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RED BANK: A plan to put a police representative in the primary and middle schools is up for approval by the council Wednesday night.
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July 27th, 2022 @ 7am
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RED BANK: REFERENDUM ON CHANGE SET
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RED BANK: Charter Study Commission wraps up with report that puts new form of government and non-partisan elections up for November vote.
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July 20th, 2022 @ 10am
RED BANK: FORMER MAYOR NICOSIA DIES AT 101
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RED BANK: Former mayor, judge and Democratic party leader Benedict Nicosia has died. He was 101 years old.
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July 15th, 2022 @ 10am
RED BANK: CHARTER REFERENDUM ADVANCES
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RED BANK: Charter Study Commission agrees on "council-manager" government and other aspects of November referendum.
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July 11th, 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: BUDGET & TAX ON AGENDA
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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.
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June 22nd, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: Citing recent political "unpleasantness," Forest makes emotional plea for nonpartisan elections, and Charter Study Commission agrees.
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June 16th, 2022 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: COUNCIL OKS GUN RESOLUTION
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FAIR HAVEN: Council overrides mayor, who had refused to post gun-law resolution he called "just words on a piece of paper."
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June 15th, 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
RED BANK: ZIPPRICH DERIDES ‘SMEAR’ WAR
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RED BANK: Following "exoneration" of contract interference allegation, Zipprich derides two-year "smear campaign" mean to "dehumanize" him.
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May 27th, 2022 @ 11am
RED BANK: Lawyer hired by council finds no evidence of trash contract interference by Zipprich; says Shehady was like the source of leaked emails.
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May 26th, 2022 @ 2pm
RED BANK: BUDGET INTRO ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Budget intro tops busy agenda as council meets in person for first time in 26 months, with home-participation option.
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May 25th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: BALLARD AND PORTMAN TO FACE OFF
RED BANK: The two contenders for mayor in the June 7 Democratic primary have agreed to a virtual debate.
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May 19th, 2022 @ 4pm
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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 ...