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RED BANK: “DIRTY JOBS KING” HONORED FOR SEWAGE SPILL HUSTLE
Contractor honored by Red Bank Mayor and Council for quickly fixing broken sewer main and "preventing environmental disaster."
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August 26th, 2024 @ 12pm
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RED BANK: AFTER LOST DECADE, TOXIC CLEANUP IS “EMERGENCY”
RED BANK: In 2014, officials said the cleanup of a contaminated former landfill along the Swimming River would take five to ten years to finish. A decade later, they haven't even started. (click to read)
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May 21st, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: LEAD WATER LINE PROJECT MOVES EAST
RED BANK: Crews have replaced 345 lead water service lines so far. There are likely hundreds more to go as the massive lead service line project moves to the eastern portions of town. (click to read)
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May 15th, 2024 @ 1pm
RED BANK: BIRD BONANZA BEGINS
RED BANK: A morning visit to a little known birding hotspot along the Swimming River reveals an explosion of sound and color.
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May 7th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: DEP TARGETS VAPORS AT CONDO COMPLEX
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RED BANK: "Vapor mitigation systems" installed at Marion Street condo complex built on former dry cleaner site.
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May 2nd, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: DANDELION CHAMP CROWNED
RED BANK: To celebrate the pretty yellow flowers demonized by the lawn industrial complex, we held a dandelion display contest for Earth Day. Meet the winner.
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April 25th, 2024 @ 1pm
GREEN MINDED RED BANKERS CONVERGE AT FAIR
A crocodile made out of discarded egg cartons.
RED BANK: From a "trashion show" of dresses made of garbage to displays on how to save a school from sea level rise, photos from the Earth Day Green Fair.
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April 23rd, 2024 @ 10am
RED BANK: DANDELION DISPLAY CONTEST
RED BANK: Earth Day contest offers prize and bragging rights for the lawn with the best dandelion display.
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April 22nd, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: COUNCIL WEIGHS PLASTIC UTENSIL CURBS
Red Bank Borough Council looks to ban plastic utensils in takeout orders - unless the customer asks for them.
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February 7th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: COMMISSION HOSTS EARTH DAY FAIR
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RED BANK: Two days early, borough Environmental Commission hosts an Earth Day Green Fair at the middle school tonight.
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April 20th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: PARKING, EV CHARGING ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: On the council agenda: new rules for parking on Spring Street, EV charging stations. Not on: cannabis.
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March 21st, 2023 @ 8am
MIDDLETOWN: MICROPLASTICS AND THE SHORE
The Middletown Township Public Library presents a free, in-person program featuring the “Plastic Wave Project” team on the dangers of microplastics at the Jersey Shore. Attendees will learn about theContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: MICROPLASTICS AND THE SHORE"
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June 2nd, 2022 @ 12pm
RED BANK: PICK-IT-UP
RED BANK: Help keep the town clean and free of single-use plastics by joining the volunteers at Pick It Up on their monthly one-hour sweep.
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February 17th, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: EARTH DAY PICK-IT-UP
RED BANK: Help keep the town free of single-use plastics waste by joining the volunteers at Pick It Up for an hour on this special Earth Day outing.
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February 17th, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: PICK-IT-UP
RED BANK: Help keep the town clean and free of single-use plastics by joining the volunteers at Pick It Up on a one-hour sweep.
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February 17th, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: PICK-IT-UP
RED BANK: Help keep the town clean and free of single-use plastics by joining the volunteers at Pick It Up on a one-hour sweep.
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February 17th, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: PICK-IT-UP
RED BANK: Help keep the town clean and free of single-use plastics by joining the volunteers at Pick It Up on their monthly one-hour sweep.
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February 17th, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: PICK-IT-UP
RED BANK: Help keep the town clean and free of single-use plastics by joining the volunteers at Pick It Up on a one-hour sweep.
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February 17th, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: PICK-IT-UP
RED BANK: Help keep the town clean and free of single-use plastics by joining the volunteers at Pick It Up on their monthly one-hour sweep.
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February 17th, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: PICK-IT-UP
RED BANK: Help keep the town clean and free of single-use plastics by joining the volunteers at Pick It Up on a one-hour sweep.
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February 17th, 2021 @ 11am
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El Camino y la Siesta
An early-arriving El Camino owner sneaks in a few winks as the annual Liberty Hose – Red Bank Firefighters’ Classic Car Show in memory o ...
RED BANKJ: JAZZ IN THE PARK BEGINS THURSDAY
Jazz in the Park kicks off tonight (Thursday) with The Grace Fox Big Band, an all-women 16-piece ensemble known for its bold original compos ...
LOST PARROT
This little blue beauty was found by a redbankgreen reporter Thursday boldly tempting fate by foraging on the ground on the turf of a pack o ...
ORANGE GLOW OVER RED BANK
A truly unbelievable post-storm sunset Tuesday (shot on Monmouth St. facing west). Photo by Partyline contributor Thomas Doremus.
BROAD STREET’S THIRSTY BLOOMS
Delfino, a worker with the company Terra Casa that manages the flower beds for the Red Bank special improvement district waters the flowers ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST MEN’S DAY CELEBRATION
  (photo by: Shanikquya Jackson) On Sunday, June 22, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank hosted its annual Men’s Day Celebration a ...
THREE GENERATION PROCLAMATION
Mayor Billy Portman presents the Borough of Red Bank’s Independence Day 2025 Proclamation to Arleen Brahn (second from right), grandmo ...
STEW THE BUTCHER COSPLAY
On the occasion of the retirement of Stewart Goldstein, longtime proprietor of Monmouth Meats, we thought it apt to present this photo from ...
NAVESINK FISHING
A kayak fisherman tries his luck under the NJ Transit train trestle across the Navesink River in Red Bank. (Photo by Partyline contributor A ...
RED BAKE
As the temperature hit 100 degrees Tuesday, Tom Sevison, Red Bank High School Class of 1973 and in town briefly on his way back home to Virg ...
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JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION
Performers at Red Bank’s Juneteenth community celebration Sunday at Johnny Jazz Park. (photo by Brian Donohue)      
BUTTERFLIES LOVE THE WEED
Save the monarch, plant butterfly weed. (photo and text by Partyline contributor Roseann DalPra)  
LANTERNFLY PARTY
An invasive ailanthus tree sprouting in front of the US Post Office on Broad Street is covered with invasive spotted lantern fly nymphs Wedn ...
STREETCORNER SERENADE
An Irish doodle named Cheddar listens to native New Jerseyan, singer/songwriter and former Houston resident Tom Foti, (identified in the hea ...
Red Bank 5K Fun!!!
Red Bank Classic – June 14th, 2025 (photo by Partyline contributor Adam Kaplan)  
RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Saturday, before and after the storm that rolled through town. (photo by Partyline contributor Thomas Doremus)    
Mini Ballers Bring the Heat at Fusion Basketball School
As the temperatures heat up, so does the competition in the mini baller clinic at Fusion School of Basketball. These little tykes are intens ...
DOZENS OF PLEIN AIR ARTISTS “PAINT RED BANK”
Plein air artists take over town for first ever "Paint Red Bank" event. (click to read)
RED BANK: SIGN ON ICONIC DANNY’S STEAK HOUSE COMES DOWN
The sign hanging from the shuttered Danny's Steak House comes down ten months after a manager reported Danny's Steakhouse would be back "bet ...
FOR YANKEES FANS, GOOD TRASH PICKIN’
A collection of framed photographs of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and other New York Yankees greats was placed curbside along with a ...

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