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RED BANK: TRASH PACT, LEAK REPORT OK’D
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RED BANK: Council OKs new trash contract with more frequent recycling pickups and higher costs. Also authorizes report on Zipprich emails.
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December 18th, 2020 @ 2pm
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LITTLE SILVER: Pandemic bonuses for all borough employees, and new police salaries, up for council consideration Monday night.
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December 7th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: TRASH SURVEY SPLITS COUNCIL
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RED BANK: Once again, issues related to trash split all-Democratic council into factions, and this time generate some shade-throwing.
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November 5th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: DEAL OVER LEAK PROBES POSSIBLE
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RED BANK: Menna proposes interim compromise in council split over dueling probe demands stemming from emails leaked in August.
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October 15th, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SPLIT OVER LEAK PROBE CONTINUES
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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.
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October 8th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: BIKING LANDSCAPER GETS ASSIST
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RED BANK: GoFundMe campaign raises $3,600 to get biking landscaper Ricardo Paz back on the road. Not that he ever completely left it.
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October 7th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: BIKING LANDSCAPER NEEDS WHEELS
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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.
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September 9th, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: COPS GET THEIR PROMO CEREMONY
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RED BANK: Six cops sworn in to new command positions as officials note the air of tension over policing elsewhere.
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September 4th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: COUNCIL PROMOTES SIX COPS
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RED BANK: Six police officers move up the command ladder – unceremoniously, for now, because of the pandemic. Here's who they are.
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August 25th, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: DEMS CLASH OVER BUDGET, PROBE
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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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August 21st, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: BUDGET Q&A SLATED AFTER ALL
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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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July 30th, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: TAX INCREASE AT 2.8 PERCENT
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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.
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July 23rd, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: TAX INCREASE ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Council takes up budget that would boost local tax load by 5.4 percent, but finance committee chairman may oppose it.
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July 21st, 2020 @ 8am
RED BANK: JOBS DEBATE SPLITS COUNCIL
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RED BANK: Things get personal on Zoom as two part-time recycling center jobs are eliminated, prompting split on the all-Democratic council.
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May 14th, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: ‘WALKOUT’ HONORS PD RETIREES
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RED BANK: Fellow officers and borough employees mark retirement of two cops with a traditional "walkout" on their last day of work.
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February 28th, 2020 @ 5pm
RED BANK: SILENCE BY ALL ON HARASSMENT
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RED BANK: There's silence all around as council ends a harassment case filed against Shehady five months into his job as business administrator.
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March 14th, 2019 @ 1pm
SHREWSBURY: SUPERMARKET OPENS
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SHREWSBURY: Saker organization opens new 80,000-square-foot ShopRite supermarket today on 10-acre site of former office complex.
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November 14th, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: JON STEWART STAR-POWERS LUNCH
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RED BANK: Count Basie surprises construction workers with free lunch from food truck, served with quips by comedian Jon Stewart.
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September 26th, 2018 @ 3pm
SHREWSBURY: SUPERMARKET MARKETS JOBS
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SHREWSBURY: What's Going On Here? A new supermarket under construction needs to fill some 300 jobs by the end of the year.
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August 7th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: COUNCIL PROMOTES FIVE OFFICERS
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RED BANK: Five police officers move up the command ladder at swearing-in ceremonies during Wednesday night's council meeting.
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July 27th, 2017 @ 6am
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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.