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RED BANK: BASEBALLS, CAPS STOLEN
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RED BANK: Thieves stole new and used baseballs, and 44 baseball caps, from a storage shed at Count Basie Park last month, police reported.
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December 8th, 2021 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: $10K CANNABIS BIZ FEE ON TABLE
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RED BANK: Borough attorney sees red flags in suggested cannabis business licensing fee of $10,000, despite adoption in nearby towns.
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December 8th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: STREET CLOSURES ANNOUNCED
RED BANK: Much of the business district will be off-limits to vehicle traffic Monday to allow for sewer line work on Broad Street.
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December 5th, 2021 @ 4pm
RED BANK: Vote on plan to raze century house for parking postponed as questions linger about weight of Historic Preservation Commission rejection.
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December 3rd, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: LEAKS TO COST PROPERTY OWNERS
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RED BANK: Owners of up to 100 downtown properties could be socked with thousands in costs to replace leaking water lines found during Broad Street dig.
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December 2nd, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: GOVERNMENT REVIEW LAUNCHED
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RED BANK: Newly empaneled charter study commission kicks off "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to reorient town's governance, says chairwoman.
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December 1st, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: FILM RECYCLING IN SPOTLIGHT
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RED BANK: Plastic film recycling enters its second month of a one-year pilot program amid questions about costs and collections.
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November 30th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: COMMISSION SETS FIRST MEETING
RED BANK: Less than a month after voters authorized its formation, charter study commission sets organizational meeting for Tuesday evening.
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November 29th, 2021 @ 1pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL ‘NO’ TO CHARTER SCHOOL
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RED BANK: After three hours of divided comments, council unanimously endorses measure calling for end of charter school.
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November 24th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: WHAT’S ON COUNCIL AGENDA
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RED BANK: On the council agenda: new contract for McConnell; weighing in on charter school; awarding Master Plan work; accepting a retirement.
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November 23rd, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: CLOTHES, CANDLES &… CANNABIS?
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn: clothing boutique opens; update on Garmany holdings; would-be cannabis retailer lays groundwork, and more.
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November 19th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: PRESERVATIONISTS FLEX MUSCLE
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RED BANK: Anticipating pushback from charter school and a private developer, Historic Preservation Commission flexes its muscles.
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November 18th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: It's official: Sturdivant to join Triggiano on council; five winners of charter study race certified after overwhelming referendum approval.
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November 16th, 2021 @ 6pm
RED BANK: MASTER PLAN OUTREACH PLEDGED
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RED BANK: Planning board approves Master Plan consultant on pledge of public outreach "head and tails above" four other proposals, says board member.
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November 16th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: MASTER PLAN IN SPOTLIGHT
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RED BANK: After Ballard demand for greater transparency, planning board expected to air its process for selecting Master Plan consultant.
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November 15th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: OVERNIGHT CLOSING PLANNED
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RED BANK: Intersection of Broad and West Front streets will be closed for construction work Monday night. Avoid or expect detours and delays.
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November 12th, 2021 @ 2pm
RED BANK: HURDLES FOR SKATEBOARD EVENT
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RED BANK: Proposed skateboarding event encounters hurdles as officials raise concerns about liability and potential damage to parking lot.
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November 11th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: On the council agenda this week: a skateboarding event, a tweak to the rent control ordinance, two murals and more.
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November 9th, 2021 @ 10am
RED BANK: Superintendent asks council to oppose charter school renewal, citing a 'travesty' of segregative effects over a quarter-century.
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November 4th, 2021 @ 7am
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.
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November 3rd, 2021 @ 11am
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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
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.