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RED BANK GIFT GUIDE: SMOKING KID PAINTING AND OTHER ANTIQUES
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A new seasonal feature from redbankgreen featuring holiday gift ideas from local Red Bank shops and businesses. (click to read)
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December 15th, 2025 @ 4pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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DON’T FORGET THE ROOF
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On South Street Monday morning, Rob Henry of Scott Farley Electric performed the task you wish the drivers of all those trucks in front of you on the NJ TurnpikeContinue reading "DON’T FORGET THE ROOF"
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December 15th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK SLEDDERS DELIGHT
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Sledders take to the hill behind the Red Bank Public Library in this shot from on high Sunday afternoon. Roughly five to eight inches of snow fell on the Red Bank area over the weekend.
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December 15th, 2025 @ 7am
RED BANK IN WHITE: SCENES FROM A SNOWY SUNDAY MORN
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PHOTOS: Scenes from a predawn walk through Red Bank during the first snowfall of the season. (Click to read)
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December 14th, 2025 @ 8am
VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE PROCESSION FILLS STREETS
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Hundreds of faithful filled the streets of Red Bank Friday evening for the annual procession marking the Feast of the Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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December 13th, 2025 @ 9am
RED BANK: FIRST SNOWFALL FORECAST
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Red Bank area could see its first snowfall of the season Saturday night into Sunday. (Click to read)
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December 13th, 2025 @ 8am
CASSIDY BIDS ADIEU TO COUNCIL
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Red Bank Councilman David Cassidy bid farewell to his fellow members of the governing body Thursday night, his final meeting before his term ends at the end of December.
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December 12th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL WRAPS 2025 WITH FOOTBALLER AND FIREFIGHTER HONORS
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Red Bank's 9U football team's stunning run and Red Bank firefighters' valor take center stage at the final Borough Council meeting of 2025. (Click to read)
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December 12th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK: FREE PARKING IN EFFECT FOR HOLIDAYS
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Free Parking across Red Bank through December 26. (click to read)
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December 12th, 2025 @ 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 see the video reveal of last week's photo of the "charming urchins" in the window of Johnny's Pork Roll.
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December 12th, 2025 @ 7am
HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: RED BANK TRINKET DISH AND PAINTING
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A new seasonal feature from redbankgreen featuring holiday gift ideas from local Red Bank shops and businesses. (click to read)
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December 11th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: DANCE LESSONS
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A new seasonal feature from redbankgreen featuring holiday gift ideas from local Red Bank shops and businesses. (click to read)
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December 10th, 2025 @ 6pm
RED BANK: MOUSE OWNER SPARES NO EXPENSE FOR PET INJURED IN FIRE
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A mouse named Chris Brown is "all I have left" says fire victim trying to save her pet's life. (Click to read)
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December 9th, 2025 @ 2pm
VIDEO: RED BANK’S HOGWASH “MOST PEACEFUL” TITLE DEBUNKED
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VIDEO: A travel web site recently named Red Bank the most peaceful place in New Jersey. We're locals, and we have a few things to say about that. (Click to read.)
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December 9th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: MOLLY PITCHER INN HANDBAG
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redbankgreen does your holiday shopping for you with gift ideas from local Red Bank shops and businesses. (click to read)
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December 9th, 2025 @ 6am
RED BANK HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: RED BANK STICKERS AT BACK TO NATURE
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A new seasonal feature from redbankgreen featuring holiday gift ideas from local Red Bank shops and businesses. (click to read)
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December 8th, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK: CLEANUP AT “GATEWAY” GAS STATION
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With environmental cleanup underway (and new Christmas wreaths hung) Victor Rallo seems to be wasting no time in rehabbing the former gas station property he just purchased at Red Bank's northern gateway. (Click to read)
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December 8th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: JAZZ ARTS PROJECT UNVEILS SWINGIN’ NEW DIGS
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Red Bank's Jazz Arts Project christens new digs and unveils the coolest door in Red Bank. (click to read)
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December 8th, 2025 @ 7am
SANTA WOWS ‘EM AT RED BANK WEST SIDE TREE LIGHTING
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Wide-eyed kids got some facetime with the big man himself Friday night at the annual Red Bank West Side tree lighting ceremony. Santa arrived, as usual on a Red BankContinue reading "SANTA WOWS ‘EM AT RED BANK WEST SIDE TREE LIGHTING"
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December 6th, 2025 @ 8am
SEVEN RBR SENIORS GO D1: DECEMBER SPORTS UPDATE
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Seven Red Bank Regional senior class athletes commit to Division one schools. A monthly sports update from RBR. (Click to read)
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December 5th, 2025 @ 2pm
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner films praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
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 ...