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RED BANK: BORO HOPES TO SPUR WALKWAY, CLEANUP ON RIVERFRONT SITES
News 14 townhomes and two cottages on the block bounded by Harding and Hudson Avenues and Clay Street.
Red Bank Borough Council advances plan aimed at spurring development - and a public river walk - on two prominent waterfront properties. (click to read)
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August 29th, 2025 @ 1pm
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RED BANK: BORO EYES REHAB TAG FOR TWO RIVERFRONT TRACTS
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Should two prominent riverfront properties in Red Bank be declared areas "in need of rehabilitation?' The council will vote Thursday. (click to read)
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August 27th, 2025 @ 5pm
RED BANK: EATERY OWNERS ROAST BROADWALK
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A group of Red Bank restaurant owners tell the Borough Council that turning Broad Street into a seasonal pedestrian plaza is killing their business. (click to read)
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August 15th, 2025 @ 5pm
RED BANK SIDEWALK SALE UNDERWAY
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Sunny skies and a busy start for Red Bank's 71st annual Sidewalk Sale, which runs from Friday to Sunday. (click to read)
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August 8th, 2025 @ 12pm
THE BUTCHER, THE DENTIST, THE METER READER: RED BANK HONORS STALWART TRIO
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Red Bank honors a trio of fabric-of-the-community stalwarts: a beloved dentist, a popular butcher an omnipresent meter reader. (click to read)
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July 28th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK: ATLANTIC CLUB PARTNERS SQUARE OFF IN LAWSUIT OVER $20 MILLION SALE
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Investor sues Atlantic Club owners saying he was shut out of the proceeds from last year's $20 million sale of the club to a fitness industry giant. (click to read)
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July 16th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: TRAIN STATION, LOCUST LANDING PLANS SAIL THROUGH COUNCIL
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Two big votes on an emotional night as Red Bank council approves a pair of major housing initiatives: Locust Landing rehab plan and 400-apartment train station redevelopment plan. (click to read)
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July 11th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL TO VOTE ON TRAIN STATION REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
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Final council vote on massive Red Bank train station redevelopment plan set for Thursday. (click to read)
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July 9th, 2025 @ 2pm
RED BANK LOOKS TO ELEVATE & REHAB AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEX
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Red Bank officials work with owner of 40-unit Locust Landing apartment complex to renovate, elevate and preserve affordable housing. (click to read)
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June 30th, 2025 @ 2pm
RED BANK: BILLBOARD COMPANY SUES OVER SIGN DENIAL
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A billboard company whose plan to build a 25-foot LED sign at the entrance to Red Bank was nixed is now suing the zoning board to get it built. Will the court case put a wrench in hopes of redevelop the site? (click to read)
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June 17th, 2025 @ 8am
HOME RUNS EQUAL HEADACHES FOR RED BANK AUTO SHOP
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From dingers to dings: Red Bank auto shop says home runs are wreaking havoc on cars parked on its lot. (click to read)
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June 11th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: TRAIN STATION PLAN SHAVES ONE FLOOR OFF BUILDING HEIGHT
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Red Bank planners shave one floor off the maximum building height and make other tweaks to the massive train station redevelopment plan. (click to read)
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June 9th, 2025 @ 3pm
AS LUXURY BUILDINGS RISE, RED BANK’S “MISSING MIDDLE” DISAPPEARS
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As Red Bank builds more affordable housing and luxury units/million-dollar condos rise by the hundreds, where will people in the middle live? (click to read)
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June 2nd, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK: CONDO BUILD PAUSES, BUT JUST FOR QUALITY, BUILDER SAYS
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West Front Street condo project pauses construction, but developer promises Shore's "most luxurious" building will soon be done. (click to read)
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May 21st, 2025 @ 5pm
RED BANK: “BROADWALK,” BROAD STREET TRAFFIC CLOSURE BEGINS
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Red Bank's annual closure of the northermost section of Broad Street to vehicles begins Monday. (click to read)
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May 12th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK’S DOWNTOWN FLOWER MAVEN DIES
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Danielle Boyle, the gardener who beautified downtown Red Bank and likened her work to conducting an orchestra has died at age 54. (click to read)
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April 28th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK PLANNERS TAP BRAKES ON TRAIN STATION PLAN
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Red Bank Planning Board delays vote on massive redevelopment plan to consider lower building heights and other changes. (click to read)
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April 24th, 2025 @ 7am
RED BANK: ZONING BOARD TO CONSIDER SHREWSBURY AVE APARTMENTS
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The Red Bank zoning board will consider a Holmdel developers plan to knock down two story home and build 14 garden apartments on Shrewsbury Avenue in Red Bank. (click for more)
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April 16th, 2025 @ 3pm
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL SCRAPS GYM PLAN, SELLING BUILDING
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The Red Bank Charter School is selling a building it had hoped to convert into a gym. (click to read)
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April 14th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK PLANNING BOARD GETS AN EARFUL ON TRAIN STATION PLAN
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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)
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April 10th, 2025 @ 9am
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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 ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.