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RED BANK: COUNCIL EYES SECURITY CAMERAS
Security camera on the Mount Vernon river walk.
Red Bank considers installing security cameras at a dozen public spaces around town. (click to read)
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September 24th, 2024 @ 6pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: FILM SHOOT BRINGS “BEAST” TO WEST FRONT STREET
Film and TV superstar Claire Danes' new Netflix series filming on the street in Red Bank (click to read).
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September 17th, 2024 @ 2pm
RED BANK: MARINE PARK LOT PROCEEDS WHILE PARKLET PAUSES
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New parking lot at Marine Park completed, while Monmouth Street "parklet" hits a snag. (click to read)
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September 16th, 2024 @ 10am
RED BANK: WEST FRONT STREET TRAFFIC ALERT
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West Front Street will be closed intermittently Tuesday between Broad Street and Maple Avenue for a film production (click to read)
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September 15th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BACKHOES ROLL IN PARKING LOT DO-OVER
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RED BANK: Work is underway on a borough parking lot to correct an oversight by the borough that blocked a business's access easement. (click to read)
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September 12th, 2024 @ 7pm
RED BANK: BOROUGH KEEPS IT LOCAL WITH LIAISON HIRE
Adriana Medina Gomez, community development coordinator
A community worker with deep ties to Red Bank is chosen to fill a new liaison position at Borough Hall. (click to read)
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August 13th, 2024 @ 11am
RED BANK: SEWAGE SPILL THREATENS RIVER
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RED BANK: Contractors for a train station redevelopment project hit a major sewer line, sending sewage into the storm drains, officials said. Click for more.
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July 11th, 2024 @ 9pm
RED BANK: MARINE PARK REMAKE BEGINS
RED BANK: Workers have begun a long awaited remake of Marine Park on the Navesink River.
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July 2nd, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: WEED TAX FOR REC, WATER RATE HIKES ON TAP
RED BANK: Council totally plans to spend the tax money from recreational weed on, like, recreation! And they're also going to vote on whether to raise your water rates. (Click for more)
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June 26th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: WATER RATE HIKES PROPOSED
Engineers tell Red Bank officials they need to raise water rates for the first time in nine years to keep an aging system from going into the red. (click to read)
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June 20th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK WRITES NEW RULES FOR COPS
RED BANK: Three months after bombshell allegations involving police chief, new rules would ban "intra-department dating relationships."
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June 13th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: BIG-TRUCK PARKING BAN PENDING
RED BANK: Truck owners may need to take their vehicles off street as council mulls five-ton limit for those parked overnight.
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May 30th, 2024 @ 6am
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: ‘COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT’ JOB CREATED
RED BANK: New position of community engagement coordinator created to create "funnels" for info into and out of borough hall, says Gant.
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May 1st, 2024 @ 11am
RED BANK: 2024 BUDGET STAYS THE COURSE
RED BANK: Average home tax bill nudges past $10k as budget keeps pace with inflation and town eyes big capital projects.
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April 17th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: THAT SINKING FEELING? NO MORE.
RED BANK: After three weeks of detours, a sinkhole on Spring Street has been fixed and the road reopened, the borough said Monday.
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April 8th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: CAMS TO RECORD PAVING AND POTHOLES
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RED BANK: Dashcams mounted on DPW vehicles will use AI to help officials decide which roads most need fixing.
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April 3rd, 2024 @ 11am
RED BANK: SINKHOLE DETOUR IN THIRD WEEK
RED BANK: Sinkhole-prompted road closure enters third week after excavation identifies additional area of concern.
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April 2nd, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: SINKHOLE FIX COMING, OFFICIAL SAYS
RED BANK: A week later, two blocks of Spring Street remain closed by a sinkhole in the road. But a fix is on the way, says borough manager.
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March 26th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: PORTMAN PAINTS ROSY OUTLOOK
RED BANK: Mayor outlines plans for "amazing" makeover of Marine Park and other "long overdue" projects for 2024.
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January 2nd, 2024 @ 8am
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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.