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RED BANK: KIDS HONOR VETERANS
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RED BANK: After a pandemic interruption, school children return to annual Veterans Day commemoration at the borough Veterans Monument.
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November 11th, 2021 @ 4pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: HISTORIC CLOCK CLOCKED
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RED BANK: Historic clock that's watched over downtown for more than a century crashed to the ground after being struck by a truck Wednesday.
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November 10th, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: DEMOLITION SLATED FOR PARKING
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RED BANK: Development firm plans to raze century-old house in "extreme state of disrepair" for parking, new ATM and future development, owner says.
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October 18th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: EBANKS OFFERS PLANNING PRIMER
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RED BANK: New community planning director offers a primer in zoning and land-use law, but steers clear of third-rail topics like tax abatements.
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October 15th, 2021 @ 7am
SHREWSBURY: HISTORICAL PLAQUE INSTALLED
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SHREWSBURY: History lovers celebrate as district gets commemorative plaque 43 years after National Register of Historic Places designation.
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September 20th, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: REFLECTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 11
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RED BANK: Mayor and eighth-grader offer reflections as about 100 gather in Riverside Gardens Park on 20th anniversary of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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September 13th, 2021 @ 7am
ON THE GREEN: IN MEMORY
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RED BANK: Remembering those from the Greater Red Bank Green who were killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America.
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September 10th, 2021 @ 9pm
RED BANK: SEPTEMBER 11, 20 YEARS LATER
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RED BANK: Events here and in Atlantic Highlands to mark 20th anniversary of loss of life in terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
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September 10th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: A NEIGHBOR’S 9/11 STORY
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RED BANK: Twenty years later, a writer captures the story of his neighbor's escape from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
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September 8th, 2021 @ 12pm
RED BANK: DUB SEEKS FACADE-CHANGE OK
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RED BANK: Dublin House Pub plans facade changes owner calls "nothing crazy," but Historic Preservation Commission wants a closer look.
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August 24th, 2021 @ 4pm
RED BANK: KEEPING FORTUNE’S VOICE ALIVE
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RED BANK: Suubi Mondesir has helped give voice to the ideals of the Fortune Cultural Center since she was in high school – and the center was still a dream.
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August 9th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: MURAL LINKS HOMESTEAD TO PAST
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RED BANK: A home that served three generations of an Italian family now has a idyllic view, just out the window, of the ancestral town whence they came.
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July 23rd, 2021 @ 11am
FAIR HAVEN: LIMITS ON SPEED & 5G ENDORSED
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FAIR HAVEN: Council endorses lower speed limit on River Road; introduces law to limit 5G antennas; OKs grant application for Bicentennial Hall upgrades.
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July 13th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: MUMFORD SHRINKS PLAN AGAIN
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RED BANK: Mumford again shrinks plan for Shrewsbury Avenue apartment building. Also on zoning agenda: apartments next to library and exotic car rentals.
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July 7th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: FORTUNE TO HOST PARKER ROOM
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RED BANK: T. Thomas Fortune Center to host permanent exhibit on father-and-son physicians Drs. James Parker Sr. and Jr. under Monmouth Medical Center sponsorship.
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June 23rd, 2021 @ 9am
RED BANK: TWIN PUMPERS DELIVERED
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RED BANK: Volunteer firefighters take delivery of two new pumpers to replace apparatus at Westside Hose and Independent houses.
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June 22nd, 2021 @ 1pm
RED BANK: MARCH INAUGURATES JUNETEENTH
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RED BANK: Juneteenth holiday inaugurated with march bookended by events at Pilgrim Baptist Church and T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center.
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June 21st, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: COLORS AT ISSUE IN MAKEOVER
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RED BANK: Fifties-style rooftop pylon can go, but Historic Preservation Commission members take issue with colors for proposed bank makeover.
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May 20th, 2021 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MASTER PLAN UPDATE BEGINS
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RED BANK: At a meeting that lasts less than 12 minutes, planning board embarks on first full-scale Master Plan rewrite in 25 years.
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May 18th, 2021 @ 7am
SHREWSBURY: YMCA NAMES BOARD MEMBERS
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SHREWSBURY: YMCA of Greater Monmouth County names seven new board members.
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May 14th, 2021 @ 3pm
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner films 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 ...
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 ...