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RED BANK: ‘CLINICIAN’ ON COUNCIL AGENDA
RED BANK: On Thursday's council agenda: hiring a "clinician" for police department; an update on parks; honoring two 50-year RBFD volunteers.
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August 9th, 2023 @ 12pm
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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: ‘BOAT RAMP’ TO FUND CENTER FIX
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RED BANK: Funding for Senior Center repairs includes 30-year-old account set aside for a contemplated boat ramp that was never built.
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February 22nd, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: ADMINISTRATOR IN SPOTLIGHTS
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RED BANK: Council expected to vote on changes to reduce administrator's power, even as Charter Study Commission work may lead to reversal.
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February 4th, 2022 @ 9am
RED BANK: Borough settles lawsuit alleging racial and gender bias against former parks & rec head Memone Crystian for $175,000.
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February 13th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: The authors of a report calling for the creation of a downtown redevelopment agency appear on the verge of winning a contract to make it happen.
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August 30th, 2018 @ 2pm
RED BANK: REPORT RIPS TOWN OPERATIONS
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RED BANK: Report from council-commissioned management review is sharply critical of borough operations across the board, starting with the form of government.
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June 12th, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: MASKS ADD FLAIR TO MAYOR’S BALL
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RED BANK: Attendees to the fourth annual Mayor's Ball add flair and an amusing air of mystique with sparkly, lacy and feathery masks. See who you know in redbankgreen's photos.
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May 21st, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: ADMINISTRATOR ‘Z,’ ON NEW JOB
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RED BANK: New administrator 'Z' Shehady tells redbankgreen he wants to see "government done right" and make the town stand out nationally on that basis.
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April 18th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: NEW ADMINISTRATOR NAMED
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RED BANK: Council picks new administrator. He's 33, an Army veteran and ex-mayor from Union County. And his salary will be triple his predecessor's.
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April 12th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: EX-REC HEAD ALLEGES RACISM
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RED BANK: Former parks & rec head Memone Crystian files suit against borough alleging racial discrimination by former administrator and councilman.
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March 7th, 2018 @ 11am
RED BANK: THREE HONORED FOR LONGEVITY
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RED BANK: The theme was longevity as the borough council and state legislators honored a centenarian and two others Wednesday night.
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March 1st, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: DEMS TAP ACTING ADMINISTRATOR
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RED BANK: Flexing their muscle as the majority party once again, Democrats pick consultant as interim borough administrator.
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January 2nd, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: NEW EMT SERVICE TAKES OVER
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RED BANK: After a proposed tenfold increase in the fee it paid MONOC, borough contracts with new 911 ambulance service starting January 1.
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December 29th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: COUNCIL WRAPS ON BITTER NOTE
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RED BANK: As Sickels ends 38-year career, Taylor tees up Dems for partisanship over his successor as borough administrator.
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December 28th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: APARTMENT PROJECT BEGINS
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RED BANK: Construction gets underway after a decade of inactivity on a vacant lot opposite Riverside Gardens Park. What's Going on Here? Click to find out.
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December 27th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: SICKELS LAUDED FOR ‘COMMITMENT’
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RED BANK: Closing out a 38-year municipal career, Stanley Sickels wins praise for his commitment, professionalism and institutional knowledge.
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December 14th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SICKELS SENDOFF, H2O ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Council to laud retiring administrator Sickels, address large-user water fees and more at its regular meeting Wednesday night.
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December 12th, 2017 @ 10am
RED BANK: Q&A ON ADMINISTRATOR SEARCH
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RED BANK: The hunt is on to replace Stanley Sickels, the borough's most powerful unelected official. Here's a Q&A with the head of the search committee.
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August 16th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: SECOND-METER ISSUE RETURNS
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RED BANK: The issue of separate water meters for lawn water and car washing sputters back to life after 18 months of silence.
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July 31st, 2017 @ 9am
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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.