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RED BANK: PARKING NEWS
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RED BANK: Parking news includes elimination of a turning lane downtown, hoods for pay stations and an update on the garage plan.
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January 13th, 2017 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: NO LEAD IN WATER, OFFICIAL SAYS
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RED BANK: Utilities director says there's "no indication" of lead in drinking water after resident shows off an extricated pipe with a lead connector.
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January 12th, 2017 @ 6am
SHREWSBURY: BIG PROJECTS IN THE WORKS
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SHREWSBURY: Three big projects are on the drawing board here, including an assisted-living facility on the site of a slaughterhouse.
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January 10th, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: WOMEN PLAN ‘NONPARTISAN’ RALLY
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RED BANK: Area women plan "nonpartisan" rally day after Trump inauguration "committed to reminding ourselves and our leaders that we are one community."
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January 9th, 2017 @ 5pm
RED BANK: OLD-STYLE DELI SET TO OPEN
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RED BANK: A new "traditional New York Jewish deli" is set to start serving latkes, knishes, hot pastrami and more.
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January 5th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: TILE STORE MAKES BIG SPLASH
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RED BANK: New York-based tile and stone company opens its first New Jersey outlet here, and at 4,000 square feet, it's no mere toe in the water.
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January 4th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: DEMOCRATS REASSERT CONTROL
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RED BANK: The first Republican majority in a generation turns out to be short-lived as Democrats reassert control over municipal operations.
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January 3rd, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: MENNA DEBT IN PRESS SPOTLIGHT
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RED BANK: Mayor Pasquale Menna has an IRS lien on his home and borrowed $75,000 to pay it from a "convicted car thief," the Asbury Park Press reports.
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December 29th, 2016 @ 9pm
RED BANK: BURNHAM CASTS FINAL ‘NO’ VOTE
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RED BANK: Firebrand Cindy Burnham, often the sole 'no' vote, ends her three-year term on the council with parting words and one last 'no.'
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December 29th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: MENNA WANTS BOLD, GREEN DECK
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RED BANK: Menna says he now wants to see architecturally bold, "even shocking" plans with environment in mind for White Street garage.
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December 29th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: PAYOUTS WILL DEPLETE FUND
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RED BANK: Payouts to three town employees for unused sick days and vacation time will deplete a rainy day fund, officials said.
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December 28th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: SICKELS TO RETIRE AT END OF 2017
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RED BANK: Stanley Sickels, the borough's most powerful unelected official, plans to retire in a year. But first, he'll cash out his unused sick days.
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December 28th, 2016 @ 5am
SANDY HOOK: ENTRY FEE HIKE HALTED
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SANDY HOOK: A plan to raise entry fees 33 percent next summer has been dropped by the National Park Service after objections, says Pallone.
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December 23rd, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: HOTEL ANTAGONIST RETURNS
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RED BANK: The lawyer who derailed a proposed Hampton Inn four years ago returned Monday night, claiming his clients have legal standing to contest the plan.
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December 20th, 2016 @ 1am
RED BANK: RESIDENT MAPS VALUE CHANGES
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RED BANK: A borough resident has created an interactive map enabling users to check assessment changes of their homes and others.
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December 19th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: A proposed Hampton Inn may go to a final vote by the planning board tonight after years of delays. But one member calls the plan fatally flawed.
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December 19th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: FREE HOLIDAY PARKING IN EFFECT
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RED BANK: Free parking is in effect through Christmas.
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December 16th, 2016 @ 2pm
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: COUNCIL OKs PARKING PLAN
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RED BANK: Clearing their biggest hurdle yet, proponents of a parking garage in the heart of downtown claimed victory Wednesday night.
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December 15th, 2016 @ 1am
SHREWSBURY VOTERS NIX SCHOOL UPGRADES
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SHREWSBURY: Borough voters rejected a series of school capital spending plans by wide margins in a special election held Tuesday.
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December 14th, 2016 @ 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