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RALLO UNVEILS PLANS FOR GAS STATION IN CHURN
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Red Bank Retail Churn: Birravino owners unveils concept for former gas station spot, as new frozen yogurt and massage spots plan openings. (Click for full story.)
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August 5th @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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PARKING METER MOMENT
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Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she paid, the meter screen alternatelyContinue reading "PARKING METER MOMENT"
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August 4th @ 3pm
NO TAX BREAK? NO PROBLEM. RED BANK BUILDER TRANSFORMS GATEWAY & SPURS REGRET
News The Commodore 176 Riverside Avenue 07272026
Developers said the 212-unit Commodore project would sink without a tax break. Red Bank officials refused, but the building rises anyway, spurring regrets from the Planning Board chair who now says he "hates it." (Click to read)
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August 4th @ 8am
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
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A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
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August 2nd @ 7pm
“BREAKING POINT” – RESIDENTS OF FLOODED RED BANK BUILDING CRITICIZE DENHOLTZ
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A day after a burst pipe forced residents from their homes, residents of a Red Bank apartment building describe long term water issues and decry a slow response from developer Denholtz. (Click to read)
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July 31st @ 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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July 31st @ 8am
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
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As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks and pluralizations mistaken as possessives. But doubleContinue reading "APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE"
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July 30th @ 9am
READER: REDBANKGREEN “TRESPASSING” VIDEO WAS “PATHETIC” AND “INACCURATE”
News Swimming River Chapin Avenue public access Brian Donohue video
Reader blasts redbankgreen for "pathetic" and "inaccurate" river access video he says encourages trespassing. (Click to read)
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July 30th @ 8am
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
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redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
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July 29th @ 1pm
RED BANK: BURST PIPE FLOODS DENHOLTZ APARTMENT BUILDING
News 118 Chestnut Street The Rail Denholtz flood 07292026
Angry residents, flooded apartments: At least a dozen apartments in one of Red Bank's newest and most high-profile buildings were flooded when a pipe burst at The Rail. (Click to read)
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July 29th @ 8am
VIDEO: WALKING RED BANK’S ENTIRE RIVERFRONT
News Swimming River Chapin Avenue public access Brian Donohue video
Video: Reporter sets out to walk the entire Red Bank waterfront from end to end.
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July 27th @ 4pm
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
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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 people who have died in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention or during ICE enforcement operations since 2025.
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July 26th @ 8am
RED BANK: SUMMER OF IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUES
News ICE protest 07242026
The protests against the Trump administration's immigration dragnets that have become a staple in Red Bank this summer continued Friday.  (click to read)
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July 24th @ 1pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
News Where have I seen this 07242026
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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July 24th @ 7am
SHO AND TELL
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A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red Bank, formerly home to Centrada and The Downtown.
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July 23rd @ 4pm
RED BANK’S INDIE STREET FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2026 LINEUP
News Indie Street Film festival
Red Bank's Indie Street Film Festival announces its 2026 full lineup of 50 shorts 12 feature films. It runs August 17-23. (Click to read)
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July 22nd @ 3pm
RED BANK HOUSING AUTHORITY EYES NEW SENIOR APTS. SITE
News Red Bank Housing Authority 112025 Evergreen Terrace
Public housing agency hires a builder to design a new 54-apartment building that would replace an aging Red Bank senior citizen complex. (click to read)
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July 22nd @ 2pm
SEARCHING FOR PARKING IN RED BANK, FOR 100 YEARS
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Red Bank business owners frustrated by a lack of parking proposed new rules and parking lots - 100 years ago this week. (Click to read)
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July 21st @ 5pm
HOW SAFE DO YOU FEEL? RED BANK SEEKS INPUT ON PEDESTRIAN/BIKE SAFETY
News Pedestrian cycling bike file photo Broad Street 07202026
How safe do you feel walking or biking in Red Bank? The Borough wants your input in a new survey. (Click to read)
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July 21st @ 8am
RED BANK: DEVELOPERS WITHDRAW SHREWSBURY AVE APARTMENT PLAN, FOR NOW
News 240 Shrewsbury Avenue incredible Oz
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Developers withdrew a plan to build 14 new apartments on Shrewsbury Avenue before the Zoning Board on Thursday night, opting to revise their designs. (Click to read)
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July 17th @ 2pm
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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 ...