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Monthly Archives: May 2025

RED BANK: HOLIDAY, “HOMETOWN HERO” EASES INTO RETIREMENT
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Bobby Holiday knows Red Bank like no one else. In fact, he's probably been in your home. The longtime firefighter and recently retired water and sewer boss will be honored as a "Hometown Hero" this Saturday. (click to read)  
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May 19th, 2025 @ 8am
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RED BANK: NJ TRANSIT STRIKE BRINGS LIFE TO SILENT CRAWL NEAR STATION
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No train whistles, empty parking lots, shops lacking customers: NJ Transit engineer strike shuts down rail service and turns life around the Red Bank station eerily quiet. (click to read)
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May 16th, 2025 @ 2pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
News Adam Philipson , Robin Blair , gildarogers5 , Brian Donohue , Samantha Giustiniani , Jennifer Lee , "Ivy Charmatz (Mercury)" , "mairin@redbankrivercenter.org" , "tom@redbankrivercenter.org" , Izzy Sackowitz , Kevin Tor , Nick and Shayne Mishoe cc: Jessica O'Brien , "Jade Stepeney (Mercury)" , Lysa Israel , Gabriella LaFata
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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May 16th, 2025 @ 5am
JAY AND SILENT EAGLE
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A very loud blue jay squawks at an indiferent bald eagle in a treetop alongside the Swimming River in Red Bank this week. (Partyline photo by Brian Donohue)  
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May 15th, 2025 @ 2pm
PIZZA LOVING SQUIRREL SPOTTED IN RED BANK
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Pizza squirrel spotted in Red Bank. (click to read)
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May 15th, 2025 @ 10am
POLL: WHAT IS YOUR OPINION OF BROADWALK?
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Take our redbankgreen reader poll on Broadwalk, Red Bank's annual downtown pedestrian plaza. (click for more)
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May 15th, 2025 @ 6am
RED BANK: MECHANIC STREET CLOSURE SPARKS BROADWALK KERFUFFLE
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The Borough extended the seasonal traffic closure of Broad Street to include a stretch of Mechanic Street. It lasted one day. (click to read)
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May 14th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: PEDESTRIAN STRUCK ON SIDEWALK DIES
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A woman struck by an SUV while walking on a Red Bank sidewalk in March has died. (click to read)
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May 13th, 2025 @ 7am
RBR SPORTS: CUMMINGS TAKES LONG JUMP TITLE, LAX BEATS CBA FOR 1ST TIME
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Red Bank Regional sports roundup: Red Bank's Trey Cummings rakes in track honors, boys lacrosse beats CBA for the first time and more. (click to read)
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May 12th, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK: “BROADWALK,” BROAD STREET TRAFFIC CLOSURE BEGINS
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Red Bank's annual closure of the northermost section of Broad Street to vehicles begins Monday. (click to read)
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May 12th, 2025 @ 8am
GET YOUR MA SOMETHIN’ NICE AT THE RED BANK FARMERS MARKET
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It’s a beautiful and sunny Mother’s Day for the first instance of the farmer’s market, held every Sunday, beginning in May. Fresh produce, bread, honey, cheese, meat, cookies, spirits, andContinue reading "GET YOUR MA SOMETHIN’ NICE AT THE RED BANK FARMERS MARKET"
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May 11th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK WEEKEND: FARMERS MARKET, RECORD RIOT AND WHERE TO PARK FOR IT ALL
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Red Bank weekend: A record fair, the return of the Red Bank Farmers Market and a list of places to park for it all. (click to read)
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May 9th, 2025 @ 10am
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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May 9th, 2025 @ 6am
SIGN? WHAT SIGN?
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Folks in Red Bank Wednesday exercising their riparian rights to access tidal waters first encoded into Roman law in 500 AD and later adopted by the 13 original American colonies,Continue reading "SIGN? WHAT SIGN?"
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May 8th, 2025 @ 12pm
FANTASTIC MR. FOX
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Partyline contributor captures photo of backyard fox.
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May 8th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: PORK ROLL, TACO EATERIES TOP ‘BEST OF’ LISTS
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Red Bank eateries Johnny's Pork Roll and Mexican International Food land on web site's top restaurant lists. (click to read)
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May 7th, 2025 @ 5pm
STRIPER RUN AT MARINE PARK
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An angler pulls in a striped bass from the Marine Park bulkhead Tuesday evening. (photo by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
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May 7th, 2025 @ 1pm
TWO RED BANKS, SAME “WHOOPS TOO TALL” PROBLEM
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Same town name, similar foolishness: A few days after a truck carrying a van struck a train overpass here in Red Bank, New Jersey, a train carrying cars struck a highway overpass in Red Bank, Tennessee.
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May 7th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: MONMOUTH BOAT CLUB ON “MOST ENDANGERED” LIST
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Red Bank's 145- year-old Monmouth Boat Club has been put on Preservations NJ's annual "Ten Most Endangered" historic places. (click to read)
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May 6th, 2025 @ 10am
AFTER CLEANUP GAINS, NAVESINK RIVER POLLUTION PERSISTS
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Efforts to reduce human and animal waste pollution in the Navesink River pollution were making headway. The pandemic was a major setback. (click to read).
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May 6th, 2025 @ 8am
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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 ...