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RED BANK: WHY SO MANY PLANES?
Why are the skies over Red Bank so busy sometimes and so quiet other times? A local aviation nerdsplainer from redbankgreen.
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BASIE CENTER ADDS MURAL, BASIE BAND BLOCK PARTY TO 100TH ANNIVERSARY
A block party and two concerts with the Legendary Count Basie Orchestra along with a new mural project are added to Count Basie theater centennial celebration. (Click to read)
“WE BUILT THAT.” RED BANK FIREFIGHTERS MARK MONUMENT’S 100 YEARS
As the 100-year-anniversary of Red Bank's War Memorial monument neared, firefighters made an illuminating discovery. (click to read)
RED BANK FOODTOWN SHUTTING DOWN
Workers clear the shelves as a source tells redbankgreen that Circus Super Foodtown's closure is imminent. (click to read)
RED BANK: STILL VACANT, DOWNTOWN LANDMARK IS SOLD – AGAIN.
Meximodo owner buys two buildings in downtown Red Bank with plans to open restaurants in both. (Click to read)
RED BANK: COMMUNITY MOURNS STUDENT KILLED IN TRAIN STRIKE
Hundreds gathered to honor and mourn a student killed in what school officials called an accident Wednesday. (Click to read)
RED BANK: BROADWALK, NOW “SETTLED LAW” SEEKS TO MOVE PAST CONTROVERSY
Red Bank's seasonal pedestrian plaza returns, with officials hoping opponents will get on board. (Click to read)
RED BANK GETS GRANT FOR WORLD CUP CELEBRATION
Red Bank scores a $50,000 state grant to hold World Cup soccer watch parties and other events in June and July. (Click to read)
NEW RED BANK EATERIES: KOREAN, PIZZA, VENEZUELAN, AND MONSTER SUNDAES
Red Bank retail Churn: Korean BBQ, Scoop N Scootery ice cream set up shop, with new Venezuelan and pizza spots preparing to open.
RED BANK: FORTUNE HOUSE WELCOMES MELBA MOORE
Disco, soul pioneer and Tony Award winner Melba Moore comes to Red Bank for a pre-Mother's Day meet and greet. (click to read)
RED BANK: BOARD OF ED NIXES BID TO OUST MEMBER FOR ABSENCES
Should a Red Bank Board of Education member be removed for missing three meetings? Board members split on bid to consider ouster. (Click to read)
RED BANK DOG CHOSEN FOR LOTTERY GAME CARD
Arlo, a pit bull from Red Bank, is chosen as one of 18 dogs featured on NJ Lottery scratch off game cards. (click to read)
HAVANA ON THE NAVESINK
The Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project went big with its annual gala at Triumph Brewing Wednesday, hosting a 1940's-50's Cuba-themed classic car show and concert to benefit its jazz education programs. 
RED BANK: CONDO PROJECT STALLS, THEN STARTS – AGAIN
The on-again off-again construction of a ten-unit luxury condo building on Red Bank's waterfront is..on again. (Click to read)
RED BANK’S “DOCTOR PENIS” DRAWS NY TIMES SCRUTINY FOR BREAST SURGERY PAYOUTS
Newspaper expose on eye-popping insurance payments focuses on Red Bank plastic surgeon. (Click to read)
RED BANK: BUSY SUNDAY ON TAP WITH STREET FAIR, GRAFFITI FEST
Street fair and Graffiti Fest on tap Sunday in Red Bank. (click to read)
RED BANK: NEW LIBRARY MURAL SHINES
Red Bank Public Library mural depicts fauna featured in literature, the local landscape, and one Red Bank student's cherished memories. (Click to read.)
RED BANK: LONG LIST OF ARRESTS IN MARCH POLICE BLOTTER
RED BANK: A man charged with assaulting and taking an officer's weapon is among a long list of arrests by police in the month of March.
RED BANK CHURN: PINBALL LOUNGE, PRE-MADE MEALS SPOT OPEN
Red Bank Retail Churn: A pinball speakeasy and a $10 premade meals spot open. All the details and more news of comings and goings in Churn.
RED BANK: LOCALS TO SHARE TALES OF CRINGE
The annual celebration of embarassment known as Cringefest returns with a lineup of storytellers from Red Bank organizations. (Click to read)
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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.