Skip to content
Brian Donohue
Editor Brian Donohue
Long Live Local News
Get "The Blast" Newsletter

A town square for an unsquare town

redbankgreen

Standing for the vitality of Red Bank, its community, and the fun we have together.

Category Archives: Government

RED BANK: SNACK BAR, SCREENS ON AGENDA
News rb-riverside-062016-2-500x375-4478272
RED BANK: Council to take up measures on weeds, window screens and the future of the Riverside Gardens Park Wednesday. Here's an agenda scan.
Post a comment
February 25th, 2020 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
redbankgreen Classics
FAIR HAVEN: TENANTS HOT OVER TOWN DEAL
News fair-haven-623-river-022120-1-220x146-7397710
FAIR HAVEN: Business owners and residents push back on council plan to buy River Road site for new borough hall and police station.
Post a comment
February 25th, 2020 @ 9am
RED BANK: K9 TEAM COMPETES IN PRIMETIME
News hunter-balmer-americas-top-dog-500x280-1994874
RED BANK: One of the borough police departments two K9 teams will compete in an obstacle-filled challenge on TV's 'America's Top Dog' Wednesday night.
Post a comment
February 24th, 2020 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN: TOWN IN DEAL FOR OFFICE SITE
News fair-haven-623-river-022120-1-500x332-9658607
FAIR HAVEN: Borough facilities consolidation plan gets back on track with proposed purchase of River Road building, which would be replaced, says Lucarelli.
Post a comment
February 21st, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: FIREHOUSE GETS MORE TIME
News red-bank-40-white-street-021820-500x332-1478944
RED BANK: What's Going On Here at the former firehouse on White Street, which was supposed to become a craft brewery? We've got the latest.
Post a comment
February 21st, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: HOBBYMASTERS CLOSING
News red-bank-hobbymasters-021820-500x332-6532672
RED BANK: Hobbymasters closing after 40-year run selling electric trains and wide variety of games. So what's next for this primo site?
Post a comment
February 20th, 2020 @ 9am
RED BANK: BELLHAVEN OIL TANK YANKED
News red-bank-bellhaven-021320-1-500x332-2880792
RED BANK: What's Going On Here? Environmental cleanup underway at Bellhaven Natural Area, which is slated to get a playground and observation deck.
Post a comment
February 19th, 2020 @ 2pm
RED BANK: STREET AND LOT CHANGES AIRED
News red-bank-white-street-landscaping-021420-118x220-5607083
RED BANK: Officials air plans for White Street streetscape makeover and upgrades to adjoining lot, where massive development was envisioned two years ago.
Post a comment
February 14th, 2020 @ 3pm
RED BANK: Borough settles lawsuit alleging racial and gender bias against former parks & rec head Memone Crystian for $175,000.
Post a comment
February 13th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: BOARD SUED OVER TWO DECISIONS
News ron-gasiorowski-071519-220x146-9501611
RED BANK: Planning board faces two lawsuits, one for denying an extension to Hampton Inn, another for approving Saxum's 210-apartment project on VNA site.
Post a comment
February 12th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: OILY MESS NEAR EASTSIDE PARK
News red-bank-eastside-021120-5-500x332-1210625
RED BANK: Two tractor-trailers delivering roof sections of the new Eastside Park restrooms collided Tuesday, leaving an oily trail half a mile long.
Post a comment
February 11th, 2020 @ 6pm
RED BANK: STALLS READY TO BE INSTALLED
News red-bank-eastside-park-021120-1-500x332-4085373
RED BANK: What's Going On Here at Eastside Park, where prefab building modules were being assembled Tuesday? Click to find out.
Post a comment
February 11th, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BRUNCH, AND MORE, IN CHURN
News red-bank-20-broad-brunch-020420-500x332-9778460
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a new breakfast and lunch spot called, um, Brunch, opens. Read about that and other comings and goings downtown.
Post a comment
February 11th, 2020 @ 9am
RED BANK: BALLOONS, TRAFFIC ON AGENDA
News red-bank-broad-st-050619-500x332-7829297
RED BANK: The agenda for Wednesday's council meeting includes a ban on mass balloon releases and a downtown traffic study.
Post a comment
February 10th, 2020 @ 10am
RED BANK: WHITE STREET MAKEOVER ON DECK
News red-bank-white-st-angled-parking-concept-020520-500x231-5921010
RED BANK: Borough to hold information/public input session on plan for angled parking and White Street streetscape makeover.
Post a comment
February 6th, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: A study of traffic at 19 downtown intersections is on the agenda for council's workshop meeting Wednesday. Also: a ban on mass balloon releases.
Post a comment
February 4th, 2020 @ 4pm
RED BANK: SHELL GETS SHOP OK ON THIRD TRY
News red-bank-shell-040419-500x332-4090550
RED BANK: After previous plans for a 7-Eleven and a Dunkin' shop fell short, Shell station at busy corner wins OK for a convenience store.
Post a comment
February 4th, 2020 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: RBR DIGS IN FOR EXPANSION
News rbr-rendering-013120-2-500x256-5610556
LITTLE SILVER: Heavy equipment and piles of dirt now surround Red Bank Regional High.What's Going on Here? We've got the answers.
Post a comment
February 3rd, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: Library trustees embark on five-year strategic plan update, starting with public survey of attitudes and input on services.
Post a comment
January 30th, 2020 @ 10am
RED BANK: CRIME RATE DROPPED IN 2019
News red-bank-darren-mcconnell-012320-500x332-3444594
RED BANK: Borough crime rate showed sharp drop in 2019. Also down: use-of-force incidents and internal affairs complaints, says Chief McConnell.
Post a comment
January 28th, 2020 @ 1pm
Partyline
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 ...
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.