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RED BANK: DEMS NEUTRAL AS RACE ROILS PARTY
RED BANK: Amid a wild primary showdown for U.S. Senate seat, borough's Democratic leaders claim neutrality.
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February 9th, 2024 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: PORTMAN READY FOR MAYOR’S MIC
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RED BANK: Mayoral favorite Billy Portman is even more the entertainer than we knew, with movie roles and a 'filthy" rap record in his past.
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July 1st, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: PORTMAN CLAIMS LANDSLIDE WIN
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RED BANK: Political newcomer Portman trounces Ballard in Democratic mayoral primary; reform slate for county committee appears to win majority, he says.
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June 7th, 2022 @ 11pm
RED BANK: PORTMAN SEES INTERIM ROLE
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RED BANK: Running in the June 7 Democratic primary, political newcomer Portman sees himself as a bridge past the 'acrimony' and 'machine politics' to a nonpartisan future.
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June 6th, 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: 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.
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May 4th, 2021 @ 4pm
LITTLE SILVER: NEFF TROUNCES BRANDT
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LITTLE SILVER: Neff easily wins rare GOP primary in which his opponent was banned from schools and firehouses over campaign photos.
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June 4th, 2019 @ 9pm
LITTLE SILVER: CAMPAIGN SIGNS SPARK IRE
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LITTLE SILVER: Mom-and-pop shop owners claim harassment over political signs after capturing tense exchange with GOP chairman on video.
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May 30th, 2019 @ 4pm
LITTLE SILVER: BRANDT SKIPS GOP FACE-OFF
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LITTLE SILVER: Mayoral contender is a no-show at candidate's night held in school he's been banned from (during kids' events, that is) over campaign photos.
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May 29th, 2019 @ 8am
LITTLE SILVER: BRANDT PHOTOBOMBS AGAIN
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LITTLE SILVER: A Republican contender for mayor is in more hot water over improper use of photos and videos in his campaign.
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May 22nd, 2019 @ 5pm
LITTLE SILVER: BRANDT ON THE OUTS WITH FD
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LITTLE SILVER: A Republican candidate for mayor has been suspended by the volunteer fire department for violating its bylaws regarding the use of imagery.
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March 13th, 2019 @ 2pm
RED BANK: Results of 2018 primary voting on the Greater Green Tuesday.
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June 6th, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: FOREST LAUNCHES MAYORAL BID
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RED BANK: Ben Forest, a Democrat, launches bid to unseat Pasquale Menna as mayor, saying he's 'had enough.' Who else is running?
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February 1st, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: Middletown resident Phil Murphy's run for governor gets big boost from elected officials statewide, including Red Bank.
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October 6th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: BECK SITS OUT TRUMPFEST
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State Senator Jen Beck, seen here with local Republicans in 2015, passed on this week’s Republican National Convention. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD FourContinue reading "RED BANK: BECK SITS OUT TRUMPFEST"
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July 19th, 2016 @ 11am
ON THE GREEN: No surprises in Tuesday's primary voting.
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June 7th, 2016 @ 11pm
RED BANK: BECK TO CHRISTIE: NJ OR TRUMP
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State Senator Jen Beck says the governorship “is more than a full-time job.” Below, Christie in Sea Bright in 2013. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: BECK TO CHRISTIE: NJ OR TRUMP"
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March 2nd, 2016 @ 3pm
RED BANK: PEDESTRIAN HIT IN CAR CURB-JUMP
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The scene on Wallace Street shortly after the accident, above. The vehicle also hit a gas regulator valve, seen below, though no leak was immediately detected. (Photo by John T. Ward.Continue reading "RED BANK: PEDESTRIAN HIT IN CAR CURB-JUMP"
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December 18th, 2015 @ 5pm
RED BANK: BUSKING FOR THE PROGRAM
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Red Bank primary and middle school strings players performing at the borough Sidewalk Sale on Saturday included, from left, Hannah Ludwikowski, Claudia Garcia, Parker Ludwikowski, Mae Woolley, Sarah Perry andContinue reading "RED BANK: BUSKING FOR THE PROGRAM"
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July 28th, 2014 @ 12pm
SEA BRIGHT: MURPHY QUITS COUNCIL
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Read Murphy with television reporters shortly before Hurricane Sandy hit Sea Bright. He’s expected to be succeeded by John Lamia, below, who outpolled him in last month’s GOP primary. (PhotoContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: MURPHY QUITS COUNCIL"
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July 3rd, 2014 @ 4pm
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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.