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RED BANK: MENNA WANTS BOLD, GREEN DECK
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RED BANK: Menna says he now wants to see architecturally bold, "even shocking" plans with environment in mind for White Street garage.
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December 29th, 2016 @ 8am
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RED BANK: COUNCIL OKs PARKING PLAN
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RED BANK: Clearing their biggest hurdle yet, proponents of a parking garage in the heart of downtown claimed victory Wednesday night.
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December 15th, 2016 @ 1am
RED BANK: PARKING PLAN MAY GROW
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RED BANK: A possible parking deck downtown faces a key vote this week. But first, the minimum number of spaces may be increased.
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December 12th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: BASIE PARKING DEAL YIELDS GAIN
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RED BANK: It's not a huge amount, but a deal with the Basie that Whelan says should have happened years ago could put $20k in borough coffers this year.
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November 21st, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: GARAGE DEBATE PREVIEWED
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RED BANK: Debate over possible downtown parking garage offers preview of public hearing on a key step in the process next month.
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November 10th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: PARKING GARAGE CLEARS HURDLE
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RED BANK: A zoning plan for a downtown parking garage with at least 550 spaces cleared another hurdle, with some suggested tweaks.
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November 8th, 2016 @ 12am
RED BANK: PARKING PLAN INTRODUCED
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RED BANK: Downtown business owners elated after council advances a proposed plan none of them have seen for a parking garage on White Street.
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October 27th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: PARKING PLAN ADVANCES, BARELY
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RED BANK: A tangle of issues lead to a mayoral tiebreaker vote to advance plans for a possible parking garage downtown.
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August 11th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: Di Somma changes his mind again, and won't continue as local GOP chair.
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June 16th, 2016 @ 1pm
RED BANK: Council approves budget that hikes taxes 1.7 percent rather than 2 percent.
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June 9th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: DEMS TARGET ‘SLUSH FUNDS’
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RED BANK: Horgan and Zipprich say they've found "fluff and slush funds" that can be trimmed to reduce a tax hike.
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June 7th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: BUDGET FAILS ON TIEBREAKER VOTE
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Mayor Pasquale Menna confers with Councilwoman Linda Schwabenbauer during the council’s budget deliberation Wednesday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank’s first Republican-led budgetContinue reading "RED BANK: BUDGET FAILS ON TIEBREAKER VOTE"
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May 26th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: TAX INCREASE REDUCED
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A half-dozen or so residents, outnumbered by borough employees and officials, attended the budget session. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) [Update, May 20: Visuals from this presentationContinue reading "RED BANK: TAX INCREASE REDUCED"
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May 19th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: ‘COMPROMISE’ PARKING HIKE OK’D
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Fees for parking in downtown lots would double, to $1 per hour, while metered spots on the street would rise 50 percent, to $1.50 an hour. (Photo by John T. Ward.Continue reading "RED BANK: ‘COMPROMISE’ PARKING HIKE OK’D"
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May 12th, 2016 @ 8am
RED BANK: MAYOR’S BALL II DRAWS A CROWD
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Mayor Pasquale Menna, above right, welcomed Count Basie Theatre CEO Adam Philipson, left, and more than 200 other guests to the second annual Red Bank Mayor’s Charity Ball at the Oyster Point Hotel FridayContinue reading "RED BANK: MAYOR’S BALL II DRAWS A CROWD"
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May 10th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: DI SOMMA TO STAY AS GOP CHAIR
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Sean Di Somma on election night 2015. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Sean Di Somma, whose first two years as Red Bank RepublicanContinue reading "RED BANK: DI SOMMA TO STAY AS GOP CHAIR"
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April 6th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: COUNCIL OKS STEP ON PARKING
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The planning board was directed to evaluate the borough-owned White Street lot for its “suitability” for a parking garage. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: COUNCIL OKS STEP ON PARKING"
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January 29th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK COUNCIL Q&A: MICHAEL WHELAN
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Michael Whelan, Republican. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) The balance of political power is at stake in the November 3 election in Red Bank, which features four candidates forContinue reading "RED BANK COUNCIL Q&A: MICHAEL WHELAN"
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September 30th, 2015 @ 5pm
From left at top: Democrats Michael Ballard and Michael DuPont square off against Republicans Mark Taylor and Michael Whelan at the annual Candidates’ Night on October 1. (Photos by John T.Continue reading "RED BANK: CANDIDATES’ FORUM SET"
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September 22nd, 2015 @ 12pm
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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 ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...