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RED BANK: CONDO BUILDING GETS GREEN LIGHT
Red Bank Planning Board approves a 20-unit condo building across the street from the train station. (click to read)
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RED BANK: WARM SUMMER GLOW GETS A NEW HUE
RED BANK: A summer icon will look a bit different this year following approval of a new neon sign at Strollo’s Lighthouse Italian Ice.
RED BANK: AFTER EARFUL, BAR OWNER GETS OK
RED BANK: Along with board OK for site changes, Red Rock owner gets an earful over "astonishing" noise and porta-potties.
RED BANK: APARTMENT PLAN ‘TOO BIG’
RED BANK: First-round feedback on proposed apartment project at train station includes "too big," "too dense," and "pretty ugly."
RED BANK: THRIVE PLAN GETS BOARD OK
RED BANK: Zoning board OKs 32 apartments for neuro-diverse adults, which advocates said will serve as a model for desperately needed housing.
RED BANK: NEW HOUSE LOT APPROVED
RED BANK: Planning board approves subdivision plan for new house on Locust Avenue.
RED BANK: MORE STATION UNITS PROPOSED
RED BANK: Plan to build 32 new apartments opposite train station scheduled to go before zoning board next week.
RED BANK: GARDEN CONDOS TO BLOOM AT LAST?
RED BANK: Two decades in the works, downtown development formerly known as Azalea Gardens could begin construction this summer, owners say.
RED BANK: SENIOR CENTER LOBBY DEDICATED
RED BANK: Lobby of long-closed Senior Center named in memory of the late Thomas E. Hintelmann, the town's longest-serving council member.
RED BANK: ZIPPRICH WON’T SEEK NEW TERM
RED BANK: His years as Democratic chair marked by strife, Zipprich says he won't seek re-election under a new form of government he opposed.
RED BANK: HORGAN LOOKS BACK, AND AHEAD
RED BANK: After 15 years on the council, Kathy Horgan reflects on the turmoil of recent years, and talks about her next chapter.
RED BANK: MENNA ERA ENDS
RED BANK: Menna concludes record-setting combined terms as councilman and mayor. His successor will have to wait four more days to take up reins.
RED BANK: SUNSETS ON AGENDA
RED BANK: Final council session of 16-year Menna era includes possible action on Sunset Park and short-term rentals.
RED BANK: INDOOR CANNABIS FARM APPROVED
RED BANK: Planning board overcomes misgivings about all-cash operation, electrified security fence, and approves cannabis growing facility.
RED BANK: Former councilman Tom Hintelmann, a lifelong borough resident who taught at RBC for 40 years, died Friday at age 85.
RED BANK: SOME VOTERS HAD OTHER IDEAS
RED BANK: Portman may have been the only one on the ballot, but 94 voters had other ideas about who should be mayor, according to write-ins.
RED BANK: APARTMENTS WIN BOARD OK
RED BANK: Plan for 45 apartments on site of former Big Man's West approved. Builder plans to call it The Sax, in honor of Clarence Clemons.
RED BANK: DOWNTOWN APARTMENTS OK’D
RED BANK: After developer lops off a floor, plan for 40-unit apartment building downtown gets unanimous zoning board approval.
RED BANK: STILL NO VOTE ON SALERNO PLAN
RED BANK: Still no vote on proposal for 46 units on Monmouth Street as McKenna assails planner for lone objector, Station Place Apartments.
RED BANK: FIVE-STORY PLAN CHALLENGED
RED BANK: Questions about the need for a fifth floor surround plan for 50 new downtown apartments as zoning board commences review.
Partyline
FEELING LOW?
This very, very, very low-riding Lincoln Continental (due in part to multiple flat tires) sits in contrast to the elevated super jacked Chev ...
CURB YOUR ROADRUNNER
The newly completed mural on the side of taco-lovers mecca International Mexican Grocery at 82 Shrewsbury Avenue features a woman with a roa ...
CURB YOUR SNOWMAN
These two forlorn characters, left on the curb of the parking lot on Wallace Street just east of Broad Street, are in for some serious miser ...
SANTA AND SMILES LIGHT THINGS UP
Holiday Light Fun with the Holiday Express and Santa. Downtown Red Bank (photo by Partyline contributor Adam Kaplan)  
SWIMMING RIVER SUNSET
Recent sunset from Swimming River Park on W. Front St. with the shoreline of Red Bank in the background.  (photo by Partyline contributor T ...
RED BANK, RED CHAIR, ORANGE SKY
A Red living room chair sits on the shore of the Swimming River as the sun sets Sunday. (photo by Brian Donohue)
BROAD STREET GETS LITTY
Turn up the sound to hear the crowd’s countdown to the annual tree lighting. 🎄🌟✨ Santa, The Grinch, a dog dressed as the Grinc ...
SOGGY PICKLE
Several days after a rain, the new pickleball/tennis courts at East Side Park are still partially under water.  Partyline contributor Craig ...
BLACK FRIDAY HITS JACK’S
It’s not even 8am and there’s a line outside of Jack’s Music Shoppe down to Starbucks. Music fans are parked there for  ...
👀 THANKSGIVING EVE FESTIVITIES IN FULL SWING
It wasn’t even 10PM and there was a packed house at Red Rock on Wharf Ave. Blocks away on Monmouth Street, an equally impressive line ...
EARLY THANKSGIVING AT ELSIE’S
Elsie’s Thanksgiving Sub is almost as iconic as Elsie’s itself. On special for $10.99. It even has the cranberry sauce.
MONDAY MORNING QB
The license plate frame on this car parked in a lot in town reflects the sentiment perhaps many who plan fantasy football feel on a November ...
BRING THAT SHEET RIGHT IN HERE
A construction worker waits while a crane sends a stack of sheet rock up to the third story of the new apartment building being built at 120 ...
ELUSIVE SHADOW “MURAL” APPEARS
This pic is a little tricky because it only appears during a sunny day. It is next to 117 Monmouth St in an empty lot awaiting construction. ...
RED BANK FARMERS MARKET: ONE LAST WEEK
Fabulous weather to visit the RB Farmer’s Market Sunday. The market closes for the season after next weekend. (Photo by Partyline cont ...
RED BANK SUNRISE
View of the sun rising over Red Bank Friday morning taken from the docks at Swimming River Park. (photo by Partyline contributor Karly Swaim ...
HAWKISH OUTLOOK
A normally skittish species, this red-tailed hawk allowed humans to walk directly under the light pole on which it was perched in the aftern ...
ARMLESS MAILBOX GUARDIAN
This character was seen guarding the mail atop a mailbox on River St.
YOU LOSE YA SHOES?
A pair of size 12 blue Italian-made Bugatchi shoes were left next to the trash can at Peters Place and Broad Street. Slightly worn, but stil ...
HOLIDAY EXPRESS KICKS OFF SEASON
Holiday Express rolled into Red Bank on Saturday to celebrate the start of the holiday season at Lunch Break, the nonprofit that provides me ...