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“AMAZING” RED BANK COPS HONORED FOR EXTRAORDINARY ACTS
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Saving the life of a choking victim. Disarming a suspect carrying a stolen gun. Performing a DWI investigation that will make your head spin. Ten Red Bank Police officers are honored for extraordinary acts over the past year. (click to read)
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December 13th, 2024 @ 8am
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RED BANK: DPU HEAD OUSTED
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RED BANK: Unlisted on agenda, no terms revealed, no discussion: council fires DPU director, brings back his predecessor at $16,500 a month.
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January 12th, 2023 @ 7am
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: MEET THE NEW DEPARTMENT HEADS
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Cliff Keen, above, is the new director of public utilities, and Charlie Hoffmann, below, runs parks and rec. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD RecentContinue reading "RED BANK: MEET THE NEW DEPARTMENT HEADS"
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January 12th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BACKUP WATER SUPPLY ON TABLE
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Construction underway last month on a lime feeder room at the DPU complex on Chestnut Street. The new well would be to located at the building’s far corner. (Photo by John T.Continue reading "RED BANK: BACKUP WATER SUPPLY ON TABLE"
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November 30th, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK: ASPHALT IS ‘VICTORY’ TO PLOWMAN
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The view looking south on Leighton Avenue through the windshield of a borough salt truck early Wednesday morning, above. Below, a plow working Monmouth Street. (Photos by John T. Ward.Continue reading "RED BANK: ASPHALT IS ‘VICTORY’ TO PLOWMAN"
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January 22nd, 2014 @ 6am
The brick fascia of a retaining wall at Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank collapsed recently during a heavy rainstorm, eight months after it was undermined by Hurricane Sandy, publicContinue reading "RED BANK: PARTIAL WALL COLLAPSE IN PARK"
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June 26th, 2013 @ 8am
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Raises are going out at Red Bank Borough Hall, but stopping at the dais. After two years of austerity, the borough council approved two-percent raises across theContinue reading "RAISES APPROVED FOR RED BANK EMPLOYEES"
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May 31st, 2011 @ 6am
READY FOR ARBOR DAY
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In early celebration of Arbor Day on Friday and Red Bank’s fifth annual designation as a “Tree City,” members of the Shade Tree Committee distributed white pine seedlings to attendeesContinue reading "READY FOR ARBOR DAY"
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April 27th, 2011 @ 6am
DPU HEAD: SNOW WAS ‘NOT PLOWABLE’
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In an interview, Red Bank public utilities director Gary Watson and supervisor Bob Holiday discuss the challenges of the December 26-27 blizzard. Below, a jagged glacier of snow dumped byContinue reading "DPU HEAD: SNOW WAS ‘NOT PLOWABLE’"
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January 6th, 2011 @ 9am
NO SATURDAY ENFORCEMENT YET FOR METERS
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A parking authority employee applies new yellow stickers to meters on Broad Street earlier this month. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Two weeks after the end of free SaturdayContinue reading "NO SATURDAY ENFORCEMENT YET FOR METERS"
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June 16th, 2010 @ 10am
PARK RESTROOMS VANDALIZED
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The restrooms at Riverside Gardens Park were apparently broken into, used and abused recently. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI One needed to get within only a few feetContinue reading "PARK RESTROOMS VANDALIZED"
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April 14th, 2010 @ 6am
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SNEAKERS OVER BROAD
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sneakers hanging from the overhead wires on Broad Street.
PIANO TRASHED
Left out to take at 83 River Street. Property owner is a touring musician. Studio and home. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris H ...
FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
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