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RED BANK: POT LAW DRAWS FIRE BUT ADVANCES
RED BANK: Council advances changes to cannabis zoning law as would-be pot retailers warn of litigation.
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RED BANK: Changes on agenda for special council session would bar cannabis businesses within 1,000 feet of schools and playgrounds.
RED BANK: POT LAW OVERHAUL PROPOSED
RED BANK: Expecting tweaks, attendees of special cannabis hearing instead learn of proposals to overhaul law to make it more restrictive.
RED BANK: CANNABIS SITINGS ON AGENDA
RED BANK: Council slates special session to consider easing limits on cannabis shop locations while heading off potential "cannabis row." 
RED BANK: COUNCIL WRAP
RED BANK: Council gets through session with less friction than in the recent past. Here's a quick recap of the highlights.
RED BANK: ROAD SAFETY ON COUNCIL AGENDA
RED BANK: On the council agenda: pressing state to install traffic signal on Riverside Avenue; pressing county for crosswalks on Shrewsbury Avenue.
RED BANK: NJDOT OBSTRUCTION REMOVED
RED BANK: NJDOT quickly removes traffic signal activator it had placed in the middle of a sidewalk. Borough awaiting similar action on another.
RED BANK: DOT POLE BLOCKS SIDEWALK
RED BANK: NJDOT recently installed a traffic signal activator in the middle of a sidewalk – in front of a senior living complex. What's Going On Here?
RED BANK: HOTEL DELAY REQUEST REJECTED
RED BANK: In a stunner, planning board rejects developer's request for an additional year to start building Hampton Inn, throwing project into uncertainty.
RED BANK: ROADWORK UNDER THE LIGHTS
RED BANK: What's with all the floodlights, cones and detours along Route 35 at night? redbankgreen's latest What's Going On Here has the answer.
RED BANK: LIGHT ‘NOT FEASIBLE’ SAYS DOT
RED BANK: DOT says new traffic light on Riverside Avenue isn't feasible, but Menna says sale of VNA building could force change.
RED BANK: COUNCIL PRESSES FOR LIGHT
RED BANK: Council urges state to install traffic light at Bodman & Riverside, both for safety and to aid new overlay zone encouraging housing redevelopment.
FAIR HAVEN: WALK & BIKE PLAN ON TABLE
FAIR HAVEN: The borough closing in on new walking-and-biking plan that officials say could serve as a blueprint for generations to come.
FAIR HAVEN / RUMSON: BIKE LANES AWAIT
Both a bicyclist and an approaching a jogger appeared shy recently about using a new bike lane on the Little Silver side of Harding Road, seen here from Tower Hill in RedContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN / RUMSON: BIKE LANES AWAIT"
FAIR HAVEN: LUCARELLI PUMPS FOR BIKE LANE
Mayor Ben Lucarelli heads to D.C. this week to sharpen his biker-and-pedestrian safety campaign. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Anyone who’s heard FairContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: LUCARELLI PUMPS FOR BIKE LANE"
RED BANK: FAUX BRICK CROSSWALKS REMOVED
State highway workers removed crumbling fake brick crosswalks from two intersections near the north end of Maple Avenue in Red Bank Friday after officials complained about safety concerns. “They saidContinue reading "RED BANK: FAUX BRICK CROSSWALKS REMOVED"
SEA BRIGHT: OCEAN AVENUE REOPENED
State Department of Transportation dumptrucks leaving Sea Bright at midday Monday after several days of sand removal work. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The northern stretch of OceanContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: OCEAN AVENUE REOPENED"
World War II-era love letters written by a former Rumson woman to her future husband washed ashore in Sandy Hook Bay after Hurricane Sandy, according to various news accounts. TheContinue reading "BAY YIELDS RUMSON WOMAN’S LOVE LETTERS"
Red Bank police will roll out a portable flashing sign warning motorists not to block intersections at the north end of Route 35/Maple Avenue, Captain Darren McConnell tells redbankgreen. ButContinue reading "MAPLE AVENUE LIGHTS TO BE TWEAKED"
LIGHTS ARE ON, BUT SIGNS A PROBLEM?
For the first time, cars in the right lane on northbound Maple Avenue are allowed to turn left onto West Front Street. First, the news: the new traffic lights atContinue reading "LIGHTS ARE ON, BUT SIGNS A PROBLEM?"
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CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.