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Monthly Archives: December 2023

RED BANK: BIG MAN’S BITES THE DUST
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RED BANK: The building that once housed a rock club owned by saxophonist Clarence Clemons was razed this week.
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December 29th, 2023 @ 1pm
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RED BANK: GAMERS GET A SPOT AT THE TABLE
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RED BANK: Hoping to get kids off of zombifying computer screens, a man with a lifelong passion for board games opens a gaming lounge downtown.
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December 29th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: BAGEL OVEN CHURNS BACK TO LIFE
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RED BANK: Seven months after it closed, Bagel Oven has Churned back to life, thanks to a 31-year-old former ironworker.
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December 28th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: DAMP, GRAY DAYS TO CLOSE OUT YEAR
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RED BANK: There's not much sunshine expected between now and Sunday, New Year's Eve. Here's the extended forecast.
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December 27th, 2023 @ 6am
LAST MINUTE GIFT DELIVERY IN PROGRESS
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This savvy Santa, seen outside of WaWa on Christmas, knows that the fastest way to get around Red Bank is not by sleigh, but by bicycle.
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December 25th, 2023 @ 12pm
SANTA CLAUS COMES TO TOWN, WITH THE HELP OF RBFD
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Red Bank Fire Department’s Navesink Hook & Ladder annual Santa present drop took place on Saturday, beginning at roughly 4:30 pm. Deputy Mayor (and West Side Hose Firefighter) Kate TriggianoContinue reading "SANTA CLAUS COMES TO TOWN, WITH THE HELP OF RBFD"
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December 23rd, 2023 @ 9pm
RED BANK: DONOHUE JOINS REDBANKGREEN
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RED BANK: Video journalist Brian Donohue, known statewide for his Positively New Jersey features, has joined the staff of redbankgreen.
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December 22nd, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: BASIE BLEACHER PLAN ADVANCES
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RED BANK: Borough will move ahead with plan to request state money to replace grandstand at Count Basie Fields.
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December 21st, 2023 @ 8am
HOLIDAY EXPRESS PULLS IN TO BASIE
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Holiday Express brought a little Christmas to near sold-out audience at the Count Basie Center of the Arts last night. The show supports the nonprofit’s mission to deliver live musicContinue reading "HOLIDAY EXPRESS PULLS IN TO BASIE"
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December 20th, 2023 @ 11am
RED BANK: COUNCIL HONORS SOCCER CHAMPS
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RED BANK: Mayor Billy Portman and the Red Bank council honored the middle school boys' soccer squad for a championship season last week.
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December 20th, 2023 @ 8am
CHRISTMAS IS COMING, BUT THE LIGHTS ARE GOING
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“Even Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tree Had Lights!” remarked one bystander. Update 12/20 @ 8pm: The tree has been relit. The source of the outage was a blown fuse, according toContinue reading "CHRISTMAS IS COMING, BUT THE LIGHTS ARE GOING"
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December 19th, 2023 @ 5pm
RED BANK: POT SHOP OK’D, MINUS LEFT TURNS
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RED BANK: Cannabis shop wins OK for long-vacant Exxon site, minus dangerous highway turn. Up next: getting a license from the council.
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December 19th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: DONATIONS SOUGHT FOR FIRE VICTIMS
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RED BANK: This year's Navesink Hook & Ladder Santa Run seeks contributions to aid two families displaced by fire last week.
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December 18th, 2023 @ 11am
RED BANK: DOWNPOUR SOAKS REGION
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RED BANK: Heavy rain drenched the region early Monday, flooding roads and leaving hundreds in the borough without electricity.
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December 18th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: VOTE ON POT SHOP EXPECTED
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RED BANK: Planning board may vote Monday night on proposed a cannabis shop with controversial traffic plan at long-vacant Exxon site.
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December 18th, 2023 @ 6am
RED BANK: POWER OUTAGE REPORT
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RED BANK: JCP&L/First Energy reporting 39 borough customers (out of 6,642) without electricity as of 6 a.m. due to overnight rain and wind.
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December 18th, 2023 @ 6am
RED BANK: SAM MACPHERSON MAKES IT HOME
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RED BANK: Building a career on "stupidly ignorant confidence," singer Sam MacPherson plays his first hometown show at the Basie's Vogel space next week.
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December 15th, 2023 @ 3pm
RED BANK: GOOD CONDUCT
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Window display at Ruscil’s Pianos, Mechanic Street, Red Bank. (Click)
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December 15th, 2023 @ 1pm
RED BANK: CRIME & ARREST REPORTS
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RED BANK: Lots of graffiti, four DWI arrests, and a borough man arrested twice in a month. Police blotter for November.
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December 15th, 2023 @ 9am
RED BANK: PBA AGAIN BLASTS McCONNELL
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RED BANK: PBA files grievance against McConnell as he ends "interim" borough leadership and awaits word on retirement as chief.
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December 15th, 2023 @ 8am
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EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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 ...