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Monthly Archives: September 2024

RED BANK: AS NEIGHBORS OBJECT, HISTORIC DISTRICT IS TABLED
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Preservation commission taps the brakes on plan to create a new historic districts after homeowners object. (click to read).
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September 19th, 2024 @ 12pm
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RED BANK: MISCHIEF & ASSAULTS ON AUGUST POLICE BLOTTER
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RED BANK: Two aggravated assaults and an arrest for sexual assault on the August police blotter. (click to read)
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September 18th, 2024 @ 11am
RED BANK: NEW WEED SHOP AND AN ICONIC BUILDING FLIP IN CHURN
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a new weed shop opens and an iconic Broad Street Building vacant for 12 years is being flipped. (click to read)
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September 18th, 2024 @ 8am
CRABBER’S DELIGHT
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Ed Merlino shows off his morning’s catch at the Marine Park fishing pier Monday (photo by Brian Donohue)
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September 17th, 2024 @ 5pm
RED BANK: FILM SHOOT BRINGS “BEAST” TO WEST FRONT STREET
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Film and TV superstar Claire Danes' new Netflix series filming on the street in Red Bank (click to read).
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September 17th, 2024 @ 2pm
RED BANK: FLAGS FLY FOR MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY
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It's Mexican Independence Day and Red Bank residents of Mexican descent are flying the flag from cars, homes and more. redbankgreen has photos galore.
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September 16th, 2024 @ 3pm
DRESSED FOR CELEBRATING
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Sunday’s Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration in Riverside Gardens Park (photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)
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September 16th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MARINE PARK LOT PROCEEDS WHILE PARKLET PAUSES
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New parking lot at Marine Park completed, while Monmouth Street "parklet" hits a snag. (click to read)
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September 16th, 2024 @ 10am
SUNDAY CHAT WITH A VIEW
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A man enjoys the view of the Navesink River while chatting on the phone from the bench near the Red Bank Public Library Sunday morning. We did not get hisContinue reading "SUNDAY CHAT WITH A VIEW"
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September 16th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: WEST FRONT STREET TRAFFIC ALERT
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West Front Street will be closed intermittently Tuesday between Broad Street and Maple Avenue for a film production (click to read)
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September 15th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: PEDESTRIAN KILLED BY TRAIN
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RED BANK: A Highlands man died after he was struck by a train at the borough station Saturday afternoon.
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September 14th, 2024 @ 2pm
GARAGE SALE PARTY!
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When Henry Tindal has a garage sale, it’s not just a garage sale. It’s a garage sale party. Photo taken Saturday (photo by Brian Donohue)
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September 14th, 2024 @ 11am
A PROCLAMATION!
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By KENNY KATZGRAU The Borough of Red Bank recognized redbankgreen founder John T. Ward at its September 12th council meeting. Ward accepted the recognition from Mayor Billy Portman in theContinue reading "A PROCLAMATION!"
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September 13th, 2024 @ 10am
REDBANKGREEN FOUNDER GETS PROCLAIMED
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"It's made us a better town." Newly retired redbankgreen founder gets borough recognition for 18 years of tireless journalism. (click to read)
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September 13th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: BACKHOES ROLL IN PARKING LOT DO-OVER
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RED BANK: Work is underway on a borough parking lot to correct an oversight by the borough that blocked a business's access easement. (click to read)
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September 12th, 2024 @ 7pm
GROWIN’ UP WITH SPRINGSTEEN, OFF BROAD
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RED BANK: The untold story of the coffeehouse that had a lifelong impact on local teens while helping to launch the career of an 18-year-old singer named Bruce Springsteen.
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September 12th, 2024 @ 7am
AS RED BANK REMEMBERS 9/11 NEW STORIES STILL POUR FORTH
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As Red Bank honors the fallen of Sept. 11, 2001, Rotary Club president tells her family's 9/11 story for the first time. (click to read)
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September 11th, 2024 @ 2pm
RED BANK: IN MEMORY OF THOSE KILLED ON SEPT. 11, 2001
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RED BANK: Locals to gather at Riverside Gardens Park to remember those who lost their lives in the horrific September 11, 2001 attacks.
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September 10th, 2024 @ 11pm
IN THE CROW’S NEST
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A fish crow waits optimistically for crabbers at Marine Park to drop a bit of bait for lunch. (photo by Brian Donohue)
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September 10th, 2024 @ 6pm
RED BANK: ONE LAST WORKOUT AT JERSEY STRONG
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Jersey Strong gym's Red Bank location hauled away the treadmills this week. (click to read)
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September 10th, 2024 @ 6pm
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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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