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YOU’RE INVITED: REDBANKGREEN’S 20TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
redbankgreen announces a free public celebration to mark its 20th anniversary. (click to read)
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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BASIE BAND PLAYS BASIE AT THE BASIE
Video: An amazing Red Bank moment: On William "Count" Basie's birthday, Count Basie Orchestra plays "The Kid from Red Bank" - at the Basie. (Click for more)
POLICE: RED BANK MAN SHOT GUN THROUGH NEIGHBOR’S WINDOW
Police say a Red Bank man fired a gun in his garage sending a bullet through his neighbor's window, nearly striking them. (Click to read)
RED BANK: VACANT EXXON OWNER EYES SALE TO NYC BUYER
With a cannabis shop plan declared dead, a new buyer emerges for one of Red Bank's most prominent and fought over properties. (Click to read)
RED BANK: BIG BASIE BASH ON TAP
A free concert by The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra tops three days of events to celebrate William "Count" Basie's birthday weekend. (Click to read)
POLLARA PIZZA: CALIFORNIA’S LOSS, RED BANK’S GAIN
New Red Bank pizza spot Pollara firing on all cylinders as NJ native brings acclaimed pie skills back home. (click to read)
RED BANK POLICE BLOTTER: GUN, AMMO CHARGES FOR BORO MAN
RED BANK: Police blotter for July includes man charged with possession of penetrating bullets, large ammo magazine, and possession of handgun for illegal purposes.
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Do you know where this photo was taken? Play the weekly "Where Have I Seen This?" and get the answer to last week's photo.
RED BANK: ARTY AUGUST NIGHT ON TAP
Red Bank art galleries throw open their doors for your August Friday evening enjoyment. (Click to read)
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
VIDEO: WALKING RED BANK’S WATERFRONT, PART 2 (CHAPIN AVE TO LOCUST)
Video: redbankgreen reporter continues a walk along the length of Red Bank's riverfront exploring trails, pondering deep thoughts about public access issues and a desk in a tree. (click to read)
RED BANK STUDENT STARTS BLADE SHARPENING BIZ
Red Bank college student launches his own knife-sharpening business. (click to read)
RED BANK: JULY FLOOD WASN’T THE FIRST FOR BUILDER DENHOLTZ
The developer chosen by NJ Transit to build the Red Bank train station redevelopment project is being sued by a $1.7m condo buyer on a previous project, where several units flooded in February. (click to read)
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton candy sunset/Black Hawk helicopter-bedecked skies at Count Basie Park Tuesday evening.
RALLO UNVEILS PLANS FOR GAS STATION IN CHURN
Red Bank Retail Churn: Birravino owners unveils concept for former gas station spot, as new frozen yogurt and massage spots plan openings. (Click for full story.)
NO TAX BREAK? NO PROBLEM. RED BANK BUILDER TRANSFORMS GATEWAY & SPURS REGRET
Developers said the 212-unit Commodore project would sink without a tax break. Red Bank officials refused, but the building rises anyway, spurring regrets from the Planning Board chair who now says he "hates it." (Click to read)
“BREAKING POINT” – RESIDENTS OF FLOODED RED BANK BUILDING CRITICIZE DENHOLTZ
A day after a burst pipe forced residents from their homes, residents of a Red Bank apartment building describe long term water issues and decry a slow response from developer Denholtz. (Click to read)
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Do you know where this photo was taken? Play the weekly "Where Have I Seen This?" and get the answer to last week's photo.
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks and pluralizations mistaken as possessives. But doubleContinue reading "APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE"
READER: REDBANKGREEN “TRESPASSING” VIDEO WAS “PATHETIC” AND “INACCURATE”
Reader blasts redbankgreen for "pathetic" and "inaccurate" river access video he says encourages trespassing. (Click to read)
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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.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...