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VIDEO: RED BANK WITCHES DANCE
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VIDEO: Watch the Red Bank witches dance on the blood red banks of the Navesink River.
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October 25th, 2024 @ 8am
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?
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Where was this photo taken? Play the weekly "Where Have I Seen This" and get the answer to last week's challenge.
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October 25th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: NEIGHBORS DEMAND CLEANUP WHILE JUNK MAVEN SUES BORO AGAIN
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Red Bank neighbors decry "disgusting" conditions on notorious junk-filled property as owner sues the borough in trip-and-fall. (click to read)
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October 22nd, 2024 @ 1pm
WITCHES, JACK O’ LANTERNS TO TAKE OVER PARK
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Get to carving, witches. The borough launches a new Jack O' Lantern contest with lighted gourds on display through Halloween. (click for more)
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October 21st, 2024 @ 3pm
76th RED BANK HALLOWEEN PARADE: PHOTOS GALORE
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Spectacular photos of a spectacular day as Red Bank's 76th annual Halloween Parade rolls down Broad Street in all its glory. Scroll through to find yourself, your kids or the monster next door.
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October 20th, 2024 @ 7pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Do you know where in Red Bank the above photo was taken? Play redbankgreen's weekly "Where Have I Seen This?" Also get the answer to last week's edition.
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October 18th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: RESIDENTS SEEK (FOUR WAY) STOP TO SPEEDING
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Concerns over speeding and pedestrian safety spur a campaign to create a new four-way stop on the route to the Red Bank Primary School. (click to read)
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October 17th, 2024 @ 1pm
RED BANK: NEW BIKE LANE ROLLED OUT
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A fresh coat of green paint and new parking restrictions mark the creation a new bike lane on Harrison Avenue. (click to read)
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October 16th, 2024 @ 4pm
RED BANK THROWBACK: 5,000 CAPED MARCHERS LIGHT UP THE NIGHT
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Imagine 5,000 dudes dressed like this carrying torches and battle axes through downtown Red Bank. Well, it happened, and you can read about in the latest Red Bank Throwback. (click to read)
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October 15th, 2024 @ 5pm
RED BANK: TRUCK STRIKES W. FRONT STREET BRIDGE…AGAIN
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RED BANK: Truck hits railroad overpass. Again.
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October 15th, 2024 @ 2pm
RED BANK: ENVIROS SEEK TO QUELL GAS LEAF BLOWERS
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The war on gas powered leaf blowers is coming to Red Bank. But unlike the battles over them in communities across the US – and the machines themselves – the approach for now is hoped to be quiet and gentle.
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October 14th, 2024 @ 10pm
RED BANK SWEARS IN NEW POLICE CHIEF
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Michael Frazee, 28-year veteran of the Red Bank Police Department who rose from dispatcher and drew praise while leading the department through recent turmoil, was officially sworn in as chief of police Friday.
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October 11th, 2024 @ 5pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Do you know where this photo was taken? Play redbankgreen's weekly "Where Have I Seen This?" challenge.
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October 11th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANKERS CRANE NECKS FOR GLIMPSE OF NORTHERN LIGHTS
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Red Bank woman has travelled across five countries to see the northern lights. Thursday she was one of a group of skywatchers looking for the spectacle over the Navesink River. Did she finally see it? (click to read)
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October 11th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: NEW APARTMENTS FILL IN A FLASH
News Shrewsbury manor at Allen Place
A new apartment building at Allen Place and Riverside Avenue opens and fills quick. One bedrooms rent for $3,150. Two beds? $3,700. (click to read)
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October 10th, 2024 @ 2pm
RED BANK MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN PERV VIDEO CASE
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Red Bank man pleads guilty in "upskirting" case, with prosecutors alleging 27 victims including children. (click to read)
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October 8th, 2024 @ 5pm
RED BANK: PEDESTRIAN STRUCK, KILLED BY TRAIN
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For the second time in less than a month, a pedestrian was struck and killed by a New Jersey Transit train at the Monmouth Street crossing, police said.
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October 8th, 2024 @ 3pm
RED BANK: POLICE FOOT CHASE ON COOPER’S BRIDGE ENDS IN GUN/DRUG ARREST
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Red Bank police chase suspect on foot across the Route 35 bridge and find him allegedly carrying a .22 caliber handgun. (click to read)
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October 8th, 2024 @ 1pm
DOWNTOWN RED BANK BUILDING PRICE JUMPS $900K IN 18 MONTHS
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RED BANK: Monmouth Street building value soars $900k in 18 months as developer pulls off another successful flip. (click to read)
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October 7th, 2024 @ 1pm
THE redbankgreen PODCAST: STORMIN’ NORMAN SELDIN
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Stormin' Norman Seldin, dyed in the wool Red Banker and 60-year music industry veteran regales you with amazing stories on the redbankgreen podcast. (click for more)
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October 4th, 2024 @ 8am
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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 ...