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RED BANK: OK FOR GIANT BILLBOARD SOUGHT
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RED BANK: Long-vacant eyesore gas station at town's northern gateway seeks variance for giant digital billboard this week.
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January 30th, 2023 @ 7am
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RED BANK: DPU HEAD OUSTED
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RED BANK: Unlisted on agenda, no terms revealed, no discussion: council fires DPU director, brings back his predecessor at $16,500 a month.
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January 12th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: SUNSETS ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Final council session of 16-year Menna era includes possible action on Sunset Park and short-term rentals.
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December 13th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: TREE PLANTING UNDERWAY
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RED BANK: The borough's tree inventory is scheduled to grow by 75 this week under a Shade Tree Committee planting. Here's where they'll go.
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November 8th, 2022 @ 5am
RED BANK: WALKING TOURS HIT THE BRICKS
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RED BANK: Environmental Commission rolls out QR code-linked walking tours of town, plus a parklet for resting up from all that walking.
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August 5th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: RIVER DREDGINGS PLANNED
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RED BANK: Army Corps of Engineers plans to dredge the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers in 2023 to improve fishing and recreation, Pallone says.
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June 23rd, 2022 @ 11am
RED BANK: TESLA TRYOUT UPDATED
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RED BANK: Borough's use of donated Tesla spotlights need for charging infrastructure before EVs can be considered, McConnell says.
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April 21st, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: LEAD-TAINTED SOIL TO BE REMOVED
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RED BANK: Two years after garden shutdown, DEP outlines $2.6M plan to excavate and replace lead-contaminated soil from nearby residential properties.
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February 23rd, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: More than two years after community garden shutdown over possible lead contamination, DEP will give a public presentation Tuesday.
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February 21st, 2022 @ 2pm
RED BANK: Couple offers borough their used, fire-engine-red Tesla sedan, hoping it will demonstrate the feasibility of adding EVs to the fleet.
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December 14th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: FILM RECYCLING IN SPOTLIGHT
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RED BANK: Plastic film recycling enters its second month of a one-year pilot program amid questions about costs and collections.
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November 30th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: PLASTIC FILM RECYCLING TO BEGIN
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RED BANK: Recycling of plastic film, such as newspaper bags and boat wrap, slated to begin under a one-year trial. Free receptacles available.
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October 6th, 2021 @ 4pm
RED BANK: POP STAR’S POP WINS EXTENSION
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RED BANK: Pop star Charlie Puth's father gets zoning board OK for more time to build Broad Street apartments approved five years ago.
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August 6th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: FARMER DEFENDS PRODUCE TOSS
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RED BANK: Farmers' market vendor defends discard of produce as free-food distributor says he donates "tons" of food, including this past Sunday.
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July 22nd, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: DUMPED PRODUCE STUNS SHOPPERS
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RED BANK: Shoppers shocked to see good produce tossed into in a dumpster at the Farmers' Market. Galleria official responds to complaint.
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July 20th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: TURTLES & PLANTS SETTLE IN
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RED BANK: Environmental Commission completes projects aimed at helping Northern Diamondback Terrapins and conserving rainwater.
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July 9th, 2021 @ 3pm
RED BANK: DEP SAYS RIVERS SAFE FOR HUMANS
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RED BANK: Recreational use of Navesink and Shrewsbury is safe despite massive, putrid fish die-off, environmental scientists say.
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May 27th, 2021 @ 11pm
RED BANK: FORUM ON FISH KILL SLATED
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RED BANK: Clean Ocean Action announces town hall meeting with state officials on fish kill that has littered Navesink and Shrewsbury with reeking carcasses.
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May 21st, 2021 @ 2pm
RED BANK: TOWN HALL ON FISH KILL SOUGHT
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RED BANK: Council joins Clean Ocean Action in demand for DEP town hall on fish kill that has littered Navesink and Shrewsbury with reeking carcasses.
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April 30th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: FISH KILL ‘MOST SEVERE’ OF LATE
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RED BANK: Clean Ocean Action reports on meeting with DEP over 'most severe' menhaden die-off in Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers in recent memory.
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April 23rd, 2021 @ 5am
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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.