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RED BANK: RAYRAP HOME PLAN WINS FINAL OK
RED BANK: Developer Ray Rapcavage wins final approval for 18 homes with a huge garden plan at the Five Corners on the edge of downtown.
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RED BANK: RIVERCENTER TAKES STANCE ON LOT
RED BANK: RiverCenter says it will oppose any parking plan that doesn't net 500 new parking spaces, drawing a rebuke from Whelan.
RED BANK: SECOND-METER ISSUE RETURNS
RED BANK: The issue of separate water meters for lawn water and car washing sputters back to life after 18 months of silence.
ON THE GREEN: BRIDGES UP FOR COMMENT
ON THE GREEN: Comments wanted on a replacement for the Oceanic Bridge and a proposed opening schedule for the Rumson-Sea Bright span.
RED BANK: NO CONSENSUS AT PARKING FORUM
RED BANK: Merchant-led parking forum turns fractious, with residents unconvinced of the need for a parking garage and major development downtown.
RED BANK: Business Alliance schedules public forum on downtown parking proposals. Council's parking committee also plans to hold one.
RED BANK: TWO PARKING FORUMS PLANNED
RED BANK: Residents and merchants could weigh in on the downtown parking crisis — or whether one exists — at a pair of forums in coming weeks.
RED BANK: DEMS BACK ‘PURE’ GARAGE
RED BANK: Council Democrats back 'pure' parking garage approach for White Street lot, setting up possible head-on collision with Republicans.
RED BANK: SEWER LINE BREAK CLOSES ROAD
RED BANK: Repair work on a broken sewer line forced the closure of a busy stretch of Shrewsbury Avenue early Friday morning.
RUMSON: OCEANIC MAKEOVER BEGINS ANEW
RUMSON: Locals get a look at options for a new Oceanic Bridge as officials hit the reset button on the consensus-building process begun a decade ago.
OCEANIC BRIDGE: CONCEPT PLANS ON DISPLAY
OCEANIC BRIDGE: Monmouth County officials will unveil concept plans for repairing or replacing the span at public sessions in Middletown and Rumson today.
FAIR HAVEN: ROAD WORKER STRUCK
FAIR HAVEN: A Monmouth County worker on a road-striping crew was struck by a car here Thursday, police said.
RED BANK: PARKING PLANS GET FIRST AIRING
RED BANK: Five would-be builders tout their visions for large parking and housing projects in the heart of downtown, some with retail thrown in as well.
RED BANK: MUMFORD LOCKS UP EXTRA SITES
RED BANK: In the contest to redevelop White Street Roger Mumford may have an edge or two: options to buy two key properties.
RED BANK: TOWNHOUSE LOOK FOR MILL CREEK
RED BANK: Mill Creek's proposed White Street redevelopment calls for luxury apartments and a parking garage disguised to look like a row of townhouses.
RED BANK: DOBCO PLANS ‘CORRIDOR’ TO RIVER
RED BANK: Dobco proposes 1,010-spot garage and pedestrian 'corridor' to West Front Street as part of garage and apartment project.
RED BANK: BNE PUSHES ‘APPROPRIATE SCALE’
RED BANK: BNE-Canoe garage proposal calls for 'appropriately scaled' apartments and no retail, so as not to compete with existing stores.
RED BANK: BIJOU TOUTS GREEN APPROACH
RED BANK: Builder Bijou Properties touts its track record in Hoboken, where "they don't want to be Jersey City," principal tells parking committee.
RED BANK: PARKING PLANS MOVE TO THE FORE
RED BANK: After a dozen years of talk and inaction on a new parking garage in the heart of town, five plans will get their first public airing Wednesday.
RED BANK: DEMS GOAD GOP OVER GARAGE
RED BANK: Council Democrats goad two Republican counterparts over downtown garage issue, but Schwabenbauer says they won't take the bait.
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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 ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.