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RED BANK: HISTORIC REFERENDUM ON BALLOT
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RED BANK: Organized opposition to November 8 referendum did not materialize, but there has been pushback, and voters still have questions.
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November 4th, 2022 @ 4pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: BBQ KICKS OFF REFERENDUM PUSH
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RED BANK: "Taking nothing for granted," government overhaul advocates launch campaign for November 8 referendum.
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September 6th, 2022 @ 6am
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: 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: Citing recent political "unpleasantness," Forest makes emotional plea for nonpartisan elections, and Charter Study Commission agrees.
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June 16th, 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: ELECTED OFFICIALS QUIZZED
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RED BANK: Charter Study Commission quizzes elected officials from three other towns on forms of government and nonpartisan elections.
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May 18th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: Horgan and Okeson drop lawsuit to oust Mirandi. Up next, the June 7 showdown that pits two sides in the sharply divided Democratic party.
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May 6th, 2022 @ 2pm
RED BANK: TURNOUT LIGHT FOR FORUM
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RED BANK: Turnout light for Charter Study Commission forum, so members weigh in with what they're hearing from residents.
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May 5th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: COMMISSION TO HOLD FORUM
RED BANK: Charter Study Commission schedules forum on first phase of its examination of municipal government and elections.
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April 28th, 2022 @ 6pm
RED BANK: Zipprich demands Horgan and Okeson pay borough's legal fees in lawsuit over Mirandi appointment.
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April 13th, 2022 @ 3pm
RED BANK: Mirandi retains council seat as judge rejects request for her temporary ouster over alleged improprieties in Democrats' nomination process.
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April 12th, 2022 @ 6pm
RED BANK: No immediate ruling as judge says he'll decide "shortly" whether to temporarily remove Mirandi from council.
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April 8th, 2022 @ 11am
RED BANK: GOVERNMENT FORMS REVIEWED
RED BANK: Municipal government expert walks Charter Study Commission through available options.
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April 7th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: HORGAN BAILS; NEWCOMER RUNS
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RED BANK: Horgan heads to the exit with Menna, citing "divisiveness, distrust, and acrimony" stoked by Zipprich. Meanwhile, a political newcomer files to run for mayor.
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April 5th, 2022 @ 5pm
RED BANK: MIRANDI KEEPS SEAT, FOR NOW
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RED BANK: Judge denies request for temporary removal of Mirandi from council seat pending full hearing April 8.
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March 21st, 2022 @ 10am
RED BANK: COUNCIL PICKS O’HERN
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RED BANK: Council, reduced by half, picks O'Hern to represent borough in Horgan/Okeson lawsuit, with Mirandi appointment on the line Monday.
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March 18th, 2022 @ 5pm
RED BANK: WHO’S THE ‘BOROUGH’ IN LAWSUIT?
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RED BANK: When one council member sues two others and the town itself, who gets to be the client "borough" in deciding legal strategy? It's complicated.
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March 17th, 2022 @ 4pm
RED BANK: Judge postpones hearing on request to immediately remove Mirandi from council seat.
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March 16th, 2022 @ 11am
RED BANK: Half-dozen residents weigh in as Charter Study Commission holds public hearing on first phase of its examination of municipal government and elections.
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March 16th, 2022 @ 7am
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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.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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 ...