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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
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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
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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
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
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
News 52 monmouth Street 07152026
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
News 240 Shrewsbury Avenue
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
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PIANO TRASHED
Left out to take at 83 River Street. Property owner is a touring musician. Studio and home. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris H ...
FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
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