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RED BANK BOARD OF ED RACE: SAVOIA Q&A
News Paul Savoia
A question and answer session with Red Bank Board of Education election incumbent candidate Paul Savoia. (click to read)
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October 16th, 2025 @ 9am
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RED BANK BOARD OF ED RACE: FLORES-CASTILLO Q&A
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A question and answer session with Red Bank Board of Education election incumbent candidate Julie Flores-Castillo. (Click to read)
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October 16th, 2025 @ 9am
RED BANK: NOR’ EASTER SOAKS, BUT SPARES BOROUGH
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Monmouth Boat Club
Coastal storm pushes Navesink River over its (Red) banks. (click to read)
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October 13th, 2025 @ 5pm
RED BANK: TOWNHOMES PLAN GETS SPLASH OF COLD WATER
News 303 Broad Street 082025
A "concept plan" for townhomes on the Wells Fargo tract gets some cold water from Red Bank's mayor. (click to read)
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October 13th, 2025 @ 10am
RED BANK: VISCOMI SUES MAYOR/COUNCIL FOR “POLITICAL HIT JOB”
News Sue Viscomi
Lies, defamation and a "political hit job." Board of Ed prez Sue Viscomi sues Red Bank borough officials over her library board ouster. (click to read)
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October 10th, 2025 @ 3pm
RED BANK: AFTER TRAGEDY, FIREFIGHTERS OPEN DOORS TO PREVENT MORE
News West Side hose Red Bank Fire Department
Free smoke alarms, firehouse tours and a call for volunteers on tap as Red Bank firefighters hold two open houses. (click to read)
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October 9th, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK: COUNCIL PREPS REHAB STUDY FOR WATERFRONT SITE
News 26-28 Shrewsbury Avenue proposal sourlis
26-28 Shrewsbury Avenue proposal sourlis
Red Bank set to launch redevelopment study of waterfront parking lot eyed for a 40-unit apartment building. (click to read)
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October 8th, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK: STATE PONIES UP FOR BASIE BLEACHERS PROJECT
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Marine park
Red Bank lands long-sought state grant to help with cost of $1.2 million Count Basie Bleachers replacement. (click to read)
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October 8th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: BUILDER EYES FORMER BANK SITE ON BROAD STREET FOR TOWNHOMES
News 303 Broad Street 082025
The former Wells Fargo building on Broad Street once eyed as possible borough hall is being sold, with a developer planning townhomes on the site. (click to read)
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October 6th, 2025 @ 7am
RED BANK: BROADWALK WRAPS UP STORMY SEASON, CHANGES COULD BE ON TAP
News Broadwalk 2025
Petitioners demanded an end to Red Bank's Broadwalk pedestrian plaza this year. Could changes be in store? (click to read)
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October 1st, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK POLICE: COP “MISAPPROPRIATED” MONEY FROM FELLOW OFFICER
News Red BAnk Borough Hall 90 Monmouth Street
A Red Bank police officer was docked 114 days of sick and vacation time for misappropriating money belonging to a fellow cop. (click to read)
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September 25th, 2025 @ 7am
RED BANK THROWBACK: BORO BUYS THEATER TO CREATE MARINE PARK
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100 years ago this week, the Borough of Red Bank made one of the best moves in its history: buying land to create Marine Park. (click to read)
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September 24th, 2025 @ 9am
RED BANK: EMINENT DOMAIN FOE BUYS MI LUPITA’S TRACT, FORGES AHEAD WITH CONDOS
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A developer who got approval for a 20-unit condo building near the Red Bank train station instead sold the land for $4.3 million. The new owner says she plans to go ahead with the project, even as she fights to save her own property in Perth Amboy from eminent domain. (click to read)
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September 22nd, 2025 @ 8pm
RED BANK: MEMORIES TAKE FLIGHT WITH AIRPORT MURAL
News Dan Dorn Jr. mural airport 09172025
Red Bank's newest mural is based on a photo from the Dorn family collection of historic photos. It left the son of the man who took the photo almost speechless. (click to read)
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September 18th, 2025 @ 2pm
RED BANK: INSOMNIA COOKIES, “STREET” EATS AND MORE FILL BIZ VACANCIES
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RED BANK: Mexican eatery Toro Rojo closes, while Insomnia cookies and a flurry of other new arrivals are filling fill a string of vacant storefronts along Broad Street. The latest in Retail Churn. (click to read)
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September 18th, 2025 @ 7am
RED BANK: GRAFFITI, DUI’S KEEP POLICE BUSY IN AUGUST
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RED BANK: Police blotter for August includes two DUI arrests and 11 incidents of vandalism.
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September 15th, 2025 @ 4pm
COPS RAID RED BANK SMOKE SHOP
News Dynasty Smokes bongs and guns 160 Monmouth Street 09092025
State special agents, Red Bank police raid Monmouth Street smoke shop. (click to read)
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September 9th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK: RECTOR PLACE, FRONT STREET ROAD CLOSURES ON TAP
News Rector Place West Front road closure 09072025
Overnight roadwork near Red Bank's northern gateway could cause some detours for motorists over the next two weeks, according to a notice sent out by the borough.(click to read)
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September 7th, 2025 @ 8pm
RED BANK: BUILDER PLANS TOWNHOMES FOR ATLANTIC CLUB TRACT
News Mushroom House
Developer says he's under contract to buy Red Bank's Atlantic Club and 13 other properties with a plan to build new townhomes on the site.(click to read)
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September 7th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: COPS NAB GRAFFITI SUSPECTS
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Using video, Red Bank police nab alleged scrawlers they say are responsible for incidents of summertime graffiti. (click to read)
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September 2nd, 2025 @ 11am
Partyline
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)  
St. James Church praying mantis 102026
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 ...