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“JOHN POO” FOR RED BANK COUNCIL? SOME VOTERS WROTE IN OTHER OPTIONS
News ELECTION day voting 2025 11042025
Various Red Bank residents, celebrities and cartoon characters garnered more than two percent of the vote in the recent council election. Take a look at the write-in tally. (click to read)
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November 24th, 2025 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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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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November 21st, 2025 @ 8am
WITH 28 STRAIGHT WINS, RED BANK’S 9U FOOTBALL TEAM SEEKS TITLE
News Red Bank AYV 9u 2025
A Red Bank 9U football team that has not lost in three years is one win away from a prestigious national tourney bid. (Click to read)
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November 20th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK: ICE, FBI RAMP UP ARRESTS
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Federal agents have arrested several people over three straight weekends in Red Bank. Details on who and how many people have been detained are scarce. (Click to read)
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November 20th, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK: ZONERS TO CONSIDER PLAN FOR 14 APARTMENTS
News 240 Shrewsbury Avenue
A Holmdel builder will ask the Red Bank Zoning board for variances to build 14 apartments on the site of a former funeral home. (click to read)
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November 19th, 2025 @ 7pm
REDBANKGREEN NAMED “LOCAL NEWS BRIGHT SPOT”
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redbankgreen is named one of twelve "Local News Bright Spots" in the U.S. by Northwestern University's journalism school. (click to read)
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November 18th, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK: BOOKSTORE AND SMOOTHIE SHOP COMING TO MONMOUTH STREET
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A new book store and smoothie shop could be coming to two dramatically refurbished storefronts on Monmouth Street. (click to read)
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November 17th, 2025 @ 3pm
RED BANK: ROAD CLOSURES CAUSE DELAYS
News Drs. James Parker Boulevard train tracks repairs 11172025
A pair of week-long road closures in Red Bank cause delays and kooky driver behavior. (Click to read)
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November 17th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: TRAIN TRACK FIX TO CLOSE PARKER BLVD.
News Drs. James parker boulevard railroad repairs 11142025
RED BANK TRAFFIC ALERT: Repairs on the train tracks will shut down a portion of Drs. James Parker Boulevard for a week. (Click to read)
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November 15th, 2025 @ 6am
STREET KITCHEN PUB OPENS ITS DOORS
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"Soft opening" for the new Street Kitchen Pub at 5 Broad Street this weekend.
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November 14th, 2025 @ 5pm
RED BANK: KUDOS FOR PILLARS, AND SOME GRIPES, AS COUNCIL PACKS ‘EM IN
News Red Bank Borough Council meeting 11142025
A joyful packed house at the Red Bank council meeting watches cop promotions and honors bestowed upon beloved school nurse and undefeated soccer team. Oh, and a Bodman Place resident has totally had it with the huge construction project over there. (Click to read)
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November 14th, 2025 @ 3pm
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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November 14th, 2025 @ 6am
RED BANK: RIVERFRONT COTTAGE CLEARED FOR BIG NEW HOME
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A small cottage on a Navesink River bluff is demolished to make way for a new five-bedroom home. (click to read)
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November 13th, 2025 @ 12pm
CLASSIC FILMS, BIG SCREEN
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A classic film series kicks off with "Sunset Boulevard" at the Basie Center Cinemas. (Click to read)
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November 12th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: WHEN ARE THEY PICKING UP MY LEAVES?
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Red Bank leaf pickup resumed this week with another round in December. Click for all the leafy deets.
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November 12th, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK VETS DAY KEYNOTE LAMENTS: “WE ARE STILL FALLING SHORT”
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A moving thank-you for veterans, musical tributes, and a pointed speech from a US Navy veteran at Red Bank's Veteran's Day ceremony. (Click to read)
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November 11th, 2025 @ 6pm
RED BANK: HOSPITAL FLOATS BOATS IN PARKING LOT
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Winterized boats in the Riverview Medical Center hospital parking lot? What's going on here? (click to read)
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November 10th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: MARINE PARK WORK CONTINUES
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Work on Red Bank's Marine Park goes full throttle as a familiar landscape is transformed.
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November 10th, 2025 @ 11am
SHORE GAMERS OPENS NEW SPOT
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It was a packed house on opening night for the new Shore Gamers location at 40 Broad Street. As previously reported by rebankgreen, the two-year-old board game shop/lounge moved from its shop at 15 Monmouth Street for specifically this reason: they needed more room for busy game nights. 
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November 10th, 2025 @ 10am
RED BANK: BORO DRAWS UP NEW HISTORIC PRESERVATION GUIDELINES
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Property owners in Red Bank's two historic districts, take note: there's new proposed guidelines for renovating your building. (click to read)
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November 10th, 2025 @ 6am
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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 ...