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BIKE FROM THE DEEP?
A beach cruiser bike that appears to have been retrieved from the muddy shallows of the Navesink River sits on the shore at Marine Park in Red Bank. (Photo by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)
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RED BANK: BORO HOPES TO SPUR WALKWAY, CLEANUP ON RIVERFRONT SITES
Red Bank Borough Council advances plan aimed at spurring development - and a public river walk - on two prominent waterfront properties. (click to read)
ERIN PUSHES TIDE OVER NAVESINK BANKS
Stacked tides from days of hard onshore winds surrounding Hurricane Erin offshore finally pushed the Navesink River over the bulkhead at Marine Park Thursday night. (photo and caption by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)
RED BANK: FREE ROWING PROGRAM SATURDAY
Free rowing program for teens on the Navesink River Saturday. Click for the deets and link to register.
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 Adam Kaplan)
RED BANK: MONMOUTH BOAT CLUB ON “MOST ENDANGERED” LIST
Red Bank's 145- year-old Monmouth Boat Club has been put on Preservations NJ's annual "Ten Most Endangered" historic places. (click to read)
AFTER CLEANUP GAINS, NAVESINK RIVER POLLUTION PERSISTS
Efforts to reduce human and animal waste pollution in the Navesink River pollution were making headway. The pandemic was a major setback. (click to read).
RED BANK: SOUTH BANK CONDOS FIND BUYERS WILLING TO SPLURGE
Peek inside a few $1.3 million to $2.8 million Navesink River view condos in Red Bank that are selling fast. (click to read)
RED BANK’S FROZEN RIVER, FROM ABOVE
Video and photos from high above a frozen Navesink River.
RED BANK: GLEEFUL ICE BOATERS RETURN – AND PLEA FOR A LITTLE SPACE
Ice boats on the Navesink River. It's a Red Bank thing, and it's finally back. (click to read)
RED BANK: HOSPITAL AGREES TO PUBLIC ACCESS EASEMENT, PARKING LOT GETS OK
Employee parking lots gets ok after hospital officials agree to an easement along the Navesink River in Red Bank. (click to read)
WILL IT FREEZE? AS ICE COVERS NAVESINK RIVER, RED BANK ICE BOATERS WAIT AND HOPE
As a thin layer of ice forms, ice boaters hope for a long-awaited return to the Navesink River. (click to read)
RED BANK: HOSPITAL BALKS AT RIVERFRONT ACCESS LAW
Riverview Medical Center plans a new parking lot overlooking the Navesink River but doesn't want to include a public access easement required by Red Bank ordinance. (click to read)
VIDEO: RIVER DREDGING STIRS UP SWEET SMELLS OF NAVESINK RIVER MUD
Would the mud from the Navesink River make a good skin care product? Two separate dredging operations provide a chance to explore the potential of the stuff that's the source of a reporter's favorite smell.
RED BANK: NAVESINK DREDGING BEGINS
Dredging work to begin in the upper stretches of the Navesink River. (click to read)
RED BANKERS CRANE NECKS FOR GLIMPSE OF NORTHERN LIGHTS
Red Bank woman has travelled across five countries to see the northern lights. Thursday she was one of a group of skywatchers looking for the spectacle over the Navesink River. Did she finally see it? (click to read)
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."
DUCK BEACH
Wildlife enthusiasts in Red Bank should know about “duck beach” as it is affectionately called by Evelyn and Gene Taetsch, two of redbankgreen’s young fans. This beach appears at lowContinue reading "DUCK BEACH"
ROOM WITH A VIEW, AT LEAST
What hospital has better views for their patients than Riverview? For better or worse, one RBG reader is stuck in taking in this view and hearing about the amazing weather.Continue reading "ROOM WITH A VIEW, AT LEAST"
RED BANK THROWBACK: 22-STORY TOWER PROPOSED
A 22-story high rise at the foot of Broad Street in Red Bank? redbankgreen's throwback feature looks at what could have been. (click to read)
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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 ...
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.