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RED BANK: NEW GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE
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RED BANK: New era in municipal government begins with visit by governor, who swears in Portman and roasts Triggiano.
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July 3rd, 2023 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: A GRACIOUS END TO ‘BOROUGH’ ERA
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RED BANK: After 115 years, "borough" government era ends with a council session free of the infighting that marked the last five.
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June 29th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: NO FIREWORKS ON FINAL AGENDA
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RED BANK: Agenda for final council meeting under "borough" government form suggests no fireworks, but hey, anything can happen.
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June 26th, 2023 @ 3pm
RED BANK: COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT
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RED BANK: Outreach for volunteers to municipal boards and committees "absolutely working," with applications still welcome, says Portman.
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June 23rd, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: FOREST LEAVES SCHOOL BOARD
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RED BANK: Board of education bids goodbye to longtime member Ben Forest, who joins the council July 1, and welcomes new member.
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June 21st, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: ROSI LISTING RUSHED THROUGH
RED BANK: Ignoring planning board rejection, soon-to-be-replaced council OKs 11th-hour attempt to protect Senior Center property.
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June 15th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: After a failed attempt to preserve part of the Senior Center property by subdivision, council will try another approach.
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June 13th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: BOARD NIXES CENTER SUBDIVISION
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RED BANK: Planning board rejects subdivision of Senior Center property as ceding control of land to New Jersey "in return for nothing."
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June 6th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: COUNCIL MUM ON BODYCAM FEE
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RED BANK: Amid "flood" of OPRA requests for bodycam videos, council rejects proposed RBPD fees without comment.
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June 2nd, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: FLIP OK’D ON MAYOR’S TIEBREAKER
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RED BANK: With neighbors divided, council approves parking 'flip' on Spring Street as Portman casts his first tiebreaker vote as mayor.
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June 1st, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: SENIOR CENTER TO REOPEN AT LAST
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RED BANK: After a four-year closure and $2 million in repairs, Senior Center slated to formally reopen next week.
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May 30th, 2023 @ 1pm
RED BANK: BROADWALK BOLLARDS GO BIG
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RED BANK: Tall, bright-red bollard covers installed as RiverCenter moves on plan to address various complaints about Broadwalk zone.
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May 25th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: PORTMAN ‘LISTENING’ TO MANDATE
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RED BANK: Coming off a decisive win, Portman says he's listening to residents and preparing to use the 'mandate' they gave him.
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May 23rd, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: PORTMAN SLATE’S WIN OFFICIAL
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RED BANK: Certified results show incumbent Portman trounced Hogan with 61 percent of the vote in historic, low-turnout election.
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May 18th, 2023 @ 11am
RED BANK: BROADWALK IS BACK
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RED BANK: Broadwalk returns for at least a four-month run, and the weather for the next week looks good for outdoor dining. 
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May 17th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: PORTMAN SLATE SWEEPS RACES
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RED BANK: Incumbent mayor Billy Portman and his slate of council candidates sweep to victory in Tuesday's history-making election.
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May 10th, 2023 @ 12am
RED BANK: SPRING STREET FLIP RETURNS
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RED BANK: Spring Street parking flip; lead pipe replacements; four-way stop; and ATM at borough hall on council agenda this week.
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May 9th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: GARDENS TAKE ROOT ON BROAD
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RED BANK: Any day now, peonies as big as softballs will be blooming on Broad Street under the care of professional gardener.
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May 8th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: BEAT THE RUSH WITH EARLY VOTING
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RED BANK: For the first time, voters can cast early, in-person ballots at a single polling station this weekend. In fact, it's begun.
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May 5th, 2023 @ 1pm
RED BANK: TAX INCREASE HELD TO ONE PERCENT
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RED BANK: Aided by parking surplus, local tax on average-value home goes up $25 this year, officials said at a walk-thru of the 2023 budget.
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May 5th, 2023 @ 3am
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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 ...