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HUBBARD OR KYRILLOS? SIGN BATTLE ON RED BANK-MIDDLETOWN BRIDGE
Two signs reading "Hubbard's Bridge" appear - and then disappear - on a bridge renamed in 2018 for a former state senator. (Click to read)
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May 31st @ 8pm
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?
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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May 29th @ 7am
RED BANK: SERVICES SLATED FOR TEEN KILLED IN TRAIN ACCIDENT
Services will be held Friday and Saturday for Terry Haupt Jr., the Red Bank teen killed by a NJ Transit train on May 13. (Click to read)
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May 28th @ 4pm
VIDEO: RED BANK FIRE CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Red Bank Fire Department sends off departed former Chief Robert Talerico with fire truck funeral procession. (Click to read)
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May 28th @ 2pm
RED BANK: WHY SO MANY PLANES?
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Why are the skies over Red Bank so busy sometimes and so quiet other times? A local aviation nerdsplainer from redbankgreen.
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May 27th @ 12pm
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street Tuesday morning.
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May 26th @ 1pm
BASIE CENTER ADDS MURAL, BASIE BAND BLOCK PARTY TO 100TH ANNIVERSARY
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A block party and two concerts with the Legendary Count Basie Orchestra along with a new mural project are added to Count Basie theater centennial celebration. (Click to read)
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May 26th @ 8am
“WE BUILT THAT.” RED BANK FIREFIGHTERS MARK MONUMENT’S 100 YEARS
As the 100-year-anniversary of Red Bank's War Memorial monument neared, firefighters made an illuminating discovery. (click to read)
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May 22nd @ 5pm
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS NET HONORS FOR FINANCE SAAVY
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Four Red Bank Charter School students managed a mock $100,000 investment portfolio that out-performed thousands of other entries in a national competition. (Click to read)
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May 22nd @ 10am
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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May 22nd @ 7am
RED BANK: ATLANTIC CLUB SAYS IT WILL MOVE TO FOODTOWN LOCATION
Hours after Super Foodtown announces closure, Atlantic Club announces a plan to move the health club to the supermarket location. (Click to read)
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May 20th @ 6pm
RED BANK FOODTOWN SHUTTING DOWN
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Workers clear the shelves as a source tells redbankgreen that Circus Super Foodtown's closure is imminent. (click to read)
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May 20th @ 11am
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.
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May 19th @ 6pm
RED BANK: STILL VACANT, DOWNTOWN LANDMARK IS SOLD – AGAIN.
Meximodo owner buys two buildings in downtown Red Bank with plans to open restaurants in both. (Click to read)
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May 19th @ 5pm
KUDOS FOR RED BANK SENIOR CENTER STAFF
Director Jacqueline Reynolds and Jameka Murray from the Red Bank Senior Center pose for a photo with Mayor Billy Portman after the mayor read a proclamation acknowledging May as OlderContinue reading "KUDOS FOR RED BANK SENIOR CENTER STAFF"
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May 18th @ 5pm
PRAISE FOR BRAIN CANCER “WARRIOR”
Red Bank nurse honored as "warrior" for raising thousands for brain cancer research.
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May 18th @ 5pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL OK’S 8 PERCENT TAX HIKE; BONDS FOR ROADS, PARKS, WATER
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Red Bank Borough Council passes budget with 8 percent tax hike, ok's borrowing for streets, parks and water projects. (Click to read)
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May 18th @ 4pm
RED BANK: CROWD PACKS PARK TO HONOR TEEN KILLED BY TRAIN
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Hundreds gathered to celebrate the life of a teen killed by a train in Red Bank last week. (Click to read)
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May 18th @ 8am
RED BANK U15 GIRLS SOCCER SEEKS CHAMPIONSHIP
The Red Bank FC U15 girls' soccer team, The Fireballs, is playing in the NJ Youth Soccer State Cup Final this coming Sunday, 1:30PM at Capelli Soccer Complex in Tinton Falls.
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May 15th @ 1pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS
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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May 15th @ 8am
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CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.