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RED BANK: Borough residents and businesses may smell chlorine in water coming out of their taps starting next week. Here's why.
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January 31st, 2023 @ 10am
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RED BANK: DEP SAYS RIVERS SAFE FOR HUMANS
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RED BANK: Recreational use of Navesink and Shrewsbury is safe despite massive, putrid fish die-off, environmental scientists say.
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May 27th, 2021 @ 11pm
RED BANK: GAS SITE MAY GET ‘JET GROUTING’
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RED BANK: More than a century after it was used as a gas works, a borough property may get some 20th-century environmental remediation.
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March 25th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: HOTEL DELAY REQUEST REJECTED
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RED BANK: In a stunner, planning board rejects developer's request for an additional year to start building Hampton Inn, throwing project into uncertainty.
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April 16th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: COUNCIL AGENDA
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RED BANK: Green Acres grant applications for two parks, and appointments to the new redevelopment agency are on the council's agenda Wednesday night.
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March 26th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: FORTUNE ‘MIRACLE’ COMPLETED
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RED BANK: Once facing demolition, the onetime home of pioneering civil rights journalist T. Thomas Fortune has now been restored. You can tour it this weekend.
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February 21st, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: SUNSET PARK CONCEPT TO DEBUT
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RED BANK: Residents to get first look Monday at concept plan for new park on long-closed landfill site overlooking Swimming River.
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November 23rd, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: NEW HISTORY IN FORTUNE HOUSE
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RED BANK: Builder finds new history, and a lot of rot, in effort to restore Fortune House, onetime home of pioneering civil rights journalist.
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November 14th, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: SECOND-METER ISSUE RETURNS
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RED BANK: The issue of separate water meters for lawn water and car washing sputters back to life after 18 months of silence.
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July 31st, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: RESIDENTS RESIST DUMP-SITE PARK
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RED BANK: Not everyone wants a park at the former town dump, say residents concerned about the long-range effects of contaminants.
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May 15th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: PLANTING SEEDS FOR FUTURE PARK
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RED BANK: The long process of creating a waterfront park at the former town dump kicks off with a public brainstorming session.
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April 11th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: BRAINSTORMING A NEW PARK PLAN
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RED BANK: Got some ideas for the new park planned for the former landfill site on the West Side? Bring them to this meeting.
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March 28th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: LAUNDROMAT & APARTMENTS OK’D
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RED BANK: A new laundromat with upstairs apartments wins zoning OK. But first, there's a potential bill of $562,000 for water and sewer hookups.
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March 17th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: Council takes a step toward creation of a park on the longtime site of the borough dump and incinerator. Up next: what to include?
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February 24th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: UPDATES ON WATER
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RED BANK: Updates on stinky water and new water meters.
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November 23rd, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: After complaints about stinky, foul-tasting water, officials have reverted to borough wells, blaming an algae issue at the NJAW reservoir.
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November 11th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: WATER METER SWAPS BEGIN
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RED BANK: After controversy over its cost, a program to replace every water meter in town has begun, with homeowners to get visits starting this month.
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September 30th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: FORTUNE HOUSE’S GOOD FORTUNE
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RED BANK: The crumbling Fortune House gives journalism students a taste of what it's planned to become: a cultural and educational center.
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July 28th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: FORTUNE HOUSE RESCUE PLAN OK’D
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RED BANK: A plan to save the Fortune House, and build 31 apartments out back, wins zoning board approval..
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July 22nd, 2016 @ 1am
RED BANK: FORTUNE HOUSE PLAN SCHEDULED
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RED BANK: A developer's plan to preserve the Fortune House, and build 32 apartments, goes to the zoning board this week.
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July 18th, 2016 @ 9am
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SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.