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RED BANK: PRESERVATIONISTS FLEX MUSCLE
RED BANK: Anticipating pushback from charter school and a private developer, Historic Preservation Commission flexes its muscles.
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RED BANK: It's official: Sturdivant to join Triggiano on council; five winners of charter study race certified after overwhelming referendum approval.
RED BANK: DONUTS COMING BACK TO BROAD
RED BANK: The sweet aroma of baked goods may once again waft downtown as Once Bitten Donuts plans to set up shop on Broad Street.
RED BANK: MASTER PLAN OUTREACH PLEDGED
RED BANK: Planning board approves Master Plan consultant on pledge of public outreach "head and tails above" four other proposals, says board member.
RED BANK: MASTER PLAN IN SPOTLIGHT
RED BANK: After Ballard demand for greater transparency, planning board expected to air its process for selecting Master Plan consultant.
RED BANK: OVERNIGHT CLOSING PLANNED
RED BANK: Intersection of Broad and West Front streets will be closed for construction work Monday night. Avoid or expect detours and delays.
RED BANK: GUITARS, TOYS & TABLES CHURN IN
RED BANK: In Churn, new guitar shop hopes to revive town's reputation as a six-stringer's mecca; also collectible toys; tables and jewelry in one space.
RED BANK: KIDS HONOR VETERANS
RED BANK: After a pandemic interruption, school children return to annual Veterans Day commemoration at the borough Veterans Monument.
RED BANK: HURDLES FOR SKATEBOARD EVENT
RED BANK: Proposed skateboarding event encounters hurdles as officials raise concerns about liability and potential damage to parking lot.
RED BANK: HISTORIC CLOCK CLOCKED
RED BANK: Historic clock that's watched over downtown for more than a century crashed to the ground after being struck by a truck Wednesday.
RED BANK: On the council agenda this week: a skateboarding event, a tweak to the rent control ordinance, two murals and more.
RED BANK: WASTE IN GARAGE FUELS FIRE
RED BANK: No injuries reported after Red Bank volunteer firefighters cut through metal door to extinguish blaze in waste-filled garage early Monday.
RED BANK: RESCUE TRUCK ADDED TO FLEET
RED BANK: Volunteer firefighters add a new, used vehicle to the fleet: a rescue/dive team truck being hailed as a bargain find.
RED BANK: Superintendent asks council to oppose charter school renewal, citing a 'travesty' of segregative effects over a quarter-century.
RED BANK: MAN FACING WEAPONS CHARGES
RED BANK: Man charged with bringing handgun loaded with armor-piercing bullets into hospital, impersonating a federal agent, chief says.
RED BANK: Thefts of bikes and cash; arrests for DWI; plus an arrest on impersonating an officer and weapons offenses, all in this month's police blotter.
RED BANK: CHARTER STUDY SET INTO MOTION
RED BANK: Voters overwhelmingly set charter study in motion, choosing four slate candidates plus DuPont for advisory commission.
RED BANK: STURDIVANT, TRIGGIANO WIN
RED BANK: Newcomer Sturdivant is top votegetter as Triggiano holds on for second council term; Viscomi again runs distant third.
FAIR HAVEN: KOCH, COLE WIN COUNCIL TERMS
FAIR HAVEN: Republicans Koch and Cole secure council seats with strong wins, halting Democrats's gains of recent years.
RED BANK: BROAD STREET PROJECT TO START
RED BANK: As Broadwalk ends second year, a road project set to begin next week will bring disruptions that last until Christmas. Here's what to expect.
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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 ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...