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RED BANK: DEBATE OVER ‘McKENNA WAY’
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RED BANK: Proposal to name a downtown alleyway for former mayor Ed McKenna elicits both objections and support at council meeting.
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August 22nd, 2019 @ 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: RIVERWALK BACK ON TRACK?
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RED BANK: Two years after the borough stopped work on a luxury apartment project, there are new signs of life. What's Going On Here?
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August 20th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: ACCIDENT KNOCKS OUT POWER
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RED BANK: A power outage said to have been caused by a bus backing up into a utility pole Sunday night continued into late morning Monday.
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August 19th, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: ANGLE SPOTS, NEW KIOSKS COMING
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RED BANK: It's throwback time as the borough plans to give White Street a makeover that will include 22 angled parking spaces.
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August 19th, 2019 @ 10am
RED BANK: ‘GROUNDHOG DAY’ OF MUGGINESS
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RED BANK: This week's weather may conjure thoughts of the movie 'Groundhog Day.' Here's the muggy forecast for the Greater Green.
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August 19th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: NEW NAME FOR MERGED YMCAs
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RED BANK: Two YMCAs merge to form the YMCA of Greater Monmouth County, headed by 27-year organization veteran Laurie Goganzer.
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August 17th, 2019 @ 1pm
RED BANK: Once again, a push to allow food trucks to operate here fails, as brick-and-mortar businesses cite the impact on their own investments in town.
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August 16th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: McKENNA GETS HIS… ALLEYWAY
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RED BANK: A nameless alleyway downtown is to be named for former mayor Ed McKenna, who's credited for a 1990s revival for the business district.
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August 15th, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: $6.75M REFERENDUM PLANNED
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RED BANK: Voters will be asked to decide whether school district should borrow $6.75 million for needed repairs, with no increase in taxes, officials say.
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August 14th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: HEMP-BASED CBD SHOP OK’D
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RED BANK: Borough OKs shop selling CBD products derived from hemp for a Shrewsbury Avenue storefront that's been vacant for 15 years.
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August 13th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: CONTAMINATION SHUTS GARDEN
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RED BANK: Borough shuts community garden in "abundance of caution" after neighbor's testing of its soil appear to show lead contamination, Shehady says.
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August 12th, 2019 @ 1pm
RED BANK: OceanFirst Bank, which acquired the former Hovnanian building here almost two years ago, plans to buy two smaller banks.
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August 12th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE TUESDAY
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RED BANK: After a warm and sunny Monday, 'severe' storms could hit the Greater Green Tuesday. Here's the extended weather forecast.
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August 12th, 2019 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: Q&A WITH NEW RBR PRINCIPAL
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LITTLE SILVER: A Q&A with the new principal at Red Bank Regional, who will be familiar to some students from their time in middle school.
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August 9th, 2019 @ 5am
RED BANK: BIG NIGHT OUT AT BASIE FIELDS
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RED BANK: A change of venue makes for a carnival-like National Night Out at Count Basie Fields. Check out redbankgreen's photos.
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August 7th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: SAXUM CONFRONTS TRAFFIC ISSUE
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RED BANK: Traffic consultant defends Saxum's plan for former VNA site, offers suggestions for improvement, including big one repeatedly shot down by NJDOT.
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August 6th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: TACO & CLOTHING SHOPS SLATED
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, downtown could soon have a new, two-story taco restaurant as well as a men's clothing shop.
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August 5th, 2019 @ 3pm
RED BANK: June and July were busy months for borough police. Here's the crimes and arrests blotter.
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August 5th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: The man who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing volunteer firefighter Andrew Hill 14 months ago gets 13 years in state prison.
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August 2nd, 2019 @ 1pm
RED BANK: SCHOOLS AMONG ‘MOST IMPROVED”
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RED BANK: Borough school district one of 11 statewide chosen for Lighthouse award, based on greatest gains in students' academic performance.
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August 2nd, 2019 @ 11am
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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 ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!