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RED BANK: Borough officials elated at $1.18 million stimulus infusion, but say it can't be used to repair Senior Center, as suggested by candidate.
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RED BANK: WHAT’S ON COUNCIL AGENDA
RED BANK: Here's what's on the agenda, and what's not, when the council holds a regular session via Zoom Wednesday evening.
RED BANK: SHEHADY SLATES PUBLIC FORUMS
RED BANK: Shehady announces pair of roundtable presentations and Q&As on borough issues, with advance registration required.
RED BANK: Commenting protocol up for discussion Wednesday. Here's what to expect at the council, planning and zoning meetings slated for this week.
RED BANK: Shehady quits redevelopment agency citing 'lightning rod' distractions from main job; agency OKs concept plans for facilities.
RED BANK: WHAT’S ON COUNCIL AGENDA
RED BANK: Council agenda includes RiverCenter bylaw changes, ambulance contract renewal... and still no movement on commenting protocol.
RED BANK: JOURNALIST JOHN F. BURTON DIES
RED BANK: Tributes flow following death of John Burton, longtime chronicler of local politics, government and more for weekly newspapers.
RED BANK: Council agenda includes bonds, hirings, event date approvals for a post-pandemic world... but still no movement on commenting protocol.
RED BANK: CONTRACTOR DENIES RACIST POST
RED BANK: Animal-control specialist contracted to provide back-up services to borough says he did not write racist post attributed to him on Facebook.
RED BANK: TRASH PACT, LEAK REPORT OK’D
RED BANK: Council OKs new trash contract with more frequent recycling pickups and higher costs. Also authorizes report on Zipprich emails.
LITTLE SILVER: Pandemic bonuses for all borough employees, and new police salaries, up for council consideration Monday night.
RED BANK: TRASH SURVEY SPLITS COUNCIL
RED BANK: Once again, issues related to trash split all-Democratic council into factions, and this time generate some shade-throwing.
RED BANK: RIVERVIEW TOP EXEC RESIGNS
RED BANK: Riverview's top executive has resigned and been replaced on an interim basis by a familiar face, redbankgreen has learned.
RED BANK: DEAL OVER LEAK PROBES POSSIBLE
RED BANK: Menna proposes interim compromise in council split over dueling probe demands stemming from emails leaked in August.
RED BANK: SPLIT OVER LEAK PROBE CONTINUES
RED BANK: Split over probe into leaked emails enters its third month as Ballard derides colleagues for wanting to "whistle past the graveyard" and ignore the issue.
RED BANK: BIKING LANDSCAPER GETS ASSIST
RED BANK: GoFundMe campaign raises $3,600 to get biking landscaper Ricardo Paz back on the road. Not that he ever completely left it.
RED BANK: BIKING LANDSCAPER NEEDS WHEELS
RED BANK: Landscaper who hauls his equipment around by bike needs new set of wheels, so friends launch a Go Fund Me campaign to help.
RED BANK: COPS GET THEIR PROMO CEREMONY
RED BANK: Six cops sworn in to new command positions as officials note the air of tension over policing elsewhere.
RED BANK: COUNCIL PROMOTES SIX COPS
RED BANK: Six police officers move up the command ladder – unceremoniously, for now, because of the pandemic. Here's who they are.
RED BANK: DEMS CLASH OVER BUDGET, PROBE
RED BANK: Rifts laid bare as council Democrats clash for hours over budget and an email leak probe that one calls a "witch hunt."
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SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“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.