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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
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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
News 14 townhomes and two cottages on the block bounded by Harding and Hudson Avenues and Clay Street.
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
RED BANK: ZONERS TO CONSIDER PLAN FOR 14 APARTMENTS
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A Holmdel builder will ask the Red Bank Zoning board for variances to build 14 apartments on the site of a former funeral home. (click to read)
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November 19th, 2025 @ 7pm
RED BANK: TWO ASSAULTS ON COP ARRESTS LEAD OCTOBER POLICE REPORT
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RED BANK: Police blotter for October includes the arrests in two separate incidents of men from Holmdel and a Keansburg for the aggravated assault of a police officer.
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November 18th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: TRAIN TRACK FIX TO CLOSE PARKER BLVD.
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RED BANK TRAFFIC ALERT: Repairs on the train tracks will shut down a portion of Drs. James Parker Boulevard for a week. (Click to read)
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November 15th, 2025 @ 6am
RED BANK: KUDOS FOR PILLARS, AND SOME GRIPES, AS COUNCIL PACKS ‘EM IN
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A joyful packed house at the Red Bank council meeting watches cop promotions and honors bestowed upon beloved school nurse and undefeated soccer team. Oh, and a Bodman Place resident has totally had it with the huge construction project over there. (Click to read)
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November 14th, 2025 @ 3pm
RED BANK: RIVERFRONT COTTAGE CLEARED FOR BIG NEW HOME
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A small cottage on a Navesink River bluff is demolished to make way for a new five-bedroom home. (click to read)
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November 13th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: WHEN ARE THEY PICKING UP MY LEAVES?
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Red Bank leaf pickup resumed this week with another round in December. Click for all the leafy deets.
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November 12th, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK VETS DAY KEYNOTE LAMENTS: “WE ARE STILL FALLING SHORT”
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A moving thank-you for veterans, musical tributes, and a pointed speech from a US Navy veteran at Red Bank's Veteran's Day ceremony. (Click to read)
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November 11th, 2025 @ 6pm
RED BANK: HOSPITAL FLOATS BOATS IN PARKING LOT
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Winterized boats in the Riverview Medical Center hospital parking lot? What's going on here? (click to read)
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November 10th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: MARINE PARK WORK CONTINUES
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Work on Red Bank's Marine Park goes full throttle as a familiar landscape is transformed.
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November 10th, 2025 @ 11am
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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 ...