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RED BANK: LOCAL TREE SPRUCES UP PARK
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RED BANK: Riverside Gardens Park gets its Christmas tree, this year a 30-foot spruce from the front yard of a home right in town.
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November 22nd, 2021 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: MASTER PLAN OUTREACH PLEDGED
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RED BANK: Planning board approves Master Plan consultant on pledge of public outreach "head and tails above" four other proposals, says board member.
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November 16th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: MASTER PLAN IN SPOTLIGHT
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RED BANK: After Ballard demand for greater transparency, planning board expected to air its process for selecting Master Plan consultant.
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November 15th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: OVERNIGHT CLOSING PLANNED
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RED BANK: Intersection of Broad and West Front streets will be closed for construction work Monday night. Avoid or expect detours and delays.
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November 12th, 2021 @ 2pm
RED BANK: HURDLES FOR SKATEBOARD EVENT
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RED BANK: Proposed skateboarding event encounters hurdles as officials raise concerns about liability and potential damage to parking lot.
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November 11th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: On the council agenda this week: a skateboarding event, a tweak to the rent control ordinance, two murals and more.
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November 9th, 2021 @ 10am
RED BANK: BROAD STREET PROJECT TO START
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RED BANK: As Broadwalk ends second year, a road project set to begin next week will bring disruptions that last until Christmas. Here's what to expect.
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November 2nd, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: ARTIST BRIGHTENS UP CORNER
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RED BANK: RBR grad gives utility box a makeover with bright colors and "simple iconography" to inject some positivity at prominent intersection.
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November 1st, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: CHRISTMAS TREE WANTED
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RED BANK: RiverCenter issues annual call for a donated Christmas tree for display in Riverside Gardens Park.
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October 19th, 2021 @ 3pm
FAIR HAVEN: NEW MAYOR FINDS COMPROMISE
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FAIR HAVEN: Five days into the job, new mayor forges "compromise" in bid to preserve funding for a road project that appeared dead a week ago.
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October 19th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: WHAT’S ON COUNCIL AGENDA
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RED BANK: On the council agenda this week: paying for the master plan rewrite, selling a never-used animal control van and more.
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October 18th, 2021 @ 4pm
FAIR HAVEN: NEW MAYOR REVIVES ROAD PLAN
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FAIR HAVEN: Mayor calls special council session in bid to save funding for road project that appeared dead earlier this week.
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October 15th, 2021 @ 6pm
RED BANK: EBANKS OFFERS PLANNING PRIMER
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RED BANK: New community planning director offers a primer in zoning and land-use law, but steers clear of third-rail topics like tax abatements.
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October 15th, 2021 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: SIDEWALK PLAN HITS DEAD END
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FAIR HAVEN: Measure to solicit bids for sidewalks and curbs in area neighbors consider bucolic fails, effectively knocking $350K grant off table.
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October 13th, 2021 @ 3pm
RED BANK: LGBTQ+ SAFETY PLAN LAUNCHES
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RED BANK: Borough becomes one of three Monmouth towns to adopt Safe Spaces program under which businesses can aid individuals threatened with bias crimes.
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October 7th, 2021 @ 1pm
RED BANK: BROADWALK BEGINS EXTRA MONTH
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RED BANK: Amid a mix of praise and misgivings, Broadwalk begins an extension month, to be followed by major construction project.
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October 1st, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: BASIE REOPENS WITH NEW TURF
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RED BANK: Stadium field at Count Basie Park reopens following two-month turf replacement, just in time for RBC's home opener against Wall Friday night.
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September 9th, 2021 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: Year of disruptions along River Road slated to begin Tuesday with installation of new water main, followed by streetscape and paving work.
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September 3rd, 2021 @ 1pm
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
FAIR HAVEN: FIREMEN’S FAIR RUMBLES BACK
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FAIR HAVEN: Weeklong firemen's fair, a tradition since 1906, rumbles back into town after a year off. Here's what you need to know if you plan to attend.
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August 27th, 2021 @ 7am
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RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
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 ...