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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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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.
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May 7th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: MONMOUTH BOAT CLUB ON “MOST ENDANGERED” LIST
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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)
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May 6th, 2025 @ 10am
A BLAST FROM THE PAST
NJ Transit "heritage" locomotive makes an appearance at the Red Bank station.
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April 30th, 2025 @ 10am
RED BANK: NIGHTTIME SHREWSBURY AVE CLOSURES PLANNED
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Portions of Shrewsbury Avenue will be closed from 8 pm to 5 a.m. over the next few weeks. (click to read)
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March 10th, 2025 @ 12pm
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)
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February 13th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK GOES BIG WITH MARINE PARK PLAYGROUND PLANS
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Red Bank plans new playground for Marine Park, with a wheelchair-accessible pirate ship, 40-foot zipline and more. (click to read)
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January 24th, 2025 @ 9am
SINKHOLES SNARL PRE-HOLIDAY TRAFFIC IN RED BANK
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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)
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December 23rd, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL HATCHES BIKE/PEDESTRIAN POLICY
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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)
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July 24th, 2024 @ 6am
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.
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July 5th, 2024 @ 6am
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)
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June 30th, 2024 @ 8am
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.
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April 10th, 2024 @ 7am
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.
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April 1st, 2024 @ 12am
RED BANK: DREAMERS PLAN MEXICO TRIP
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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.
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April 29th, 2022 @ 4pm
RED BANK: MOLLY PITCHER TAKING ‘HIATUS’
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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.
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December 23rd, 2020 @ 7pm
SANDY HOOK: PROPOSED FEE HIKE RETURNS
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SANDY HOOK: Four years after scrapping a proposed entry fee hike, Gateway National Recreation Area is again seeking a 33-percent increase.
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September 9th, 2020 @ 5pm
RED BANK: HOTEL PLANS PHASED REOPENING
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RED BANK: Its wedding and business bookings in shreds, Oyster Point Hotel plans partial reopening Monday while "reinventing" itself for post-pandemic world.
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June 1st, 2020 @ 6am
SANDY HOOK: DETOUR FOR SEAWALL WORK
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SANDY HOOK: Seawall work prompts detour beginning today for some visitors to Gateway National Recreation Area. Details here.
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October 30th, 2017 @ 9am
SANDY HOOK: ENTRY FEE HIKE HALTED
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SANDY HOOK: A plan to raise entry fees 33 percent next summer has been dropped by the National Park Service after objections, says Pallone.
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December 23rd, 2016 @ 5am
SANDY HOOK: ENTRY FEE HIKE PROPOSED
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SANDY HOOK: Entry fees would rise 33 percent next summer under a proposal by the National Park Service.
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August 2nd, 2016 @ 7am
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PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
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 quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
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 ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.