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THE FUR AND THE FOG: RED BANK EGG HUNT IN PHOTOS
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The fur and the fog: Red Bank's annual Spring Egg Hunt in photos. (click for more)
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April 1st, 2025 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: MONMOUTH STREET SIDEWALK PROJECT BEGINS
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Three months of construction to replace and improve sidewalks begins on Monmouth Street in Red Bank this week. 
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March 31st, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: MARINE PARK REMAKE ZIPS FORWARD
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Sunset corn hole by the Navesink, anyone? More details - from a hammock hangout to a food truck area - emerge in the plan to remake Red Bank's Marine Park. (click to read).
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March 27th, 2025 @ 8pm
RED BANK TRAIN STATION PLAN GETS AIRING
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A redevelopment plan that would guide the biggest project Red Bank has seen in more than a century gets its first public airing before a full council chamber at Borough Hall. (click to read)
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March 27th, 2025 @ 12am
RED BANK: NO CHARGES IN MAY PEDESTRIAN DEATH
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Prosecutors: No charges against the driver in a May crash that took the life of a 20-year-old Frankie Luna Santamaria of Red Bank. (click to read)
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March 25th, 2025 @ 2pm
RED BANK: TRAIN STATION REDEVELOPMENT HEARING SCHEDULED
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Planner for Borough of Red Bank releases 44-page draft train station redevelopment plan and first public hearing is scheduled. (click to read)
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March 21st, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK: MARINE PARK TRANSFORMATION BEGINS
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Bulldozers move in as the second phase of a dramatic transformation of Red Bank's signature waterfront park begins.(click to read)
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March 20th, 2025 @ 10am
RED BANK: CHEESY WINDOWS GONE, BUILDING RESTORED TO “LOOK SHARP”
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Remember these windows that sparked astonishment when they were installed on a century old Red Bank building? Read on to see how it's all turning out.
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March 18th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK’S CEDAR CROSSING: OFFICIALS CITE FIXES WHILE CRITIC CALLS IT “A DUMP”
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A Red Bank complex once hailed as a beacon for affordable housing tries to get itself back on firm financial footing, but may need help from the borough. (click to read)
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March 17th, 2025 @ 7am
RED BANK: HISTORIC GUIDELINES PLAN ON TAP
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Six months after tabling a plan for a new historic district for Irving Place Red Bank seeks to prepare a wider survey to protect historic buidlings townwide. (click to read)
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March 13th, 2025 @ 8am
5K ORGANIZERS SHOW MERCY WITH NEW FLATTER COURSE FOR ’25
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Red Bank Classic 5k organizers announce June 14 race date and a new flatter course. (click to read)
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March 12th, 2025 @ 11am
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
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
Partyline
LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS!
"Long Live Local News" flags from redbankgreen's 20th anniversary celebration in Marine Park Tuesday prove to be the perfect compliment to s ...
MUMS AND WITCHES
17 Prospect Ave (Photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
KAYAKERS CLEAR RIVER JUNK
Partyline photo: "The Navesink Nymphs" clear floating tires from the river.
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner photographs praying mantis at church.
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 ...