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RED BANK: BUDGET Q&A SLATED AFTER ALL
RED BANK: Almost two months after it was first announced, finance committee's public walk-thru of proposed budget has a date.
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RED BANK: TAX INCREASE AT 2.8 PERCENT
RED BANK: Local tax would rise by 2.8 percent under budget that finance chair Ballard said is "inflicting more pain" on residents impacted by pandemic.
RED BANK: TAX INCREASE ON AGENDA
RED BANK: Council takes up budget that would boost local tax load by 5.4 percent, but finance committee chairman may oppose it.
RED BANK: JOBS DEBATE SPLITS COUNCIL
RED BANK: Things get personal on Zoom as two part-time recycling center jobs are eliminated, prompting split on the all-Democratic council.
LITTLE SILVER: DALPRA RETIRING FROM RBR
LITTLE SILVER: After turning around the sports culture at Red Bank Regional over the past 12 years, Louis 'Del' DalPra is retiring. For real this time, he says.
RED BANK: RIVERCENTER TAPS KIRKPATRICK
RED BANK: RiverCenter board names Laura Kirkpatrick to lead the downtown promotion agency where she's worked in marketing and promotion for two years.
RED BANK: ‘WALKOUT’ HONORS PD RETIREES
RED BANK: Fellow officers and borough employees mark retirement of two cops with a traditional "walkout" on their last day of work.
RED BANK: FIRINGS ANGER CHARTER PARENTS
RED BANK: Parents vent anger and frustration over firings of two pre-K teachers after fire drill in which sleeping child was left behind.
RED BANK: Borough settles lawsuit alleging racial and gender bias against former parks & rec head Memone Crystian for $175,000.
RED BANK: Library trustees embark on five-year strategic plan update, starting with public survey of attitudes and input on services.
RED BANK: New Year brings personnel changes to borough hall, including the hiring of a confidential executive assistant to the business administrator.
RED BANK: SCAVONE TO LEAVE RIVERCENTER
RED BANK: RiverCenter, the quasi-governmental agency that oversees the downtown district, is losing its executive director of the past six years.
RED BANK: EX-CHEF FOUND NEW WAY TO SERVE
RED BANK: Promotion from patrolman to sergeant at council ceremony marks the latest chapter for a former corporate chef.
RED BANK: BOROUGH HIRES NEW CFO
RED BANK: Five months after his predecessor was hastily dumped, a new chief financial officer for the borough was slated to start work Monday.
RED BANK: STUDENTS PROBE CAREER OPTIONS
RED BANK: Middle school students get to kick the tires - and try some minimally invasive surgery - on 40 jobs and college opportunities at Career Day.
LITTLE SIVER: RBR TEACHERS BLAST MOORE
LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional teachers' union blasts Moore for "authoritarian" style and "general lack of integrity" after no-confidence vote.
RED BANK: SILENCE BY ALL ON HARASSMENT
RED BANK: There's silence all around as council ends a harassment case filed against Shehady five months into his job as business administrator.
RED BANK: NEW OFFICER JOINS POLICE FORCE
RED BANK: New cop joins the borough force as another one plans to retire, with more departures possible this year.
RED BANK: DEMS OUST POULOS AS CFO
RED BANK: In an otherwise empty borough hall on New Year's Eve, the council convenes a special meeting to fire the CFO, hours before she was due to reach tenure.
SHREWSBURY: SUPERMARKET OPENS
SHREWSBURY: Saker organization opens new 80,000-square-foot ShopRite supermarket today on 10-acre site of former office complex.
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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.