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OBITUARY: WILLIAM HENRY “SKIP” SMITH JR., 93-YEAR RED BANK RESIDENT
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Obituary: William Henry "Skip" Smith Jr., 93-year-Red Bank resident and longtime crossing guard. (Click to read)
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July 6th @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
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Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and questionably legal fireworks displays that lit up the sky over Red Bank before a line of thunderstorms shut things down at about 10 pm.
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July 5th @ 8am
RED BANK: STORM KNOCKS OUT POWER
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Red Bank residents in several pockets of town remained without power Saturday morning after a severe thunderstorm downed trees and power lines across the state Friday evening. (click to read)
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July 4th @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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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.
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July 3rd @ 8am
RED BANK: 30 YEARS LATER, MURDER REMAINS UNSOLVED
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Thirty years after a Red Bank shop owner was found brutally murdered in her store, her killing remains unsolved. (click to read)
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July 3rd @ 7am
YOUR GPS SAYS TURN LEFT ON ROUTE 520. DO YOU LISTEN?
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Here's one of those small signs indicating our robot overlords are trying kill us all off: Google maps telling drivers to make a left from Leighton Avenue onto route 520. (Click to read)
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June 30th @ 5pm
RED BANK ADDS WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY FOR BIG USA MATCH
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Red Bank adds a fourth World Cup watch party for Wednesday's United States vs. Bosnia Herzogovina match. (Click to read)
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June 30th @ 8am
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
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A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival Sunday.
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June 29th @ 8am
MASKED ICE AGENTS ARREST MEN IN RED BANK
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Teams of masked federal agents in unmarked cars arrested an unknown number of people in Red Bank Sunday morning. Video shows men fleeing from agents on Shrewsbury Avenue before one is caught and detained. (Click to read)
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June 28th @ 7pm
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
INSIDE THE FAIR HAVEN/RED BANK REGIONAL PARKING SPAT
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Ninety pages of emails reveal a long simmering dispute that led to Fair Haven's controversial decision to ban on street parking for Red Bank Regional High School graduation. (Click to read)
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June 25th @ 2pm
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
“DROOLING PIANOS” SHOW LATEST IN RED BANK COMIC’S 25-YEAR RUN
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Red Bank comedian Chris Covert discusses a 25-year-career, why he still works in a deli, and his upcoming show at The Vogel. (Click to read)
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June 22nd @ 6pm
RED BANK: OWNER SEEKS TO CONNECT TWO HOMES, BUILD SIX APARTMENTS
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Owner of two lower Broad Street Victorians seeks to build a bridge connecting them and a six-unit apartment building behind them. (Click to read)
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June 21st @ 4pm
RED BANK GRAFFITI JAM FILLS PARK WITH ART AND COLOR
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Photos from Red Bank's first ever graffiti jam event. (click to read)
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June 21st @ 9am
RED BANK: FIVE DWI ARRESTS, $700 DRESS SHOPLIFTED IN MAY POLICE BLOTTER
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RED BANK: Police blotter for May includes five people arrested for DWI, including two police say refused tests.
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June 19th @ 6pm
FAIR HAVEN BANS PARKING FOR RED BANK REGIONAL GRADUATION
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Fair Haven bans parking on streets near Red Bank Regional High School for graduation day. The school superintendent calls it "retribution." (Click to read)
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June 17th @ 9pm
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: COUNCIL OK’S ADUs, SMALL HOTELS. DATA CENTERS, VAPE SHOPS BANNED
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In: backyard cottages and boutique hotels. Out: data centers, vape shops and strict parking rules for small businesses. Red Bank Council revamps planning laws. (Click to read)
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June 13th @ 1pm
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
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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 ...