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RED BANK: "Taking nothing for granted," government overhaul advocates launch campaign for November 8 referendum.

RED BANK: Council members, some grudgingly, approve one-month Broadwalk extension to October 2 as advocates tout late turn toward success.

RED BANK: Broadwalk extension on agenda when council holds online-only session Wednesday. Also: attorney, assessor and 'Porchfest.'

RED BANK: Council tables plan to put armed police in the borough's primary and middle schools; quarrels over meeting-date change.

RED BANK: A plan to put a police representative in the primary and middle schools is up for approval by the council Wednesday night.

RED BANK: Charter Study Commission wraps up with report that puts new form of government and non-partisan elections up for November vote.

RED BANK: Former mayor, judge and Democratic party leader Benedict Nicosia has died. He was 101 years old.

RED BANK: Charter Study Commission agrees on "council-manager" government and other aspects of November referendum.

RED BANK: Triggiano-led slate completes swift overthrow of Zipprich Democrats, giving her his seat at the party's helm.

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.

RED BANK: Typical property owner would pay $5 more in the local tax this year, but assessments are up an average 16 percent, Mirandi says.

RED BANK: Citing recent political "unpleasantness," Forest makes emotional plea for nonpartisan elections, and Charter Study Commission agrees.

FAIR HAVEN: Council overrides mayor, who had refused to post gun-law resolution he called "just words on a piece of paper."

RED BANK: Following a challenge by her own party over petition signatures, Sturdivant quits mayoral race, leaving Portman the sole Democrat.

RED BANK: Monmouth Democratic organization, again at sharp odds with Zipprich, files formal challenge to Sturdivant mayoral candidacy.

RED BANK: Ballard says he signed Sturdivant petition to counter "secret" pacts involving Portman, who mocks the allegation in response.

RED BANK: One day after stunning primary win, Portman has a challenger: first-term council member Sturdivant, who filed as an independent.

RED BANK: Political newcomer Portman trounces Ballard in Democratic mayoral primary; reform slate for county committee appears to win majority, he says.

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.

RED BANK: Ballard aims to reclaim borough from "administrator on steroids" and end era of council members "at each others' throats."