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RUMSON: UTILITIES TO GO BELOW RIVER
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RUMSON & SEA BRIGHT: New gas and water lines will be run 25 feet below the bed of the Shrewsbury River as early as next month.
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February 14th, 2017 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: PARK, VACANT SITES ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Busy council agenda includes concept plan for a new park on the former landfill on West Sunset Avenue and a new law on vacant properties.
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February 8th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: PARKING FORUM OPENS ‘DIALOGUE’
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RED BANK: A town hall meeting kicks off "dialogue" between merchants and residents on issues of parking and the role of a possible new downtown garage.
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February 7th, 2017 @ 3pm
RED BANK: HAMPTON INN WINS APPROVAL
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RED BANK: Hampton Inn gets a green light after developer withdraws a traffic element that opponents said would lead to crashes.
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February 7th, 2017 @ 12am
RED BANK: TOUTING A ‘SIMPLE’ PARKING FIX
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RED BANK: Downtown landlord John Bowers thinks the council's parking solution will lead the town over a cliff. He's put up $10k to create a simpler plan.
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February 3rd, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: SANCTUARY CITY STATUS ON TABLE
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RED BANK: In the face of Trump defunding threat, borough's Human Relations Committee expected to consider seeking sanctuary city status.
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February 1st, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: Business Alliance plans town hall meeting next week to make its case for a parking garage and hear residents' concerns.
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January 31st, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: SUIT FILED OVER GARAGE HEIGHT
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RED BANK: A group led by former Councilwoman Cindy Burnham, just four weeks out of office, sues to derail White Street garage plan.
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January 30th, 2017 @ 5pm
RED BANK: PARKS & REC GETS ITS OWN LOGO
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RED BANK: RBR sophomore designs parks and recreation's logo
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January 30th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: FOOTWEAR, FRUIT BOWLS, FACIALS
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RED BANK: Retail Churn reports on the closing of the Doc Shoppe, opening of Playa Bowls, and high-end beauty products retailer coming to town.
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January 30th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: CHARTER FOES ALLEGE FALSE DATA
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RED BANK: Charter school opponents allege the "outright fabrication" of data used by the school in pursuit of a five-year extension.
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January 27th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: LONGTIME MUNICIPAL JUDGE DIES
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RED BANK: Judge William Himelman, believed to be the longest-serving municipal jurist in New Jersey, dies at age 85.
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January 26th, 2017 @ 10pm
RED BANK: PARKING PLANS SOLICITED
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RED BANK: White Street garage plan clears another speedbump.as the council tweaks and OKs an RFP for prospective developers.
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January 26th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: TENNIS COURTS STILL IN LIMBO
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RED BANK: Appearances aside, the clay courts aren't being rebuilt. Not yet, anyway. Here's what's going on in Marine Park.
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January 26th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: PARKING CHANGES ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: New winter parking rules, the elimination of a turning lane and the creation of a handful of downtown parking spaces are on tonight's agenda.
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January 25th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: WHITE STREET PARKING ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: The idea of a White Street parking garage returns to the spotlight as the council crafts an RFP for prospective developers.
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January 24th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: Area women to hold "nonpartisan" rally today on theme of "committing to reminding ourselves and our leaders that we are one community."
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January 21st, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: GUT JOB, BUT NO EATERY FOR NOW
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RED BANK: An ugly, bunker-like building downtown will get a full makeover, but not for restaurant use, at least not yet, under a planning board approval.
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January 19th, 2017 @ 6am
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: BLUE LINE HONORS LAW ENFORCERS
RED BANK: A blue line was painted down the middle of Broad Street Friday to honor law enforcers, even though the federal DOT calls such markings unsafe.
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January 16th, 2017 @ 6am
Partyline
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.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
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