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RED BANK: RESIDENT MAPS VALUE CHANGES
RED BANK: A borough resident has created an interactive map enabling users to check assessment changes of their homes and others.
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RED BANK: COUNCIL OKs PARKING PLAN
RED BANK: Clearing their biggest hurdle yet, proponents of a parking garage in the heart of downtown claimed victory Wednesday night.
SHREWSBURY VOTERS NIX SCHOOL UPGRADES
SHREWSBURY: Borough voters rejected a series of school capital spending plans by wide margins in a special election held Tuesday.
RED BANK: PARKING PLAN MAY GROW
RED BANK: A possible parking deck downtown faces a key vote this week. But first, the minimum number of spaces may be increased.
RED BANK: SITE IDEAL FOR HOTEL, SAYS MENNA
RED BANK: The VNA is leaving town, leaving behind an empty building, a tax opportunity for the town -- and maybe even a good spot for a hotel, says mayor.
RED BANK: LOT OWNERS CAN NOW TRY AGAIN
RED BANK: After sixth hearing and split vote requiring a tiebreaker, a key downtown lot gets rezoned, and the owner can refile a rejected apartment plan.
RED BANK: Clinton lost, but her coattails helped Dems gain parity on the council as voters went straight down the ballot voting blue.
RED BANK: GARAGE DEBATE PREVIEWED
RED BANK: Debate over possible downtown parking garage offers preview of public hearing on a key step in the process next month.
FAIR HAVEN: Incumbent GOP pair hold off strong challenge.
RED BANK: DEMS WIN, GAIN COUNCIL PARITY
RED BANK: Horgan and Yngstrom rout three as Dems gain council parity.
RED BANK: PARKING GARAGE CLEARS HURDLE
RED BANK: A zoning plan for a downtown parking garage with at least 550 spaces cleared another hurdle, with some suggested tweaks.
FAIR HAVEN: PETERS Q&A
FAIR HAVEN: Meet and compare the four borough council candidates on backgrounds and positions. Here are Christopher Rodriguez's answers to our Q&A.
FAIR HAVEN: RODRIGUEZ Q&A
FAIR HAVEN: Meet and compare the four borough council candidates on backgrounds and positions. Here are Christopher Rodriguez's answers to our Q&A.
FAIR HAVEN: VON HOERL Q&A
FAIR HAVEN: Meet and compare the four borough council candidates on backgrounds and positions. Here are Shervyn von Hoerl's answers to our Q&A.
FAIR HAVEN: WILHELM Q&A
FAIR HAVEN: Meet and compare the four borough council candidates on backgrounds and positions. Here are Rowland Wilhelm's answers to a redbankgreen Q&A.
RED BANK: CANDIDATES AGREE, MINUS TWO
RED BANK: GOP chairman attends candidate event, minus his own, amid dispute over scheduling and whether it would be nonpartisan, as billed.
RED BANK: PORTER TEES UP GOP FOR ‘INSULT’
RED BANK: The pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church lashes out at local Republicans for ducking, and politicizing, an event he said was meant to be nonpartisan.
RED BANK: Five candidates, including two incumbents, have agreed to face off a second time, this time in a forum at Pilgrim Baptist Church.
RED BANK: PARKING PLAN INTRODUCED
RED BANK: Downtown business owners elated after council advances a proposed plan none of them have seen for a parking garage on White Street.
RED BANK: MELTING POT CLOSES
RED BANK: Four months after its sibling restaurant Taste closed over a liquor license issue, the Melting Pot closes also.
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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)