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COPS RAID RED BANK SMOKE SHOP
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State special agents, Red Bank police raid Monmouth Street smoke shop. (click to read)
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September 9th, 2025 @ 4pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK’S ANDERSON MARKET OPENS: TAKE A TOUR
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From Nashville-Pakistani hot chicken to seafood caught by clammers right up the road, a video and photo tour of the offerings at the new Anderson Market. (click to read)
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September 8th, 2025 @ 3pm
RED BANK: RECTOR PLACE, FRONT STREET ROAD CLOSURES ON TAP
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Overnight roadwork near Red Bank's northern gateway could cause some detours for motorists over the next two weeks, according to a notice sent out by the borough.(click to read)
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September 7th, 2025 @ 8pm
RED BANK: BUILDER PLANS TOWNHOMES FOR ATLANTIC CLUB TRACT
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Developer says he's under contract to buy Red Bank's Atlantic Club and 13 other properties with a plan to build new townhomes on the site.(click to read)
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September 7th, 2025 @ 1pm
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 5th, 2025 @ 6am
REDBANKGREEN FLIES THE FLAG IN ST. LOUIS
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The redbankgreen crew, along with more than 400 local publishers and journalists, is spending the week in St. Louis at the Independent News Sustainability Summit sponsored by the nonprofit organizationContinue reading "REDBANKGREEN FLIES THE FLAG IN ST. LOUIS"
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September 4th, 2025 @ 10am
RED BANK: COPS NAB GRAFFITI SUSPECTS
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Using video, Red Bank police nab alleged scrawlers they say are responsible for incidents of summertime graffiti. (click to read)
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September 2nd, 2025 @ 11am
MEET RED BANK’S TRAILBLAZING “NO MOW” GARDENERS
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A dozen Red Bank gardeners are lauded for their ambition - and lack of it - by a program aimed at creating swaths of native habitat, one yard at a time. (click to read)
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September 1st, 2025 @ 10pm
MURAL COMES IN FOR A LANDING
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Artist Michael White has been putting the finishing touches in recent days on a mural based on a photo of the long gone Red Bank Airport. The photo is fromContinue reading "MURAL COMES IN FOR A LANDING"
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September 1st, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK: BORO HOPES TO SPUR WALKWAY, CLEANUP ON RIVERFRONT SITES
News 14 townhomes and two cottages on the block bounded by Harding and Hudson Avenues and Clay Street.
Red Bank Borough Council advances plan aimed at spurring development - and a public river walk - on two prominent waterfront properties. (click to read)
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August 29th, 2025 @ 1pm
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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August 29th, 2025 @ 6am
RED BANK: BORO EYES REHAB TAG FOR TWO RIVERFRONT TRACTS
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Should two prominent riverfront properties in Red Bank be declared areas "in need of rehabilitation?' The council will vote Thursday. (click to read)
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August 27th, 2025 @ 5pm
VIDEO: REDBANKGREEN – FOR THE LOVE OF RED BANK
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Video: As redbankgreen enters its 20th year, a short video about the joy of it all. (click to read)
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August 26th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: FOUR WILL RUN UNOPPOSED FOR COUNCIL
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November snoozefest on tap: Two years after a hotly contested race for Mayor and all six council seats, four allies of Mayor Billy Portman will run unopposed in November. (click to read)
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August 25th, 2025 @ 9am
Where there’s smoke…
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There is not always necessarily a fire, apparently. Firefighters with the Red Bank volunteer fire department were on the scene of what was reported as a brush fire behind 150Continue reading "Where there’s smoke…"
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August 24th, 2025 @ 10pm
VIDEO: COUNT BASIE BIRTHDAY BOOGIE TAKES OVER DOWNTOWN
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VIDEO: Watch dancers lead a procession through downtown Red Bank to the sounds of William "Count" Basie's "Red Bank Boogie" to celebrate the jazz icon's birthday. (click to read)
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August 22nd, 2025 @ 1pm
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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August 22nd, 2025 @ 6am
RED BANK CRUSADER DUO GETS FILM FEST CLOSEUP
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A film about the lives and work of two Red Bank immigration advocates takes the spotlight at tenth annual Indie Street Festival Friday. (click to read)
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August 21st, 2025 @ 12pm
STORMY STROLL
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Red Bankers Bob and Patricia Heyer have Marine Park all to themselves for a stroll under gray Hurricane Erin skies Thursday morning.
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August 21st, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK: COUNT BASIE BIRTHDAY “BOOGIE” PROCESSION ON TAP
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Red Bank Boogie dancers broadwalk
On the birthday of late jazz icon William "Count" Basie Thursday, dancers will lead procession of through downtown streets to "Red Bank Boogie", Basie's 1944 tribute to his hometown. (click to read)
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August 20th, 2025 @ 11am
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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 ...