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RED BANK WEEKEND: FARMERS MARKET, RECORD RIOT AND WHERE TO PARK FOR IT ALL
Red Bank weekend: A record fair, the return of the Red Bank Farmers Market and a list of places to park for it all. (click to read)
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RED BANK: MONMOUTH BOAT CLUB ON “MOST ENDANGERED” LIST
Red Bank's 145- year-old Monmouth Boat Club has been put on Preservations NJ's annual "Ten Most Endangered" historic places. (click to read)
RED BANK: CANNABIS GROWERS SAY PARTNER TOSSED $500K CROP IN DUMPSTER
Partners in a Red Bank indoor pot farm say the owner tossed hundreds of pounds of weed in a dumpster as part a plot to freeze them out of the business. (click to read)
RED BANK PLANNERS TAP BRAKES ON TRAIN STATION PLAN
Red Bank Planning Board delays vote on massive redevelopment plan to consider lower building heights and other changes. (click to read)
RED BANK CHURN: FUNERAL HOME FOR SALE, NEW MENSWEAR SHOP VANISHES AND MORE
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a Rolex dealer and a toy shop move to bigger digs, while a "comfy chic" boutique opens and a menswear shop disappears after a fiery five-month run. (click to read)
RED BANK PLANNING BOARD GETS AN EARFUL ON TRAIN STATION PLAN
Residents sound off on a plan that would allow up to 400 apartments, green space and 725 parking spaces near the Red Bank train station. (click to read)
THROWBACK: “DEAD BANK” TACKLES VACANT DOWNTOWN STOREFRONTS
A look back at April, 1990 when the Borough of Red Bank took action to address vacant storefronts that gave rise to the nickname "Dead Bank."
RED BANK: MONMOUTH STREET SIDEWALK PROJECT BEGINS
Three months of construction to replace and improve sidewalks begins on Monmouth Street in Red Bank this week. 
RED BANK: DRIVER CRASHES INTO UTILITY POLE, ROAD CLOSED
Drivers hits telephone pole in Red Bank, dangling wires closes county highway 520. (click to read)
RED BANK: MARINE PARK REMAKE ZIPS FORWARD
Sunset corn hole by the Navesink, anyone? More details - from a hammock hangout to a food truck area - emerge in the plan to remake Red Bank's Marine Park. (click to read).
RED BANK: TRAIN STATION REDEVELOPMENT HEARING SCHEDULED
Planner for Borough of Red Bank releases 44-page draft train station redevelopment plan and first public hearing is scheduled. (click to read)
RED BANK: CHEESY WINDOWS GONE, BUILDING RESTORED TO “LOOK SHARP”
Remember these windows that sparked astonishment when they were installed on a century old Red Bank building? Read on to see how it's all turning out.
PHOTOS: ST. PATRICK’S DAY IN RED BANK
St. Patrick's Day drew green-clad revelers to Red Bank to celebrate and redbankgreen was out and about to capture the vibes in photos. (click for more)
RED BANK’S CEDAR CROSSING: OFFICIALS CITE FIXES WHILE CRITIC CALLS IT “A DUMP”
A Red Bank complex once hailed as a beacon for affordable housing tries to get itself back on firm financial footing, but may need help from the borough. (click to read)
RED BANK CANNABIS GROWER STYMIED BY ELECTRIC SERVICE “NIGHTMARE”
An indoor cannabis farm in Red Bank is nearly "belly up" and can't grow weed due to a lack of sufficient electric power, the operator says. (click to read)
RED BANK: NIGHTTIME SHREWSBURY AVE CLOSURES PLANNED
Portions of Shrewsbury Avenue will be closed from 8 pm to 5 a.m. over the next few weeks. (click to read)
RED BANK: BROAD STREET CHURNS AS BIZZES COME AND GO
Brooks Brothers, a bubble tea shop, a kitchen design studio, and a candle maker all set to open in Red Bank. Meanwhile, a Thai eatery fights off Facebook rumors of its closure. (click to read)
RED BANK: BOROUGH WEB SITE GETS NEW LOOK
Borough of Red Bank redesigns its notoriously clunky web site. (click to read)
RED BANK THROWBACK: RED BANK’S BOOZE LIMIT SET 90 YEARS AGO
A look back 90 years ago as Red Bank commissioners set a ceiling on liquor license that still stands today. (click to read)
APP REPORT: RED BANK REAL ESTATE FIRM FACES $12M FRAUD SUIT
Report: Red Bank real estate firm faces $12 million lawsuit from investors. (click to read)
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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 ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
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 ...