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RED BANK COUNCIL Q&A: HORGAN
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RED BANK: Five candidates, including two incumbents, are on the ballot in next month's council election. Here's where Kathy Horgan stands on the issues.
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October 17th, 2016 @ 8am
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RED BANK COUNCIL Q&A: O’BOSKY-COLWELL
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RED BANK: Five candidates, including two incumbents, are on the ballot in next month's council election. Here's Kellie O'Bosky-Colwell on the issues.
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October 17th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK COUNCIL Q&A: YNGSTROM
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RED BANK: Five candidates, including two incumbents, are on the ballot in next month's council election. Here's where Erik Yngstrom stands on the issues.
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October 17th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: All five council candidates are expected to appear at the 20th annual West Side Community Group candidates' night Tuesday.
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October 13th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: Middletown resident Phil Murphy's run for governor gets big boost from elected officials statewide, including Red Bank.
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October 6th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: CURLEY, CHRISTIE TRADED F-BOMBS
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RED BANK: Former councilman and now-Freeholder John Curley swapped F-bombs with Christie, Bridgegate testimony reveals, and Curley admits.
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October 5th, 2016 @ 4pm
RED BANK: FIRST DEBATE DOWN
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RED BANK: The first presidential debate of 2016 is now history. Did it change your mind in any way?
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September 27th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: WATCH CLINTON & TRUMP DEBATE
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RED BANK: Pilgrim Baptist hosts a community viewing of the first presidential debate of 2016..
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September 24th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: STEIN PRESSES FOR DEBATE SPOT
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RED BANK: Speaking at a rally here, Green Party candidate Jill Stein says she'll keep fighting for debate mic.
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September 19th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: STEIN TO LEAD RALLY HERE
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RED BANK: Green Party candidate Jill Stein will keynote a rally for environmental justice here Saturday.
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September 16th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: MENNA GRIPES HE WAS DISSED
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RED BANK: Things got snippy when Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna claimed he was being dissed by two council members -- fellow Democrats.
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August 25th, 2016 @ 10am
SEA BRIGHT: TOWN HALL ON REFERENDUM
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SEA BRIGHT: Residents will gather for a town hall meeting tonight on next month's referendum on rebuilding public facilities.
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August 23rd, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: GOP council candidates demand 'emergency' meeting on river bacteria. Burnham says they're politicizing the issue.
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August 15th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: School board president Carrie Ludwikowski is leaving town.
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August 9th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: BECK SITS OUT TRUMPFEST
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State Senator Jen Beck, seen here with local Republicans in 2015, passed on this week’s Republican National Convention. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD FourContinue reading "RED BANK: BECK SITS OUT TRUMPFEST"
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July 19th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: Di Somma changes his mind again, and won't continue as local GOP chair.
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June 16th, 2016 @ 1pm
Closing out his quest on Flag Day, NJ.com video reporter and Red Bank resident Brian Donohue unveiled the winner of a contest he championed for a new New Jersey stateContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: PROPOSED JERSEY FLAG DEBUTS"
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June 14th, 2016 @ 4pm
ON THE GREEN: No surprises in Tuesday's primary voting.
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June 7th, 2016 @ 11pm
RED BANK: GUN VIOLENCE ALERT GOES ORANGE
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Washington Street resident Evan Sabo, 10, and his mom, Brett Sabo, showed up at the Red Bank council meeting Wednesday night clad in orange to accept a proclamation declaring Gun Violence AwarenessContinue reading "RED BANK: GUN VIOLENCE ALERT GOES ORANGE"
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May 27th, 2016 @ 8am
RUMSON: Former Port Authority chairman Lewis Eisenberg will lead a fundraising effort for Trump.
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May 18th, 2016 @ 12pm
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner films praying mantis at church.
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 ...