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RED BANK: BROADWALK WRAPS UP STORMY SEASON, CHANGES COULD BE ON TAP
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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COUNT BASIE, BON JOVI HONORED AT BASIE CENTER WALK OF FAME
William "Count" Basie and Jon Bon Jovi honored as first inductees of the 100-year-old Red Bank theater's new "Walk of Fame." (click to read)
RED BANK THROWBACK: BORO BUYS THEATER TO CREATE MARINE PARK
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)
RED BANK: EMINENT DOMAIN FOE BUYS MI LUPITA’S TRACT, FORGES AHEAD WITH CONDOS
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)
RED BANK: MEMORIES TAKE FLIGHT WITH AIRPORT MURAL
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)
RED BANK: INSOMNIA COOKIES, “STREET” EATS AND MORE FILL BIZ VACANCIES
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)
RED BANK POLICE: SMOKE SHOP OWNER WAS SELLING WEED
Owner, employee of Red Bank smoke shop charged with illegal marijuana sales. (click to read)
COPS RAID RED BANK SMOKE SHOP
State special agents, Red Bank police raid Monmouth Street smoke shop. (click to read)
RED BANK’S ANDERSON MARKET OPENS: TAKE A TOUR
From Nashville-Pakistani hot chicken to seafood caught by clammers right up the road, a video and photo tour of the offerings at the new Anderson Market. (click to read)
RED BANK: BUILDER PLANS TOWNHOMES FOR ATLANTIC CLUB TRACT
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)
MEET RED BANK’S TRAILBLAZING “NO MOW” GARDENERS
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)
RED BANK: BORO HOPES TO SPUR WALKWAY, CLEANUP ON RIVERFRONT SITES
Red Bank Borough Council advances plan aimed at spurring development - and a public river walk - on two prominent waterfront properties. (click to read)
RED BANK: BORO EYES REHAB TAG FOR TWO RIVERFRONT TRACTS
Should two prominent riverfront properties in Red Bank be declared areas "in need of rehabilitation?' The council will vote Thursday. (click to read)
RED BANK: PETITION CALLS FOR BOROUGH TO END “BROADWALK”
Reps of three dozen Red Bank businesses sign a petition calling for an immediate end to "Broadwalk" the downtown pedestrian plaza. (click to read)
RED BANK: EATERY OWNERS ROAST BROADWALK
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)
RED BANK: RESIDENT SAYS TRUCKS VANDALIZED WITH “NO PARKING” SIGNS
A Red Bank man who has waged a decades-long legal war with the borough over junk-filled vehicles he parks outside his house claims two of them were recently vandalized. (click to read)
RED BANK: EYE POPPING TRASH SCULPTURE AT ANDERSON BUILDING
An exhibit of whimsical, jaw-dropping (and yet unsettling) creations made of trash at the Anderson Building in Red Bank. (click to read)
RED BANK: “THRIVE” APARTMENT BUILDING BREAKS GROUND
Groundbreaking ceremony for a groundbreaking project: work begins on a 32-unit apartment building on Shrewsbury Avenue in Red Bank for neurodivergent residents. (click to read)
RED BANK: LEAK, SINKHOLE CAUSE ROAD CLOSURE
"Not a major rupture" but a headache nonetheless: small sinkhole cause road closure in Red Bank. (click to read)
RED BANK THROWBACK: “SCROUNGING” DPW WORKERS BUILD NEW GARAGE ON THE CHEAP
As Red Bank officials prepare to borrow $4.8 million for a new DPW facility, a look back at how it was done very differently exactly 50 years ago this week. (click to read)
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SNEAKERS OVER BROAD
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sneakers hanging from the overhead wires on Broad Street.
PIANO TRASHED
Left out to take at 83 River Street. Property owner is a touring musician. Studio and home. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris H ...
FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
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.
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