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Monthly Archives: December 2024

PEDESTRIAN KILLED BY TRAIN NEAR RED BANK
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Pedestrian killed by NJ Transit train near Red Bank on New Year's Eve.
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December 31st, 2024 @ 9pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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STUNNING RED BANK SUNSET TO END 2024
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New Year’s Eve sunset shot from Shrewsbury Ave. (Photo by Partyline contributor Thomas Doremus)    
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December 31st, 2024 @ 9pm
🥂 A NEW YEAR MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE FROM REDBANKGREEN
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Dear Red Bank, Years ago, I was sitting, beer in hand, in my backyard on South Street. I had this sudden compulsion to get up and peek through an openingContinue reading "🥂 A NEW YEAR MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE FROM REDBANKGREEN"
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December 31st, 2024 @ 2pm
MENORAH LIGHTING
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Red Bank Mayor Billy Portman lighting the menorah Monday night at the annual Hanukkah ceremony at Riverside Gardens Park. (photo by Brian Donohue)
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December 31st, 2024 @ 7am
VIDEO: RIVER DREDGING STIRS UP SWEET SMELLS OF NAVESINK RIVER MUD
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Would the mud from the Navesink River make a good skin care product? Two separate dredging operations provide a chance to explore the potential of the stuff that's the source of a reporter's favorite smell.
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December 31st, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK MENORAH LIGHTING MONDAY
News Riverside Gardens Park Menorah, Hannukah menorah
Red Bank's annual menorah lighting scheduled for Monday night.
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December 30th, 2024 @ 10am
TRAINSPOTTING WEATHER
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As temperatures soared well into the 50’s again, railroad enthusiast and photographer Eric Kreszel photographs the southbound NJ Transit North Jersey Coast Line train Monday morning near the East BergenContinue reading "TRAINSPOTTING WEATHER"
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December 30th, 2024 @ 10am
WATCH SLAM DUNK VID AS BUCS REACH FINALS IN BUC CLASSIC HOOPS TOURNEY
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Video of slam dunk highlight in Red Bank Regional boys hoops win as team advances to finals of annual Buc Classic holiday tournament.
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December 29th, 2024 @ 2pm
HELLO OLD MOVIE HOUSE!
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Basie Center Cinemas on White Street is particularly busy, owing to its showing of A Complete Unknown, the Bob Dylan biopic released on Christmas. More info and showtimes here.
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December 28th, 2024 @ 1pm
RED BANK: SATURDAY RECYCLABLE PICKUPS SCHEDULED
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Special recycling pickups scheduled in Red Bank over the holidays. (click to read)
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December 27th, 2024 @ 1pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Do you know where this photo was taken? Play the weekly "Where Have I Seen This?" and get the answer to last week's photo.
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December 27th, 2024 @ 6am
MONTGOMERY TERRACE TREES REMOVED
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A row of tall oaks on Tilton Avenue are removed. (click to read)
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December 26th, 2024 @ 1pm
LEAF..ER, SALT BLOWER?
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Worker uses leaf blower to clear salt from sidewalks.
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December 26th, 2024 @ 10am
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM REDBANKGREEN
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A holiday message from the journalism equivalent of George Bailey's "Wonderful old building and loan."
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December 24th, 2024 @ 3pm
HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS — AND THE RED BANK FIRE DEPARTMENT
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Santa Claus came to town courtesy of Red Bank Fire Department Monday, beginning a trip around Red Bank at roughly 5 pm. Braving the freezing temperatures, young Red Bankers patientlyContinue reading "HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS — AND THE RED BANK FIRE DEPARTMENT"
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December 23rd, 2024 @ 9pm
BIKE DONATION BRINGS SMILES TO RED BANK KIDS
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Twenty seven Red Bank Primary School students got shiny new bicycles just before the holidays thanks to a high school student and a charity set up in the name of a fallen 9-11 hero. (click for story and photos)
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December 23rd, 2024 @ 3pm
BROAD AND FRONT AT CHRISTMAS
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Christmasy scene at Broad and Front Friday night. (photo by Brian Donohue)
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December 23rd, 2024 @ 2pm
SINKHOLES SNARL PRE-HOLIDAY TRAFFIC IN RED BANK
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Two sinkholes. One narrow stretch of Route 35 in Red Bank. And a giant traffic mess on the last shopping day before Christmas Eve. (click to read)
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December 23rd, 2024 @ 12pm
ICE SCULPTING DELIGHTS CHILLED RED BANKERS
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Ice sculptures warm hearts on a frigid day in Red Bank. Check out the photos.
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December 22nd, 2024 @ 8pm
POWER OUTAGE IN RED BANK
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Power outage hits streets in and around downtown Red Bank. (click to read)
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December 22nd, 2024 @ 12pm
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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 ...