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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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TWO RED BANKS, SAME “WHOOPS TOO TALL” PROBLEM
Same town name, similar foolishness: A few days after a truck carrying a van struck a train overpass here in Red Bank, New Jersey, a train carrying cars struck a highway overpass in Red Bank, Tennessee.
RED BANK: MONMOUTH BOAT CLUB ON “MOST ENDANGERED” LIST
Red Bank's 145- year-old Monmouth Boat Club has been put on Preservations NJ's annual "Ten Most Endangered" historic places. (click to read)
A BLAST FROM THE PAST
NJ Transit "heritage" locomotive makes an appearance at the Red Bank station.
RED BANK: NIGHTTIME SHREWSBURY AVE CLOSURES PLANNED
Portions of Shrewsbury Avenue will be closed from 8 pm to 5 a.m. over the next few weeks. (click to read)
RED BANK: BIRRAVINO OWNER PLANS TO BUY, “CLEAN UP” EYESORE GAS STATION
Owner of Red Bank eatery Birravino announces he's under contract to buy the eyesore vacant gas station at the town's northern entrance. (click to read)
RED BANK GOES BIG WITH MARINE PARK PLAYGROUND PLANS
Red Bank plans new playground for Marine Park, with a wheelchair-accessible pirate ship, 40-foot zipline and more. (click to read)
SINKHOLES SNARL PRE-HOLIDAY TRAFFIC IN RED BANK
Two sinkholes. One narrow stretch of Route 35 in Red Bank. And a giant traffic mess on the last shopping day before Christmas Eve. (click to read)
RED BANK: COUNCIL HATCHES BIKE/PEDESTRIAN POLICY
With resident fears over pedestrian and cycling dangers riding high, council plans a new committee and new law to create safer streets. (click to read)
WEEKEND PICKS: WOMEN’S SOCCER, JAZZ VIOLIN AND MORE
From Jazz to soccer, Redbankgreen's picks of things do for the (sort of) Fourth of July weekend.
RED BANK: SYMPHONY AND CACOPHONY ON THE RIVER
RED BANK: The NJ Symphony Orchestra performs in one park, while pro-Palestine protesters march in another, Presidential security blanketing it all. (click to read)
RAIL RIDER’S VIEW
A commuter's view of Cooper's Bridge and the Navesink River from North Jersey Coast Line train 3320 out of Red Bank Tuesday morning.
RED BANK: TEACHING NEW JERSEY DRIVERS TO PUMP THEIR OWN GAS
RED BANK: A new class teaches drivers from New Jersey – the only state with no self-serve – how to pump their own gas.
RED BANK: DREAMERS PLAN MEXICO TRIP
RED BANK: Five DACA recipients from Brookdale Community College plan to conduct research in Mexico this summer. A May 5 fundraiser will help with expenses.
RED BANK: MOLLY PITCHER TAKING ‘HIATUS’
RED BANK: Molly Pitcher Inn going on "winter hiatus" next week with plans to reopen in March. Its sibling, the Oyster Point Hotel, will remain open.
SANDY HOOK: PROPOSED FEE HIKE RETURNS
SANDY HOOK: Four years after scrapping a proposed entry fee hike, Gateway National Recreation Area is again seeking a 33-percent increase.
RED BANK: HOTEL PLANS PHASED REOPENING
RED BANK: Its wedding and business bookings in shreds, Oyster Point Hotel plans partial reopening Monday while "reinventing" itself for post-pandemic world.
SANDY HOOK: DETOUR FOR SEAWALL WORK
SANDY HOOK: Seawall work prompts detour beginning today for some visitors to Gateway National Recreation Area. Details here.
SANDY HOOK: ENTRY FEE HIKE HALTED
SANDY HOOK: A plan to raise entry fees 33 percent next summer has been dropped by the National Park Service after objections, says Pallone.
SANDY HOOK: ENTRY FEE HIKE PROPOSED
SANDY HOOK: Entry fees would rise 33 percent next summer under a proposal by the National Park Service.
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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 ...