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RED BANK: ‘RAILS’ PROJECT GETS ROLLING
RED BANK: What's Going On at the Yellow Cab stand, which was demolished last week? A multiuse project called the Rails. We've got renderings.
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RED BANK: LIQUOR STORE GETS A REBOOT
RED BANK: Closed for three years, the former Yogi's Liquors on the West Side is reopening with a new business plan and a new attitude, its owners say.
RED BANK: FREE TROLLEY SERVICE PLANNED
RED BANK: Electric tuk-tuks may begin free trolley services next week.
RED BANK: TAILOR, JEWELER, VAPE SHOP…
RED BANK: A jeweler pairs up with a custom tailor; a vape shop leases space; a new barbershop plans to open; and more in Retail Churn.
RED BANK: WORK HALTED OVER SAFETY ISSUES
RED BANK: Borough inspectors order halt to construction of a new apartment building over concerns about excavation safety.
RED BANK: APARTMENTS FINALLY UNDERWAY
RED BANK: There's a big hole in the ground surrounded by a fence on Mechanic Street. What's Going on Here? Click for the answer.
RED BANK: KEEPING IT ALL UNDER ONE ROOF
RED BANK: Butcher buys Monmouth Street building, securing the future of his shop and the recording studio upstairs. Joining them soon: a new restaurant.
RED BANK: CATCH TO TAKE GOTHAM SPACE
RED BANK: Retail Churn serves up a plateful of news from the downtown food scene, with openings and closings in the works. Also: pet acupuncture
RED BANK: RAYRAP HOME PLAN WINS FINAL OK
RED BANK: Developer Ray Rapcavage wins final approval for 18 homes with a huge garden plan at the Five Corners on the edge of downtown.
RED BANK: SIDEWALK SALE RETURNS
RED BANK: Stop scrolling and go strolling as the 63rd annual Sidewalk Sale comes to town, with free parking expanded Street Life music.
RED BANK: STATION APARTMENTS OK’D
RED BANK: Developer wins approval to convert five-story office building at the train station to apartments.
RED BANK: APARTMENTS ON ZONING AGENDA
RED BANK: A plan to convert a five-story office building at the train station to apartments, and add 16 new ones, goes before the zoning board tonight.
RED BANK: CRAFT BEER MICROBREWERY OK’D
RED BANK: A second craft beer microbrewery has confirmed plans to open downtown, and it's less than 500 feet away from the first.
RED BANK: RETAIL RETURNING TO EMPTY SPACE
RED BANK: A large downtown space approved for conversion to a restaurant will resume life as a retail store. That story and more in Retail Churn.
RED BANK: STATION APARTMENTS PLANNED
RED BANK: A Jersey City builder wants to convert most of a five-story office building at the train station to apartments, and add 16 new ones.
LITTLE SILVER: TOWN HIRES TOWER LAWYER
LITTLE SILVER: Council hires outside attorney to help determine if it's stuck with a cell tower that dialed up anger borough-wide.
RED BANK: NEW PHARMACY OPENS
RED BANK: What's Going On Here? A new drugstore opens on Shrewsbury Avenue.
RED BANK: SOMETHING BREWING AT TRIUMPH?
RED BANK: The vats arrived Tuesday at the Triumph Brewing Company brewpub at the West Side Lofts. So what does that that means in terms of opening?
RED BANK: CRAFT BREWERY, TAKEOUT PLANNED
RED BANK: A craft-beer brewery and a takeout restaurant are expected to occupy store space on Monmouth Street that's been vacant almost nine years.
LITTLE SILVER: CELL TOWER DIALS UP OUTRAGE
LITTLE SILVER: Hundreds of residents pack a meeting to give elected officials an earful about a new cell tower built just 500 feet away.
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner films 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 ...
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 ...