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RED BANK: BIRRAVINO OWNER PLANS TO BUY, “CLEAN UP” EYESORE GAS STATION
Owner of Red Bank eatery Birravino announces he's under contract to buy the eyesore vacant gas station at the town's northern entrance. (click to read)
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February 13th, 2025 @ 12pm
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RED BANK: MAN ARRESTED FOR CLUB TO THE HEAD, GASOLINE ASSAULT
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A man living on Bank Street was arrested after a neighbor told police the man assaulted him, poured gasoline on him and threatened him with a gun. (click to read)
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February 12th, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK: BORO RAKES IN SOME GREEN WITH CANNABIS TAX, BUT HOW MUCH?
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Red Bank's recreational weed market just completed its first quarter operating a full capacity. How much did the the town make in taxes? (click to read)
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February 12th, 2025 @ 8am
RBR HOOPS, TRACK & SWIM RACK UP WINS AND RECORDS
Red Bank Regional High School boys and girls hoops coaches hit 700 and 450 career wins as teams go combined 33-9. Girls swim team captures division title and track athletes shatter school records. Read your RBR sports roundup here. (click to read)
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February 11th, 2025 @ 10am
RED BANK: MORE SNOW ON THE WAY
Possible 3-4 inches of snow on the way for the Red Bank area Wednesday night. Read on for the messy deets.
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February 11th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: AU REVOIR, CE LA VI? OWNERS PACK UP TWO EATERIES
Red Bank eateries Ce La Vi, Whipped and Toss'd all appear to be on the way out after owner vents about rent hikes and business climate. (click to read)
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February 10th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK WEATHER ALERT: MOVE THOSE CARS
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On street parking ban is in effect in Red Bank amid a winter weather advisory.(click to read)
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February 8th, 2025 @ 2pm
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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February 7th, 2025 @ 5am
TRAFFIC ALERT: RED BANK ROAD CLOSURE FRIDAY
Drs. James Parker Boulevard will be closed Friday between Shrewsbury Avenue and Bridge Avenue for roadwork (click for more)
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February 6th, 2025 @ 5pm
RED BANK READIES FOR “ICY MESS” THURSDAY MORNING
National Weather Service warns of possible "icy mess" Thursday morning. (click to read)
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February 5th, 2025 @ 5pm
RED BANK TRAIN STATION REDEVELOPMENT PLAN ADDS…TRAIN STATION
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Red Bank is seeking to add six properties to its train station redevelopment plan, including the train station platform area and a rail yard. (click to read)
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February 5th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: CHURCH SELLS 70-YEAR HOME FOR $977K AND GOES “VIRTUAL”
After 70 years in Red Bank, Mount Zion House of Prayer sells its home for nearly $1 million as pastor says church is "virtual" for now and a new congregation breathes new life into the storied address. (click to read)
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February 4th, 2025 @ 3pm
RED BANK: SOUTH BANK CONDOS FIND BUYERS WILLING TO SPLURGE
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Peek inside a few $1.3 million to $2.8 million Navesink River view condos in Red Bank that are selling fast. (click to read)
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February 3rd, 2025 @ 4pm
FEAR AND FALSEHOODS OVER TRUMP DEPORTATION PLAN RATTLE RED BANK COMMUNITY
Rumors, lies and raids in other cities fuel fear in Red Bank over Trump deportation sweeps. (click to read)
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January 31st, 2025 @ 2pm
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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January 31st, 2025 @ 6am
RBR BOARD TO RED BANK: DON’T STIFF SCHOOL ON TRAIN STATION PILOT MONEY
train station redevelopment plan, Denholtz properties
With developer expected to ask for a tax break for train station area, Red Bank's public high school wants a piece of the PILOT pie. (click to read)
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January 29th, 2025 @ 5pm
RED BANK EX POLICE CHIEF’S $176K PAYOUT IN PRESS SPOTLIGHT
Former Red Bank Police Chief Darren McConnell received a $176,000 payout for unused sick and vacation time, Asbury Park Press reports. (click for more)
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January 28th, 2025 @ 4pm
DOCUMENTARY KEEPS STORIES OF RED BANK’S “UNCLE FUNZI” ALIVE
Now streaming on Youtube: the colorful life story of Alphonso Tomaino, aka "Uncle Funzi" aka "Red Bank hillbilly" who died at age 101. (click to read)
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January 27th, 2025 @ 3pm
RED BANK’S FROZEN RIVER, FROM ABOVE
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Video and photos from high above a frozen Navesink River.
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January 25th, 2025 @ 10pm
RED BANK: GLEEFUL ICE BOATERS RETURN – AND PLEA FOR A LITTLE SPACE
Ice boats on the Navesink River. It's a Red Bank thing, and it's finally back. (click to read)
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January 24th, 2025 @ 4pm
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RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...