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RED BANK: MIRANDI Q&A
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RED BANK: Here's what Angela Mirandi, a Democrat running for council, sees as the big issues in town. Plus: how to cast your ballot.
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October 26th, 2022 @ 7am
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RED BANK: PENNEY Q&A
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RED BANK: Here's what Jonathan Maciel Penney, a Republican running for council, sees as the big issues in town. Plus: how to cast your ballot.
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October 26th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: TAYLOR Q&A
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RED BANK: Here's what Mark Taylor, a Republican running for council, sees as the big issues in town. Plus: how to cast your ballot.
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October 26th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: JACKSON Q&A
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RED BANK: Here's what John Jackson, a Democrat running for council, sees as the big issues in town. Plus: how to cast your ballot.
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October 26th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: PORTMAN Q&A
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RED BANK: Here's what Billy Portman, the lone candidate for mayor, sees as the big issues in town. Plus: how to cast your ballot.
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October 26th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: ‘CIVILITY’ ON VOTERS’ MINDS
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RED BANK: Civility was top-of-mind for many residents who packed a room for the first of two candidates' nights held Wednesday.
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October 20th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: Voters will have two chances – or one and a half – to size up municipal candidates this week. One's in-person, the other virtual.
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October 17th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: PORCHFEST ROCKS TOWN
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RED BANK: Porchfest goes off "flawlessly," says Portman, as more than 80 musical acts draw audiences at 22 homes across town.
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October 10th, 2022 @ 10am
RED BANK: PORCHFEST TO FILL EARS & HEARTS
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RED BANK: More than 70 acts on 21 porches over five hours: here's your guide to the town's first-ever Porchfest music festival.
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October 6th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: DEMS TO SKIP ONE OF TWO FORUMS
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RED BANK: Jackson and Mirandi to sit out in-person candidates' forum, drawing fire from GOP; all expected to participate in virtual event.
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October 5th, 2022 @ 6am
RED BANK: BBQ KICKS OFF REFERENDUM PUSH
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RED BANK: "Taking nothing for granted," government overhaul advocates launch campaign for November 8 referendum.
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September 6th, 2022 @ 6am
RED BANK: TRIGGIANO UNSEATS ZIPPRICH
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RED BANK: Triggiano-led slate completes swift overthrow of Zipprich Democrats, giving her his seat at the party's helm.
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July 8th, 2022 @ 9am
RED BANK: PORTMAN READY FOR MAYOR’S MIC
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RED BANK: Mayoral favorite Billy Portman is even more the entertainer than we knew, with movie roles and a 'filthy" rap record in his past.
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July 1st, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: STURDIVANT DROPS MAYORAL BID
RED BANK: Following a challenge by her own party over petition signatures, Sturdivant quits mayoral race, leaving Portman the sole Democrat.
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June 13th, 2022 @ 7pm
RED BANK: Monmouth Democratic organization, again at sharp odds with Zipprich, files formal challenge to Sturdivant mayoral candidacy.
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June 13th, 2022 @ 2pm
RED BANK: PORTMAN MOCKS BALLARD CLAIMS
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RED BANK: Ballard says he signed Sturdivant petition to counter "secret" pacts involving Portman, who mocks the allegation in response.
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June 13th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: STURDIVANT TO RUN FOR MAYOR
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RED BANK: One day after stunning primary win, Portman has a challenger: first-term council member Sturdivant, who filed as an independent.
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June 9th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: PORTMAN CLAIMS LANDSLIDE WIN
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RED BANK: Political newcomer Portman trounces Ballard in Democratic mayoral primary; reform slate for county committee appears to win majority, he says.
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June 7th, 2022 @ 11pm
RED BANK: PORTMAN SEES INTERIM ROLE
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RED BANK: Running in the June 7 Democratic primary, political newcomer Portman sees himself as a bridge past the 'acrimony' and 'machine politics' to a nonpartisan future.
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June 6th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: BALLARD TOUTS ‘TEAM’ GOALS
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RED BANK: Ballard aims to reclaim borough from "administrator on steroids" and end era of council members "at each others' throats."
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June 6th, 2022 @ 7am
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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.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.