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RED BANK: WEEKEND OUTLOOK ‘TRANQUIL’
RED BANK: No, that's not a forecast map. It's a reminder of the three-day blizzard that ended 25 years ago today. Remember that one? Here's the weekend forecast.
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PROSECUTORS DENOUNCE DC ‘TERRORISM’
NEW JERSEY: Prosecutors denounce siege on capital as "terrorism," and contrast law enforcement response to that of BLM protestors this summer.
LITTLE SILVER: CRIMES AND ARRESTS
LITTLE SILVER: Crime reports from November include four reports of holiday gifts that were left for trash haulers being stolen.
RED BANK: COVID-19 CLAIMS THREE AT ATRIUM
RED BANK: Three residents of a senior facility here have died of COVID-19 since mid-December; hospital utilization climbs across county, latest data shows.
FAIR HAVEN: BOROUGH ATTORNEY REPLACED
FAIR HAVEN: First order of business as Democrats take control of council: a new borough attorney, one familiar to Red Bankers.
RED BANK: YASSIN MOVES TO COUNCIL FORE
RED BANK: After a year of butting heads with fellow Dems, Ballard loses seat on finance committee as Yassin moves to the fore. Reorganization wrap.
RED BANK: FIRST WEEK’S WEATHER A YAWN
RED BANK: First Monday of 2021 brings unremarkable weather to the Greater Green. Not that anyone would object. Here's the extended forecast.
RED BANK: TRAP DOOR PLANS TO BUST OPEN
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, former Hobbymasters building gets a new tenant who's dreaming big: next-door neighbor Trap Door Escape.
SHREWSBURY: LOVE TO RECEIVE KING AWARD
SHREWSBURY: Lunch Break executive director Gwendolyn Love to receive YMCA's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Human Dignity Award.
RED BANK: MANSION RAZED; MORE LAND EYED
RED BANK: Ignoring pleas by preservationists, Riverview razes 19th-century riverfront mansion, and moves to acquire more property.
RED BANK: BON JOVI SPOTLIGHTS PORTER
RED BANK: Rock star Jon Bon Jovi spoke with Pastor Terrence Porter of Pilgrim Baptist Church for a Christmas Eve segment on NBC's Today Show.
RED BANK: AFTER ‘NO-HO-HO,’ CHIMNEY’S A GO
RED BANK: After a 'no-ho-ho' for 'eyesore' chimney, Historic Preservation Commission OKs amended plan for Washington Street house.
RED BANK: MOLLY PITCHER TAKING ‘HIATUS’
RED BANK: Molly Pitcher Inn going on "winter hiatus" next week with plans to reopen in March. Its sibling, the Oyster Point Hotel, will remain open.
FAIR HAVEN: DUNKIN’ AIMS FOR FRESH START
FAIR HAVEN: More than two years after it split the town, Dunkin' shop opens. It's still early, but the world has not come to an end.
RED BANK: ANDERSON MAKEOVER LAUDED
RED BANK: Monmouth County planning board honors Anderson building, a long vacant structure now home to stores and offices, for adaptive reuse.
VIRUS UPDATES: DATA, OUTBREAKS & TESTING
RED BANK: RBR to offer free COVID-19 testing for staff and students. Also: updates on cases, hospital utilization, longterm care outbreaks and testing.
RED BANK: Riverview to pay $850k to settle borough lawsuit that sought $5.3M for 33 years of alleged illegal water and sewer usage.
LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional is back on full-remote Monday after a student who was present two days last week tests COVID-19 positive.
RED BANK: ‘CHRISTMAS STAR’ BRINGS WINTER
RED BANK: Winter begins with a rare 'Christmas star,' though cloudy skies may obscure it. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Green.
FAIR HAVEN: GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
FAIR HAVEN: Mayor and council hold virtual reorganization session, with the oaths of office to be sworn by two council members.
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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.
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 ...