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RED BANK: CROWD PACKS PARK TO HONOR TEEN KILLED BY TRAIN
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Hundreds gathered to celebrate the life of a teen killed by a train in Red Bank last week. (Click to read)
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May 18th @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK GETS GRANT FOR WORLD CUP CELEBRATION
Red Bank scores a $50,000 state grant to hold World Cup soccer watch parties and other events in June and July. (Click to read)
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May 7th @ 7am
RED BANK: BOROUGH INKS NEW BASIE FIELDS DEAL WITH RBC
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Red Bank Catholic will pay the Borough of Red Bank $185,000 a year to use Count Basie Park under a new 10-year deal.(Click to read)
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April 30th @ 7am
RED BANK: STATE PONIES UP FOR BASIE BLEACHERS PROJECT
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Red Bank lands long-sought state grant to help with cost of $1.2 million Count Basie Bleachers replacement. (click to read)
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October 8th, 2025 @ 8am
BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER AND 8 FT DANCING DRAGONFLY AT RED BANK NIGHT OUT
Photos of sandwich-tossing cops, a US Army Black Hawk helicopter landing at Count Basie Park and more from National Night Out. (click to read)
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August 6th, 2025 @ 3pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL MOVES COUNT BASIE PARK WORK & TRAIN STATION PLAN
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Red Bank Borough Council advance plan to fix up Count Basie Park and redevelop train station area. (click to read)
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June 27th, 2025 @ 6pm
THE FUR AND THE FOG: RED BANK EGG HUNT IN PHOTOS
The fur and the fog: Red Bank's annual Spring Egg Hunt in photos. (click for more)
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April 1st, 2025 @ 6am
VIDEO: RED BANKERS BOOGIE FOR COUNT BASIE’S BIRTHDAY
VIDEO: On jazz legend William "Count" Basie's birthday, redbankgreen asks Red Bank residents to show off their "Red Bank Boogie." (click for more)
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August 21st, 2024 @ 3pm
RED BANK: LONG LIGHT AND BIG SMILES: PHOTOS FROM A SUMMER NIGHT OUT
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Photos from a spectacular late summer edition of the Red Bank Police Department's biggest community event of the year: the National Night Out.
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August 14th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: REDEVELOPMENT ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: At final session of 2023, council to take up possible train station redevelopment, stadium bleacher replacement.
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December 12th, 2023 @ 5pm
RED BANK: SCENES FROM A NICE ‘NIGHT OUT’
RED BANK: Hundreds enjoy free food and games at the annual police-sponsored National Night Out Against Crime festival. Photos.
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August 2nd, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: NEW ‘PASSIVE PARK’ ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: On the council agenda: subdividing Senior Center to make riverfront park; additional metered parking spots; committee name change.
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September 28th, 2022 @ 6am
RED BANK: COPS + KIDS + COPTER = FUN
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RED BANK: Black Hawk helicopter is again the star attraction for kids as police host National Night Out at Count Basie Park. Photos galore.
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August 3rd, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: ASBESTOS FOUND AT BASIE PARK
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RED BANK: Council hires remediation firm after loose asbestos is discovered in utility rooms beneath Count Basie Field grandstand.
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April 15th, 2022 @ 2pm
RED BANK: DALPRA LEAVING PARKS & REC JOB
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RED BANK: DalPra leaving as parks and rec director after just nine months on job. He's mum on his next move but says his tenure was "nothing but positive."
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January 13th, 2022 @ 1pm
RED BANK: BASIE REOPENS WITH NEW TURF
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RED BANK: Stadium field at Count Basie Park reopens following two-month turf replacement, just in time for RBC's home opener against Wall Friday night.
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September 9th, 2021 @ 12pm
RED BANK: DAL PRA PUTS ‘OUR KIDS’ FIRST
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RED BANK: New parks and rec director Dal Pra sets priority for teams using Count Basie Park fields: those with borough kids get first dibs.
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August 11th, 2021 @ 1pm
RED BANK: COPTER STARS AT NIGHT OUT
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RED BANK: Black Hawk helicopter steals the show as police host National Night Out on a gorgeous summer night at Count Basie Park. Photos.
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August 4th, 2021 @ 7am
If you’re a soccer- (sorry, football) obsessed boy or girl between the ages of 8 and 14, the borough-based Red Bank Football Club invites you to take part in aContinue reading "TRAVEL SOCCER TRYOUTS FOR RED BANK FC"
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May 13th, 2014 @ 6am
SHOOTING FOR ELKS, AT SOCCER COMPETITION
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David Edgar, Exalted Ruler of Red Bank Elks Lodge #233, congratulates the winners of last year’s Soccer Shoot Competition. The annual tourney for teens and tweens returns to Count BasieContinue reading "SHOOTING FOR ELKS, AT SOCCER COMPETITION"
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October 22nd, 2013 @ 6am
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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.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.