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Monthly Archives: July 2026

“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
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Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught everyone by surprise. Johnson posted the video to the Facebook group RedContinue reading "“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD"
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July 18th @ 5pm
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RED BANK: DEVELOPERS WITHDRAW SHREWSBURY AVE APARTMENT PLAN, FOR NOW
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Developers withdrew a plan to build 14 new apartments on Shrewsbury Avenue before the Zoning Board on Thursday night, opting to revise their designs. (Click to read)
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July 17th @ 2pm
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
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redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit Coast Line commuter train Friday morning, as smoke from wildfires in Canada continues to blanket the region.
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July 17th @ 11am
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
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Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street as temperatures soared into the 90's this week.
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July 17th @ 11am
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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July 17th @ 8am
RED BANK: SCHOOL OF ROCK CLOSES WITH WALLS CRUMBLING DOWN
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RED BANK: School of Rock closes Red Bank location as building is deemed unsafe. (Click to read)
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July 15th @ 5pm
RED BANK CHURN: CATEZZA GOES DARK; NEW ITALIAN SPOT EYES FRONT STREET
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Red Bank Retail Churn: Catezza goes dark, while an Italian eatery eyes the old Front Street Trattoria location.
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July 15th @ 2pm
RED BANK: 14 APARTMENT PLAN GOES TO ZONING BOARD
News 240 Shrewsbury Avenue
Red Bank Zoning Board will decide whether to approve 14 garden apartments on Shrewsbury Avenue. (Click to read)
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July 14th @ 5pm
RED BANK: CAMPINESS AND COMMUNITY AT ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
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redbankgreen goes behind the curtain to find raucous camp and welcoming community at Red Bank's long-running production of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. (Click to read).
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July 14th @ 8am
RED BANK: FUND DRIVE FOR FIRE VICTIMS
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A family of five displaced when a fire tore through their Chestnut Street home last week is getting help from a GoFundMe campaign set up to help get them back on their feet. (click to read)
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July 13th @ 11am
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
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Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet Lou ‘N The River Rats.
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July 13th @ 10am
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
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Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue in Red Bank Saturday and Sunday.
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July 13th @ 8am
CARS, BARS AND VANS
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Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plymouth Barracuda. King said he once considered fullyContinue reading "CARS, BARS AND VANS"
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July 11th @ 8pm
RED BANK: B-52’s LAND ON BASIE WALK OF FAME
News Kate Person Fred Schneider B52s Count Basie Center for the Arts Walk of Fame 07102026
B-52s founders and fellow NJ native alt-rockers Dramarama are honored with plaques on the Basie Center walk of fame. (Click to read)
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July 10th @ 7pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
News Where have I seen this honey 07102026
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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July 10th @ 8am
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
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Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Highlands. The films are Driving and Warping andContinue reading "TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST"
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July 10th @ 7am
RED BANK: YOUTH MARCH AGAINST IMMIGRATION ARRESTS
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As ICE crackdowns continue in Red Bank, a group of protestors as young as six years old took to the streets. (Click to read)
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July 9th @ 7pm
RED BANK: PLANNERS PAN “DEPRESSING” TRAIN STATION PROJECT PLANS
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Red Bank planning board expresses fifty shades of dismay as builder presents "Darth Vader" grey facade for 175-unit building near train station. (Click to read)
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July 9th @ 6pm
RED BANK: FIRE RIPS THROUGH CHESTNUT STREET HOME
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Two families were displaced after firefighters battled an early morning blaze on Chestnut Street in Red BankThursday. (Click to read)
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July 9th @ 8am
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
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Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit train leaves the station Wednesday morning.
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July 8th @ 8pm
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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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