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HOME RUNS EQUAL HEADACHES FOR RED BANK AUTO SHOP
From dingers to dings: Red Bank auto shop says home runs are wreaking havoc on cars parked on its lot. (click to read)
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June 11th, 2025 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: FC MONMOUTH WOMEN’S SOCCER GOES BACK TO BACK
FC MONMOUTH WOMENS SOCCER 2025
Red Bank's semipro women's soccer team opens its home season with two games at Count Basie Field this weekend. (click to read)
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May 31st, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: 800 ENJOY LUNCH BREAK PICNIC
RED BANK: Lunch Break's annual Community Picnic, Softball Classic Tournament & Backpack Giveaway draws 800 for a day of fun.
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August 28th, 2023 @ 11am
RED BANK: LUNCH BREAK PICNIC DRAWS 500
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RED BANK: More than 500, including comedian Jon Stewart, turn out for Lunch Break's annual picnic, softball tournament and backpack giveaway.
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August 24th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: A CUPFUL OF $$$ FOR LUNCH BREAK
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RED BANK: Little Silver plays Shrewsbury during the 15th annual White Road Cup flag football fundraiser...and local nonprofit Lunch Break is the day's big winner.
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November 29th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK HOSTS ‘WHITE ROAD CUP’ ON FRIDAY
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RED BANK: The annual White Road Cup flag-football contest between Little Silver and Shrewsbury brings the action (and a big charitable donation) to Count Basie Field this Friday.
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November 23rd, 2016 @ 5am
ON THE GREEN: GOOD TIMES, GOOD CAUSES
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ON THE GREEN: A community picnic and softball game hosted by Lunch Break kicks off a round of recreational charity events.
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August 18th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: SHADE TO BE MADE IN PARKS
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RED BANK: Officials hope to win grant money to provide much-needed shade at Count Basie Field and two other sites.
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August 16th, 2016 @ 8am
RBR ALUMNI GAME HELPS CURRENT ATHLETES
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LITTLE SILVER: Proceeds from the first Red Bank Regional alumni football game are dedicated to the school's new fitness room.
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July 6th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: HUNDREDS ENJOY OLDTIMERS GAME
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Alumni players from Red Bank Regional's football Bucs face off against their counterpart rivals from Long Branch HS, in the schools' inaugural Alumni Game on May 14.
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May 16th, 2016 @ 9am
RED BANK: A CLASSIC RIVALRY REKINDLED
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Alumni players from Red Bank Regional's football Bucs face off against their counterpart rivals from Long Branch HS, in the schools' inaugural Alumni Game on May 14.
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April 26th, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK REC GETS THE JUMP ON NEW SEASON
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David Prown of Prown’s Home Improvement will be providing free equipment for young Red Bank residents who take part in the spring season sports programs of Red Bank Parks andContinue reading "RED BANK REC GETS THE JUMP ON NEW SEASON"
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March 25th, 2014 @ 4am
LAYING DOWN SOME RUBBER AT BASIE FIELDS
A spreader scatters crumb rubber on one of the new artificial-turf ballfields at Count Basie Fields in Red Bank as part of a $2.1 million makeover of the facility Wednesday.Continue reading "LAYING DOWN SOME RUBBER AT BASIE FIELDS"
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January 10th, 2013 @ 10am
CHARTER V. MIDDLE GIRLS: IT’S ALL DEFENSE
The girls of Red Bank Charter School and Red Bank Middle School fought to a scoreless tie, even after an overtime, in their second annual soccer matchup, held at CountContinue reading "CHARTER V. MIDDLE GIRLS: IT’S ALL DEFENSE"
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October 17th, 2011 @ 10am
RBC RAISES KICK-IN ON BASIE FIELDS UPKEEP
Red Bank Catholic will pay more for its use of Count Basie Fields to help defray the cost of the turf upgrades. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Red BankContinue reading "RBC RAISES KICK-IN ON BASIE FIELDS UPKEEP"
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December 10th, 2010 @ 9am
CROSSTOWN RIVALS MIX AT BASIE FIELDS
Scenes from the girls’ game between Red Bank Middle School and Red Bank Charter School Friday night. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) Soccer teams from Red Bank’s middleContinue reading "CROSSTOWN RIVALS MIX AT BASIE FIELDS"
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November 8th, 2010 @ 8am
WITH TURF JOB DONE, RED BANK WANTS MORE
Red Bank is going after  grant money to fund more upgrades at Count Basie Field. Above, a rendering for a baseball and field hockey/soccer field. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; clickContinue reading "WITH TURF JOB DONE, RED BANK WANTS MORE"
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September 27th, 2010 @ 10am
RBR TRIPS ON NEW FIELD IN HOME OPENER
A Matawan defender goes for a block on a punt by Red Bank Regional at Count Basie Field Thursday night. Below, fans cheering the Bucs. (Photos by Peter Lindner. ClickContinue reading "RBR TRIPS ON NEW FIELD IN HOME OPENER"
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September 17th, 2010 @ 10am
RB COUNCIL WRAP: NOTHIN’ DOIN’
A peek into the Red Bank council chambers, with the reflection of paperwork posted in the hallway. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Ah, summer stagnation.Continue reading "RB COUNCIL WRAP: NOTHIN’ DOIN’"
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August 24th, 2010 @ 6am
INSIDE DIRT: BASIE FIELD GETTING MAKEOVER
Heavy equipment regraded the soil inside the running track recently in preparation for artificial turf. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI If you haven’t noticed, Count Basie Field is lookingContinue reading "INSIDE DIRT: BASIE FIELD GETTING MAKEOVER"
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May 27th, 2010 @ 7am
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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 ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
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.