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RED BANK: AS SUMMER CAMP NEARS END, RITA’S ICES TO CELEBRATE
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A celebration of the last week of Red Bank Recration summer camp with Rita's ices turns smiles technicolor. (click to read)
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August 5th, 2025 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: EMERGENCY REPAIRS ON RIVER STREET
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176 River Street emergency repairs water and sewer 08052025
Temporary water main shutdown on River Street in Red Bank for emergency repairs. (click to read)
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August 5th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
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Summer and community spirit in all their glory: Red Bank Police host National Night Out celebration Tuesday night at Count Basie Park. (click to read)
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August 4th, 2025 @ 10pm
RED BANK: FATAL DWI SUSPECT DRAWS TRUMP ADMIN IRE
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Photo courtesy of The Lakewood Scoop.
Citing his three earlier arrests, a Trump administration official holds up Red Bank man's fatal DWI crash as proof of Gov. Phil Murphy's failed immigration policy. (click to read)
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August 3rd, 2025 @ 10pm
RED BANK WEEKEND: WEST SIDE JAZZ, BROADWALK CORNHOLE ON TAP
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A cornhole tournament on Broadwalk and the start of the Westside Jazz Concert series this weekend. RBG has the deets. (click to read)
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August 1st, 2025 @ 11am
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 1st, 2025 @ 6am
RED BANK: EYE POPPING TRASH SCULPTURE AT ANDERSON BUILDING
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An exhibit of whimsical, jaw-dropping (and yet unsettling) creations made of trash at the Anderson Building in Red Bank. (click to read)
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July 31st, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK: “THRIVE” APARTMENT BUILDING BREAKS GROUND
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Groundbreaking ceremony for a groundbreaking project: work begins on a 32-unit apartment building on Shrewsbury Avenue in Red Bank for neurodivergent residents. (click to read)
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July 30th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK: VISCOMI ACCUSER TO SEEK BOARD OF ED SEAT
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Immigrant rights advocate enters race to unseat Red Bank Board of Education president accused of saying she should be deported. (click to read)
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July 29th, 2025 @ 4pm
495 CRASHES AND COUNTING…
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A crash on Drs. James Parker Boulevard, days after police chief reports drivers crashing more than twice day so far in 2025.
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July 29th, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK: LEAK, SINKHOLE CAUSE ROAD CLOSURE
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"Not a major rupture" but a headache nonetheless: small sinkhole cause road closure in Red Bank. (click to read)
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July 29th, 2025 @ 10am
WE NEED YOUR “RED BANK BOOGIE” VIDEOS!
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It's boogie time, Red Bank! redbankgreen seeks video clips of residents dancing for an epic celebration honoring jazz icon William "Count" Basie.
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July 28th, 2025 @ 6pm
THE BUTCHER, THE DENTIST, THE METER READER: RED BANK HONORS STALWART TRIO
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Red Bank honors a trio of fabric-of-the-community stalwarts: a beloved dentist, a popular butcher an omnipresent meter reader. (click to read)
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July 28th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK SKETCHBOOK CLUB SCRIBBLES AND SIPS
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Sketchbook Club Red Bank at their monthly meeting at Five Dimes Brewery Thursday night. The group gathers once a month to draw pictures based on a selected theme. (photo byContinue reading "RED BANK SKETCHBOOK CLUB SCRIBBLES AND SIPS"
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July 28th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK MAN KILLS TWO IN DWI CRASH, COPS SAY
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A drunk driver from Red Bank killed a woman and an eleven year old child in a Lakewood crash Saturday, police say. (photo by The Lakewood Scoop. Click to read more)
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July 28th, 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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July 25th, 2025 @ 6am
RED BANK: MAYOR OUSTS VISCOMI FROM LIBRARY BOARD FOR DEPORTATION COMMENT
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Red Bank Mayor removes election rival and Board of Education President Suzanne Viscomi from library board amid investigation into 18-month old deportation comment. (click to read)
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July 25th, 2025 @ 12am
RED BANK: FREE ROWING PROGRAM SATURDAY
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Navesink River Rowing youth program 07162024
Free rowing program for teens on the Navesink River Saturday. Click for the deets and link to register.
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July 23rd, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK THROWBACK: “SCROUNGING” DPW WORKERS BUILD NEW GARAGE ON THE CHEAP
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As Red Bank officials prepare to borrow $4.8 million for a new DPW facility, a look back at how it was done very differently exactly 50 years ago this week. (click to read)
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July 22nd, 2025 @ 2pm
RED BANK: INDIE STREET FILM FEST ANNOUNCES 2025 LINEUP
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Red Bank's Indie Street Film Festival marks its tenth year in August. Check out the newly unveiled list of more than 80 films in this year's lineup. (click to read)
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July 22nd, 2025 @ 7am
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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 ...