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RED BANK: DRIVER CHARGED IN BOLLARD CRASH
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A 32-year old woman crashed her car into the Broadwalk bollards, fled the scene and later told police her boyfriend was driving, police said. (click to read)
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August 23rd, 2024 @ 1pm
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RED BANK: DRIVER CHARGED IN FATAL HIT-AND-RUN
Mariano Codallos Tepepa
A Red Bank man has been charged with leaving the scene of an August 5 crash that killed a 23-year-old man in Shrewsbury. (click to read)
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August 23rd, 2024 @ 9am
RED BANK: RIVERCENTER HEAD STEPPING DOWN
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Bob Zuckerman, head of Red Bank RiverCenter, will step down from his position running the downtown improvement district at the end of the year. (click to read)
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August 22nd, 2024 @ 3pm
VIDEO: RED BANKERS BOOGIE FOR COUNT BASIE’S BIRTHDAY
VIDEO: On jazz legend William "Count" Basie's birthday, redbankgreen asks Red Bank residents to show off their "Red Bank Boogie." (click for more)
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August 21st, 2024 @ 3pm
RED BANK: POLICE STING TARGETS CROSSWALK SCOFFLAWS
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Red Bank Police issue 25 summonses to drivers who fail to stop for pedestrians (click to read)
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August 21st, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK THROWBACK: 22-STORY TOWER PROPOSED
A 22-story high rise at the foot of Broad Street in Red Bank? redbankgreen's throwback feature looks at what could have been. (click to read)
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August 20th, 2024 @ 6am
GLOBE SPANNING FILM FEST TAKES OVER RED BANK
Jeffrey Delano Davis, filmmaker
The Indie Street Film Festival hits Red Bank this week with a diverse lineup of films, QNA's and parties. (click to read)
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August 18th, 2024 @ 11am
FAMILY MOURNS HIT-AND-RUN VICTIM; DRIVER STILL AT LARGE
Mariano Codallos Tepepa
Pedestrian killed in hit and run, leaving family and Red Bank community searching for answers. (click to read)
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August 15th, 2024 @ 2pm
RED BANK: RESTAURANT SCRAPS ROOF DECK PLAN
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Seafood restaurant 26 West on the Navesink withdraws its plans for a roof deck, gets OK for basement conversion. (click to read)
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August 15th, 2024 @ 10am
RED BANK: MAJOR INTERSECTION CLOSING FOR WORK
Drivers advised to plan for detours around Broad Street and Newman Springs Road Thursday night.
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August 14th, 2024 @ 5pm
RED BANK: LONG LIGHT AND BIG SMILES: PHOTOS FROM A SUMMER NIGHT OUT
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Photos from a spectacular late summer edition of the Red Bank Police Department's biggest community event of the year: the National Night Out.
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August 14th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: BOROUGH KEEPS IT LOCAL WITH LIAISON HIRE
Adriana Medina Gomez, community development coordinator
A community worker with deep ties to Red Bank is chosen to fill a new liaison position at Borough Hall. (click to read)
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August 13th, 2024 @ 11am
RED BANK: SEN. BOOKER VISIT HIGHLIGHTS PHARMACY’S “LIGHT AND LOVE”
RED BANK: No-charge pharmacy praised for spreading "love and light" during a visit by US Senator Cory Booker. (click to read)
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August 12th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: A BELOVED BARMAN’S FRIENDLY SENDOFF
Noel Ryan, Dublin House bartender
RED BANK: At the bar where he poured pints and spread cheer for 17 years, friends gathered to mourn and celebrate the life of beloved longtime Dublin House bartender Noel Ryan. (click to read)
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August 11th, 2024 @ 10pm
RED BANK: UNSINKABLE SIDEWALK SALE TOPS WEEKEND PICKS
Red Bank's 70th annual, indomitable, rain or shine sidewalk sale tops the list of things to do on a spectacular weather weekend.
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August 9th, 2024 @ 10am
RED BANK: GET YOUR MIND ON THE GUTTER
RED BANK: As remnants of Tropical Storm Debby approach, borough asks residents for help to prevent flooding.
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August 8th, 2024 @ 8am
HEY RED BANKERS, JOIN THE PARTY!
redbankgreen wants your photos of those true Red Bank moments. Join Partyline (click to read)
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August 7th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: NIGHT OUT POSTPONED, FLOOD WATCH ON
RED BANK: Annual National Night Out event re-scheduled as a flood watch goes into effect.
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August 6th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANKERS POST WISH LIST FOR TRAIN STATION PLAN
Red Bank residents present flurry of ideas for massive train station redevelopment plan as tax abatement issue rears its head. (click to read)
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July 31st, 2024 @ 11pm
RED BANK CHURN: CONSIGNMENT SHOP LEAVES; STEAKHOUSE AND BUTCHER TEA
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RED BANK: In retail churn, Greene Street consignment leaves town and an iconic steakhouse closed for summer says it's just fixing the place up.
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July 31st, 2024 @ 8am
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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 ...