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FAIR HAVEN: NEW TOWN HALL PLANNED
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FAIR HAVEN: Borough officials are eyeing a vacant River Road gas station for a new borough hall, the first move in a series of expected consolidations and land sales.
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October 8th, 2018 @ 10am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: Budget vote creates unexpected bedfellows as two Republicans oppose plan drafted by colleague, who wins praise from her election opponent.
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April 27th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: TAX BILLS TO RISE 2.9 PERCENT
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RED BANK: The annual budget has been introduced. Here's the impact on taxpayers.
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March 23rd, 2017 @ 3pm
RED BANK: PARK, VACANT SITES ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Busy council agenda includes concept plan for a new park on the former landfill on West Sunset Avenue and a new law on vacant properties.
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February 8th, 2017 @ 7am
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: TAXPAYER BUDGET Q&A SLATED
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For the 10th year in a row, Red Bank borough government department heads are scheduled to offer presentations on their 2016 budget proposals at a public information session scheduled for Wednesday,Continue reading "RED BANK: TAXPAYER BUDGET Q&A SLATED"
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May 6th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: STEEP PARKING FEE HIKE PROPOSED
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Fees for parking in downtown lots would double, while metered spots on the street would see a 50-percent increase. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: STEEP PARKING FEE HIKE PROPOSED"
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April 28th, 2016 @ 12am
RED BANK: PARKING IDEA SPUTTERS
A proposal to extend meter enforcement hours appeared to get no traction Wednesday night. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The Red Bank councilContinue reading "RED BANK: PARKING IDEA SPUTTERS"
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April 14th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: GOP DRAFT BUDGET HAS TAXES UP
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Councilwoman Linda Schwabenbauer, who heads the finance committee, says there’s been a “severe” drop in revenue from last year along with an increase in expenses. (Photo by John T. Ward.Continue reading "RED BANK: GOP DRAFT BUDGET HAS TAXES UP"
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April 11th, 2016 @ 7am
RED BANK: MEET THE NEW DEPARTMENT HEADS
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Cliff Keen, above, is the new director of public utilities, and Charlie Hoffmann, below, runs parks and rec. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD RecentContinue reading "RED BANK: MEET THE NEW DEPARTMENT HEADS"
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January 12th, 2016 @ 12pm
SEA BRIGHT, RUMSON: SEEKING TOYS FOR TOTS
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With an eye toward Christmas, volunteers in Sea Bright and Rumson are planning “toys for tots” drives in coming weeks. Picking up an effort previously spearheaded by the borough police,Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT, RUMSON: SEEKING TOYS FOR TOTS"
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November 19th, 2015 @ 10am
RED BANK COUNCIL HONORS THREE
Officials commended Doug Lang for helping an 88-year-old woman who’d fallen and hit her head. (Click to enlarge) Red Bank’s governing body honored three people at its bimonthly meeting WednesdayContinue reading "RED BANK COUNCIL HONORS THREE"
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August 9th, 2012 @ 11am
FAIR HAVEN TRASH IS GOING PRIVATE
The cans will stay, but the people picking up the trash in Fair Haven will be different next month. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI NewContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN TRASH IS GOING PRIVATE"
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March 3rd, 2011 @ 10am
GEARING UP FOR THE BIG DUMP
Red Bank is prepping 11 snow plows, plus loaders and back hoes, to handle this impending snow invasion this weekend. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It may notContinue reading "GEARING UP FOR THE BIG DUMP"
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February 5th, 2010 @ 6am
NEW TRUCK SUCKS BETTER THAN THE OLD ONE
This pale blue beauty has seen its last days on Little Silver streets. Public Works is getting a brand new one to tend to all the gutter and basin cleaningContinue reading "NEW TRUCK SUCKS BETTER THAN THE OLD ONE"
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December 9th, 2009 @ 11am
A QUIET LUNCH INTERRUPTED BY FAME
What’s the story here? There is none, really. redbankgreen‘s accidental photographer came across this crew of Tinton Falls public works employees having lunch recently at the Mid-Monmouth Industrial Park, andContinue reading "A QUIET LUNCH INTERRUPTED BY FAME"
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August 14th, 2009 @ 7am
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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.
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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 ...