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FAIR HAVEN: VOTERS APPROVE SCHOOLS PLAN
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FAIR HAVEN: Voters give overwhelming approval for $15.6m school upgrades in Tuesday's special election.
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September 24th, 2019 @ 8pm
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FAIR HAVEN: VOTERS TO DECIDE $15.6M PLAN
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FAIR HAVEN: Voters to decide $15.6m school upgrades referendum Tuesday. But first, they've got to get to the right polling station.
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September 24th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: REFERENDUM Q&A SCHEDULED
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RED BANK: Schools superintendent Jared Rumage schedules first presentation on a $6.75 million referendum for Thursday evening.
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August 28th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: $6.75M REFERENDUM PLANNED
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RED BANK: Voters will be asked to decide whether school district should borrow $6.75 million for needed repairs, with no increase in taxes, officials say.
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August 14th, 2019 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: $15.6M SCHOOLS PLAN UNVEILED
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FAIR HAVEN: Residents get first look at $15.6m school upgrades under planned referendum. It includes full-day K classes and improved security.
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May 22nd, 2019 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: SCHOOL REFERENDUM ON TABLE
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FAIR HAVEN: Borough school district announces capital bonding referendum. For how much, and to be used how? Details next week, says superintendent.
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May 17th, 2019 @ 11am
LITTLE SILVER: SPORTS CUTS SPARK OUTRAGE
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LITTLE SILVER: Parents and students pack Red Bank Regional board meeting in effort to save hockey and golf from budget axe.
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March 21st, 2019 @ 12pm
LITTLE SIVER: RBR TEACHERS BLAST MOORE
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LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional teachers' union blasts Moore for "authoritarian" style and "general lack of integrity" after no-confidence vote.
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March 21st, 2019 @ 1am
RED BANK REGIONAL: REFERENDUM PASSES
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LITTLE SILVER, RED BANK & SHREWSBURY: Voters in three towns give overwhelming support to $17.3 in repairs and improvements at Red Bank Regional.
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December 11th, 2018 @ 10pm
RED BANK REGIONAL: $17.3M PLAN ON BALLOT
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LITTLE SILVER, RED BANK & SHREWSBURY: Voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide a $17.3M spending plan for a roof, classrooms and turf at Red Bank Regional.
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December 10th, 2018 @ 10am
RBR: REFERENDUM INFO PUSH LAUNCHED
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RED BANK REGIONAL: Taxpayers in Red Bank, Little Silver, and Shrewsbury face 'drastic' impact if referendum on $17.3M upgrade plan fails, school officials say.
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October 5th, 2018 @ 6am
RBR, LOCAL DISTRICT TO HOST FORUMS
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RED BANK: Both RBR and the local school district plan forums in coming days, one on a $17.9 million referendum, the other on a strategic plan.
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October 2nd, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: Petition drive for nonpartisan elections fails to meet deadline for November ballot, but isn't dead, Taylor and Whelan say.
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September 28th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK REGIONAL: $17.9M PLAN ON BALLOT
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RED BANK REGIONAL: Three towns will vote in December on a $17.9 million capital plan driven in large part by a need to save a cash cow: academy tuition.
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August 16th, 2018 @ 10am
SHREWSBURY VOTERS NIX SCHOOL UPGRADES
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SHREWSBURY: Borough voters rejected a series of school capital spending plans by wide margins in a special election held Tuesday.
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December 14th, 2016 @ 6am
SEA BRIGHT: TOWN HALL ON REFERENDUM
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SEA BRIGHT: Residents will gather for a town hall meeting tonight on next month's referendum on rebuilding public facilities.
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August 23rd, 2016 @ 5am
LITTLE SILVER: VOTERS SAY ‘BOTTOMS UP’
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Referendum proponent Matt Kelly had suggested booze be allowed in the vicinity of the train station.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Little SilverContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: VOTERS SAY ‘BOTTOMS UP’"
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November 3rd, 2015 @ 10pm
LITTLE SILVER: BOOZE Q ON THE BALLOT
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The town hasn’t allowed alcoholic drinks to be sold by the glass at least since Prohibition. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Is Little Silver readyContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: BOOZE Q ON THE BALLOT"
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November 2nd, 2015 @ 12pm
RED BANK: DuPONT LOSES BELMAR JOB
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Red Bank Councilman Mike DuPont was squeezed out of his post as Belmar’s borough attorney Tuesday, four days after a court ruling found shortcomings in his handling of a ballot question there, APP.comContinue reading "RED BANK: DuPONT LOSES BELMAR JOB"
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October 7th, 2015 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER MULLS FIRST LIQUOR LICENSE
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Residents packed Monday night’s borough council meeting, many in support of a referendum on the license question.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD LittleContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER MULLS FIRST LIQUOR LICENSE"
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November 17th, 2014 @ 11pm
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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.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.