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RED BANK GUNMAN FIRED INTO RUMSON HOME, COPS SAY
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Red Bank man fired a rifle through the window of a home in Rumson in Broad Daylight Monday, police say. (click to read)
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September 24th, 2025 @ 5pm
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MARINE PARK JUNGLE GYM MEETS SLEDGE HAMMER
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Workers Wednesday took down the playground at Marine Park as part of the recently begun phase two of the park's $4 million overhaul. A new playground will be built in the same spot, according to the plans.
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September 24th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK THROWBACK: BORO BUYS THEATER TO CREATE MARINE PARK
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100 years ago this week, the Borough of Red Bank made one of the best moves in its history: buying land to create Marine Park. (click to read)
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September 24th, 2025 @ 9am
RED BANK: EMINENT DOMAIN FOE BUYS MI LUPITA’S TRACT, FORGES AHEAD WITH CONDOS
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A developer who got approval for a 20-unit condo building near the Red Bank train station instead sold the land for $4.3 million. The new owner says she plans to go ahead with the project, even as she fights to save her own property in Perth Amboy from eminent domain. (click to read)
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September 22nd, 2025 @ 8pm
CONSTITUTION DAY RALLY ON COOPER’S BRIDGE
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Constitution Day rally on Cooper's Bridge draws crowd to Route 35 span in Red Bank. (click to read)
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September 20th, 2025 @ 8am
BACK TO TATER TOTS
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A sign outside Red Bank Regional High School delivers the news that the one-year experiment conducted last year in which students could order lunch from online delivery services will notContinue reading "BACK TO TATER TOTS"
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September 20th, 2025 @ 7am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Do you know where in Red Bank 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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September 19th, 2025 @ 7am
RED BANK: MEMORIES TAKE FLIGHT WITH AIRPORT MURAL
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Red Bank's newest mural is based on a photo from the Dorn family collection of historic photos. It left the son of the man who took the photo almost speechless. (click to read)
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September 18th, 2025 @ 2pm
RED BANK POLICE: SMOKE SHOP OWNER WAS SELLING WEED
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Owner, employee of Red Bank smoke shop charged with illegal marijuana sales. (click to read)
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September 17th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: THE CURIOUS CASE OF AN ALLEGED STEAMROLLER-DRIVING FIG THIEF
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Reports of a steamroller-driving fig thief caused a hullaballoo on one Red Bank street. (click to read)
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September 16th, 2025 @ 5pm
MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY
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Residents gathered near the Red Bank train station late Monday to usher in Mexican Independence Day, September 16. The gathering included the traditional “El Grito” call and response delivered byContinue reading "MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY"
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September 16th, 2025 @ 9am
RIVER SEARCH
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A police search drone scans the Swimming River while the Red Bank Fire Department dive team pulls up to the dock at Swimming River Park in Middletown Sunday night. TheContinue reading "RIVER SEARCH"
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September 15th, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK: FEST GIVES COMIC/GEEK CULTURE A MOMENT IN THE SUN
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With stormtroopers, pokemon and board games, festival celebrate Red Bank's pop culture cred. (click to read)
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September 15th, 2025 @ 7am
YARD SALE SCORE
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Sometimes, you just get lucky. redbankgreen scored a free rubber chicken at the townwide yard sale Saturday morning. More than 50 households participated, raising funds for the Red Bank PublicContinue reading "YARD SALE SCORE"
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September 14th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK MEGA WEEKEND: POP CULTURE FEST, RECORD RIOT, YARD SALE, HISPANIC HERITAGE
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A perfect forecast and a jam packed weekend calendar in Red Bank: yard sales, the bat mobile, record fair and a Hispanic heritage fest. Whew. (click to read)
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September 12th, 2025 @ 8am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Do you know where in Red Bank 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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September 12th, 2025 @ 7am
RED BANK REMEMBERS SEPT. 11, 2001 ATTACKS
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"We gather to remember all those who are still grieving." Scenes from Red Bank's annual Septmber 11 memorial ceremony. (click to read)
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September 11th, 2025 @ 5pm
RED BANK: FUND DRIVE FOR FAMILY IN BOUT WITH CANCER
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Red Bank family starts GoFundMe to keep them in their home while a husband and father battles brain cancer. (click to read)
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September 11th, 2025 @ 4pm
PEACE VIGIL
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An impromptu peace vigil organized by Deputy Mayor Kate Triggiano took place near Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank in reaction to the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk Wednesday.
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September 11th, 2025 @ 8am
FILLING UP? RED BANK GAS STATION’S “GIVING PUMP” FUELS SCHOOL CHARITY
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Red Bank gas station's "giving pump" will donate portion of sales to Red Bank Education Foundation this fall. (click to read)
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September 10th, 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 ...