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RED BANK: BILLBOARD, BREWERY PLANS RETURN
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RED BANK: After months of silence, plan for digital billboard resumes at zoning board; restaurateur wants to scrap plan for microbrewery.
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January 2nd, 2024 @ 1pm
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RED BANK: PORTMAN PAINTS ROSY OUTLOOK
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RED BANK: Mayor outlines plans for "amazing" makeover of Marine Park and other "long overdue" projects for 2024.
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January 2nd, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: BASIE BLEACHER PLAN ADVANCES
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RED BANK: Borough will move ahead with plan to request state money to replace grandstand at Count Basie Fields.
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December 21st, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: COUNCIL HONORS SOCCER CHAMPS
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RED BANK: Mayor Billy Portman and the Red Bank council honored the middle school boys' soccer squad for a championship season last week.
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December 20th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: POT SHOP OK’D, MINUS LEFT TURNS
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RED BANK: Cannabis shop wins OK for long-vacant Exxon site, minus dangerous highway turn. Up next: getting a license from the council.
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December 19th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: VOTE ON POT SHOP EXPECTED
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RED BANK: Planning board may vote Monday night on proposed a cannabis shop with controversial traffic plan at long-vacant Exxon site.
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December 18th, 2023 @ 6am
RED BANK: CRIME & ARREST REPORTS
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RED BANK: Lots of graffiti, four DWI arrests, and a borough man arrested twice in a month. Police blotter for November.
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December 15th, 2023 @ 9am
RED BANK: PBA AGAIN BLASTS McCONNELL
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RED BANK: PBA files grievance against McConnell as he ends "interim" borough leadership and awaits word on retirement as chief.
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December 15th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: REDEVELOPMENT ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: At final session of 2023, council to take up possible train station redevelopment, stadium bleacher replacement.
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December 12th, 2023 @ 5pm
RED BANK: DRENCHING RAIN FORECAST
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RED BANK: Heavy rains and gusty winds expected to lash the Greater Green Sunday and Monday.
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December 9th, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: TWO HEARINGS POSTPONED
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RED BANK: Both hearings on Thursday night's zoning board agenda have been postponed.
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December 7th, 2023 @ 11am
RED BANK: BASIE BLEACHER PROJECT SLATED
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RED BANK: Home-team bleachers at Basie Park would be replaced at a cost of $1.16 million under Green Acres funding request.
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December 6th, 2023 @ 5pm
RED BANK: TOWN SEEKS SAFE ROUTES GRANT
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RED BANK: Two intersections near primary school, and one at middle school, would get pedestrian improvements if grant comes through.
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December 6th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: FORTY APARTMENTS PROPOSED
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RED BANK: Proposed 40-unit apartment project would replace four structures on Riverside Avenue if approved by zoning board this week.
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December 4th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: GOODBYE YELLOW… CONCRETE ROAD
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RED BANK: Trivia for civil engineering geeks: the days are numbered for the borough's remaining concrete roadways.
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November 28th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: PICKLEBALL, ANYONE?
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RED BANK: With completion of Eastside Park project, borough has its first pickleball courts, to share space with tennis.
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November 27th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: TRAINING CAFÉ APPROVED
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RED BANK: Robotics-themed training restaurant for special-needs adults in former Hobbymasters building wins board approval.
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November 24th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: AFTER EARFUL, BAR OWNER GETS OK
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RED BANK: Along with board OK for site changes, Red Rock owner gets an earful over "astonishing" noise and porta-potties.
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November 22nd, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: STREETSCAPE BEGINS LONG ROAD
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RED BANK: Borough unveils concept plans for makeover of Shrewsbury Avenue to address notorious difficulties for pedestrians.
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November 21st, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: TRAINING CAFÉ, BAR ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: On the agenda: a training café proposed in the former Hobbymasters building, and expansion at Red Rock Tap +. Grill.
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November 20th, 2023 @ 7am
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LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS!
"Long Live Local News" flags from redbankgreen's 20th anniversary celebration in Marine Park Tuesday prove to be the perfect compliment to s ...
MUMS AND WITCHES
17 Prospect Ave (Photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
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 ...