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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)
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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)
RED BANK: ATLANTIC CLUB PARTNERS SQUARE OFF IN LAWSUIT OVER $20 MILLION SALE
Investor sues Atlantic Club owners saying he was shut out of the proceeds from last year's $20 million sale of the club to a fitness industry giant. (click to read)
RED BANK: BASIE ARTS CENTER UNVEILS 100TH BIRTHDAY BASH PLANS
The Count Basie Center for the Arts announces a 16-month celebration to mark the 100 anniversary of Red Bank's crown jewel theater. (click to read)
RED BANK: AS BLAZE VICTIM DIES, FIRE CHIEF PLEADS FOR HELP
Red Bank man burned in house fire dies, as fire chief appeals for more volunteers and smoke alarms programs. (Click to read)
RED BANK: TRAIN STATION, LOCUST LANDING PLANS SAIL THROUGH COUNCIL
Two big votes on an emotional night as Red Bank council approves a pair of major housing initiatives: Locust Landing rehab plan and 400-apartment train station redevelopment plan. (click to read)
RED BANK: COUNCIL TO VOTE ON TRAIN STATION REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
Final council vote on massive Red Bank train station redevelopment plan set for Thursday. (click to read)
VIDEO: TESTING RED BANK TRAFFIC DURING “BROADWALK”
VIDEO: redbankgreen hits the road to test Red Bank traffic with Broad Street closed for the "Broadwalk" pedestrian plaza.
RED BANK LOOKS TO ELEVATE & REHAB AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEX
Red Bank officials work with owner of 40-unit Locust Landing apartment complex to renovate, elevate and preserve affordable housing. (click to read)
RED BANK: COUNCIL MOVES COUNT BASIE PARK WORK & TRAIN STATION PLAN
Red Bank Borough Council advance plan to fix up Count Basie Park and redevelop train station area. (click to read)
RED BANK CHURN: LIQUOR STORE PLANS BROAD STREET OPENING
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a liquor store plans to open inside long vacant shop on Broad Street, and Nashville-Pakistani chicken and make-your-own candles spots prep to open. (click to read)
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PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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 ...