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RED BANK: EMILY DOHERTY, 41-YEAR RBR BOARD MEMBER DIES
Emily Doherty, who represented Red Bank for 41 years on the Red Bank Regional Board of Education died recently. (click to read)
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RED BANK: SCHOOL TAX HIKE TRIMMED TO 10 PERCENT
A planned 13 percent hike in Red Bank school taxes is whittled down to ten percent by a last minute curveball from Trenton. (click to read)
RED BANK: GET SET TO BOOGIE FOR COUNT BASIE
It's boogie time, Red Bank! redbankgreen seeks video clips of residents dancing for an epic celebration honoring jazz icon William "Count" Basie.
RED BANK SCHOOLS SEEK TAX HIKE TO COVER STATE AID CUTS
Squeezed by state aid cuts and skyrocketing costs, Red Bank Borough schools ask state to allow a 13 percent tax levy hike. (click to read)
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL SCRAPS GYM PLAN, SELLING BUILDING
The Red Bank Charter School is selling a building it had hoped to convert into a gym. (click to read)
RED BANK: CRINGEFEST TO MARK SEVEN MORTIFYING YEARS
Spit your drink out, cry with laughter, snort, chuckle, smile. Seventh annual Cringefest brings embarassing tales to the stage in Red Bank. (click to read)
RED BANK MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS HOOPS CROWNED CHAMPS IN NAIL BITER
Red Bank Middle School girls basketball wins championship. redbankgreen has photos and video of the on court celebration.
RBR HOOPS, TRACK & SWIM RACK UP WINS AND RECORDS
Red Bank Regional High School boys and girls hoops coaches hit 700 and 450 career wins as teams go combined 33-9. Girls swim team captures division title and track athletes shatter school records. Read your RBR sports roundup here. (click to read)
RED BANK GOES BIG WITH MARINE PARK PLAYGROUND PLANS
Red Bank plans new playground for Marine Park, with a wheelchair-accessible pirate ship, 40-foot zipline and more. (click to read)
RED BANK: PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION OPEN
There's a lot of great things about living in Red Bank. But the full day pre-school program for three and four-year olds is way up there on the list. Registration is underway now. (click to read)
RED BANK TEACHERS LAG IN PAY, SLEDGER BREAKDOWN SHOWS
Red Bank Charter school median teacher pay is nearly lowest in the state. Other Red Bank schools also fall below the median, newspaper breakdown shows.
RED BANK SCHOOLS HONOR FIVE TEACHERS
Five Red Bank teachers honored for going above and beyond. (click to read)
RED BANK: MUSIC ACADEMY FINDS NEW HOME IN LANDMARK BUILDING
Asbury Park based Lakehouse Music Academy cut the ribbon on its new facility inside the 142-year-old former Red Bank borough hall. (click to read)
MEET THE RED BANK REGIONAL TEACHER NAMED MONMOUTH COUNTY TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Teachers, students and parents could all use some inspiration as school starts. redbankgreen chatted with the Red Bank Regional High School teacher chosen as Monmouth County Teacher of the Year to see what makes her tick. (click to read)
RED BANK: MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADS REUNITE AT HARVARD
Friends since kindergarten, two Red Bank Middle School students join Harvard University's class of 2028. (click to read)
RED BANK: BOROUGH KEEPS IT LOCAL WITH LIAISON HIRE
A community worker with deep ties to Red Bank is chosen to fill a new liaison position at Borough Hall. (click to read)
RED BANK: MIDDLE SCHOOL GROUNDS GET MAKEOVER
RED BANK: Work begins on a running/walking track, pickleball courts, basketball courts and a gazebo behind the Red Bank Middle School. (click to read)
RED BANK: FORMER MIDDLE SCHOOLERS EXCEL
RED BANK: Former borough middle school students garner a diverse mix of awards and scholarships upon graduation from Red Bank Regional.
RED BANK: “LIFE CHANGING” GYM FLEXES BODIES AND SOULS
Red Bank: a team of 15 athletes in this year's Red Bank Classic 5k train at an "inclusive fitness" gym clients say is changing lives. (Click for more.)
VIDEO: MONMOUTH BOAT CLUB PLANS TO GO HIGHER
Video: The Monmouth Boat Club has stood on the banks of the Navesink River in Red Bank for 145-years. But the pilings that hold it up are rotting away. A plan is being hatched to lift the historic structure and build a higher foundation. (Click to read/watch)
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RED BANKJ: JAZZ IN THE PARK BEGINS THURSDAY
Jazz in the Park kicks off tonight (Thursday) with The Grace Fox Big Band, an all-women 16-piece ensemble known for its bold original compos ...
LOST PARROT
This little blue beauty was found by a redbankgreen reporter Thursday boldly tempting fate by foraging on the ground on the turf of a pack o ...
ORANGE GLOW OVER RED BANK
A truly unbelievable post-storm sunset Tuesday (shot on Monmouth St. facing west). Photo by Partyline contributor Thomas Doremus.
BROAD STREET’S THIRSTY BLOOMS
Delfino, a worker with the company Terra Casa that manages the flower beds for the Red Bank special improvement district waters the flowers ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST MEN’S DAY CELEBRATION
  (photo by: Shanikquya Jackson) On Sunday, June 22, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank hosted its annual Men’s Day Celebration a ...
THREE GENERATION PROCLAMATION
Mayor Billy Portman presents the Borough of Red Bank’s Independence Day 2025 Proclamation to Arleen Brahn (second from right), grandmo ...
STEW THE BUTCHER COSPLAY
On the occasion of the retirement of Stewart Goldstein, longtime proprietor of Monmouth Meats, we thought it apt to present this photo from ...
NAVESINK FISHING
A kayak fisherman tries his luck under the NJ Transit train trestle across the Navesink River in Red Bank. (Photo by Partyline contributor A ...
RED BAKE
As the temperature hit 100 degrees Tuesday, Tom Sevison, Red Bank High School Class of 1973 and in town briefly on his way back home to Virg ...
JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION
Performers at Red Bank’s Juneteenth community celebration Sunday at Johnny Jazz Park. (photo by Brian Donohue)      
BUTTERFLIES LOVE THE WEED
Save the monarch, plant butterfly weed. (photo and text by Partyline contributor Roseann DalPra)  
LANTERNFLY PARTY
An invasive ailanthus tree sprouting in front of the US Post Office on Broad Street is covered with invasive spotted lantern fly nymphs Wedn ...
STREETCORNER SERENADE
An Irish doodle named Cheddar listens to native New Jerseyan, singer/songwriter and former Houston resident Tom Foti, (identified in the hea ...
Red Bank 5K Fun!!!
Red Bank Classic – June 14th, 2025 (photo by Partyline contributor Adam Kaplan)  
RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Saturday, before and after the storm that rolled through town. (photo by Partyline contributor Thomas Doremus)    
Mini Ballers Bring the Heat at Fusion Basketball School
As the temperatures heat up, so does the competition in the mini baller clinic at Fusion School of Basketball. These little tykes are intens ...
DOZENS OF PLEIN AIR ARTISTS “PAINT RED BANK”
Plein air artists take over town for first ever "Paint Red Bank" event. (click to read)
RED BANK: SIGN ON ICONIC DANNY’S STEAK HOUSE COMES DOWN
The sign hanging from the shuttered Danny's Steak House comes down ten months after a manager reported Danny's Steakhouse would be back "bet ...
FOR YANKEES FANS, GOOD TRASH PICKIN’
A collection of framed photographs of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and other New York Yankees greats was placed curbside along with a ...
RED BANK: NEW HANDICAPPED PARKING, WEST SIDE MEETING PLANNED
New handicapped parking sign West Side advocate had pressed for is installed, with meeting planned to discuss other concerns. (click to read ...