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RED BANK: LIBRARY DIRECTOR TO RETIRE
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RED BANK: After a career pivot, a tumultuous chapter and the restoration of calm, library director McDermott announces plan to retire.
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May 11th, 2018 @ 12pm
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RED BANK: LUXURY UNITS, OFFICE PLANNED
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RED BANK: Builder plans office and luxury units with underground parking at West Front and Maple, current site of a "really terrible" gateway to downtown.
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May 3rd, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RBC YEARBOOKS TO BE DIGITIZED
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RED BANK: First Red Bank High, now Red Bank Catholic; borough library expands its effort to convert high school yearbooks to digital format.
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March 9th, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: OLDEST FIRE COMPANY RETIRED
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RED BANK: Relief Engine Company, the town's oldest firefighting unit, is to be retired and reconstituted as historic preservation outfit.
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March 1st, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: THREE HONORED FOR LONGEVITY
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RED BANK: The theme was longevity as the borough council and state legislators honored a centenarian and two others Wednesday night.
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March 1st, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: FIREHOUSE PLAN OK’D
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RED BANK: Plan for rehabbing old firehouse includes using 150-year-old brick recycled from a house recently demolished in Brooklyn.
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February 19th, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: FRAMED & READY FOR DISPLAY
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RED BANK: The conversion of a former staircase factory to a framing shop now complete, its owner plans a debut art exhibit starting this weekend.
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January 31st, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: DEVELOPER CLARIFIES PLAN STATUS
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RED BANK: Developer comments on report about plans corner of Maple Avenue and West Front Street, where he hopes to erect office building.
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November 30th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: PRESERVATIONISTS CONCERNED
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RED BANK: Preservationists concerned as historic buildings change hands and buyer hints at replacing them with office building.
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November 29th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: NEW HISTORY IN FORTUNE HOUSE
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RED BANK: Builder finds new history, and a lot of rot, in effort to restore Fortune House, onetime home of pioneering civil rights journalist.
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November 14th, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: The remains of a 17-year-old borough soldier who vanished during the Korean War have been found in North Korea.
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October 26th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: FORTUNE HOUSE LAUDS VOLUNTEER
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RED BANK: The committee seeking to preserve the historic T. Thomas Fortune House honored a young volunteer at a fundraiser held earlier this month.
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October 24th, 2017 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: PRESERVATION GOALS CURBED
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FAIR HAVEN: Newly found deterioration in 150-year-old River Road building prompts changes to Forefront's preservation plan.
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October 18th, 2017 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: BACK TO THE FOREFRONT
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FAIR HAVEN: A 150-year-old River Road building was moved to a new foundation last week. What's Going On Here? redbankgreen answers.
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October 2nd, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: ARTISTS HONOR ONE OF THEIR OWN
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RED BANK: Local artists are auctioning off their own work to fund a bench overlooking the Navesink in honor one of their own.
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September 25th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BASIE STARTS MASSIVE EXPANSION
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RED BANK: With Steven Van Zandt donning a hardhat over his head scarf, Count Basie Theatre puts shovels in the ground for $23 million expansion.
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September 20th, 2017 @ 3pm
RED BANK: BROWNSTONES PROJECT APPROVED
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RED BANK: Developer Roger Mumford's 22-unit brownstone townhouse plan wins praise from neighbors along with zoning board approval.
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September 8th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: UP NEXT: MUMFORD TOWNHOUSES
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RED BANK: While vying for the White Street project, developer Roger Mumford goes before zoning board this week with a West Side townhouse plan.
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September 5th, 2017 @ 7am
RUMSON: The annual Canterbury Art Show returns to St. George's Church beginning with a Friday night reception and continues through the holiday weekend.
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August 30th, 2017 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN: Take a stroll through the township's historic heart, with a free guided tour of the old Village of Middletown this Saturday.
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July 5th, 2017 @ 12pm
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SNEAKERS OVER BROAD
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sneakers hanging from the overhead wires on Broad Street.
PIANO TRASHED
Left out to take at 83 River Street. Property owner is a touring musician. Studio and home. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris H ...
FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
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