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RBFD TACKLES SHED FIRE
Firefighters with the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department responded to a report of a shed and fence on fire in a backyard on the 200 block of Bridge Avenue MondayContinue reading "RBFD TACKLES SHED FIRE"
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April 14th @ 11am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: LOCALS TO SHARE TALES OF CRINGE
The annual celebration of embarassment known as Cringefest returns with a lineup of storytellers from Red Bank organizations. (Click to read)
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April 14th @ 6am
RED BANK: NJ TRANSIT TRAIN STATION PARKING FEES SPIKE
Amid a sharp decline in commuters using them, NJ Transit raises parking fees on parking lots that are slated to be redeveloped into housing. (Click to read)
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April 13th @ 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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April 10th @ 6am
RED BANK: BORO TRUCK DRIVER STRIKES PEDESTRIAN
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Pedestrian struck by driver of a Borough of Red Bank DPU truck. (Click to read)
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April 9th @ 5pm
RED BANK: RESTAURANT PLAN OK’D FOR DEAD GAS STATION SITE
Red Bank Planning Board approves Victor Rallo's plan to remake a longtime eyesore property. (Click to read)
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April 9th @ 12pm
RED BANK CHURN: FOURCHETTE CHEESE SHOP CLOSES
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Cheese shop owner closing Red Bank location saying the "universe" made the decision. (Click to read)
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April 9th @ 10am
RED BANK: RALLO PLANS EATERY FOR FORMER GAS STATION
Birravino owner to unveil plans for new eatery in Red Bank. (Click to read)
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April 7th @ 2pm
RBR SPORTS : WRESTLER NOTCHES 117 WINS, COACHES HONORED
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Wrestler notches 117 wins and coaches are honored for crushing it in the monthly sports update from Red Bank Regional High School. (click to read)
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April 7th @ 10am
RED BANK: COP WED TO EX-CHIEF SUES BOROUGH FOR BIAS
Her police chief husband resigned after an ethics scandal stemming from their affair. Now, police officer Kristen McConnell has filed a sexually explicit lawsuit against top Red Bank officials. (Click to read)
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April 6th @ 12pm
“MISS JACKIE” BELOVED SCHOOL AIDE DIES
Longtime Red Bank Borough Schools aide Jacqueline Porter-Boyd died March 30, according to an obituary posted by Damiano Funeral Home. Porter-Boyd was a well-known face to hundreds (thousands?) of RedContinue reading "“MISS JACKIE” BELOVED SCHOOL AIDE DIES"
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April 6th @ 10am
EASTER BOX TURTLE
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A very sleepy-looking but otherwise healthy appearing Eastern Box Turtle found on the trail along the Swimming River in Red Bank on Easter morning.
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April 5th @ 1pm
RED BANK: “CRAZY” HEALTH COSTS DRIVE 8 PERCENT BORO TAX HIKE PLAN
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Municipal portion of the average Red Bank property tax bill would rise 7.7 percent under a 2026 budget unveiled Thursday. (click to read)
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April 3rd @ 2pm
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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April 3rd @ 7am
EMPOWERING UP
Empower U recently celebrated a ribbon cutting at its 65 Monmouth Street location. The organization offers ABA Therapy and mental health services for individuals with autism. Managing Partner Gabriel TheosmyContinue reading "EMPOWERING UP"
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April 2nd @ 4pm
VIDEO: BELIEVERS DRAWN TO “HEALING WATERS” OF RED BANK POND
redbankgreen's annual April Fools' Day video: From migraines to gout, believers say the murky, litter-strewn waters of Red Bank's Mohawk Pond have cured their ailments and restored their health. (Click to read)
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April 1st @ 5am
NAVESINK RIVER OYSTER
Partyline: A rare, elusive Navesink River oyster pulled from the water in Red Bank.
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March 31st @ 2pm
PARTY TIME! EXCELLENT!
Wayne's World AMC Pacer spotted outside Red Bank weed shop.
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March 30th @ 7am
RED BANK: CLERK ADDS PASSPORT SERVICES
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Red Bank Borough clerk's office now offering passport services. (Click to read)
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March 30th @ 7am
SANTA DROP VOLUNTEERS HONORED
Mayor Billy Portman and the Red Bank Borough Council issued a proclamation Thursday night honoring Mary Ferraro (left) and Dana Colindres for their work organizing the “treasured tradition” of theContinue reading "SANTA DROP VOLUNTEERS HONORED"
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March 27th @ 2pm
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RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
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Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
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 pe ...