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RED BANK: BAR, LIQUOR STORE SETTLE DRUNKEN FALL LAWSUIT
A man injured in a fall from a train station platform sued businesses he said broke the law by serving him when he was already drunk. (Click to read)
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March 19th @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: GLOVES AND GUINNESS ON A CHILLY ST. PATRICK’S DAY
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Photos from around Red Bank on a chilly St. Patrick's Day. (click to read)
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March 17th @ 9pm
RED BANK: EAST SIDE PARK CLOSES FOR LEAD CLEANUP
Most of East Side Park is closed while the NJ DEP works to remove lead-contaminated soil. (click to read)
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March 17th @ 3pm
DOCUMENTING OLD RED BANK, BEFORE THE BULLDOZERS ARRIVE
History buff and filmmaker sets out to document a block of old Red Bank before the bulldozers and condos arrive. (click to read)
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March 17th @ 7am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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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March 13th @ 6am
RBR SPORTS UPDATE: WINTER SPORTS WRAP UP
Red Bank Regional High School's sports update, winter wrap-up edition. (Click to read)
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March 12th @ 5pm
RED BANK: BROKER FINED FOR ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAPSES
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Red Bank financial broker/dealer fined for breaking laws designed to prevent money laundering. (Click to read)
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March 12th @ 1pm
RED BANK GIVES PUSHCART VENDOR IDEA A SPIN
Red Bank creates a new pushcart vendor license for summertime food & drink sales in borough parks. (click to read)
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March 11th @ 5pm
RED BANK: BORO RELEASES PLAN FOR 40-UNIT “NAVESINK CROSSING”
A rendering of the proposed project for 26-28 Shrewbury Avenue included in the the rehabilitation plan by borough planner BFJ Planning.
Five stories with a waterfront walkway: Borough planner issues a report with development guidelines for a proposed 40 unit building on the Navesink River. (Click to read.)
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March 10th @ 2pm
GOLF CART ASSAULT. FORGED DOCUMENTS. STOLEN MONEY. CHARGES FLY AS BUILDERS BATTLE IN COURT
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In dueling lawsuits, developers on a Fort Monmouth golf course project are accusing each other of misdeeds ranging from forgery to violence.(Click to read)
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March 10th @ 6am
RED BANK: EDITH BLAKE DIES AT 108
Edith Blake, believed to be Red Bank's oldest resident, dies at 108. (click to read)
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March 9th @ 7am
RED BANK: BRUSH PICKUP THIS WEEK
A special winter brush pickup starts in Red Bank Monday morning. Click for a schedule and map.(Click to read)
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March 8th @ 11am
LENTEN LUNCH AT THE DINER
The delicious fried flounder sandwich at the Red Bank Diner awaits devouring by two good Catholic boys on a Lenten Friday.  (Partylkne submitted by Brian Donohue)
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March 6th @ 1pm
GALLERY RIBBON CUTTING
The ribbon cutting for the opening of Amelchenko Gallery in the Galleria Thursday evening seen through the window. (Partyline photo by Brian Donohue)
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March 6th @ 1pm
COLLECTOR SNAGS “MACHO” TRANS AM UNEARTHED IN RED BANK JUNKYARD
Rare Pontiac Trans Am pulled from unlicensed junkyard in Red Bank is purchased by collector. (Click to read)
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March 6th @ 12pm
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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March 6th @ 7am
DPU RETURNS TO BANK STREET FOR MORE CLEANUP
Red Bank Department of Public Utilities workers returned Wednesday to the street in front of 90 Bank Street, the scene of a massive cleanup in December of a de facto junkyard on a residential property.
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March 5th @ 12pm
RBR GIRLS HOOPS UPSET NEPTUNE, ADVANCE TO SECTIONAL FINAL
Red Bank Regional girls basketball team upsets Neptune to advance to sectional final. (Click to read)
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March 5th @ 7am
RED BANK: NEW GALLERIA GALLERY OPENS DOORS
Red Bank's newest art gallery, Amelchenko Gallery, makes its official debut with a ribbon cutting reception Thursday.
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March 4th @ 5pm
RED BANK: TRASH COLLECTION COSTS UP 27 PERCENT
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The Borough of Red Bank began paying 27 percent more to the company that collects residents' trash this week, but officials are breathing a sigh of relief that it wasn't worse. (Click to read)
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March 4th @ 7am
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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.