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RED BANK: JUVENILES ARRESTED FOR VAPE SHOP ROBBERY
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Four teenagers charged in connection with a knifepoint robbery of a Red Bank vape shop. (click to read)
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November 7th, 2025 @ 5pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RALLO GETS HIS GAS STATION, PLANS NEW RED BANK “GATEWAY”
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Inspired by a gas station's 1962 Hollywood cameo, Birravino restaurant owner buys long-vacant Bridge Avenue Gas station and plans to restore existing building. (click to read)
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November 7th, 2025 @ 12pm
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 7th, 2025 @ 7am
RED BANK: FLORES-CASTILLO VOWS FAILED BID IS “JUST THE BEGINNING”
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Defeated Red Bank Board of Education candidate declares, "This is just the beginning." (click to read)
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November 6th, 2025 @ 2pm
RED BANK SEES BOOM IN KIDS BIKING TO SCHOOL
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Red Bank Middle School sees a boom in kids riding bikes to school. (Click to read)
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November 6th, 2025 @ 7am
WEIRDNESS FRESH OFF THE PRESS
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Few things spark joy like purchasing a fresh edition of the great Weird NJ Magazine at the great Jack’s Music Shoppe. Submitted by Brian Donohue
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November 5th, 2025 @ 3pm
RED BANK: SUNQUIST, SAVOIA, VISCOMI LEAD IN BOARD OF ED ELECTION
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Suzanne Viscomi fights off a challenge to her long-held seat as newcomer Christy Sunquist tops the vote tally. Results from Red Bank's first contested election for Board of Education in a decade. (Click to read)
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November 4th, 2025 @ 11pm
VIRGINIA’S NEW GOVERNOR? SHE WAS BORN IN RED BANK
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Virginia's first woman governor-elect was born in Red Bank, NJ. (click to read)
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November 4th, 2025 @ 8pm
“TEAM TIFF TIFF” RALLIES AT BLOOD DRIVE
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Big turnout for "Team Tiff Tiff" blood drive for Tiffaney Harris.
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November 3rd, 2025 @ 9am
ELECTION DAY: CANDIDATE Q&A’S, WHERE TO VOTE AND MORE
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Election Day voter info from redbankgreen, including Q&A's with Board of Ed and Borough Council candidates. (click to read)
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November 3rd, 2025 @ 8am
NEW PAVEMENT, BROKEN WATER MAIN
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A stretch of River Road was closed to westbound traffic Friday afternoon after a water main broke, according to an alert sent out by the Borough of Red Bank. TheContinue reading "NEW PAVEMENT, BROKEN WATER MAIN"
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October 31st, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK: ADULT, CHILD FOUND DEAD IN HOME
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An adult female and a juvenile are found dead in a home in Red Bank. The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office Major Crime Bureau is investigating. (click to read)
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October 31st, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK: POLICE INVESTIGATE DEATHS
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Police investigating after neighbors say two family members found dead in apartment. (click to read)
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October 31st, 2025 @ 8am
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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October 31st, 2025 @ 6am
FLOODS CLOSE ROADS
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((Photo by Cathy Tobin.) The Mischief Night Nor’easter had authorities closing several streets in town due to flash flooding. Allen Street (pictured above) was closed as was a section ofContinue reading "FLOODS CLOSE ROADS"
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October 30th, 2025 @ 6pm
MOTHER NATURE IGNORES SIGN
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Two nearly immovable forces were on dramatic display during Thursday’s nor’easter at the corner of Harding Road and Broad Street in Red Bank. First, the incredible dedication of our localContinue reading "MOTHER NATURE IGNORES SIGN"
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October 30th, 2025 @ 4pm
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
SOGGY DAY, WET DEMS
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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?
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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
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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
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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 ...