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RED BANK: PARKING AGENDA IN TRANSITION
RED BANK: Amid recriminations and calls for a fresh start, Democrats prepare to take the wheel in the drive for a downtown parking solution.
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RED BANK: HOVNANIAN HQ GOES FOR $42.5M
RED BANK: OceanFirst's $42.5 million purchase of Hovnanian HQ may be a record price for the borough.
RED BANK: DEVELOPER CLARIFIES PLAN STATUS
RED BANK: Developer comments on report about plans corner of Maple Avenue and West Front Street, where he hopes to erect office building.
RED BANK: PRESERVATIONISTS CONCERNED
RED BANK: Preservationists concerned as historic buildings change hands and buyer hints at replacing them with office building.
RED BANK: SUNSET PARK CONCEPT TO DEBUT
RED BANK: Residents to get first look Monday at concept plan for new park on long-closed landfill site overlooking Swimming River.
RED BANK: State appeals court blocks companion from benefits in palimony suit concerning late "mattress tycoon" Stuart Paer.
RED BANK: JEWELRY SHOP COMING
RED BANK: Already home to a dozen, downtown is about to get another new jewelry shop.
SHREWSBURY: A STUDY IN CHILLING OUT
SHREWSBURY: Retail Churn checks out the Study, a clubby new hair salon for men on White Road.
RED BANK: NEW HISTORY IN FORTUNE HOUSE
RED BANK: Builder finds new history, and a lot of rot, in effort to restore Fortune House, onetime home of pioneering civil rights journalist.
RED BANK: HAIR, BEAUTY, RUGS AND CREPES
RED BANK: A hair salon and a beauty bar plan to merge at a new Broad Street location. Also in Churn: news about rugs and crepes.
RED BANK: Ever dream about converting your garage to living space? You might want to read about this request that went before the zoning board.
RED BANK: HABCORE APARTMENTS ON AGENDA
RED BANK: Zoning board slated to hear HABcore proposal to add four apartments to two-family, with no additional parking, on River Street.
RED BANK: CONSIGNMENT SHOP APPROVED
RED BANK: A consignment and custom clothing shop plans to take over the long-vacant Monmouth Street space last held by a dry cleaner.
RED BANK: WAWA GAS STATION PROPOSED
RED BANK: A WaWa convenience store and gas station could replace a luxury used-car dealership if a plan filed with the borough wins zoning board OK.
RED BANK: PARKER OFFICE TO GET NEW LIFE
RED BANK: A vacant house that served as home and office to beloved father-and-son physicians is cleared for renovation and expansion.
RED BANK: SQUEEZING IN NEW PARKING SPOTS
RED BANK: Area near bottleneck gets two new parking spaces, and just minutes later, a truck calls that decision into question.
FAIR HAVEN: PRESERVATION GOALS CURBED
FAIR HAVEN: Newly found deterioration in 150-year-old River Road building prompts changes to Forefront's preservation plan.
FAIR HAVEN: GIFTS AND THREADS IN CHURN
FAIR HAVEN: A needlepoint shop will close, and be reborn, and a housewares store moves up to bigger space as downtown retailers shuffle addresses.
RED BANK: ZONING MAP UP FOR ADOPTION
RED BANK: New borough zoning map incorporates zoning changes for housing and redevelopment made since 2010, doesn't propose additional ones, says attorney.
RED BANK: NEW BOUTIQUE OPENS ON BROAD
RED BANK: In the latest Retail Churn, a new clothing boutique with a "selfie mirror" opens, and long-awaited works gets underway on the Anderson Building.
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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)  
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)