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RED BANK: TREES BOOST TAB FOR ROADWORK
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RED BANK: "Unanticipated" need to save large trees on Hudson Avenue contributed to $227,000 change order this summer, officials say.
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August 31st, 2021 @ 7am
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RED BANK: Labor settlements, cannabis zoning, a fireworks ban, memorial plaques and more fill out a busy council agenda Wednesday night.
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August 18th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: KEEPING FORTUNE’S VOICE ALIVE
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RED BANK: Suubi Mondesir has helped give voice to the ideals of the Fortune Cultural Center since she was in high school – and the center was still a dream.
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August 9th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: MEMORIAL POLICY DEBATED
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RED BANK: Council takes up issue of naming streets, buildings and other public facilities as "memorials" for living honorees.
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August 5th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: MUSICIAN SUFFERS HEART ATTACK
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RED BANK: Musician Bob Burger recovering after suffering onstage heart attack during show at the Count Basie Saturday night.
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June 7th, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: FOOD WRITER SUSAN ERICSON DIES
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RED BANK: Food writer Susan Ericson, who savored and promoted the local food scene for redbankgreen and on her blog, has died at age 66.
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May 31st, 2021 @ 3pm
RED BANK: DALPRA TO HEAD PARKS & REC
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RED BANK: Quickly filling vacancy left by Charlie Hoffmann, council hires former RBR athletic director Louis 'Del' DalPra to run parks & rec department.
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April 15th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: HOFFMANN LEAVING REC JOB
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RED BANK: Leaving borough hall for new job, parks and rec director Charlie Hoffmann gets a 'pile-on' of love from officials.
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March 25th, 2021 @ 1pm
RED BANK: VISCOMI REBUTS RACISM CHARGE
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RED BANK: Viscomi rebuts allegation she made 'racist' slur last month as three council members maintain stony silence.
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March 4th, 2021 @ 2pm
RED BANK: BASIE TOUR & MORE ON AN APP
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RED BANK: New app created by High Tech High students offers walking tour of significant places in the life of William 'Count' Basie.
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February 10th, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: JOURNALIST JOHN F. BURTON DIES
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RED BANK: Tributes flow following death of John Burton, longtime chronicler of local politics, government and more for weekly newspapers.
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February 9th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: BASIE ARTS EDUCATOR RETIRES
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RED BANK: After two decades, Basie Center arts educator Yvonne Lamb-Scudiery exits, stage left. Co-directors named to succeed her.
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February 4th, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: DiNIZIO SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE
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RED BANK: Basie announces details of 2021 musical scholarship in memory of late Smithereens lead singer and New Jersey son Pat DiNizio.
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October 12th, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: ILLUMINATING THE TOWN’S PAST
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RED BANK: After lobbying successfully for replacement of historical marker, retired teacher turns her attention to app to help illuminate borough's past.
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September 14th, 2020 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR HALL OF FAMER DIES
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LITTLE SILVER: Greg Montgomery Jr., an All Pro punter and Red Bank Regional Hall of Famer, has died from mental health issues he worked to destigmatize.
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September 3rd, 2020 @ 5pm
RED BANK: TRTC REGRETS CASTING CHOICES
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RED BANK: Two River Theater issues apology for failing to cast "more artists of color" in a star-studded reading of 'On Borrowed Time' slated for next week.
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July 28th, 2020 @ 3pm
ON THE GREEN: ECSTATIC LEAPS INTO SUMMER
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ON THE GREEN: If these pix of folks leaping into summer don't make you giggle, have someone check you for a pulse.
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June 22nd, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: LANE TO GO ONE-WAY, PARTWAY
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RED BANK: A steep and narrow road near the Navesink River would become one-way, but not for its full length, under a change on this week's council agenda.
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June 15th, 2020 @ 9am
LITTLE SILVER: DALPRA RETIRING FROM RBR
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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.
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May 8th, 2020 @ 1pm
LITTLE SILVER: ROBERT SICKLES SR. DIES
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LITTLE SILVER: Robert Sickles Sr., patriarch of a family farm that traces its agricultural roots back more than three centuries, has died at age 92.
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April 2nd, 2020 @ 4pm
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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.