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RED BANK: BOROUGH AND RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL SETTLE TAX BATTLE
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The Borough of Red Bank and Riverview Medical Center reach a settlement on an eight-year battle over property taxes. (click to read)
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November 13th, 2024 @ 6pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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FACING NEW HOUSING QUOTA, RED BANK EYES ADDING UNITS TO COMPLEX
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The State of NJ says Red Bank needs 154 new affordable housing units. Could a long-planned remake of two subsidized complexes help meet the quota? (click to read)
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October 29th, 2024 @ 5pm
RED BANK: RESIDENTS SEEK (FOUR WAY) STOP TO SPEEDING
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Concerns over speeding and pedestrian safety spur a campaign to create a new four-way stop on the route to the Red Bank Primary School. (click to read)
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October 17th, 2024 @ 1pm
RED BANK: MUSIC ACADEMY FINDS NEW HOME IN LANDMARK BUILDING
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Asbury Park based Lakehouse Music Academy cut the ribbon on its new facility inside the 142-year-old former Red Bank borough hall. (click to read)
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September 26th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: POT SHOP HOPEFULS SUE BOROUGH FOR LICENSE
A cannabis retail business shut out by Red Bank’s three-shop limit is suing the Borough demanding officials issue more licenses. (click to read)
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September 23rd, 2024 @ 12pm
REDBANKGREEN FOUNDER GETS PROCLAIMED
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"It's made us a better town." Newly retired redbankgreen founder gets borough recognition for 18 years of tireless journalism. (click to read)
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September 13th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: “DIRTY JOBS KING” HONORED FOR SEWAGE SPILL HUSTLE
Contractor honored by Red Bank Mayor and Council for quickly fixing broken sewer main and "preventing environmental disaster."
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August 26th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: KINDA-SORTA CHIEF MARKS A YEAR IN LIMBO
RED BANK: After a scandal involving the police chief, his replacement completes a full year leading the department in an odd state of limbo.
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August 5th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: MARINE PARK REMAKE BEGINS
RED BANK: Workers have begun a long awaited remake of Marine Park on the Navesink River.
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July 2nd, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: COUNCIL BORROWS FOR COUNT BASIE, MARINE PARK & MORE
New bleachers for Count Basie Fields. A remake of Marine Park. Shrewsbury Ave crosswalks and bump outs. With 56 straight "yes" votes, Red Bank Council goes on a roll.
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June 14th, 2024 @ 3pm
RED BANK: BIG-TRUCK PARKING BAN PENDING
RED BANK: Truck owners may need to take their vehicles off street as council mulls five-ton limit for those parked overnight.
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May 30th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: SHORT TERM RENTAL LAW GETS AIRING, BUDGET GETS OK
RED BANK: Debate over an Airbnb style rental law overhaul and property taxes nudge past the $10k average. A busy night as the council conducts the people's business.
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May 10th, 2024 @ 1pm
RED BANK: SHORT TERM RENTALS COULD MAKE COMEBACK
Want to rent your home out using Airbnb? Red Bank Council looks to reverse a 2023 clampdown and let more residents do it again.
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May 8th, 2024 @ 1pm
CHIEF WON COUNCIL PRAISE WHILE SHIELDING GIRLFRIEND
RED BANK: While repeatedly protecting his girlfriend and subordinate from discipline, McConnell won plaudits for managing the town.
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March 27th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: UNPLANNED BID DRIVES AUCTION
RED BANK: Spontaneous offer for parking spots prompts brief bidding war between pot shop owner and nearby resident.
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February 13th, 2024 @ 10am
RED BANK: BROADWALK HERE TO STAY
RED BANK: Broadwalk, the car-free dining and shopping plaza, gets locked in as a recurring seasonal feature downtown.
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February 12th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: PARTISAN ‘VENGEANCE’ ALLEGED
RED BANK: Ousted Housing Authority chairwoman alleges political payback for non-reappointment; Triggiano denies it.
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January 12th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: PORTMAN PAINTS ROSY OUTLOOK
RED BANK: Mayor outlines plans for "amazing" makeover of Marine Park and other "long overdue" projects for 2024.
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January 2nd, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: PBA AGAIN BLASTS McCONNELL
RED BANK: PBA files grievance against McConnell as he ends "interim" borough leadership and awaits word on retirement as chief.
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December 15th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: JEWS & OTHERS ‘STAND TOGETHER’
RED BANK: Amid rising antisemitism, Jews and supporters gather in Riverside Gardens Park for traditional Menorah lighting.
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December 12th, 2023 @ 8am
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RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
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 ...