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RED BANK: BILLBOARD LAWSUIT SETTLED WITH SWAP
Ad company will drop its bid to build a digital billboard at the Red Bank's northern gateway - if it can build one on the southern border instead. (Click to read)
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March 26th @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK SCHOOLS EYE 9.5 PERCENT TAX LEVY HIKE
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Statewide school funding crunch hits Red Bank as district seeks 9.5 percent tax levy hike. (Click to read)
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March 24th @ 3pm
RED BANK: EAST SIDE PARK CLOSES FOR LEAD CLEANUP
Most of East Side Park is closed while the NJ DEP works to remove lead-contaminated soil. (click to read)
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March 17th @ 3pm
DOCUMENTING OLD RED BANK, BEFORE THE BULLDOZERS ARRIVE
History buff and filmmaker sets out to document a block of old Red Bank before the bulldozers and condos arrive. (click to read)
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March 17th @ 7am
RED BANK: THIEVES GRAB GUMMIES, APPLE WATCH IN FEBRUARY POLICE BLOTTER
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Thefts and criminal mischief topped Red Bank police reports for February, with 29 arrests including three DWI charges.(Click to read)
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March 16th @ 5pm
RED BANK CHURN: MEXIMODO OWNER PLANS EATERY; CORNERSTONE GOURMET OPENS
A new gourmet market/caterer opens in the former Citarella's space and Meximodo's owner plans a restaurant on Front Street. (Click to read.)
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March 16th @ 7am
RED BANK: BROKER FINED FOR ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAPSES
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Red Bank financial broker/dealer fined for breaking laws designed to prevent money laundering. (Click to read)
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March 12th @ 1pm
RED BANK GIVES PUSHCART VENDOR IDEA A SPIN
Red Bank creates a new pushcart vendor license for summertime food & drink sales in borough parks. (click to read)
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March 11th @ 5pm
RED BANK: BORO RELEASES PLAN FOR 40-UNIT “NAVESINK CROSSING”
A rendering of the proposed project for 26-28 Shrewbury Avenue included in the the rehabilitation plan by borough planner BFJ Planning.
Five stories with a waterfront walkway: Borough planner issues a report with development guidelines for a proposed 40 unit building on the Navesink River. (Click to read.)
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March 10th @ 2pm
GOLF CART ASSAULT. FORGED DOCUMENTS. STOLEN MONEY. CHARGES FLY AS BUILDERS BATTLE IN COURT
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In dueling lawsuits, developers on a Fort Monmouth golf course project are accusing each other of misdeeds ranging from forgery to violence.(Click to read)
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March 10th @ 6am
RED BANK: BRUSH PICKUP THIS WEEK
A special winter brush pickup starts in Red Bank Monday morning. Click for a schedule and map.(Click to read)
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March 8th @ 11am
COLLECTOR SNAGS “MACHO” TRANS AM UNEARTHED IN RED BANK JUNKYARD
Rare Pontiac Trans Am pulled from unlicensed junkyard in Red Bank is purchased by collector. (Click to read)
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March 6th @ 12pm
RED BANK: TRASH COLLECTION COSTS UP 27 PERCENT
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The Borough of Red Bank began paying 27 percent more to the company that collects residents' trash this week, but officials are breathing a sigh of relief that it wasn't worse. (Click to read)
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March 4th @ 7am
RED BANK: YOUTH IMMIGRATION MARCH FILLS STREETS
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Children of immigrants detained, deported by ICE lead hundreds in a march through Red Bank. (Click to read)
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March 1st @ 8am
RED BANK REGIONAL OFFICIALS TOUT INTEGRATION EFFORTS
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"The lesson from Red Bank Regional’s experience is clear: integration works." RBR officials pen op-ed touting district as a model for the state. (Click to read)
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February 25th @ 7am
BLIZZARD BURIES RED BANK
Red Bank digs out from under two feet of snow. Storm details and photos galore from the Blizzard of 2026. (Click to read)
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February 23rd @ 5pm
RED BANK: LANDSCAPER RELEASED FROM ICE DETENTION
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Well known Red Bank landscaper Ricardo Paz is released after six weeks in ICE detention. (Click to read)
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February 20th @ 8am
RED BANK: PAIR OF TWO FAMILY HOMES OK’D
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A pair of two-family homes will rise next to Coffee Corral under a plan approved by the Red Bank Planning Board. (Click to read)
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February 19th @ 3pm
RED BANK REGIONAL HS: MORE VIRTUAL LEARNING AS BURST PIPE WORK CONTINUES
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Virtual learning continues for Red Bank Regional students as workers fix damage caused when a pipe froze and burst. (Click to read)
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February 16th @ 11am
RED BANK: JANUARY CRIME AND ARREST REPORT
RED BANK: Police blotter for January includes three DWI's, a jewelry theft and a smattering of assaults.
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February 15th @ 6am
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CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.