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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
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: ZONING BOARD NIXES DIGITAL BILLBOARD
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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
COOKING OIL HEIST, EGGINGS, DWI’s ON OCTOBER POLICE REPORTS
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RED BANK: Police blotter for October includes arrests for DWI and assault, criminal mischief and the theft of a $1,000 container of cooking oil. (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
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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
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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 HONORS ETHEL BRANDON, “CHAMPION OF UNITY” WITH NEW AWARD
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"There is truly no one like Ethel." Red Bank bestows its first Community Spirit Award to Ethel Brandon, a community stalwart who has worked and volunteered for community causes for decades. (click to read)
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November 15th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: BOROUGH AND RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL SETTLE TAX BATTLE
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The Borough of Red Bank and Riverview Medical Center reach a settlement on an eight-year battle over property taxes. (click to read)
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November 13th, 2024 @ 6pm
RED BANK: FORMER SICKLES SPACE IS LEASED
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The site vacated by Sickles Market inside an iconic Red Bank building has been leased. But to whom? (click to read)
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November 13th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK HONORS VETERANS
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One hundred flags flew and prayer, songs and words of thanks rang out in Riverside Gardens Park for Veterans Day. (click for photos)
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November 11th, 2024 @ 2pm
RED BANK: VETERANS DAY SERVICE, CLOSURES
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Red Bank offices closed and ceremony planned for Veterans Day Monday.
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November 11th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: NJDEP WIDENS CONTAMINATION TESTING
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RED BANK: DEP expands testing footprint for chemical vapors to Harrison Avenue (click to read)
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November 6th, 2024 @ 2pm
HOW DRY IS IT? FIRES BANNED AND MYSTERIOUS “RIVER” GOES DRY
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After the driest month in history, Red Bank Fire Department issues notice about statewide fire ban. (click to read)
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November 5th, 2024 @ 3pm
RED BANK: MURDER, ARRESTS SPARK COMMUNITY DISCUSSION PLANS
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A community discussion is planned in the wake of the shocking arrest of a former Red Bank Regional Football star in a double shooting that killed a Red Bank man. (click to read)
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November 4th, 2024 @ 1pm
RED BANK: VOTER SHUTTLE PLANNED AMID POLLING PLACE CHANGE
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Voters in two Red Bank districts will vote in a new polling place. The borough is planning a shuttle bus to get them there. (click to read)
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November 4th, 2024 @ 8am
FORMER RED BANK FOOTBALL STAR IS NOW ACCUSED KILLER
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He was a football star at Red Bank Regional and the University of Massachusetts. Now Sadiq Palmer is accused of murder. (click to read)
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November 1st, 2024 @ 10pm
FOUR CHARGED IN RED BANK MURDER
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Two men and two women are charged in a July 10 murder in Red Bank. (click to read)
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November 1st, 2024 @ 9am
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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.
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.
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 ...