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RED BANK TIES THE KNOT WITH DENHOLTZ FOR TRAIN STATION PROJECT
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Red Bank officially designates Denholtz firm as builder for big train station redevelopment project. (click to read)
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January 28th @ 9am
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RED BANK DECEMBER POLICE REPORT: GREASE THIEF STRIKES AGAIN
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RED BANK: Police blotter for December includes a theft of cooking oil, a few DWI arrests and a quiet, crime-free Christmas Eve.
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January 23rd @ 4pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL, POLICE CHIEF ADDRESS ICE RAIDS
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Red Bank Police, borough and school officials look to assure residents amid ICE raids that have left a community rattled. (Click to read)
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January 23rd @ 3pm
RED BANK: DRAPERY SHOP CLOSES, WHILE CURTAIN RISES ON NEW SIP ‘N PAINT, COFFEE SHOPS
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, we look at officials' claim of 22 new businesses opening in 2025. Also, one of Red Bank's longest running businesses calls it quits, while new ventures spring up. (Click to read)
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January 21st @ 6pm
RED BANK: MORE ICE ARRESTS, AS MAYOR (AND SPRINGSTEEN) DENOUNCE RAIDS
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ICE arrests continue in Red Bank as officials - and Bruce Springsteen - denounce immigration sweeps.(Click to read)
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January 19th @ 4pm
RED BANK: COVETED MACHO TRANS AM SAVED FROM CRUSHER – FOR NOW
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Hot rod fans on three continents breath a sigh of relief as rare Trans Am is spared a trip to scrap heap. (Click to read)
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January 15th @ 2pm
RED BANK: BOARD OF ED SHRUGS OFF FLAP, RE-UPS VISCOMI AS PREZ
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Shrugging off deportation comment flap, Red Bank Board of Education re-elects Sue Viscomi president. (Click to read)
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January 13th @ 1pm
RED BANK: DEVELOPER BUYS CHARTER SCHOOL PROPERTIES
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With a 45-unit building rising on Monmouth Street, developer buys more property right next door. (Click to read)
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January 6th @ 7am
RED BANK COUNCIL: NEW FIRE CHIEF, NEW COUNCILMAN MEMBER, SAME OLD HARMONY
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Red Bank council swears in new member and new fire chiefs at annual reorganization meeting. (click to read)
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January 2nd @ 12pm
RED BANK: PASTOR CHARGED WITH SEX ASSAULT OF JUVENILE
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Pastor charged with assaulting a juvenile parishoner during his years leading a church in Red Bank. (Click to read)
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December 30th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: DWI’S AND STOLEN FISHING ROD IN NOVEMBER POLICE REPORT
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RED BANK: Police blotter for November includes four DWI arrests several thefts and another graffiti spree. (Click to read)
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December 18th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: JUNKYARD CLEANUP CONTINUES AS OWNER CRIES FOUL
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Work continued for a third day as the Borough of Red Bank clears an unlicensed junkyard on Bank Street. (Click to read)
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December 18th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: WITH COURT RULING, BOROUGH CLEARS BANK STREET JUNKYARD
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Borough swoops in to clear Red Bank property that's been a defacto junkyard for three decades. (click to read)
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December 16th, 2025 @ 2pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL WRAPS 2025 WITH FOOTBALLER AND FIREFIGHTER HONORS
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Red Bank's 9U football team's stunning run and Red Bank firefighters' valor take center stage at the final Borough Council meeting of 2025. (Click to read)
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December 12th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK: FREE PARKING IN EFFECT FOR HOLIDAYS
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Free Parking across Red Bank through December 26. (click to read)
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December 12th, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK: RIVERFRONT CONDO PLAN GETS AIRING
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Forty condos are proposed for a riverfront parking lot in Red Bank. The nascent plan got a vibe check at a special public meeting Monday night. (click to read)
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December 2nd, 2025 @ 3pm
RED BANK: PUBLIC MEETING FOR WATERFRONT SITE PLAN
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A special public meeting Monday on a plan that would pave the way for 40 apartments on the Navesink River. (Click to read.)
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December 1st, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: FIRE RIPS THROUGH TWO FAMILY HOME
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Two families are displaced as fire tears through a Red Bank duplex. (Click to read)
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November 24th, 2025 @ 2pm
“JOHN POO” FOR RED BANK COUNCIL? SOME VOTERS WROTE IN OTHER OPTIONS
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Various Red Bank residents, celebrities and cartoon characters garnered more than two percent of the vote in the recent council election. Take a look at the write-in tally. (click to read)
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November 24th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: ICE, FBI RAMP UP ARRESTS
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Federal agents have arrested several people over three straight weekends in Red Bank. Details on who and how many people have been detained are scarce. (Click to read)
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November 20th, 2025 @ 11am
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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 ...