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LITTLE SILVER: Feds say borough man stole $9 million from charity set up by late client of his financial advisory services.
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October 24th, 2017 @ 6am
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RED BANK: PARKER OFFICE TO GET NEW LIFE
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RED BANK: A vacant house that served as home and office to beloved father-and-son physicians is cleared for renovation and expansion.
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October 19th, 2017 @ 9pm
RED BANK: SQUEEZING IN NEW PARKING SPOTS
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RED BANK: Area near bottleneck gets two new parking spaces, and just minutes later, a truck calls that decision into question.
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October 19th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: PARKING, TAXES DOMINATE DEBATE
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RED BANK: The four council candidates faced off Monday night in a debate-like forum dominated by parking and tax issues.
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October 17th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: MENNA AIMS TO CURB BAR CRAWLS
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RED BANK: Menna wants 'bar crawl' speedbumps after Belmar shuts down one touted as the biggest the borough had ever seen.
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October 16th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: COUNCIL PRESSES FOR LIGHT
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RED BANK: Council urges state to install traffic light at Bodman & Riverside, both for safety and to aid new overlay zone encouraging housing redevelopment.
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October 12th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: COUNCIL CANDIDATES TO FACE OFF
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RED BANK: All four council candidates have confirmed their attendance at the 21st annual West Side Community Group candidates' night Monday.
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October 10th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: ZONING MAP UP FOR ADOPTION
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RED BANK: New borough zoning map incorporates zoning changes for housing and redevelopment made since 2010, doesn't propose additional ones, says attorney.
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October 9th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: NEW BOUTIQUE OPENS ON BROAD
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RED BANK: In the latest Retail Churn, a new clothing boutique with a "selfie mirror" opens, and long-awaited works gets underway on the Anderson Building.
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October 6th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: APARTMENTS, RETAIL ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Zoning board slated to review plans for retail in a boarded-up Shrewsbury Avenue house; four new apartments at a two-family on River Street.
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October 5th, 2017 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: TOWN, R-FH SPLIT COURT COSTS
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FAIR HAVEN: Under a cost-sharing deal with Rumson-Fair Haven Regional. the town has new tennis and pickleball courts, and the school has new home courts.
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October 3rd, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: CRAFTS SHOPS, RESTAURANT OPEN
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RED BANK: Two local-crafts shops open this weekend. Also, a Mexican restaurant with loco hours opens and a chain sub shop calls it quits.
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September 29th, 2017 @ 1pm
RED BANK: BUILDERS BALK AT ‘NET 500’
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RED BANK: Both developers vying to redevelop the White Street parking lot said an insistence on 500 net new space may not be economically viable.
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September 28th, 2017 @ 7am
RUMSON: MARINE SCIENCE CENTER PLANNED
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RUMSON: Monmouth University announces plan for marine science center with labs and classrooms atop riverfront sewer pump station here.
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September 27th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: Push to redevelop the White Street parking lot gets two spotlights tonight, with meetings at borough hall (6:30) and the primary school (8 pm).
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September 27th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: ‘DREAMERS’ GET, AND LEND, A HAND
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RED BANK: At a clinic on navigating new DACA era, 'Dreamers' help others just like them file paperwork. Meanwhile, their futures are "on hold," says one.
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September 26th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: DOG FOUND 80 MILES FROM HOME
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RED BANK: After a tearful and lick-filled reunion, a mystery remains: how did a 15-year-old black lab end up here, 80 miles from home.
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September 23rd, 2017 @ 3pm
RED BANK: MURPHY TOUTS ‘SENSE’ ON GUNS
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RED BANK: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy comes to town to pitch his platform on guns, which includes signing bills Christie vetoed.
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September 22nd, 2017 @ 3pm
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
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
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“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 ...
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.