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Monthly Archives: July 2024

SHOOTING VICTIM ID’d AS HUNT FOR KILLER CONTINUES
News 124 River Street homicide
No arrest and few details as authorities identify the man killed in last week's double shooting in Red Bank.
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July 15th, 2024 @ 5pm
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RED BANK: MIDDLE SCHOOL GROUNDS GET MAKEOVER
News Red Bank Middle School fields improvement project 07102024
RED BANK: Work begins on a running/walking track, pickleball courts, basketball courts and a gazebo behind the Red Bank Middle School. (click to read)
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July 15th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: COUNCIL MEETING STINKS
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RED BANK: This is what democracy looks (and, maybe, smells) like: a water rate hike, moments of silence, and a weird exchange about body odor.
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July 13th, 2024 @ 1pm
RED BANK: SEWAGE MAIN FIXED
News Sewer main fixed at NJ Transit lot 07122024
A 30-inch sewer main that had been sending raw sewage into the Navesink River has been repaired, but questions remain over water quality.
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July 12th, 2024 @ 3pm
RED BANK WEEKEND PICKS: CLASSIC CARS, JAZZ
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Annual classic car show takes over White Street lot and jazz galore among redbankgreen's weekend picks.
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July 12th, 2024 @ 11am
CRASH ON LEIGHTON
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The driver of this car was headed north on Leighton Avenue when they it hit an SUV pulling a work trailer headed in south in the opposing lane between Drs.Continue reading "CRASH ON LEIGHTON"
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July 12th, 2024 @ 9am
RED BANK: SEWAGE SPILL THREATENS RIVER
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RED BANK: Contractors for a train station redevelopment project hit a major sewer line, sending sewage into the storm drains, officials said. Click for more.
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July 11th, 2024 @ 9pm
CAR VS STREET SIGN
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The driver of this Mercedes hopped the curb and toppled the street sign at the corner of South Pearl and Drs. James Parker Boulevard Wednesday. The street sign remained onContinue reading "CAR VS STREET SIGN"
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July 10th, 2024 @ 10pm
RED BANK: POLICE PROBE HOMICIDE
News 124 River Street homicide
Police say an early morning shooting left a man dead on the sidewalk and another injured. (click to read)
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July 10th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: PIANO MAN MOVES ON, CAFE OPENS, TWINS OPEN HANDBAG SHOP
News Joy Martin, co-woner of June & Joy in the Galleria
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a new Italian cafe opens, twin sisters from Tanzania open a clothing/handbag shop and a longtime Piano biz moves out.
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July 10th, 2024 @ 6am
SKETCHES OF RED BANK BY LOCAL ARTIST MICHAEL WHITE
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Sketches of Red Bank scenes have been floating around on social media and we thought they deserved some spotlight. First appearing in our feed was a holiday sketch of Jack’sContinue reading "SKETCHES OF RED BANK BY LOCAL ARTIST MICHAEL WHITE"
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July 9th, 2024 @ 1pm
POLE DOWN
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Utility pole falls on English Plaza shop Forge after being struck by SUV shortly before noon. No injuries reported, though 86-year-old driver is said to be shaken up.
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July 9th, 2024 @ 12pm
YO, ADRIAN!
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It’s a tough turn for our hero as Rocky Balboa is relegated to the curb for trash pickup on Locust Avenue. We’ll have to go back for the next trashContinue reading "YO, ADRIAN!"
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July 9th, 2024 @ 10am
RED BANK: FED UP AIRBNB OWNER PACKS IT IN
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RED BANK: Neighbors complained of loud parties. Code enforcement wrote tickets. The Borough Council re-wrote the laws. Now, an Airbnb owner is selling his home out of frustration. (click for more)
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July 9th, 2024 @ 7am
“EL PALOMO” IS IN THE HOUSE
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Jesus Rios, a mariachi singer who performs under the stage name “El Palomo” (The dove) pauses for a moment before entering a backyard graduation party on Leighton Avenue where heContinue reading "“EL PALOMO” IS IN THE HOUSE"
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July 8th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: PERSISTENT PUDDLE
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RED BANK: It's pool of water that never really goes away. What's Going On Here? Fifteen months in the life of a downtown puddle, in photos.
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July 8th, 2024 @ 6am
CROC SPOTTED IN RIVER
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Frighteningly hideous and green, a solitary Croc lurked ominously amid the flotsam and foam in the Navesink River alongside the Red Bank Fire Department’s Marine unit docked at Marine Park.
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July 5th, 2024 @ 1pm
RED BANK: EX MAYOR MICHAEL ARNONE DIES
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RED BANK: Former mayor and longtime Republican Assemblyman Michael Arnone has died. (click to read)
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July 5th, 2024 @ 12pm
WEEKEND PICKS: WOMEN’S SOCCER, JAZZ VIOLIN AND MORE
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From Jazz to soccer, Redbankgreen's picks of things do for the (sort of) Fourth of July weekend.
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July 5th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK THROWBACK: 1983’s “WORST FIREWORKS EVER”
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Throwbacks feature looks back at 1983, when a fireworks barge exploded in the Navesink River mid display. (click to read)
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July 4th, 2024 @ 6am
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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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