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COLLECTOR SNAGS “MACHO” TRANS AM UNEARTHED IN RED BANK JUNKYARD
Rare Pontiac Trans Am pulled from unlicensed junkyard in Red Bank is purchased by collector. (Click to read)
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March 6th @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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PODCAST: GILDA ROGERS ON RED BANK’S BLACK HISTORY – AND FUTURE
New episode of the redbankgreen podcast! An illuminating sit down with Gilda Rogers, executive director of the T. Thomas Fortune House Cultural Center. (Click to read.)
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February 13th @ 12pm
RED BANK: IN MEMORY OF THOSE KILLED ON SEPT. 11, 2001
RED BANK: Locals to gather at Riverside Gardens Park to remember those who lost their lives in the horrific September 11, 2001 attacks. Monmouth County also has a slate of remembrance events.
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September 10th, 2025 @ 2pm
MEET RED BANK’S TRAILBLAZING “NO MOW” GARDENERS
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A dozen Red Bank gardeners are lauded for their ambition - and lack of it - by a program aimed at creating swaths of native habitat, one yard at a time. (click to read)
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September 1st, 2025 @ 10pm
HOME RUNS EQUAL HEADACHES FOR RED BANK AUTO SHOP
From dingers to dings: Red Bank auto shop says home runs are wreaking havoc on cars parked on its lot. (click to read)
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June 11th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MLK ESSAY WINNER RECOUNTS FIRST STING OF BIAS
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In elementary school, she wasn't invited to a classmate's sleepover party and wondered why. Read MLK essay award winner's tale of turning the sting of bias into cultural pride. (click to read)
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January 20th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: MURDER, ARRESTS SPARK COMMUNITY DISCUSSION PLANS
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A community discussion is planned in the wake of the shocking arrest of a former Red Bank Regional Football star in a double shooting that killed a Red Bank man. (click to read)
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November 4th, 2024 @ 1pm
RED BANK: MONSTER MAGNET FRONTMAN MARKS 35 YEARS OF ROCK
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The lead singer of Monster Magnet, the Red Bank-spawned band that turned fans worldwide on to "space rock" or "stoner rock" looks back on an unlikely 35-year career - and his own dual reality. (click to read)
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September 25th, 2024 @ 11am
GROWIN’ UP WITH SPRINGSTEEN, OFF BROAD
RED BANK: The untold story of the coffeehouse that had a lifelong impact on local teens while helping to launch the career of an 18-year-old singer named Bruce Springsteen.
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September 12th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: IN MEMORY OF THOSE KILLED ON SEPT. 11, 2001
RED BANK: Locals to gather at Riverside Gardens Park to remember those who lost their lives in the horrific September 11, 2001 attacks.
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September 10th, 2024 @ 11pm
RED BANK: KINDA-SORTA CHIEF MARKS A YEAR IN LIMBO
RED BANK: After a scandal involving the police chief, his replacement completes a full year leading the department in an odd state of limbo.
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August 5th, 2024 @ 7am
CINNAMON SNAIL CHEF GOES GALACTIC
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RED BANK: A logo you can't read. Advertising that takes a detective to understand. An acclaimed vegan food truck chef blows up the model, but keeps it delicious. (click to read)
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July 26th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: BOATERS RETURN AS SEWAGE WORRIES EBB
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Boating and other activities return to the Navesink River after a sewer main break prompted warnings about water quality. (click to read)
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July 16th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: EX MAYOR MICHAEL ARNONE DIES
RED BANK: Former mayor and longtime Republican Assemblyman Michael Arnone has died. (click to read)
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July 5th, 2024 @ 12pm
JUMPING AT THE CHANCE TO LEAP INTO SUMMER
With summer's official start Thursday, folks in Red Bank were ready to leap with joy. We've got the pictures to prove it.
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June 21st, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: VINYL FANS BASK ON MECHANIC STREET
Zappa, Go-Go's, Menudo and more sunshine than a Katrina and the Waves tune. A medley of fun photos from the rockingly successful vinyl fest that took over Mechanic Street. (click for more)
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May 12th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: RESTAURATEUR DANNY MURPHY DIES
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RED BANK: Danny Murphy, a longtime restaurateur and fierce champion of the town's small businesses, died Thursday at age 80.
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May 9th, 2024 @ 7pm
RED BANK: BORO MAN CHARGED IN FATAL AUGUST CRASH
Both drivers were intoxicated in crash that killed woman and threw infant from the car, cops say.
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April 30th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BOARD ATTORNEY LECKSTEIN DIES AT 81
RED BANK: Michael Leckstein, who served as planning board attorney here for 25 years – and in Little Silver for 50 – died Saturday.
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April 7th, 2024 @ 10pm
RED BANK: EDITH BLAKE REFLECTS ON 106 YEARS
RED BANK: Steamboats, segregation and a laugh you won't forget. Looking back on 106 years with Edith Blake. Video.
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March 21st, 2024 @ 8am
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CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.