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RED BANK: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy is slated to appear at Riverside Gardens Park today to speak about gun violence.
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September 22nd, 2017 @ 8am
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RED BANK: HOPE MARCHES ON
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RED BANK: Representatives of dozens of faith groups, charitable organizations and more mark a "Day of Hope" with a march through town.
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September 21st, 2017 @ 1pm
RED BANK: WHAT’S NEXT FOR PARKING?
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RED BANK: What happens next in the quest for a parking solution? Two meetings on the same night, for starters.
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September 20th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: LIQUOR STORE GETS A REBOOT
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RED BANK: Closed for three years, the former Yogi's Liquors on the West Side is reopening with a new business plan and a new attitude, its owners say.
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September 18th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: MARINE PARK RESTROOMS OPEN
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RED BANK: New restrooms now open in Marine Park. But will they stay open? The experience at Riverside Gardens Park isn't encouraging.
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September 15th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: POLS PULL U-TURN ON PARKING
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RED BANK: Republicans and Democrats claim compromise on White Street redevelopment that will also nullify lawsuit over parking garage.
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September 14th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: PARKING GARAGE HEARING SLATED
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RED BANK: After remaining largely mum for months, the council is ready to talk, and hold a public hearing, about the parking proposals for White Street.
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September 11th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: OceanFirst plans to buy headquarters of homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises on West Front Street, redbankgreen has learned.
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September 7th, 2017 @ 1pm
RED BANK: HOVNANIAN SELLING HOME OFFICE
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RED BANK: Homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises, its output shrunken, plans to sell its gleaming headquarters here and move to Matawan.
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September 7th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: WORK HALTED OVER SAFETY ISSUES
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RED BANK: Borough inspectors order halt to construction of a new apartment building over concerns about excavation safety.
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September 1st, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: INKY PROBES SEGREGATION CLAIMS
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RED BANK: Philadelphia Inquirer probes segregation claims leveled at charter school.
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August 31st, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: NEW BELLHAVEN PLAN WINS PRAISE
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RED BANK: Two years after controversy over a planned 'sprayrground,' a new concept for Bellhaven Nature Area gets a warmer reception.
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August 31st, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: APARTMENTS FINALLY UNDERWAY
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RED BANK: There's a big hole in the ground surrounded by a fence on Mechanic Street. What's Going on Here? Click for the answer.
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August 30th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: PARK DESIGN CONSULTANT SOUGHT
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RED BANK: Borough council begins process of Marine Park redesign by advertising for a consultant to come up with a concept plan.
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August 28th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: UNVEILING NEW BELLHAVEN PLAN
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RED BANK: Two years after controversy over a planned 'sprayrground,' a new concept for Bellhaven Nature Area is to be unveiled next week.
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August 25th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: GARAGE BACKERS AIM AT LOGJAM
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RED BANK: Garage backers press Democrats to talk as one of five would-be developers amends his plan for the White Street lot.
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August 24th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: POSTMASTER’S POSTS DRAW FIRE
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RED BANK: Human rights activists have filed complaints about the borough postmaster's Facebook posts, which they say are filled with racism and misogyny.
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August 21st, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: Joining a chorus of lawmakers from both major parties, state Senator Jen Beck 'condemns' Trump's remarks on Charlottesville violence.
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August 16th, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: Q&A ON ADMINISTRATOR SEARCH
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RED BANK: The hunt is on to replace Stanley Sickels, the borough's most powerful unelected official. Here's a Q&A with the head of the search committee.
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August 16th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: CATCH TO TAKE GOTHAM SPACE
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RED BANK: Retail Churn serves up a plateful of news from the downtown food scene, with openings and closings in the works. Also: pet acupuncture
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August 11th, 2017 @ 10am
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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.
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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 ...