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RED BANK: “BROADWALK,” BROAD STREET TRAFFIC CLOSURE BEGINS
Red Bank's annual closure of the northermost section of Broad Street to vehicles begins Monday. (click to read)
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May 12th, 2025 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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AFTER CLEANUP GAINS, NAVESINK RIVER POLLUTION PERSISTS
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Efforts to reduce human and animal waste pollution in the Navesink River pollution were making headway. The pandemic was a major setback. (click to read).
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May 6th, 2025 @ 8am
JUMPING AT THE CHANCE TO LEAP INTO SUMMER
With summer's official start Thursday, folks in Red Bank were ready to leap with joy. We've got the pictures to prove it.
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June 21st, 2024 @ 7am
VIDEO: MONMOUTH BOAT CLUB PLANS TO GO HIGHER
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Video: The Monmouth Boat Club has stood on the banks of the Navesink River in Red Bank for 145-years. But the pilings that hold it up are rotting away. A plan is being hatched to lift the historic structure and build a higher foundation. (Click to read/watch)
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May 16th, 2024 @ 8am
TREES PROCLAIM SPRING’S ARRIVAL IN GLORIOUS COLOR
RED BANK: In the midst of an extended rainy streak, trees all over town are proclaiming the full-on arrival of spring. Feast your eyes here.
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April 2nd, 2024 @ 12pm
SPRING IS SPRUNG
RED BANK: Spring 2024 arrives on the Greater Red Bank Green with the vernal equinox at 11:06 p.m. Tuesday.
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March 19th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: DONATIONS SOUGHT FOR FIRE VICTIMS
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RED BANK: This year's Navesink Hook & Ladder Santa Run seeks contributions to aid two families displaced by fire last week.
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December 18th, 2023 @ 11am
RED BANK: JEWS & OTHERS ‘STAND TOGETHER’
RED BANK: Amid rising antisemitism, Jews and supporters gather in Riverside Gardens Park for traditional Menorah lighting.
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December 12th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: SANTA BRINGS JOY TO JOHNNY JAZZ
RED BANK: Amid music and merriment, Santa Claus arrives at Johnny Jazz Park, and the kids lose their minds with glee. Pix.
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December 11th, 2023 @ 6am
RED BANK: ‘MIGHTY’ SOCIAL SERVICES IN SPOTLIGHT
RED BANK: With second warming center about to open, town spotlights "small but mighty network" of programs to provide shelter, nutrition and healthcare to those in need.
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October 31st, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: 75TH HALLOWEEN PARADE SHINES
RED BANK: We've got photos galore from the 75th annual Halloween parade, and one borough resident's memories going back to the first.
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October 23rd, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: PARADE TO TAKE 75TH STROLL
RED BANK: Weather outlook is good for Sunday's 75th annual Halloween Parade, a delightfully frightful stroll through downtown.
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October 19th, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: THOUSANDS ENJOY RIVER CONCERT
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RED BANK: On a serene summer night, thousands settle in for New Jersey Symphony Orchestra concert on our beautiful Navesink River. Photos galore.
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July 4th, 2023 @ 11am
RED BANK: TAKE A STROLL, SWEETHEARTS
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RED BANK: RiverCenter unveils a new Valentine's Day event Saturday, one for lovers... of strolling, shopping and dining.
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February 10th, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: ‘STANDING UP’ FOR JUDAISM ANEW
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RED BANK: With antisemitism on the rise, several dozen Hanukkah celebrants gather for Menorah lighting in Riverside Gardens Park.
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December 21st, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: HOLIDAY CHEER & ‘BUCKS’ IN KICKOFF
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RED BANK: Holiday Express concert and town light-up returns, followed Saturday by 'bucks' shopping promo. Full event details here.
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November 25th, 2022 @ 6am
RED BANK: PARK CHRISTMAS TREE ARRIVES
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RED BANK: After a short trip from the Fairview section of Middletown, Christmas tree takes its place in Riverside Gardens Park.
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November 14th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: HALLOWEEN PARADE SHINES
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RED BANK: Photos galore from the 74th annual Halloween parade, a sun-kissed event that drew hundreds of colorfully costumed participants.
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October 31st, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: HALLOWEEN PARADE POSTPONED
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RED BANK: The 74th annual Halloween Parade, scheduled for Sunday, has been postponed because of rain in the forecast.
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October 21st, 2022 @ 2pm
RED BANK: More than two years after community garden shutdown over possible lead contamination, DEP will give a public presentation Tuesday.
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February 21st, 2022 @ 2pm
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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 ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
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 cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
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 ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...