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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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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.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
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