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LITTLE SILVER: BRANDT SKIPS GOP FACE-OFF
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LITTLE SILVER: Mayoral contender is a no-show at candidate's night held in school he's been banned from (during kids' events, that is) over campaign photos.
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May 29th, 2019 @ 8am
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RED BANK: PARKING, NEWS RACKS AND MORE
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RED BANK: A new alternate-side parking law is up for introduction. Also on the council agenda: honors for retiring RBR principal Risa Clay.
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May 22nd, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: STREETSCAPE PROJECT BEGINS
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RED BANK: What's Going On Here at English Plaza and White Street? A $1.5 million streetscape makeover begins in the heart of downtown. Here's what to expect.
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May 21st, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: SHREWSBURY AVENUE TO GET $1M
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RED BANK: Long a subject of pedestrian complaints about safety, Shrewsbury Avenue will get $1 million in upgrades under a grant awarded to the borough.
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May 20th, 2019 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN: SCHOOL REFERENDUM ON TABLE
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FAIR HAVEN: Borough school district announces capital bonding referendum. For how much, and to be used how? Details next week, says superintendent.
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May 17th, 2019 @ 11am
LITTLE SILVER: SPOTLIGHT ON NARROW LANE
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LITTLE SILVER: Borough wrestles with question of what to do with a quaint, narrow lane in the age of "humongous" family vehicles.
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April 24th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: SHEDDING LIGHT ON SHREWSBURY
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RED BANK: Can you guess how many decorative streetlamps along Shrewsbury Avenue are out? Once again, pedestrian safety issues come to the fore.
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March 29th, 2019 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN: CONSOLIDATION COMPLICATION?
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FAIR HAVEN: The vacant Sunoco site has a new owner who wants to build 24 townhouses there, which could complicate an ambitious borough consolidation plan.
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March 27th, 2019 @ 10pm
RED BANK: MARINE PARK PLAN UNVEILED
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RED BANK: A new concept plan for Marine Park would eliminate clay tennis courts, relocate parking lot and add riverfront green space. Details here.
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March 7th, 2019 @ 10am
RED BANK: MARINE PARK PLAN READY TO DROP
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RED BANK: An urban planning firm is scheduled to unveil a new concept plan for Marine Park at Wednesday's workshop meeting of the borough council.
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March 5th, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: BELLHAVEN MAKEOVER IN SIGHT
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RED BANK: After years of controversy and changes, a 'scaled-back' plan for Bellhaven Natural Area could be built by this summer, officials said.
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February 13th, 2019 @ 4pm
RED BANK: SMOKING BAN COMING
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RED BANK: The council plans to introduce a ban on smoking in public places. Employees of Riverview Medical Center would lose their go-to smoke break spot.
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February 12th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: To wean, or not to wean? Mayor and council walk back characterization of key parking study recommendation Menna had said was potentially "catastrophic."
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January 29th, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: ‘WEANING’ FROM METERS UNLIKELY
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RED BANK: Council appears unlikely to adopt a key recommendation of bombshell parking report: 'weaning' itself of using meter revenue to keep taxes down.
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January 25th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: SNOW TOSSERS TO FACE TICKETS
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RED BANK: Under a proposed law, property owners who shovel or plow snow into the street would face tickets. Shehady wants "zero tolerance."
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January 21st, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BOYNTON ENTERING BOXING HALL
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RED BANK: Long before he started sparring with the council, gadfly Freddie Boynton was an actual boxer. Now he's headed to the NJ amateur hall of fame.
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January 16th, 2019 @ 5pm
RED BANK: PARKING SYSTEM FOUND ‘BROKEN’
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RED BANK: Forget a new parking garage for now. A study finds the borough's parking operation "broken" and says that needs to be fixed first.
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January 11th, 2019 @ 2am
RED BANK: NEW FOUR-WAY STOP GOES LIVE
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RED BANK: New four-way stop goes live at South Street and East Bergen Place. Don't know how one works? Here's what state law says.
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January 10th, 2019 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: CURTAIN TO RISE ON BORO PLAN
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FAIR HAVEN: Residents will get their first look Thursday at a concept plan for for a new borough hall and police station. Here's what to expect.
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January 9th, 2019 @ 3pm
RED BANK: A parking study commissioned in the aftermath of an aborted redevelopment of the White Street lot is to be unveiled Thursday evening.
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January 9th, 2019 @ 7am
Partyline
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs 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)