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RED BANK: SPRING STREET GETS STATE FUNDS
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RED BANK: Area towns to share in $161 million being doled out statewide by Murphy Administration for road and bridge improvements.
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December 4th, 2019 @ 7am
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RED BANK: STUDENTS TO SHARE CONCEPTS
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RED BANK: Using input from residents, urban planning students to share ideas for improving Shrewsbury Avenue and the waterfront.
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December 3rd, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SAXUM PLAN APPROVED
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RED BANK: Saxum plan for 210 apartments on former VNA site wins approval. Mayor cites boost to affordable housing as neighbor says board "sold out."
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December 3rd, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: COUNCIL WRAP
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RED BANK: Council wrap includes details of parking bond, update on Eastside Park project, and the return of a former police department employee.
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November 27th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: OLD BRICK BUILDINGS REVIVED
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RED BANK: Two red brick buildings with deep histories have gotten new leases on life in recent days – with assists from Brooklyn and Seattle.
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November 22nd, 2019 @ 1pm
RED BANK: DISCOUNT-HUNTING VIA DRONE
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RED BANK: Mini drone shop opens with aim of promoting downtown shopping. Get the bird's-eye view in this edition of Retail Churn.
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November 22nd, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: COUNCIL HONORS SOCCER TEAMS
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RED BANK: Middle school soccer teams cited for championship seasons.
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November 15th, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: Council drops 'archaic' citizenship requirement for license, and commenting protocol once again is put to the test. Session recap.
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November 14th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: IN LIMBO, ‘DREAMERS’ HEAD TO DC
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RED BANK: Their futures in limbo, some three dozen DACA recipients and supporters headed to D.C., where SCOTUS is to decide their fates.
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November 12th, 2019 @ 2pm
RED BANK: RETHINKING SHREWSBURY AVENUE
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RED BANK: Brainstorming session on future of Shrewsbury Avenue elicits concerns about gentrification and pedestrian safety.
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November 7th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: Democratic incumbents Horgan and Yngstrom win re-election and extend their party's lock on the governing body into 2020.
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November 5th, 2019 @ 11pm
RED BANK: By a 2-1 margin, voters approve referendum on $6.75 million worth of repairs to primary and middle schools.
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November 5th, 2019 @ 11pm
FAIR HAVEN: DEMOCRATS WIN TWO SEATS
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FAIR HAVEN: Democrats Meghan Chrisner-Keefe and Mike McCue capture two council seats, easily winning all six voting districts.
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November 5th, 2019 @ 10pm
RED BANK: Planning board hearing and possible vote on Saxum plan for 210 apartments on former VNA site postponed to December 2.
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November 4th, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: ‘MAGIC WAND’ IDEAS SOUGHT
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RED BANK: Urban planning students to solicit public input for improving Shrewsbury Avenue and a theoretical Broad-to-the-River project.
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November 4th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: COFFEE AND CORDUROY IN CHURN
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RED BANK: In this especially churny edition of Retail Churn, a new "coffee shop and general store" opens and a pilates studio relocates.
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November 1st, 2019 @ 10am
RED BANK: HOME REHAB GRANTS AVAILABLE
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RED BANK: Qualified homeowners and renters can obtain up to $10,500 in loans to improve their residences through the Red Bank Affordable Housing Corp.
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October 30th, 2019 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: DOTS WHAT WE LIKE… AND DON’T
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FAIR HAVEN: After controversy over Dunkin' shop, restaurant committee tries to gauge which fast food businesses residents want and don't want.
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October 30th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: GOP CLAIMS WEST SIDE ADVOCACY
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RED BANK: Republicans in this year's council race position themselves as the true advocates for minorities and the West Side, a Democratic stronghold.
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October 29th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: RESTAURANTS IN CHURN
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a restaurant reopens with a new name, and two others close.
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October 25th, 2019 @ 7am
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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 ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
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.