returns to the zoning board this week with a plan for townhouses on the edge of downtown.
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December 13th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: Homebuilder Hovnanian reports a smaller loss after a 'challenging' year.
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December 8th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: Like another developer thwarted by the zoning board, RayRap wants its property designated as "in need of rehabilitation."
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September 19th, 2016 @ 10am
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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 ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.