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RED BANK: COUNCIL OK’S 8 PERCENT TAX HIKE; BONDS FOR ROADS, PARKS, WATER
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Red Bank Borough Council passes budget with 8 percent tax hike, ok's borrowing for streets, parks and water projects. (Click to read)
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May 18th @ 4pm
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PODCAST: GILDA ROGERS ON RED BANK’S BLACK HISTORY – AND FUTURE
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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 COUNCIL CANDIDATES: KRISTINA BONATAKIS Q&A
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See where Red Bank Borough Council member Kristina Bonatakis stands on the big issues facing the town as she seeks re-election. (Click to read)
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October 27th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK COUNCIL CANDIDATES: BEN FOREST Q&A
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See where Red Bank Borough Council member Ben Forest stands on the big issues facing the town as he seeks re-election. (Click to read)
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October 27th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK COUNCIL CANDIDATES: LAURA JANNONE Q&A
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See where Red Bank Borough Council member Laura Jannone stands on the big issues facing the town as she seeks re-election. (Click to read)
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October 27th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK COUNCIL CANDIDATES: BEN YURO Q&A
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See where Red Bank Borough Council candidate Ben Yuro stands on the big issues facing the town. (Click to read)
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October 27th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: BORO HOPES TO SPUR WALKWAY, CLEANUP ON RIVERFRONT SITES
News 14 townhomes and two cottages on the block bounded by Harding and Hudson Avenues and Clay Street.
Red Bank Borough Council advances plan aimed at spurring development - and a public river walk - on two prominent waterfront properties. (click to read)
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August 29th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: FOUR WILL RUN UNOPPOSED FOR COUNCIL
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November snoozefest on tap: Two years after a hotly contested race for Mayor and all six council seats, four allies of Mayor Billy Portman will run unopposed in November. (click to read)
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August 25th, 2025 @ 9am
RED BANK: EATERY OWNERS ROAST BROADWALK
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A group of Red Bank restaurant owners tell the Borough Council that turning Broad Street into a seasonal pedestrian plaza is killing their business. (click to read)
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August 15th, 2025 @ 5pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL SEEKS TO BORROW $4.6M FOR DPU REBUILD
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Vanlife may be popular on Instagram, but Red Bank DPU workers would prefer not to be working in decades-old trailers. The borough is finally moving forward to build a new multimillion dollar facility. (click to read)
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August 12th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MAYOR OUSTS VISCOMI FROM LIBRARY BOARD FOR DEPORTATION COMMENT
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Red Bank Mayor removes election rival and Board of Education President Suzanne Viscomi from library board amid investigation into 18-month old deportation comment. (click to read)
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July 25th, 2025 @ 12am
RED BANK: COUNCIL TO VOTE ON TRAIN STATION REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
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Final council vote on massive Red Bank train station redevelopment plan set for Thursday. (click to read)
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July 9th, 2025 @ 2pm
RED BANK: SCHOOL TAX HIKE TRIMMED TO 10 PERCENT
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A planned 13 percent hike in Red Bank school taxes is whittled down to ten percent by a last minute curveball from Trenton. (click to read)
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April 30th, 2025 @ 1pm
“RED BANK’S READY” TEAM ANNOUNCES COUNCIL SLATE
News Kristina Bonatakis, Ben Forest, Laura Jannone and Ben Yuro 042025
The team of candidates that swept Borough Council elections in 2023 announces who will run for four open seats in November. (click to read)
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April 29th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: WOMEN’S DAY MARCHERS DECRY TRUMP/MUSK
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On International Womens Day, hundreds marched through Red Bank to protest Trump administration policies. (click for photos)
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March 8th, 2025 @ 6pm
RED BANK: VNA DEMOLITION BEGINS TO CLEAR WAY FOR APARTMENTS
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What's going on here? Former VNA building is being reduced to rubble to make way for 212 apartment building. (click to read)
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March 4th, 2025 @ 8am
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: “DIRTY JOBS KING” HONORED FOR SEWAGE SPILL HUSTLE
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Contractor honored by Red Bank Mayor and Council for quickly fixing broken sewer main and "preventing environmental disaster."
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August 26th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: FED UP AIRBNB OWNER PACKS IT IN
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RED BANK: Neighbors complained of loud parties. Code enforcement wrote tickets. The Borough Council re-wrote the laws. Now, an Airbnb owner is selling his home out of frustration. (click for more)
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July 9th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: EX MAYOR MICHAEL ARNONE DIES
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RED BANK: Former mayor and longtime Republican Assemblyman Michael Arnone has died. (click to read)
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July 5th, 2024 @ 12pm
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KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
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.
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