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RED BANK: BIKE LANE FADES TO BLACKTOP
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As Red Bank touted a policy aimed at creating more bike lanes, it removed a new segment of bike lane created under the policy. Was it a valuable experiment or a step backwards? (Click to read)
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August 6th @ 3pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK ADDS WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY FOR BIG USA MATCH
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Red Bank adds a fourth World Cup watch party for Wednesday's United States vs. Bosnia Herzogovina match. (Click to read)
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June 30th @ 8am
RED BANK: BORO MANAGER GANT GETS ANOTHER 3 YEARS
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Red Bank Borough Manager Jim Gant gets a new three-year contract. (Click to read)
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June 4th @ 11am
RED BANK: BROADWALK, NOW “SETTLED LAW” SEEKS TO MOVE PAST CONTROVERSY
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Red Bank's seasonal pedestrian plaza returns, with officials hoping opponents will get on board. (Click to read)
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May 11th @ 6am
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: COP WED TO EX-CHIEF SUES BOROUGH FOR BIAS
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Her police chief husband resigned after an ethics scandal stemming from their affair. Now, police officer Kristen McConnell has filed a sexually explicit lawsuit against top Red Bank officials. (Click to read)
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April 6th @ 12pm
RED BANK: “CRAZY” HEALTH COSTS DRIVE 8 PERCENT BORO TAX HIKE PLAN
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Municipal portion of the average Red Bank property tax bill would rise 7.7 percent under a 2026 budget unveiled Thursday. (click to read)
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April 3rd @ 2pm
RED BANK: TRASH COLLECTION COSTS UP 27 PERCENT
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The Borough of Red Bank began paying 27 percent more to the company that collects residents' trash this week, but officials are breathing a sigh of relief that it wasn't worse. (Click to read)
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March 4th @ 7am
BLIZZARD BURIES RED BANK
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Red Bank digs out from under two feet of snow. Storm details and photos galore from the Blizzard of 2026. (Click to read)
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February 23rd @ 5pm
RED BANK: FRIGGIN’ BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT
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Already mulling higher fees for scofflaws, Red Bank officials warn residents about snowstorm parking ban as a blizzard brews offshore. (Click to read)
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February 21st @ 5pm
RED BANK: ICE BOATING “AMERICA’S CUP” ON TAP, WITH WARNINGS
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Red Bank: Big boats, big race and a words of caution as Navesink River ice boats get ready to rumble. (Click to read)
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February 5th @ 6pm
SNOW DAY! PHOTOS FROM A MARQUEE RED BANK SNOWSTORM
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Happy huskies other moments captured during marquee event snowstorm in Red Bank. (Click to read)
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January 26th @ 8am
RED BANK PREPS FOR STORM (MOVE THOSE CARS)
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Red Bank officials remind residents of on-street parking ban as snowstorm looms. (Click to read)
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January 24th @ 7am
CAR FANS IN GLOBAL FRENZY TO SAVE RED BANK JUNKMAN’S TRANS AM
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On three continents, fans of the rare Macho Trans Am car are freaking out after one was unearthed in a junk-filled Red Bank back yard. (Click to read)
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December 23rd, 2025 @ 6pm
RED BANK: WITH COURT RULING, BOROUGH CLEARS BANK STREET JUNKYARD
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Borough swoops in to clear Red Bank property that's been a defacto junkyard for three decades. (click to read)
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December 16th, 2025 @ 2pm
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
RED BANK: THE CURIOUS CASE OF AN ALLEGED STEAMROLLER-DRIVING FIG THIEF
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Reports of a steamroller-driving fig thief caused a hullaballoo on one Red Bank street. (click to read)
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September 16th, 2025 @ 5pm
RED BANK: LEAK, SINKHOLE CAUSE ROAD CLOSURE
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"Not a major rupture" but a headache nonetheless: small sinkhole cause road closure in Red Bank. (click to read)
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July 29th, 2025 @ 10am
RED BANK: INTERSECTION GETS EYE-POPPING MAKEOVER TO SLOW TRAFFIC
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A Red Bank intersection where residents have demanded action on pedestrian safety for years is transformed with bollards and a Dating Game paint job. What's going on here? (click to read)
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July 21st, 2025 @ 6am
RED BANK LOOKS TO ELEVATE & REHAB AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEX
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Red Bank officials work with owner of 40-unit Locust Landing apartment complex to renovate, elevate and preserve affordable housing. (click to read)
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June 30th, 2025 @ 2pm
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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 ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.