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RED BANK: ZIPPRICH BLOC SETS NEW BYLAWS
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RED BANK: Rejecting Portman's call for a breather, council majority adopts bylaws that sets new bar for proposed resolutions.
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January 5th, 2023 @ 10am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: PORTMAN TAKES MAYOR’S SEAT
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RED BANK: In debut as mayor, Portman pledges to "keep the ship running smoothly" as town embarks on big changes.
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January 5th, 2023 @ 1am
RED BANK: SENIOR CENTER WORK DELAYED
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RED BANK: Completion of Senior Center repairs held up by a shortage of materials, officials say. Here's the latest.
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January 3rd, 2023 @ 3pm
RED BANK: SIDES STAKED OUT ON RENTAL LAW
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RED BANK: Impassioned arguments dominate council discussion of proposed regulations for short-term rentals, with more debate to come.
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December 20th, 2022 @ 11am
RED BANK: EX-COP TO BECOME SCHOOL SRO
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RED BANK: New school resource officer is a "perfect fit," says chief: police department sees two officers retire this month.
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December 19th, 2022 @ 2pm
RED BANK: MENNA ERA ENDS
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RED BANK: Menna concludes record-setting combined terms as councilman and mayor. His successor will have to wait four more days to take up reins.
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December 15th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: SUNSETS ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Final council session of 16-year Menna era includes possible action on Sunset Park and short-term rentals.
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December 13th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: ADMINISTRATOR HIRING PAUSED
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RED BANK: Two months after appearing to settle on new administrator, council majority hits the brakes without explanation.
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December 9th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: Former councilman Tom Hintelmann, a lifelong borough resident who taught at RBC for 40 years, died Friday at age 85.
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December 5th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: SOME VOTERS HAD OTHER IDEAS
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RED BANK: Portman may have been the only one on the ballot, but 94 voters had other ideas about who should be mayor, according to write-ins.
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November 30th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: TAXI FARE HIKE APPROVED
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RED BANK: Taxi fares will rise for the first time in 12 years, following action by the borough council this week.
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November 24th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: MIRANDI & JACKSON CLINCH SEATS
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RED BANK: In official results, Portman, Mirandi, Jackson and historic referendum are winners of this month's election, clerk's count shows.
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November 22nd, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: NEWCOMER TO LEAD MAJOR CHANGE
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RED BANK: With "borough" form of government slated to end, voters overwhelmingly endorse a political newcomer to lead the way.
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November 9th, 2022 @ 3pm
RED BANK: VOTERS FAVOR DEMS… AND CHANGE
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RED BANK: Voters appear to stick with Democrats – while also endorsing changes in government and how candidates get on the ballots.
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November 9th, 2022 @ 2am
RED BANK: GOP ATTACKS AT RACE’S END
RED BANK: Republican council candidates go hard in closing days of council race, terming their opponents "MAGA Democrats."
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November 7th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: HISTORIC REFERENDUM ON BALLOT
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RED BANK: Organized opposition to November 8 referendum did not materialize, but there has been pushback, and voters still have questions.
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November 4th, 2022 @ 4pm
RED BANK: PENNEY CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION
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RED BANK: Republican council candidate calls for investigation into the abrupt firing of borough attorney in July.
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October 27th, 2022 @ 7am
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
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
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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 ...