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RED BANK: STATE PONIES UP FOR BASIE BLEACHERS PROJECT
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Red Bank lands long-sought state grant to help with cost of $1.2 million Count Basie Bleachers replacement. (click to read)
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October 8th, 2025 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: BUILDER EYES FORMER BANK SITE ON BROAD STREET FOR TOWNHOMES
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The former Wells Fargo building on Broad Street once eyed as possible borough hall is being sold, with a developer planning townhomes on the site. (click to read)
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October 6th, 2025 @ 7am
2025 RED BANK PORCHFEST: YOUR ULTIMATE GUIDE
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Red Bank Porchfest 2025: Get your schedule, map, livestream info and more all right here. (click to read)
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October 2nd, 2025 @ 2pm
RED BANK: BROADWALK WRAPS UP STORMY SEASON, CHANGES COULD BE ON TAP
News Broadwalk 2025
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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October 1st, 2025 @ 11am
VIDEO: RED BANK’S CREEPY ABANDONED EXXON, WITH A GORGEOUS VIEW
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Video: The old abandoned Exxon station at Red Bank's northern gateway is both creepy and beautiful. It's high profile and a near total secret. Take a tour to see what's at stake as the borough council tags the area for a rehabilitation.
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September 29th, 2025 @ 7am
RED BANK GUNMAN FIRED INTO RUMSON HOME, COPS SAY
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Red Bank man fired a rifle through the window of a home in Rumson in Broad Daylight Monday, police say. (click to read)
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September 24th, 2025 @ 5pm
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: EMINENT DOMAIN FOE BUYS MI LUPITA’S TRACT, FORGES AHEAD WITH CONDOS
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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)
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September 22nd, 2025 @ 8pm
RED BANK: MEMORIES TAKE FLIGHT WITH AIRPORT MURAL
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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)
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September 18th, 2025 @ 2pm
RED BANK: INSOMNIA COOKIES, “STREET” EATS AND MORE FILL BIZ VACANCIES
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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)
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September 18th, 2025 @ 7am
RED BANK POLICE: SMOKE SHOP OWNER WAS SELLING WEED
News Dynasty Smokes bongs and guns 160 Monmouth Street 09092025
Owner, employee of Red Bank smoke shop charged with illegal marijuana sales. (click to read)
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September 17th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: GRAFFITI, DUI’S KEEP POLICE BUSY IN AUGUST
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RED BANK: Police blotter for August includes two DUI arrests and 11 incidents of vandalism.
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September 15th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK: FEST GIVES COMIC/GEEK CULTURE A MOMENT IN THE SUN
News Red Bank Pop Culture Fest 2025
With stormtroopers, pokemon and board games, festival celebrate Red Bank's pop culture cred. (click to read)
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September 15th, 2025 @ 7am
FILLING UP? RED BANK GAS STATION’S “GIVING PUMP” FUELS SCHOOL CHARITY
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Red Bank gas station's "giving pump" will donate portion of sales to Red Bank Education Foundation this fall. (click to read)
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September 10th, 2025 @ 2pm
COPS RAID RED BANK SMOKE SHOP
News Dynasty Smokes bongs and guns 160 Monmouth Street 09092025
State special agents, Red Bank police raid Monmouth Street smoke shop. (click to read)
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September 9th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK’S ANDERSON MARKET OPENS: TAKE A TOUR
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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)
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September 8th, 2025 @ 3pm
RED BANK: RECTOR PLACE, FRONT STREET ROAD CLOSURES ON TAP
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Overnight roadwork near Red Bank's northern gateway could cause some detours for motorists over the next two weeks, according to a notice sent out by the borough.(click to read)
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September 7th, 2025 @ 8pm
RED BANK: BUILDER PLANS TOWNHOMES FOR ATLANTIC CLUB TRACT
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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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September 7th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: COPS NAB GRAFFITI SUSPECTS
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Using video, Red Bank police nab alleged scrawlers they say are responsible for incidents of summertime graffiti. (click to read)
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September 2nd, 2025 @ 11am
MEET RED BANK’S TRAILBLAZING “NO MOW” GARDENERS
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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)
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September 1st, 2025 @ 10pm
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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.
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 ...