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SANTA CLAUS COMES TO TOWN, WITH THE HELP OF RBFD
Red Bank Fire Department’s Navesink Hook & Ladder annual Santa present drop took place on Saturday, beginning at roughly 4:30 pm. Deputy Mayor (and West Side Hose Firefighter) Kate TriggianoContinue reading "SANTA CLAUS COMES TO TOWN, WITH THE HELP OF RBFD"
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December 23rd, 2023 @ 9pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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HOLIDAY EXPRESS PULLS IN TO BASIE
Holiday Express brought a little Christmas to near sold-out audience at the Count Basie Center of the Arts last night. The show supports the nonprofit’s mission to deliver live musicContinue reading "HOLIDAY EXPRESS PULLS IN TO BASIE"
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December 20th, 2023 @ 11am
CHRISTMAS IS COMING, BUT THE LIGHTS ARE GOING
“Even Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tree Had Lights!” remarked one bystander. Update 12/20 @ 8pm: The tree has been relit. The source of the outage was a blown fuse, according toContinue reading "CHRISTMAS IS COMING, BUT THE LIGHTS ARE GOING"
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December 19th, 2023 @ 5pm
Happening Now: Red Bank Primary School Winter Festival with Santa, the Grinch, Elf, and More
 The Red Bank Primary School Winter Festival is here! Stop by and take a picture with your favorite characters, including Santa! #RBBisBIA Submitted By: Red Bank Public School Assistant SuperintendentContinue reading "Happening Now: Red Bank Primary School Winter Festival with Santa, the Grinch, El ...
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December 8th, 2023 @ 6pm
RED BANK: PARK FOR FREE & COUNT ELVES
Free holiday parking begins Monday and continues through Christmas Day in downtown Red Bank. Park in any public pay lot or metered spot at no charge while shopping, dining, orContinue reading "RED BANK: PARK FOR FREE & COUNT ELVES"
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December 8th, 2023 @ 7am
RFH CAROLERS BRING HOLIDAY SPIRIT
The Rumson-Fair Haven High School Tower Singers sing Jingle Bells and other favorites in front of the former Chase bank on Broad Street in Red Bank Saturday afternoon. Kathryne Singleton,Continue reading "RFH CAROLERS BRING HOLIDAY SPIRIT"
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December 2nd, 2023 @ 1pm
RED BANK: YES, IT’S STILL COMING
Four years after winning borough approval, Jack Manousos still plans to open a restaurant at 3-5 Broad Street. When? Not ready to disclose, he tells redbankgreen. RED BANK: ROOFTOP DININGContinue reading "RED BANK: YES, IT’S STILL COMING"
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November 30th, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: AMID THE BLUE
A rack of small vessels at the Navesink Riverside Residences and Marina added colors to the river’s deep blue, as seen from the Red Bank Public Library Wednesday.
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November 29th, 2023 @ 2pm
[GIF] COUNTDOWN TO TREE LIGHTING
The final countown and lighting of Broad Street toward the end of the Holiday Express Concert. GIF below and video right after.
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November 24th, 2023 @ 9pm
PANORAMA: HOLIDAY EXPRESS CONCERT
Tim McLoone and his Holiday Express band light up the crowd on Broad Street before the annual tree lighting.
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November 24th, 2023 @ 7pm
THANKSGIVING EVE: WHAT WAS GOING ON
Nothing marks the arrival of Thanksgiving weekend like reacquainting with someone from high school that you hoped to never see again in your life. What was your favorite spot? DropContinue reading "THANKSGIVING EVE: WHAT WAS GOING ON"
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November 23rd, 2023 @ 12am
RED BANK: TREE TIME!
This year’s Christmas tree arrived at Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank Saturday. It will be lit (along with the rest of the downtown) as part of the traditional HolidayContinue reading "RED BANK: TREE TIME!"
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November 20th, 2023 @ 2pm
“PUT IT IN THE WINDOW!”
The King of Rock and Roll was seen hanging in the window of Jack’s Music Shoppe. When asked if there was any reason behind it apart from decoration, manager TimContinue reading "“PUT IT IN THE WINDOW!”"
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November 15th, 2023 @ 1pm
HOLIDAY DECORATIONS GOING UP
Jim Bruno of Powerhouse Signworks takes a minute for a photo and a thumbs up while hanging the wreaths and lights in advance of the annual town lighting and HolidayContinue reading "HOLIDAY DECORATIONS GOING UP"
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November 11th, 2023 @ 11am
REDBANKGREEN’S PUBLISHER: ABOUT THE NEW LOOK
PUBLISHER'S MESSAGE: The new-look redbankgreen is kind of like an airport in rebuild mode. The goal is to still be operating in 2106.
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October 26th, 2023 @ 12pm
REDBANKGREEN’S NEW PARTNER: 83 YEARS TO GO
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RED BANK: Some news about redbankgreen itself.
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February 17th, 2023 @ 7am
AUTHOR TO MEN: SAUTÉ WITH SWAGGER
Debra Picard, author of Tastosterone: The Best Cookbook for Men, says there’s nothing sexier than watching a guy cook. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS Rumson’sContinue reading "AUTHOR TO MEN: SAUTÉ WITH SWAGGER"
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May 17th, 2013 @ 12pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
With the dog days of summer upon us, redbankgreen opts for an easy-breezy Where this week.
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August 19th, 2010 @ 11am
A CHILLING TALE? NO, BUT IT’S REFRESHING
Things get downright icy this week when Cool Inside, a redbankgreen summer series featuring chilled and frozen delectable edibles,  scales the three peaks of a simple yet satisfying treat fromContinue reading "A CHILLING TALE? NO, BUT IT’S REFRESHING"
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June 25th, 2010 @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Readers Tim Lake, Joseph Sapienza, Kevin Maude, the Colmorgen Kids, Jacqueline Francisco, Kevin Anderson and Trish DePonti all knew the location of last week’s shot.
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June 24th, 2010 @ 6am
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APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
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 ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.