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RED BANK: On the council agenda this week: the annual budget, a new redevelopment agency head, plastic film recycling, animal control and more.
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RED BANK: ANIMAL JOB ENDANGERED
RED BANK: Animal control officer's job appears doomed; borough "is not not a pest control company," says McConnell, citing non-emergencies.
RED BANK: ANIMAL SERVICE BACK ON AGENDA
RED BANK: On council's workshop agenda: a change that would cost residents $90 an hour to remove wild animals from inside homes. That's now free.
RED BANK: WHAT’S ON AGENDA, AND NOT
RED BANK: On the council agenda: animal control change on hold; Saxum seeks new site designation; charter study measure advancing and more.
RED BANK: Council to vote Wednesday on eliminating in-house animal control service in switch to SPCA. Residents say response times will suffer.
RED BANK: ANIMAL OPERATION ON THE BLOCK
RED BANK: Council looking into eliminating in-house animal control service in switch to SPCA. Residents say personal service will suffer.
RED BANK: On the council agenda this week: a parking ban on Chapin Avenue; police personnel changes: and a settlement of a "reverse" tax appeal.
RED BANK: On the council's workshop agenda Wednesday for Shehady's final meeting are a charter study commission and prep work to repair the Senior Center.
RED BANK: TOP JOB OPEN AT TIME OF STRIFE
RED BANK: Menna blames Shehady departure after just three years on "scheme" and worries "dysfunctional" atmosphere will repel good candidates.
RED BANK: SHEHADY RESIGNS TOP BORO JOB
RED BANK: Shehady resigns as business administrator after just three years, leaving sharply divided council to fill top unelected position.
RED BANK: Borough officials elated at $1.18 million stimulus infusion, but say it can't be used to repair Senior Center, as suggested by candidate.
RED BANK: WHAT’S ON COUNCIL AGENDA
RED BANK: Here's what's on the agenda, and what's not, when the council holds a regular session via Zoom Wednesday evening.
RED BANK: BUDGET Q&A SLATED AFTER ALL
RED BANK: Almost two months after it was first announced, finance committee's public walk-thru of proposed budget has a date.
RED BANK: TAX INCREASE AT 2.8 PERCENT
RED BANK: Local tax would rise by 2.8 percent under budget that finance chair Ballard said is "inflicting more pain" on residents impacted by pandemic.
RED BANK: TAX INCREASE ON AGENDA
RED BANK: Council takes up budget that would boost local tax load by 5.4 percent, but finance committee chairman may oppose it.
RED BANK: JOBS DEBATE SPLITS COUNCIL
RED BANK: Things get personal on Zoom as two part-time recycling center jobs are eliminated, prompting split on the all-Democratic council.
RED BANK: BOROUGH HIRES NEW CFO
RED BANK: Five months after his predecessor was hastily dumped, a new chief financial officer for the borough was slated to start work Monday.
RED BANK: FOLLOW THE LEADER… READER
The new Leader Reader series at the library is meant to introduce children to different careers. First up: redbankgreen publisher John T. Ward, below. (Click to enlarge) The Red BankContinue reading "RED BANK: FOLLOW THE LEADER… READER"
RED BANK: WEST SIDERS MARCH IN PROTEST
About three dozen protesters marched through Red Bank Saturday morning to object to rising property taxes, a proposed spray park at Bellhaven Nature Area, borough hiring practices and what theyContinue reading "RED BANK: WEST SIDERS MARCH IN PROTEST"
RED BANK STUDENTS TUNE IN FOR TECH JOBS
Students from Red Bank and elsewhere participating in a four-way conference in a telepresence room at AT&T Labs in Middletown, above. Coolspeak founder Carlos Ojeda Jr. addresses the students, below. (PhotosContinue reading "RED BANK STUDENTS TUNE IN FOR TECH JOBS"
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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.