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RED BANK RIVERCENTER NAMES NEW LEADER
Red Bank RiverCenter taps the head of Toms River's special improvement district to lead the organization. (click to read)
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December 2nd, 2024 @ 12pm
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RED BANK: GALLERY MARKS ONE YEAR “PUSHING BOUNDARIES”
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Last November, a former New York gallery owner opened Gallery Lucida on Wallace Street. He celebrates a year "challenging" patrons with a killer new dual-artist exhibit. (click to read)
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December 2nd, 2024 @ 9am
RED BANK: THOUSANDS FILL STREETS FOR HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
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Who wore it better: the Grinch or the dog dressed as the Grinch? Answer this question and warm your soul with photos galore from the 32nd annual Red Bank holiday town lighting bonanza.
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November 30th, 2024 @ 8am
CLERK WHO USHERED RED BANK THROUGH CHANGES CHECKS OUT
Borough Clerk Laura Reinertsen is departing after two and half years on the job. (click to read)
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November 27th, 2024 @ 12pm
SOGGY THANKSGIVING ON TAP
A rainy Thanksgiving followed by the first true cold snap is in the forecast for the greater Red Bank area. (click to read)
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November 27th, 2024 @ 9am
RED BANK VS LONG BRANCH FOOTBALL: CLOCK EXPIRES ON THANKSGIVING TRADITION
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Fans lament as the tradition of a Thanksgiving high school football game between Red Bank and Long Branch fades into history. (click to read)
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November 26th, 2024 @ 1pm
RED BANK: NAVESINK DREDGING BEGINS
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Dredging work to begin in the upper stretches of the Navesink River. (click to read)
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November 25th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: ZONING BOARD NIXES DIGITAL BILLBOARD
Red Bank zoning board nixes a digital billboard proposal for town's gateway. (click to read)
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November 22nd, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK/RIVERVIEW SETTLEMENT: WINDFALL OR TAXPAYER HOSING?
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Nine years. 54 tax appeals. $1.2 million plus. Did Red Bank get a good deal when it settled tax appeals with Riverview Medical Center?
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November 21st, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BOROUGH ADDS “WONDER WEED” LECTURE TO WELLNESS CAMPAIGN
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Borough adds cannabis lecture to Mayor's Wellness Campaign. (click to read)
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November 19th, 2024 @ 11am
RED BANK: PARTIAL CLOSURE OF MONMOUTH STREET THIS WEEK
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Thinking of driving down Monmouth Street in Red Bank this week? Plan an alternate route. Or walk. (click to read)
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November 18th, 2024 @ 6pm
RED BANK: SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Red Bank Borough Council schedules special virtual meeting on affordable housing. (click to read)
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November 17th, 2024 @ 7pm
RED BANK: AS DROUGHT DEEPENS, BRUSH FIRE AND WATER RESTRICTIONS
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Amid a record setting dry spell, firefighters battle brush fire and water restrictions kick in. (click to read)
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November 16th, 2024 @ 11am
RED BANK: COUNCIL OK’S HOSPITAL TAX SPAT DEAL, EYES MARINE PARK & DPW REMAKES
Council OK's $1.2 million settlement of hospital tax dispute, hires architect to redesign decrepit public works facility and more. Read the roundup here. (click to read)
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November 15th, 2024 @ 11am
RED BANK: NJDEP WIDENS CONTAMINATION TESTING
RED BANK: DEP expands testing footprint for chemical vapors to Harrison Avenue (click to read)
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November 6th, 2024 @ 2pm
RED BANK: ENVIROS SEEK TO QUELL GAS LEAF BLOWERS
The war on gas powered leaf blowers is coming to Red Bank. But unlike the battles over them in communities across the US – and the machines themselves – the approach for now is hoped to be quiet and gentle.
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October 14th, 2024 @ 10pm
RED BANK: MARINE PARK LOT PROCEEDS WHILE PARKLET PAUSES
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New parking lot at Marine Park completed, while Monmouth Street "parklet" hits a snag. (click to read)
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September 16th, 2024 @ 10am
RED BANK: “DIRTY JOBS KING” HONORED FOR SEWAGE SPILL HUSTLE
Contractor honored by Red Bank Mayor and Council for quickly fixing broken sewer main and "preventing environmental disaster."
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August 26th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANKERS POST WISH LIST FOR TRAIN STATION PLAN
Red Bank residents present flurry of ideas for massive train station redevelopment plan as tax abatement issue rears its head. (click to read)
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July 31st, 2024 @ 11pm
RED BANK: BOATERS RETURN AS SEWAGE WORRIES EBB
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Boating and other activities return to the Navesink River after a sewer main break prompted warnings about water quality. (click to read)
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July 16th, 2024 @ 12pm
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PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.