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RED BANK: McKENNA GETS HIS… ALLEYWAY
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RED BANK: A nameless alleyway downtown is to be named for former mayor Ed McKenna, who's credited for a 1990s revival for the business district.
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August 15th, 2019 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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SHREWSBURY: The latest crime and arrest reports from borough police.
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August 14th, 2019 @ 4pm
RED BANK: $6.75M REFERENDUM PLANNED
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RED BANK: Voters will be asked to decide whether school district should borrow $6.75 million for needed repairs, with no increase in taxes, officials say.
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August 14th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: HEMP-BASED CBD SHOP OK’D
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RED BANK: Borough OKs shop selling CBD products derived from hemp for a Shrewsbury Avenue storefront that's been vacant for 15 years.
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August 13th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: CONTAMINATION SHUTS GARDEN
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RED BANK: Borough shuts community garden in "abundance of caution" after neighbor's testing of its soil appear to show lead contamination, Shehady says.
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August 12th, 2019 @ 1pm
RED BANK: OceanFirst Bank, which acquired the former Hovnanian building here almost two years ago, plans to buy two smaller banks.
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August 12th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE TUESDAY
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RED BANK: After a warm and sunny Monday, 'severe' storms could hit the Greater Green Tuesday. Here's the extended weather forecast.
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August 12th, 2019 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: Q&A WITH NEW RBR PRINCIPAL
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LITTLE SILVER: A Q&A with the new principal at Red Bank Regional, who will be familiar to some students from their time in middle school.
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August 9th, 2019 @ 5am
FAIR HAVEN: Police reports for June include a dog bite and three adults charged with vandalism for allegedly egging vehicles.
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August 8th, 2019 @ 4am
FAIR HAVEN: CLUB LANDS HISTORIC LISTINGS
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FAIR HAVEN: A genteel yacht club with unlikely roots in the bawdy days of vaudeville is now on the New Jersey and National Historic registers.
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August 7th, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: BIG NIGHT OUT AT BASIE FIELDS
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RED BANK: A change of venue makes for a carnival-like National Night Out at Count Basie Fields. Check out redbankgreen's photos.
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August 7th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: SAXUM CONFRONTS TRAFFIC ISSUE
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RED BANK: Traffic consultant defends Saxum's plan for former VNA site, offers suggestions for improvement, including big one repeatedly shot down by NJDOT.
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August 6th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: TACO & CLOTHING SHOPS SLATED
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, downtown could soon have a new, two-story taco restaurant as well as a men's clothing shop.
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August 5th, 2019 @ 3pm
RED BANK: June and July were busy months for borough police. Here's the crimes and arrests blotter.
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August 5th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: The man who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing volunteer firefighter Andrew Hill 14 months ago gets 13 years in state prison.
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August 2nd, 2019 @ 1pm
RED BANK: SCHOOLS AMONG ‘MOST IMPROVED”
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RED BANK: Borough school district one of 11 statewide chosen for Lighthouse award, based on greatest gains in students' academic performance.
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August 2nd, 2019 @ 11am
FAIR HAVEN: DUNKIN’ TRAFFIC FIXES OFFERED
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FAIR HAVEN: Planning board expected to hear several suggestions for improving pedestrian safety at its next hearing on controversial Dunkin' proposal.
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August 2nd, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: SHELL YANKS DUNKIN’ PLAN
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RED BANK: After months of sporadic, and contentious hearings, plan for Dunkin shop at Shell station is being withdrawn, redbankgreen has learned.
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August 1st, 2019 @ 1pm
RED BANK: SUNNY START TO AUGUST
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RED BANK: Storms and rainbows close out July, and August begins with sunshine. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Green.
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August 1st, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: SUMMER STORMS SOAK THE GREEN
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RED BANK: Thunderstorms soaked the Greater Green Wednesday afternoon, with more to come in the closing hours of July, 2019, NWS forecasts.
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July 31st, 2019 @ 3pm
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SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...