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MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
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Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street as temperatures soared into the 90's this week.
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July 17th @ 11am
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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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 17th @ 8am
RED BANK: SCHOOL OF ROCK CLOSES WITH WALLS CRUMBLING DOWN
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RED BANK: School of Rock closes Red Bank location as building is deemed unsafe. (Click to read)
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July 15th @ 5pm
RED BANK: 14 APARTMENT PLAN GOES TO ZONING BOARD
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Red Bank Zoning Board will decide whether to approve 14 garden apartments on Shrewsbury Avenue. (Click to read)
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July 14th @ 5pm
RED BANK: CAMPINESS AND COMMUNITY AT ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
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redbankgreen goes behind the curtain to find raucous camp and welcoming community at Red Bank's long-running production of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. (Click to read).
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July 14th @ 8am
RED BANK: FUND DRIVE FOR FIRE VICTIMS
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A family of five displaced when a fire tore through their Chestnut Street home last week is getting help from a GoFundMe campaign set up to help get them back on their feet. (click to read)
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July 13th @ 11am
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
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Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue in Red Bank Saturday and Sunday.
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July 13th @ 8am
RED BANK: B-52’s LAND ON BASIE WALK OF FAME
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B-52s founders and fellow NJ native alt-rockers Dramarama are honored with plaques on the Basie Center walk of fame. (Click to read)
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July 10th @ 7pm
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 10th @ 8am
RED BANK: YOUTH MARCH AGAINST IMMIGRATION ARRESTS
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As ICE crackdowns continue in Red Bank, a group of protestors as young as six years old took to the streets. (Click to read)
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July 9th @ 7pm
RED BANK: PLANNERS PAN “DEPRESSING” TRAIN STATION PROJECT PLANS
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Red Bank planning board expresses fifty shades of dismay as builder presents "Darth Vader" grey facade for 175-unit building near train station. (Click to read)
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July 9th @ 6pm
RED BANK: FIRE RIPS THROUGH CHESTNUT STREET HOME
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Two families were displaced after firefighters battled an early morning blaze on Chestnut Street in Red BankThursday. (Click to read)
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July 9th @ 8am
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
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Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit train leaves the station Wednesday morning.
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July 8th @ 8pm
ICE SAYS IT TARGETED ASSAULT SUSPECT. RED BANK ARRESTS CONTINUE
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ICE breaks silence on June 28 arrests, detains more as Red Bank operations continue. (Click to read)
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July 8th @ 1pm
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
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A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
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July 7th @ 3pm
SEE THE PLANS FOR RED BANK TRAIN STATION PROJECT
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175 units and a woonerf: A look at the plans for The Rail North, the first phase of Red Bank's totally yooj train station redevelopment. (Click to read)
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July 7th @ 2pm
RED BANK: DENHOLTZ SEEKS OK FOR TRAIN STATION PROJECT PHASE 1
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Planning Board to hold public hearing on proposed 175-unit apartment building, parking garage and public plaza near historic Red Bank train station.(Click to read)
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July 6th @ 5pm
OBITUARY: WILLIAM HENRY “SKIP” SMITH JR., 93-YEAR RED BANK RESIDENT
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Obituary: William Henry "Skip" Smith Jr., 93-year-Red Bank resident and longtime crossing guard. (Click to read)
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July 6th @ 7am
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
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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 questionably legal fireworks displays that lit up the sky over Red Bank before a line of thunderstorms shut things down at about 10 pm.
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July 5th @ 8am
RED BANK: STORM KNOCKS OUT POWER
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Red Bank residents in several pockets of town remained without power Saturday morning after a severe thunderstorm downed trees and power lines across the state Friday evening. (click to read)
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July 4th @ 9am
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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 ...