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RED BANK: AS NEIGHBORS OBJECT, HISTORIC DISTRICT IS TABLED
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Preservation commission taps the brakes on plan to create a new historic districts after homeowners object. (click to read).
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September 19th, 2024 @ 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: MISCHIEF & ASSAULTS ON AUGUST POLICE BLOTTER
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RED BANK: Two aggravated assaults and an arrest for sexual assault on the August police blotter. (click to read)
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September 18th, 2024 @ 11am
RED BANK: NEW WEED SHOP AND AN ICONIC BUILDING FLIP IN CHURN
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a new weed shop opens and an iconic Broad Street Building vacant for 12 years is being flipped. (click to read)
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September 18th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: FILM SHOOT BRINGS “BEAST” TO WEST FRONT STREET
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Film and TV superstar Claire Danes' new Netflix series filming on the street in Red Bank (click to read).
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September 17th, 2024 @ 2pm
RED BANK: MARINE PARK LOT PROCEEDS WHILE PARKLET PAUSES
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New parking lot at Marine Park completed, while Monmouth Street "parklet" hits a snag. (click to read)
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September 16th, 2024 @ 10am
RED BANK: WEST FRONT STREET TRAFFIC ALERT
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West Front Street will be closed intermittently Tuesday between Broad Street and Maple Avenue for a film production (click to read)
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September 15th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: PEDESTRIAN KILLED BY TRAIN
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RED BANK: A Highlands man died after he was struck by a train at the borough station Saturday afternoon.
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September 14th, 2024 @ 2pm
RED BANK: BACKHOES ROLL IN PARKING LOT DO-OVER
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RED BANK: Work is underway on a borough parking lot to correct an oversight by the borough that blocked a business's access easement. (click to read)
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September 12th, 2024 @ 7pm
AS RED BANK REMEMBERS 9/11 NEW STORIES STILL POUR FORTH
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As Red Bank honors the fallen of Sept. 11, 2001, Rotary Club president tells her family's 9/11 story for the first time. (click to read)
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September 11th, 2024 @ 2pm
RED BANK TOWNWIDE YARD SALE APPROACHES
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You have ten days to get ready: the Red Bank town wide garage sale is approaching.
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September 10th, 2024 @ 12pm
REDBANKGREEN WINS NATIONAL JOURNALISM AWARD
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redbankgreen receives national journalism award for coverage of "historic election."
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September 8th, 2024 @ 8pm
RED BANK: JEWELRY STORE SLEDGEHAMMER HEIST THWARTED
News Leonardo Jewelers attempted theft by force thwarted
VIDEO: Two people carrying sledgehammers were about to rob a Red Bank jewelry shop when a security officer sent them running, police said. (click to read)
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September 4th, 2024 @ 12am
RED BANK: AFFORDABLE CONDOS’ MONEY WOES SHUT OUT BUYERS
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Vacant units. Sellers unable to find buyers. Money woes have buyers shut out of Cedar Crossing affordable housing condo complex.
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September 3rd, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: ITALIAN FOOD AND FASHION IN CHURN
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, the launch of a new Italian restaurant, a made-to-fit menswear shop and a new juice and smoothie shop (click to read)
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August 30th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADS REUNITE AT HARVARD
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Friends since kindergarten, two Red Bank Middle School students join Harvard University's class of 2028. (click to read)
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August 28th, 2024 @ 7pm
RED BANK: TREE REMOVALS DIG UP CONCERNS
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The removal of two trees sparked concerns in a neighborhood where some still feel burned over abrupt tree removals last year. (click to read)
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August 27th, 2024 @ 2pm
RED BANK: “DIRTY JOBS KING” HONORED FOR SEWAGE SPILL HUSTLE
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Contractor honored by Red Bank Mayor and Council for quickly fixing broken sewer main and "preventing environmental disaster."
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August 26th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BALLOON MISHAP CAUSES POWER OUTAGE
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About 1,200 customer were out of power and traffic snarled in Red Bank after balloons hit power lines by a substation.
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August 25th, 2024 @ 3pm
RED BANK: DRIVER CHARGED IN BOLLARD CRASH
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A 32-year old woman crashed her car into the Broadwalk bollards, fled the scene and later told police her boyfriend was driving, police said. (click to read)
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August 23rd, 2024 @ 1pm
RED BANK: DRIVER CHARGED IN FATAL HIT-AND-RUN
News Mariano Codallos Tepepa
A Red Bank man has been charged with leaving the scene of an August 5 crash that killed a 23-year-old man in Shrewsbury. (click to read)
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August 23rd, 2024 @ 9am
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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 ...