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RED BANK: REFERENDUM Q&A SCHEDULED
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RED BANK: Schools superintendent Jared Rumage schedules first presentation on a $6.75 million referendum for Thursday evening.
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August 28th, 2019 @ 8am
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RED BANK: With no opposition, and support from the town's only supermarket, council adopts ban on single-use plastic ban and styrofoam food containers.
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August 23rd, 2019 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: RIVER RATS LOSES TAX CASE
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FAIR HAVEN: River Rats can't claim property tax exemption, even though it's an IRS-recognized nonprofit run by volunteers, court finds.
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August 22nd, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: DEBATE OVER ‘McKENNA WAY’
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RED BANK: Proposal to name a downtown alleyway for former mayor Ed McKenna elicits both objections and support at council meeting.
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August 22nd, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: RIVERWALK BACK ON TRACK?
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RED BANK: Two years after the borough stopped work on a luxury apartment project, there are new signs of life. What's Going On Here?
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August 20th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: ANGLE SPOTS, NEW KIOSKS COMING
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RED BANK: It's throwback time as the borough plans to give White Street a makeover that will include 22 angled parking spaces.
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August 19th, 2019 @ 10am
RED BANK: Once again, a push to allow food trucks to operate here fails, as brick-and-mortar businesses cite the impact on their own investments in town.
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August 16th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: McKENNA GETS HIS… ALLEYWAY
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RED BANK: A nameless alleyway downtown is to be named for former mayor Ed McKenna, who's credited for a 1990s revival for the business district.
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August 15th, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: $6.75M REFERENDUM PLANNED
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RED BANK: Voters will be asked to decide whether school district should borrow $6.75 million for needed repairs, with no increase in taxes, officials say.
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August 14th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: HEMP-BASED CBD SHOP OK’D
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RED BANK: Borough OKs shop selling CBD products derived from hemp for a Shrewsbury Avenue storefront that's been vacant for 15 years.
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August 13th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: CONTAMINATION SHUTS GARDEN
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RED BANK: Borough shuts community garden in "abundance of caution" after neighbor's testing of its soil appear to show lead contamination, Shehady says.
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August 12th, 2019 @ 1pm
RED BANK: SAXUM CONFRONTS TRAFFIC ISSUE
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RED BANK: Traffic consultant defends Saxum's plan for former VNA site, offers suggestions for improvement, including big one repeatedly shot down by NJDOT.
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August 6th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: TACO & CLOTHING SHOPS SLATED
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, downtown could soon have a new, two-story taco restaurant as well as a men's clothing shop.
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August 5th, 2019 @ 3pm
RED BANK: SHELL YANKS DUNKIN’ PLAN
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RED BANK: After months of sporadic, and contentious hearings, plan for Dunkin shop at Shell station is being withdrawn, redbankgreen has learned.
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August 1st, 2019 @ 1pm
RED BANK: INTERPRETERS TO AID POLICE
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RED BANK: In what may be a New Jersey first, police department assembles a team of volunteer interpreters to help bridge language gaps with the public.
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July 29th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: COUNCIL KILLS PARKING PLAN
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RED BANK: After getting an earful about proposed alternate-side parking law, council votes to kill it. Menna says a "reasonable" alternative will be sought.
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July 25th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: REDEV AGENCY INCHES AHEAD
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RED BANK: New Redevelopment Agency, with potential to exert enormous power over borough's future, inches toward goal of fixing municipal facilities.
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July 24th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: WHAT’S ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA?
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RED BANK: The borough council has street-sweeping, green roofs, single-use plastics and cranes on its plate when it meets this week. Details here.
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July 22nd, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: HPC AIMS TO SAVE DOOMED HOUSE
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RED BANK: Five months after planning board OKs demolition of hospital-owned Victorian house, historic commission proposes an alternative.
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July 18th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: SAXUM TRAFFIC Q&A DELAYED
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RED BANK: With traffic the biggest issue surrounding Saxum's plan for old VNA site, many questions are deferred to next planning board session.
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July 16th, 2019 @ 9am
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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 ...
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 ...