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RED BANK: DEMS DUMP MENNA FOR BALLARD
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RED BANK: Democratic regulars pick Ballard as their candidate for mayor, dumping party stalwart Menna, who says they showed "their true colors."
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March 3rd, 2022 @ 11pm
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RED BANK: DEMS AIR PARTY’S DIRTY LAUNDRY
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RED BANK: Menna, Yngstrom and Triggiano cite interference, one-party rule and "paranoia" as roots of government "dysfunction" in Charter Study Commission testimony.
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March 3rd, 2022 @ 4pm
RED BANK: SIDES CLASH OVER COUNCIL SEAT
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RED BANK: Dissident Democrats, seeking Mirandi's swift ouster from council, rebut what they call a "no harm, no foul" defense as two sides clash.
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March 2nd, 2022 @ 4pm
RED BANK: PARTY DEFENDS APPOINTMENT
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RED BANK: Answering lawsuit, establishment Democrats defend Mirandi appointment by citing... their own failure to meet a nomination deadline.
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March 1st, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: CENTER FIXES OK’D, RE-ARGUED
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RED BANK: Even as they approve spending for Senior Center repairs, Democrats split over how long it took and who should have 'found' funding sooner.
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February 24th, 2022 @ 2pm
RED BANK: DEMS SUE DEMS TO OUST MIRANDI
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RED BANK: It's more Dems v. Dems as two party stalwarts sue to have Mirandi removed from council seat following alleged illegal maneuver by Zipprich.
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February 23rd, 2022 @ 4pm
RED BANK: BALLARD BLASTS SELF-DEALING ALLEGATION, ANNOUNCES MAYORAL RUN
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RED BANK: Shehady memo alleges Ballard duped council into approving raise for his wife; Ballard blasts "defamatory attack" and announces run for mayor.
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February 16th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: MIRANDI ZOOMS INTO OFFICE
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RED BANK: Swearing-in ceremony puts a face to the name as Angela Mirandi completes swift change from commenter to council member.
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February 14th, 2022 @ 6am
RED BANK: Angela Mirandi elected to fill Yngstrom's seat after Zipprich declines to endorse Hecht, one of three residents he proposed for consideration.
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February 10th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL WINS EXTENSION
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RED BANK: Charter school wins renewal over opposition by district and council; Martello cites "rigorous" state review and calls for end to "divisiveness."
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February 2nd, 2022 @ 11am
RED BANK: YNGSTROM QUITS, CITING TOXICITY
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RED BANK: Citing political divisiveness and "toxic rhetoric" about his recent marriage, Yngstrom quits council, setting up possible power shift.
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January 19th, 2022 @ 11am
RED BANK: MASKS ‘STRONGLY’ URGED
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RED BANK: Borough issues declaration "strongly urging" mask-wearing in stores and restaurants, but stops short of mandates seen elsewhere.
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January 14th, 2022 @ 5pm
RED BANK: MASK MANDATE EXPECTED
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RED BANK: Amid COVID-19 resurgence, Menna expected to issue mask mandate, following lead of other New Jersey cities and towns.
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January 13th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: EARLY SPLIT AT REORGANIZATION
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RED BANK: Amid calls for comity, three council members try but fail to derail selection of Triggiano to ceremonial post of council president.
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January 3rd, 2022 @ 12pm
RED BANK: “YOU BROKE IT, YOU FIX IT”
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RED BANK: Via RiverCenter, downtown landlords push back on possible bills for leaking water lines, telling council, "you broke it, you fix it."
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December 16th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: MASTER PLAN OUTREACH PLEDGED
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RED BANK: Planning board approves Master Plan consultant on pledge of public outreach "head and tails above" four other proposals, says board member.
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November 16th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: MASTER PLAN IN SPOTLIGHT
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RED BANK: After Ballard demand for greater transparency, planning board expected to air its process for selecting Master Plan consultant.
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November 15th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: Superintendent asks council to oppose charter school renewal, citing a 'travesty' of segregative effects over a quarter-century.
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November 4th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: BOARD NIXES REDEVELOPMENT BID
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RED BANK: Planning board nixes Saxum's controversial request for a rezoning of VNA site, saying the firm is responsible for deterioration.
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October 18th, 2021 @ 8pm
RED BANK: ADMINISTRATOR SEARCH ON PAUSE
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RED BANK: Ballard says he was kept in the dark as "select group" paused search for new borough administrator. Meantime, majority likes McConnell as interim.
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September 15th, 2021 @ 8am
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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 ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.