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Monthly Archives: January 2024

RED BANK: BLACK RIVER ROLLS ON
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RED BANK: A 68-year-old rail freight engine can still be counted on to draw a trainspotting fan or two when it rolls through town.
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January 31st, 2024 @ 7am
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RED BANK: ‘MONDAY SWEAT’ MEETS
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RED BANK: Joined by the Hazlet Running Club, members of the Red Bank Run Club met for their "Monday Sweat" at Count Basie Field.
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January 30th, 2024 @ 1pm
RED BANK: VETERANS MONUMENT RESTORATION PITCHED
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RED BANK: Monument restoration expert pitches rehab of Veterans Monument he says is in "terrible shape."
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January 30th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: CARD SALE BOOSTS GYM DRIVE
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RED BANK: Charter School Foundation offers student-deisgned Valentines cards to help raise funds for a gymnasium.
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January 29th, 2024 @ 2pm
RED BANK: LOVE IS IN THE… WINDOW
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RED BANK: Up next: Valentine's Day, and Partyline finds the Red Bank Chocolate Shoppe getting ready for a surge of love and craving.
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January 29th, 2024 @ 10am
CLOSING THE BOOK ON A GREAT CAREER
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The Red Bank mayor and council honored with a resolution Linda Hewitt (in red) on her retirement from the Red Bank Public Library at Thursday’s council meeting. Hewitt, who isContinue reading "CLOSING THE BOOK ON A GREAT CAREER"
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January 26th, 2024 @ 1pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL STEERS CLEAR OF GAZA RESO
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RED BANK: Council declines to consider resident's cease-fire plea proposal.
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January 26th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RAIL COMMUTER’S VIEW
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A commuter's view of the Route 35 Cooper's Bridge over the Navesink River, as seen from North Jersey Coast Line train 3320 out of Red Bank Friday morning.
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January 26th, 2024 @ 7am
PEDESTRIAN DEATH SPARKS GRIDLOCK
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A pedestrian was killed by a train in Little Silver this evening, according to Red Bank Police and NJ Transit social media posts. The incident caused railroad crossing gates toContinue reading "PEDESTRIAN DEATH SPARKS GRIDLOCK"
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January 25th, 2024 @ 6pm
RED BANK: PROMISING PROMS
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RED BANK: Prom season approaches, and Lunch Break once again steps up with its 8th annual Prom Giveaway of donated dresses.
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January 25th, 2024 @ 1pm
WOODSTOCK ERA STAR, RBR ALUM “MELANIE” DIES
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Melanie Safka, Woodstock era singer songwriter and Red Bank Regional High School alumni hall of fame member known simply as "Melanie," has died.
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January 25th, 2024 @ 10am
RED BANK: THOUSANDS ENJOY 1905 ICE FEST
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RED BANK: Eight thousand turn out for races on the frozen Navesink? It happened here 119 years ago. Check out our new Throwbacks feature.
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January 25th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: DOWN BY THE RIVER
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RED BANK: Partyline contributor Karly Swaim captured a gloomy mood in Riverside Gardens Park Wednesday evening.
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January 24th, 2024 @ 8pm
RED BANK: JAWS DROP OVER CHEESY WINDOWS
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RED BANK: Replacement of classic glass storefont with small residential windows downtown appalls even the building's owner.
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January 24th, 2024 @ 2pm
RED BANK: LEAD PIPES, SIDEWALKS TOP AGENDA
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RED BANK: Council mulls borrowing for train station sidewalks and replacing lead water lines.
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January 23rd, 2024 @ 2pm
RED BANK: LUNCH BREAK “TRANSFORMATION” REVEALED
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RED BANK: First look inside the $12 million expansion of Lunch Break, built to help the social services nonprofit fill skyrocketing needs.
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January 23rd, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: WINTER EASES ITS GRIP
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RED BANK: Not quite shorts weather – or is it? – but temperatures start edging back to normal after a week of snow and bitter cold.
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January 22nd, 2024 @ 7am
[GIF] FRIDAY NIGHT SLEDDING DOWN TOWER HILL
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Tower Hill was in the right condition for sledding on Friday night, and with forecasted highs to stay below freezing temperature for the weekend, it’s likely to stay that way.
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January 19th, 2024 @ 8pm
RED BANK: EARLY SCENES FROM THE STORM
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RED BANK: redbankgreen takes a quick stroll, camera in hand, early on in Friday's snowfall.
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January 19th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: ELKS ADD USED-BOOK BIN
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RED BANK: Elks add Book Bin service to recycle used books, generate revenue for nonprofits and recycle books that have seen better days.
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January 19th, 2024 @ 11am
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FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
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