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RED BANK: BALLARD TOUTS NEW FEE LAW
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RED BANK: Ballard touts new development fee law as countering impact of "explosive growth," though Menna sees it as ripe for legal challenge.
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August 26th, 2021 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: LINE BREAK INTERRUPTS POWER
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RED BANK: Downed power line briefly cuts electricity to hundreds of JCP&L customers – and interrupts Gabbagools hard at work across the street.
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August 24th, 2021 @ 9pm
MIDDLETOWN: SINKHOLE SWALLOWS VEHICLE
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MIDDLETOWN: No one was injured when a sinkhole swallowed a motor vehicle following a water main break Thursday morning, police said.
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August 19th, 2021 @ 12pm
RED BANK: AGENCY APPOINTEE SILENT
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RED BANK: Prospective Redevelopment Agency executive director sits silent as Burnham says sexual harassment suit should delay appointment.
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June 23rd, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: AGENCY CALLS FOR $9.3M YARD
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RED BANK: Redevelopment Agency pushes plan for overhaul and expansion of Chestnut Street public works yard. Estimated price tag: $9.3 million.
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May 26th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: MASTER PLAN UPDATE BEGINS
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RED BANK: At a meeting that lasts less than 12 minutes, planning board embarks on first full-scale Master Plan rewrite in 25 years.
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May 18th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: EMAIL LEAK OPINION EXPECTED
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RED BANK: After months of stalemate, council may finally get guidance on what, if anything, to do about leaked emails and the allegations they raised.
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April 16th, 2021 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: PLAN AIMS TO CUT GRIND WORK
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FAIR HAVEN: Planned changes will cut truck activity at brush site by up to 70 percent, proponents say, but one council member still wants it moved.
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April 13th, 2021 @ 3pm
RED BANK: TEMPERS BOIL OVER WATER JOB
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RED BANK: Borough residents boil over disruptive water line project that, it turns out, town officials didn't know had camped out on borough land.
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April 8th, 2021 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: PETERS BLASTS JCP&L ON LAMPS
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FAIR HAVEN: Apparent backpedaling by JCP&L on a streetlamp test project sets environmental commission member sparking like a downed wire.
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January 22nd, 2021 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RECYCLING, BULK SKEDS CHANGED
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RED BANK: Borough releases 2021 waste pickup schedule, with more frequent recycling pickups and less-frequent bulk collection.
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January 15th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: Riverview to pay $850k to settle borough lawsuit that sought $5.3M for 33 years of alleged illegal water and sewer usage.
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December 22nd, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: WATER SERVICE AFFECTED
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RED BANK: Crew on scene of water line break at South Street and Madison Avenue. Service disruptions possible.
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December 18th, 2020 @ 6pm
RED BANK: LOOSE LIPS AT COUNCIL SESSION
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RED BANK: Council meeting includes loose-lip disclosures about a lawsuit settlement with Riverview and misgivings about a new borough official.
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December 17th, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: THREE-WEEK DETOUR PLANNED
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RED BANK: Three-week detour of traffic from eastbound East Bergen Place planned for completion of utility work.
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November 19th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: SUIT SEEKS $5.3M FROM RIVERVIEW
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RED BANK: Borough seeks $5.3M from Riverview in lawsuit claiming hospital "concealed" a water meter that allowed it to use half a billion gallons without payment.
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October 27th, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL AGENDA
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RED BANK: What's on the council agenda, and, once again, what's not: dueling resolutions calling investigations into leaked emails.
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September 21st, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: Neither of two clashing requests for investigations of leaked emails appears on Wednesday night's council agenda. Here's what is on it.
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September 8th, 2020 @ 2pm
RED BANK: POWER LINE STRUCK
RED BANK: Backhoe strikes live electrical lines on White Street. Operator safe after being briefly trapped inside vehicle. Video from scene.
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September 1st, 2020 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: TRAIL FUNDING SOUGHT
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FAIR HAVEN: Council to hold public hearing Monday on "dusted off" proposal for new trail that would also aid with cost of cleaning up McCarter Pond.
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August 14th, 2020 @ 12pm
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PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.