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Monthly Archives: July 2024

RED BANKERS POST WISH LIST FOR TRAIN STATION PLAN
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Red Bank residents present flurry of ideas for massive train station redevelopment plan as tax abatement issue rears its head. (click to read)
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July 31st, 2024 @ 11pm
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RED BANK CHURN: CONSIGNMENT SHOP LEAVES; STEAKHOUSE AND BUTCHER TEA
News 40 Broad Street 42 Broad Street Greene Street 07292024
RED BANK: In retail churn, Greene Street consignment leaves town and an iconic steakhouse closed for summer says it's just fixing the place up.
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July 31st, 2024 @ 8am
PARKLETTING BEGINS
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Construction began Monday morning on a “parklet” on Monmouth Street near the intersection with Broad. You can read more about what’s coming to this spot at redbankgreen‘s previous coverage here.
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July 30th, 2024 @ 10am
RED BANK: WORKSHOPPING ON THE RAILROAD
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RED BANK: The first public workshop on a plan to redevelop 13-acres around the train station, the largest blank slate the town has seen in decades. (click to read)
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July 30th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: SENIOR CENTER TURNS CONSULATE FOR A DAY
News Red Bank Senior Center Mobile Mexican consulate 07282024
Mexican citizens living in the US fill Red Bank senior center for "mobile consulate" program. (click to read)
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July 29th, 2024 @ 6am
CINNAMON SNAIL CHEF GOES GALACTIC
News Adam and Idil Sobel, Galactic Megastallion
RED BANK: A logo you can't read. Advertising that takes a detective to understand. An acclaimed vegan food truck chef blows up the model, but keeps it delicious. (click to read)
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July 26th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: CONDO BUILDING GETS GREEN LIGHT
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Red Bank Planning Board approves a 20-unit condo building across the street from the train station. (click to read)
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July 25th, 2024 @ 12pm
VIDEO: A SEARCH FOR THE BEST BENCH IN RED BANK
News Donohue search for red bank's best bench
There are benches good for praying, for napping and eating a miserable lunch. But what's the best bench in Red Bank to laze away a summer day? A video of our search for the best bench in town. (click to watch)
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July 25th, 2024 @ 6am
NOT SO SCARY
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Twenty times? Fifty times? How many times did we drive by this home on the corner of River Street and Shrewsbury and do a double take before our brains finallyContinue reading "NOT SO SCARY"
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July 24th, 2024 @ 6pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL HATCHES BIKE/PEDESTRIAN POLICY
News Pedestrian crossing Broad Street 07232024
With resident fears over pedestrian and cycling dangers riding high, council plans a new committee and new law to create safer streets. (click to read)
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July 24th, 2024 @ 6am
LOCAL 9 TAKE TROPHY
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After a long hot two days of baseball, the Red Bank area-based Jersey Shore Raiders emerged as champions of the United States Amateur Baseball League (USABL) 15U Central Summer SlamContinue reading "LOCAL 9 TAKE TROPHY"
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July 23rd, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: REDUCED APARTMENT PLAN TO GET AIRING
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RED BANK: Builder whose plan for a 32-unit building by the train station was shot down is back with a smaller 20 unit proposal.
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July 23rd, 2024 @ 6am
RHAPSODY ON ICE
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RED BANK: On a cool-ish summer evening, keyboardist NGXB entertained customers of Strollo's Italian Ice with renderings of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and other rock classics Sunday evening.
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July 22nd, 2024 @ 10am
RED BANK: AZALEA FINALLY SPROUTING
News The Azalea Red Bank, artists rendering.
Azalea Red Bank, which includes 14 townhomes starting at $1.4 million, begins construction at Harding and Hudson in Red Bank.
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July 22nd, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK WEEKEND PICKS
News Red Bank Farmers Market 072024
Summer heat slows us down, the calendar thins, but the music in Red Bank never stops. Redbankgreen's picks of things to do this weekend.
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July 19th, 2024 @ 6am
PUDDLE BE GONE
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A work crew was out this week attacking the site of the notoriously persistent puddle at the corner of Broad and Mechanic Streets. This photo was taken before Wednesday evening’sContinue reading "PUDDLE BE GONE"
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July 18th, 2024 @ 5pm
RED BANK: FIREFIGHTER RECALLS SCARE AS STORY OF COMMUNITY
News Council member and volunteer firefighter David Cassidy 07022024
Volunteer firefighter hospitalized fighting blaze uses borough council position thank others and praise community.
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July 18th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: CRIME & ARREST REPORTS
News Red Bank Police car 072024
RED BANK: Nine people arrested for DWI and a lot of graffiti on the June police blotter.
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July 17th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: BOATERS RETURN AS SEWAGE WORRIES EBB
News Navesink River Rowing youth program 07162024
Navesink River Rowing youth program 07162024
Boating and other activities return to the Navesink River after a sewer main break prompted warnings about water quality. (click to read)
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July 16th, 2024 @ 12pm
SMALLS FOR MAYOR?
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We at redbankgreen remain neutral in political affairs and never make endorsements. But we have to say Borough Clerk Laura Reinertsen’s bernedoodle Smalls does look pretty darn good in theContinue reading "SMALLS FOR MAYOR?"
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July 16th, 2024 @ 11am
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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 ...