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RED BANK: NEIGHBORS DEMAND CLEANUP WHILE JUNK MAVEN SUES BORO AGAIN
Red Bank neighbors decry "disgusting" conditions on notorious junk-filled property as owner sues the borough in trip-and-fall. (click to read)
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RED BANK: NEW BIKE LANE ROLLED OUT
A fresh coat of green paint and new parking restrictions mark the creation a new bike lane on Harrison Avenue. (click to read)
RED BANK: NEW APARTMENTS FILL IN A FLASH
A new apartment building at Allen Place and Riverside Avenue opens and fills quick. One bedrooms rent for $3,150. Two beds? $3,700. (click to read)
DOWNTOWN RED BANK BUILDING PRICE JUMPS $900K IN 18 MONTHS
RED BANK: Monmouth Street building value soars $900k in 18 months as developer pulls off another successful flip. (click to read)
RED BANK CHURN: VINTAGE SHOP SPLITS FOR ASBURY; RUG SHOP IN LIMBO
A vintage/consignment shop leaves to find more funk in Asbury and an eight-decade run for a family-owned rug shop is in limbo. The latest in Red Bank's retail churn. (click to read)
RED BANK: BROADWALK WRAPS UP; STREET OPENS TO TRAFFIC TUESDAY
RED BANK: Broad Street re-opens to traffic between Front and White Street Tuesday as Broadwalk season wraps up. (click to read)
RED BANK: MUSIC ACADEMY FINDS NEW HOME IN LANDMARK BUILDING
Asbury Park based Lakehouse Music Academy cut the ribbon on its new facility inside the 142-year-old former Red Bank borough hall. (click to read)
RED BANK: POT SHOP HOPEFULS SUE BOROUGH FOR LICENSE
A cannabis retail business shut out by Red Bank’s three-shop limit is suing the Borough demanding officials issue more licenses. (click to read)
RED BANK: AS NEIGHBORS OBJECT, HISTORIC DISTRICT IS TABLED
Preservation commission taps the brakes on plan to create a new historic districts after homeowners object. (click to read).
RED BANK: NEW WEED SHOP AND AN ICONIC BUILDING FLIP IN CHURN
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a new weed shop opens and an iconic Broad Street Building vacant for 12 years is being flipped. (click to read)
RED BANK: FILM SHOOT BRINGS “BEAST” TO WEST FRONT STREET
Film and TV superstar Claire Danes' new Netflix series filming on the street in Red Bank (click to read).
RED BANK: MARINE PARK LOT PROCEEDS WHILE PARKLET PAUSES
New parking lot at Marine Park completed, while Monmouth Street "parklet" hits a snag. (click to read)
RED BANK: BACKHOES ROLL IN PARKING LOT DO-OVER
RED BANK: Work is underway on a borough parking lot to correct an oversight by the borough that blocked a business's access easement. (click to read)
RED BANK: ONE LAST WORKOUT AT JERSEY STRONG
Jersey Strong gym's Red Bank location hauled away the treadmills this week. (click to read)
RED BANK: JEWELRY STORE SLEDGEHAMMER HEIST THWARTED
VIDEO: Two people carrying sledgehammers were about to rob a Red Bank jewelry shop when a security officer sent them running, police said. (click to read)
RED BANK: AFFORDABLE CONDOS’ MONEY WOES SHUT OUT BUYERS
Vacant units. Sellers unable to find buyers. Money woes have buyers shut out of Cedar Crossing affordable housing condo complex.
RED BANK: ITALIAN FOOD AND FASHION IN CHURN
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, the launch of a new Italian restaurant, a made-to-fit menswear shop and a new juice and smoothie shop (click to read)
RED BANK: RIVERCENTER HEAD STEPPING DOWN
Bob Zuckerman, head of Red Bank RiverCenter, will step down from his position running the downtown improvement district at the end of the year. (click to read)
RED BANK THROWBACK: 22-STORY TOWER PROPOSED
A 22-story high rise at the foot of Broad Street in Red Bank? redbankgreen's throwback feature looks at what could have been. (click to read)
RED BANK: AFTER 15-YEAR VACANCY, REBIRTH FOR FAMEABILIA BUILDING
RED BANK: After a 15-year vacancy, redevelopment is underway at the former Fameabilia location on Monmouth Street. (click to read)
Partyline
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)  
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 ...
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)