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RED BANK: PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION OPEN
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There's a lot of great things about living in Red Bank. But the full day pre-school program for three and four-year olds is way up there on the list. Registration is underway now. (click to read)
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January 21st, 2025 @ 10am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: MLK ESSAY WINNER RECOUNTS FIRST STING OF BIAS
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In elementary school, she wasn't invited to a classmate's sleepover party and wondered why. Read MLK essay award winner's tale of turning the sting of bias into cultural pride. (click to read)
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January 20th, 2025 @ 8am
SNOW CONES, PLOWS AND SNOWBALL FIGHTS: A SNOWY STROLL THROUGH RED BANK IN PHOTOS
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A snowball fight, a bowl of snow for dinner, a roller blader following the plow. Photos from a stroll across Red Bank on a snowy night. (click for more)
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January 19th, 2025 @ 11pm
RED BANK WEATHER ALERT: FORECAST SHIFTS, SO MOVE THOSE CARS!
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With snow on the way but the forecast amounts uncertain, officials urge Red Bankers to be alert. (click to read)
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January 18th, 2025 @ 6pm
RED BANK: BALD EAGLES BATTLE OVER BROAD STREET
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Just removed from the state endangered species list, a pair of juvenile bad eagles mark the occasion by apparently trying to kill each other the air over Dunkin' Donuts in Red Bank. (click for story and photos)
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January 17th, 2025 @ 4pm
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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January 17th, 2025 @ 6am
RED BANK TEACHERS LAG IN PAY, SLEDGER BREAKDOWN SHOWS
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Red Bank Charter school median teacher pay is nearly lowest in the state. Other Red Bank schools also fall below the median, newspaper breakdown shows.
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January 16th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK PLUMBER GETS 8 YEARS FOR PERV CELL PHONE VIDS OF DOZENS OF WOMEN
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Red Bank plumber gets eight years in prison for shooting perv videos of women in stores and homes where he worked. (click to read)
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January 15th, 2025 @ 5pm
TRAFFIC ALERT: HARRISON AVE CONSTRUCTION WEDNESDAY
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Construction on Harrison Avenue Wednesday. Don't say you weren't warned! (click to read)
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January 14th, 2025 @ 9pm
RED BANK: COUNT BASIE MURALIST CALLS OUT FACEBOOK IMPOSTER. BUT IS IT HUMAN OR BOT?
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Artist Michael White is the guy who painted Red Bank's popular new mural of jazz icon William "Count" Basie - despite what you may have seen on Facebook this week. (click to read)
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January 14th, 2025 @ 3pm
RED BANK SCHOOLS HONOR FIVE TEACHERS
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Five Red Bank teachers honored for going above and beyond. (click to read)
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January 13th, 2025 @ 5pm
RED BANK: PEDESTRIAN WARNINGS FLASH AT CRASH HOT SPOT WITH MORE PROMISED
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As pedestrian deaths spike statewide, flashing beacons go up on East Front in Red Bank with more promised for Shrewsbury Avenue. (click to read)
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January 13th, 2025 @ 10am
VIDEO: BRAZEN CAR THEFT AT RED BANK GAS STATION
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RED BANK: Driver gets out to pay gas station attendant and creeping thief hops in and drives away. (click for story/video)
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January 12th, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK SWEARS IN TWO POLICE OFFICERS
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The Red Bank Police Department welcomes two new officers. (click to read)
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January 10th, 2025 @ 12pm
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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January 10th, 2025 @ 8am
WILL IT FREEZE? AS ICE COVERS NAVESINK RIVER, RED BANK ICE BOATERS WAIT AND HOPE
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As a thin layer of ice forms, ice boaters hope for a long-awaited return to the Navesink River. (click to read)
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January 9th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK: WEED RETAILER SNUFFS LAUNDROMAT PLAN
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Marlton-based cannabis retailer that wanted to open a weed shop next door to a popular Red Bank Italian ice seller withdraws its application. (click to read)
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January 9th, 2025 @ 3pm
RED BANK TRAFFIC ALERT: TWO DAY CLOSURE OF EAST FRONT STREET
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East Front Street to be closed at Riverview Plaza Thursday and Friday. Read on for the details and don't get caught in traffic.
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January 8th, 2025 @ 3pm
BUCS FLY HIGH: RED BANK REGIONAL TRACK, HOOPS, WRESTLING HIGHLIGHTS
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Red Bank Regional sports: New school records in pole vault and sprint relay,  a second straight boys hoops tourney win, and a 6-0 start for the girls hoops season.
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January 8th, 2025 @ 1pm
CHECK IT OUT: SEVEN REALLY COOL RED BANK MAPS
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What’s the noisiest spot in Red Bank? What’s the hottest? Do you know where the water coming from your tap comes from? Check out these seven cool data maps that explain the past, present and future of Red Bank. (click to read)
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January 8th, 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 ...