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RED BANK: NIGHTTIME SHREWSBURY AVE CLOSURES PLANNED
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Portions of Shrewsbury Avenue will be closed from 8 pm to 5 a.m. over the next few weeks. (click to read)
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March 10th, 2025 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: WOMEN’S DAY MARCHERS DECRY TRUMP/MUSK
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On International Womens Day, hundreds marched through Red Bank to protest Trump administration policies. (click for photos)
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March 8th, 2025 @ 6pm
RED BANK COPS: CRIME-FREE VALENTINE’S, BUT DWI’S AND MORE FILL FEB BLOTTER
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RED BANK: Police blotter for February includes smattering of DWI's, thefts, assaults. (click to read the full report)
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March 7th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK: BOROUGH WEB SITE GETS NEW LOOK
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Borough of Red Bank redesigns its notoriously clunky web site. (click to read)
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March 5th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: VNA DEMOLITION BEGINS TO CLEAR WAY FOR APARTMENTS
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What's going on here? Former VNA building is being reduced to rubble to make way for 212 apartment building. (click to read)
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March 4th, 2025 @ 8am
CAN WE COME IN? RED BANK LEAD WATER LINE PROJECT TO KNOCK ON DOORS
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Red Bankers: Check the list to see if teams need to get inside your home to find the water shut off for the lead service line replacement project.(click to read)
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March 3rd, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK THROWBACK: RED BANK’S BOOZE LIMIT SET 90 YEARS AGO
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A look back 90 years ago as Red Bank commissioners set a ceiling on liquor license that still stands today. (click to read)
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March 3rd, 2025 @ 6am
RED BANK: WATER MAIN BREAK CAUSES ROAD CLOSURES, PRESSURE DROP
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A water main break at Red Bank's water treatment facility on Chestnut Street is causing road closures and other headaches. (click to read)
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February 28th, 2025 @ 2pm
REPORT: RED BANK BUILDER DENHOLTZ AIMS HIGH WITH NEW BIZ MODEL, BIG PLANS
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Red Bank train station zone developer Denholtz emerges as a private investment management firm, as new CEO tells business web site: "We want to be doing deals. Denholtz is ready to go.” Click to read.
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February 25th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: LIQUOR STORE GETS PARTIAL OK, BOARD SEEKS BIGGER SPRUCE-UP
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A Red Bank liquor store's plan to move to a larger location in a former mechanic shop on Shrewsbury Avenue gets a partial ok. (click to read)
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February 24th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: ICE NABS SUSPECT POLICE SAY CLUBBED, DOUSED VICTIM IN GASOLINE
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ICE agents say they've arrested the Salvadoran-born man police say clubbed a Red Bank neighbor over the head and doused him with gasoline. (click to read)
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February 20th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: BANK STREET JUNKER SUES OVER TOWED VEHICLES
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Red Bank junker sues police-contracted towing company for the return of four vehicles and a trailer of lumber. It's the latest chapter in a two decade battle over the defacto junkyard. (click to read)
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February 20th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: LIQUOR STORE LOOKS TO MAKE IT A DOUBLE
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Red Bank liquor store looks to double its space with a move across the street. (click to read)
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February 19th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK: ASSAULTS AND DWI KEPT COPS BUSY IN JANUARY
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RED BANK: Police blotter for January includes a big porch pirate heist, DWI's and multiple aggravated assaults. (click to read)
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February 14th, 2025 @ 2pm
RED BANK: BIRRAVINO OWNER PLANS TO BUY, “CLEAN UP” EYESORE GAS STATION
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Owner of Red Bank eatery Birravino announces he's under contract to buy the eyesore vacant gas station at the town's northern entrance. (click to read)
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February 13th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: AU REVOIR, CE LA VI? OWNERS PACK UP TWO EATERIES
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Red Bank eateries Ce La Vi, Whipped and Toss'd all appear to be on the way out after owner vents about rent hikes and business climate. (click to read)
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February 10th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK WEATHER ALERT: MOVE THOSE CARS
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On street parking ban is in effect in Red Bank amid a winter weather advisory.(click to read)
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February 8th, 2025 @ 2pm
RED BANK TRAIN STATION REDEVELOPMENT PLAN ADDS…TRAIN STATION
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Red Bank is seeking to add six properties to its train station redevelopment plan, including the train station platform area and a rail yard. (click to read)
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February 5th, 2025 @ 12pm
RBR BOARD TO RED BANK: DON’T STIFF SCHOOL ON TRAIN STATION PILOT MONEY
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With developer expected to ask for a tax break for train station area, Red Bank's public high school wants a piece of the PILOT pie. (click to read)
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January 29th, 2025 @ 5pm
RED BANK EX POLICE CHIEF’S $176K PAYOUT IN PRESS SPOTLIGHT
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Former Red Bank Police Chief Darren McConnell received a $176,000 payout for unused sick and vacation time, Asbury Park Press reports. (click for more)
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January 28th, 2025 @ 4pm
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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.
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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.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...