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RED BANK: BOLLARDS, AND BARRELS, VANISH
RED BANK: Broad Street reopens as bollards and orange barrels used to create Broadwalk are removed. Will both return next spring?
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RED BANK: BROADWALK ENDS SHORT RUN
RED BANK: After a late start and one-month extension, Broadwalk winds down this weekend amid uncertainty about a future return.
RED BANK: BUNDLE UP FOR HOLIDAY EXPRESS
RED BANK: Holiday Express concert and town light-up returns tonight with appropriately chilly, blustery weather. Here's the forecast.
RED BANK: DALPRA TO HEAD PARKS & REC
RED BANK: Quickly filling vacancy left by Charlie Hoffmann, council hires former RBR athletic director Louis 'Del' DalPra to run parks & rec department.
RED BANK: HOFFMANN LEAVING REC JOB
RED BANK: Leaving borough hall for new job, parks and rec director Charlie Hoffmann gets a 'pile-on' of love from officials.
RED BANK: Council agenda includes bonds, hirings, event date approvals for a post-pandemic world... but still no movement on commenting protocol.
RED BANK: MOLLY PITCHER TAKING ‘HIATUS’
RED BANK: Molly Pitcher Inn going on "winter hiatus" next week with plans to reopen in March. Its sibling, the Oyster Point Hotel, will remain open.
RED BANK: DiNIZIO SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE
RED BANK: Basie announces details of 2021 musical scholarship in memory of late Smithereens lead singer and New Jersey son Pat DiNizio.
FAIR HAVEN: FIREMEN’S FAIR CANCELED
FAIR HAVEN: The 2020 edition of the Fair Haven Firemen's Fair, a summer-ending tradition, has been canceled for safety reasons, FD president says.
RED BANK: HOTEL PLANS PHASED REOPENING
RED BANK: Its wedding and business bookings in shreds, Oyster Point Hotel plans partial reopening Monday while "reinventing" itself for post-pandemic world.
RED BANK: QUICK PARADE, SMALL DELIGHTS
RED BANK: The pandemic edition of the Memorial Day parade was a quick, scaled-down swing through town that delighted smatterings of residents. Photos.
RED BANK: DRIVE-BY PARADE SLATED
RED BANK: A year after the town's Memorial Day parade was revived, this year's version will be a scaled-down, drive-by affair. Here are the details.
RED BANK: THEATER CONSIDERS NEXT ACT
RED BANK: Will theatergoers return to their seats after the COVID-19 pandemic ends? NEWS12 explores the question with Two River Theater's artistic director.
RED BANK: SUNNY STRETCH TO CONTINUE
RED BANK: Mild, sunny weather to continue well into next week on the Greater Green, promising a beautiful autumn setting for Sunday's Oysterfest.
RED BANK: PARADE MARCHES BACK TO LIFE
RED BANK: After a long absence, the Memorial Day parade marches back to life under brilliant spring skies. Check out redbankgreen's 50-photo slideshow.
RED BANK: HOOPS, A PARADE, PIRATES & MORE
RED BANK: A packed council agenda included lots of feel-good news, including honors for middle school hoopsters, plans for a parade and more.
RED BANK: BASIE TO AIR DINIZIO TRIBUTE
RED BANK: Count Basie Theatre to livestream Saturday's tribute concert in memory of late Smithereens lead singer Pat DiNizio.
RED BANK: GIANT KETTLE ROLLS INTO TOWN
RED BANK: The world's largest Salvation Army kettle is slated to make a couple of appearances here in the days leading up to Christmas. 
RED BANK: SMITHEREENS SHOW TO GO ON
RED BANK: Count Basie Theatre will go ahead with a planned January 13 concert despite the death last week of Smithereens lead singer Pat DiNizio.
RED BANK: SMITHEREENS SINGER DIES
RED BANK: Smithereens singer Pat Dinizio dies two days after announcement of January 13 show at the Basie.
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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.