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RED BANK: WATER RATE HIKES PROPOSED
Engineers tell Red Bank officials they need to raise water rates for the first time in nine years to keep an aging system from going into the red. (click to read)
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June 20th, 2024 @ 7am
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RED BANK: LET’S TALK WATER BILLS
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RED BANK: How much should the borough be charging you for water? A public meeting on that question slated for Wednesday. (click for more)
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June 19th, 2024 @ 2pm
RED BANK: RIVERWALK PLANS FADE INTO HISTORY – AND PATIOS
RED BANK: A strip of riverfront land set aside for public access has been overtaken by private patios and "No Trespassing" signs. (click for more)
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June 19th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: POLICE PROBE WEST SUNSET DEATH
Police investigating a morning death on West Sunset Avenue. (click for more)
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June 18th, 2024 @ 11am
RED BANK: NEIGHBORS WADE TO CLEAR STORM DRAIN CLOG
RED BANK: Residents who waded into flood waters to clear clogged storm drains and save property are blaming new, narrower grates. (click for more)
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June 17th, 2024 @ 4pm
JOY AT JOHNNY JAZZ FOR RED BANK JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION
Red Bank's Juneteenth celebration drew a crowd to Johnny Jazz Park for music, food, history, inspiration and hugs Sunday. redbankgreen has photos galore. (click to view)
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June 17th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK CLASSIC 5K INSPIRES AND TIRES
Baby we were Bjorn to Run! Images of inspiration, determination and fun from along the route of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday. (click to read)
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June 16th, 2024 @ 11am
RED BANK: COUNCIL BORROWS FOR COUNT BASIE, MARINE PARK & MORE
New bleachers for Count Basie Fields. A remake of Marine Park. Shrewsbury Ave crosswalks and bump outs. With 56 straight "yes" votes, Red Bank Council goes on a roll.
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June 14th, 2024 @ 3pm
5K RACE, JUNETEENTH TOP BUSY RED BANK WEEKEND
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The Red Bank Classic 5k, and a Father's Day Juneteenth Celebration. Redbankgreen's rundown of things to do this weekend. (click to read)
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June 14th, 2024 @ 11am
BROADWALK MARKET DEBUTS
Something new in Red Bank: The pop up market along the Broadwalk pedestrian plaza made its debut Thursday night.
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June 14th, 2024 @ 10am
RED BANK: “LIFE CHANGING” GYM FLEXES BODIES AND SOULS
Red Bank: a team of 15 athletes in this year's Red Bank Classic 5k train at an "inclusive fitness" gym clients say is changing lives. (Click for more.)
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June 14th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK WRITES NEW RULES FOR COPS
RED BANK: Three months after bombshell allegations involving police chief, new rules would ban "intra-department dating relationships."
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June 13th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: RESTAURANT LOOKS TO EXPAND UP AND DOWN
RED BANK: Upscale seafood eatery looks to go high and low with roof deck and basement speakeasy.
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June 12th, 2024 @ 7am
FAWNING OVER HER BABY
A mother deer and her fawn were spotted between a row of garages on Hudson Avenue and some trees alongside the Broad Street parking lots. Redbankgreen has video of the cuteness.
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June 12th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: SHREWSBURY AVE BUILDING PLAN BACK ON TRACK
RED BANK: A plan for a mixed use building on Shrewsbury Avenue is back on track after the borough shut down construction last June.
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June 11th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: FAIRIES MOVE IN ON WHITE STREET
Red Bank: Girl scouts turns tiny parking lot plot of dirt into a "magical girls sparkle garden."
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June 10th, 2024 @ 3pm
PRIDE FEST, FARMERS MARKET, STREET MUSIC TOP RED BANK WEEKEND PICKS
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Drag bingo? A saxophone quartet? Kids playing in the street? A rundown of myriad things to do in Red Bank this weekend.
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June 7th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: VACANT DOWNTOWN GEM GETS RESTAURANT OK
RED BANK: Downtown gem of a building gets ok for a three-story restaurant. Now owner just needs a tenant.
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June 7th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK THROWBACK: PRAYERS, WEEPING AND NEWS OF WAR DEAD ON D-DAY
RED BANK GREETS D-DAY SOLEMNLY: Throwbacks looks at the dramatic reaction to news of the Allied invasion of Europe 80 years ago this week.
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June 6th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: AS BLEACHERS PROJECT ADVANCES, QUESTIONS LINGER
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RED BANK: Count Basie Fields bleachers replacement sails toward a final council vote, but questions about cost and state funding linger.
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June 5th, 2024 @ 8am
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PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
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.