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Category Archives: Recreation

RED BANK: SOAP SHOP BECOMES CREATIVE HUB
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A family run Red Bank shop sellling handmade soaps and plants becomes a creative hub for live music and comedy. (click to read)
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September 2nd @ 3pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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VIDEO: TOUR THE DRAMATIC REMAKE OF RED BANK’S MARINE PARK
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A video walk-through of Red Bank's dramatically remade Marine Park on the Navesink River. (Click to read)
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June 27th @ 6pm
RED BANK: NEW RULES, NEW GARDEN HELP NATIVE PLANT EFFORTS BLOOM
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A new native plant garden and an ordinance requiring native plants in major developments could boost butterfly fortunes in Red Bank. (click to read)
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June 24th @ 2pm
RED BANK: MARINE PARK MAKEOVER DEBUT SLATED
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RED BANK: Years in the works, an overhaul of Marine Park is set to make its public debut later this month, borough officials said last week.
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June 16th @ 8am
RED BANK: BORO LAUNCHES WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY SERIES
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First of three World Cup watch parties in Red Bank set for Thursday's Mexico vs. South Africa matchup. (Click to read)
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June 10th @ 2pm
RED BANK: BOROUGH INKS NEW BASIE FIELDS DEAL WITH RBC
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Red Bank Catholic will pay the Borough of Red Bank $185,000 a year to use Count Basie Park under a new 10-year deal.(Click to read)
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April 30th @ 7am
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: BOROUGH SEEKS INPUT ON JOHNNY JAZZ PARK REMAKE
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Borough of Red Bank plans a makeover for Johnny Jazz Park. (Click to read)
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February 12th @ 10am
RED BANK COUNCIL: NEW FIRE CHIEF, NEW COUNCILMAN MEMBER, SAME OLD HARMONY
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Red Bank council swears in new member and new fire chiefs at annual reorganization meeting. (click to read)
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January 2nd @ 12pm
RED BANK: HOLIDAYS KICK OFF WITH BLIZZARD OF EVENTS
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Red Bank kicks off the holiday season with the annual town lighting, an open art studio event and more. (Click for all the details)
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November 25th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK: RIVERFRONT COTTAGE CLEARED FOR BIG NEW HOME
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A small cottage on a Navesink River bluff is demolished to make way for a new five-bedroom home. (click to read)
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November 13th, 2025 @ 12pm
REDBANKGREEN PODCAST: RED BANK’S DEVELOPMENT BOOM
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Podcast: discussing Red Bank's development boom with Planning Board Chairman Dan Mancuso. (Click to listen)
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October 28th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: GAME SHOP LEVELS UP WITH MOVE TO BIGGER DIGS
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Red Bank board game shop Shore Gamers will double in size with a move Broad Street. (click to read)
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October 14th, 2025 @ 4pm
COUNT BASIE, BON JOVI HONORED AT BASIE CENTER WALK OF FAME
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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)
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September 25th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK THROWBACK: BORO BUYS THEATER TO CREATE MARINE PARK
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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)
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September 24th, 2025 @ 9am
RED BANK TOWN WIDE YARD SALE DATE SET
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Round up the bric-a-brac! Red Bank sets 2025 townwide yard sale date for September 13. (click to read)
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August 18th, 2025 @ 3pm
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: EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT SPRUCES UP EASTSIDE PARK
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Red Bank's East Side Park looking a bit more spiffy thanks to a local Eagle Scout. (click to read)
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August 7th, 2025 @ 6pm
RED BANK: EYE POPPING TRASH SCULPTURE AT ANDERSON BUILDING
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An exhibit of whimsical, jaw-dropping (and yet unsettling) creations made of trash at the Anderson Building in Red Bank. (click to read)
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July 31st, 2025 @ 11am
WE NEED YOUR “RED BANK BOOGIE” VIDEOS!
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It's boogie time, Red Bank! redbankgreen seeks video clips of residents dancing for an epic celebration honoring jazz icon William "Count" Basie.
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July 28th, 2025 @ 6pm
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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 ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.