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Category Archives: Politics

RED BANK: DENHOLTZ AIMS FOR ‘DENSE’ TRANSIT VILLAGE
RED BANK: As the town plans a public workshop on transit village, developer says "it needs to be dense" with housing.
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July 1st, 2024 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK WRITES NEW RULES FOR COPS
RED BANK: Three months after bombshell allegations involving police chief, new rules would ban "intra-department dating relationships."
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June 13th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: BILLBOARD PLAN QUESTIONED
RED BANK: Replacing a 60-year-old billboard at the town's entrance with a new digital version: an upgrade or an albatross?
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April 5th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: STUDY FINDS STATION FIT FOR REDEVELOPMENT
RED BANK: Underutilized land, acres of parking lots. Study finds train station fits bill for an "area in need of redevelopment."
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March 28th, 2024 @ 7am
CHIEF WON COUNCIL PRAISE WHILE SHIELDING GIRLFRIEND
RED BANK: While repeatedly protecting his girlfriend and subordinate from discipline, McConnell won plaudits for managing the town.
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March 27th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: ALLEGED FAVORITISM SPARKED PROBE
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RED BANK: State AG's report exposes alleged pattern of favoritism by police Chief McConnell toward officer he dated and married.
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March 18th, 2024 @ 5pm
RED BANK: DEMS NEUTRAL AS RACE ROILS PARTY
RED BANK: Amid a wild primary showdown for U.S. Senate seat, borough's Democratic leaders claim neutrality.
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February 9th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: PORTMAN PAINTS ROSY OUTLOOK
RED BANK: Mayor outlines plans for "amazing" makeover of Marine Park and other "long overdue" projects for 2024.
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January 2nd, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: TREES COMING DOWN
RED BANK: Work crew begins removing nine trees along South Street for road project as neighbors object.
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September 13th, 2023 @ 3pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL ADDS ACCESS HOURS
RED BANK: New council adds weekly evening hours when residents can buttonhole at least one member with Qs, concerns and suggestions.
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July 18th, 2023 @ 7pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL ADDS ACCESS HOURS
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Voting machines at borough hall in advance of last November’s election. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
RED BANK: New council adds weekly evening hours when residents can buttonhole at least one member with Qs, concerns and suggestions.
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July 18th, 2023 @ 3pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL TO HOST ACCESS HOURS
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RED BANK: Taking a cue from Portman, council will launch weekly listening sessions, with at least one member present, says Facey-Blackwood.
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July 10th, 2023 @ 4am
RED BANK: NEW GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE
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RED BANK: New era in municipal government begins with visit by governor, who swears in Portman and roasts Triggiano.
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July 3rd, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT
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RED BANK: Outreach for volunteers to municipal boards and committees "absolutely working," with applications still welcome, says Portman.
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June 23rd, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: FOREST LEAVES SCHOOL BOARD
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RED BANK: Board of education bids goodbye to longtime member Ben Forest, who joins the council July 1, and welcomes new member.
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June 21st, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: SENIOR CENTER TO REOPEN AT LAST
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RED BANK: After a four-year closure and $2 million in repairs, Senior Center slated to formally reopen next week.
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May 30th, 2023 @ 1pm
RED BANK: PORTMAN ‘LISTENING’ TO MANDATE
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RED BANK: Coming off a decisive win, Portman says he's listening to residents and preparing to use the 'mandate' they gave him.
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May 23rd, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: PORTMAN SLATE’S WIN OFFICIAL
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RED BANK: Certified results show incumbent Portman trounced Hogan with 61 percent of the vote in historic, low-turnout election.
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May 18th, 2023 @ 11am
RED BANK: PORTMAN SLATE SWEEPS RACES
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RED BANK: Incumbent mayor Billy Portman and his slate of council candidates sweep to victory in Tuesday's history-making election.
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May 10th, 2023 @ 12am
RED BANK: BEAT THE RUSH WITH EARLY VOTING
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RED BANK: For the first time, voters can cast early, in-person ballots at a single polling station this weekend. In fact, it's begun.
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May 5th, 2023 @ 1pm
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APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.