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RED BANK: BUTTIGIEG, DEMS RALLY FOR SHERRILL
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NJ Gov hopeful Mike Sherrill enlisted the ex-transport secretary to hammer Jack Ciatarelli over Trump's Gateway tunnel threats. (click to read)
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October 30th, 2025 @ 1pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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SOGGY DAY, WET DEMS
A line outside the Vogel on Monmouth Street for a 10 am rally Thursday for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill. Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is expected toContinue reading "SOGGY DAY, WET DEMS"
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October 30th, 2025 @ 9am
VIDEO: IS THERE A GHOST HAUNTING RED BANK’S TOWER HILL?
VIDEO: Does the ghost of the irascible owner of the NY Giants baseball team who died in 1915 haunt Red Bank's water works atop Tower Hill? Watch the video and decide for yourself.
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October 29th, 2025 @ 5pm
RED BANK: BLOOD DRIVE IN SUPPORT OF BELOVED EDUCATOR
Red Bank public schools and the American Red Cross are holding a blood drive Sunday to honor and support longtime district educator Tiffany Harris, who is battling illness. (Click to read)
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October 28th, 2025 @ 3pm
REDBANKGREEN PODCAST: RED BANK’S DEVELOPMENT BOOM
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Podcast: discussing Red Bank's development boom with Planning Board Chairman Dan Mancuso. (Click to listen)
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October 28th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK COUNCIL CANDIDATES: KRISTINA BONATAKIS Q&A
See where Red Bank Borough Council member Kristina Bonatakis stands on the big issues facing the town as she seeks re-election. (Click to read)
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October 27th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK COUNCIL CANDIDATES: BEN FOREST Q&A
See where Red Bank Borough Council member Ben Forest stands on the big issues facing the town as he seeks re-election. (Click to read)
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October 27th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK COUNCIL CANDIDATES: LAURA JANNONE Q&A
See where Red Bank Borough Council member Laura Jannone stands on the big issues facing the town as she seeks re-election. (Click to read)
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October 27th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK COUNCIL CANDIDATES: BEN YURO Q&A
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See where Red Bank Borough Council candidate Ben Yuro stands on the big issues facing the town. (Click to read)
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October 27th, 2025 @ 8am
CANOPY CROSSROAD CELEBRATES ONE YEAR
Red Bank cannabis retailer Canopy Crossroad celebrates its first year in business. (Photos)
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October 27th, 2025 @ 7am
PRODUCE PETE AT FARMERS MARKET
New Jersey legend Produce Pete siging copies of his three books and selling merch at the Red Bank Farmers' Market Sunday.
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October 26th, 2025 @ 10am
VIDEO: WITCHES DANCE IN RED BANK
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VIDEO: Watch the Witch Dance, part of Red Bank's 3rd annual Witches Night Out. (click to read)
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October 24th, 2025 @ 1pm
ELKS HONOR COPS
Red Bank Police Officers Francesco Metta and Preston Mellaci were recognized at Thursday’s Borough Council meeting by Red Bank Elks Lodge 233 with the Enrique “Kiki” Camarena Award for theirContinue reading "ELKS HONOR COPS"
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October 24th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BORO INKS HOSPITAL WATERFRONT ACCESS EASEMENTS
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Borough of Red Bank moves to secure public waterfront access behind two Riverview Medical Center buildings. (click to read)
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October 24th, 2025 @ 12pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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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October 24th, 2025 @ 9am
RED BANK: JUVENILES ARRESTED FOR GRAFFITI
Red Bank Police arrest two juveniles for graffiti. (Click to read)
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October 22nd, 2025 @ 9am
RED BANK: NO KINGS PROTEST
Crowds flocked to Red Bank as part of the nationwide No Kings protests. redbankgreen has photos and video galore.
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October 18th, 2025 @ 9pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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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October 17th, 2025 @ 5am
RED BANK BOARD OF ED RACE: VISCOMI Q&A
A question and answer session with Red Bank Board of Education election incumbent candidate Suzanne Viscomi. (Click to read)
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October 16th, 2025 @ 10am
RED BANK BOARD OF ED RACE: SUNQUIST Q&A
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A question and answer session with Red Bank Board of Education election candidate Christy Sunquist. (click to read)
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October 16th, 2025 @ 9am
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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 ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
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 ...