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RED BANK: ICE, FBI RAMP UP ARRESTS
Federal agents have arrested several people over three straight weekends in Red Bank. Details on who and how many people have been detained are scarce. (Click to read)
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RED BANK: ZONERS TO CONSIDER PLAN FOR 14 APARTMENTS
A Holmdel builder will ask the Red Bank Zoning board for variances to build 14 apartments on the site of a former funeral home. (click to read)
REDBANKGREEN NAMED “LOCAL NEWS BRIGHT SPOT”
redbankgreen is named one of twelve "Local News Bright Spots" in the U.S. by Northwestern University's journalism school. (click to read)
RED BANK: BOOKSTORE AND SMOOTHIE SHOP COMING TO MONMOUTH STREET
A new book store and smoothie shop could be coming to two dramatically refurbished storefronts on Monmouth Street. (click to read)
RED BANK: ROAD CLOSURES CAUSE DELAYS
A pair of week-long road closures in Red Bank cause delays and kooky driver behavior. (Click to read)
RED BANK: TRAIN TRACK FIX TO CLOSE PARKER BLVD.
RED BANK TRAFFIC ALERT: Repairs on the train tracks will shut down a portion of Drs. James Parker Boulevard for a week. (Click to read)
RED BANK: KUDOS FOR PILLARS, AND SOME GRIPES, AS COUNCIL PACKS ‘EM IN
A joyful packed house at the Red Bank council meeting watches cop promotions and honors bestowed upon beloved school nurse and undefeated soccer team. Oh, and a Bodman Place resident has totally had it with the huge construction project over there. (Click to read)
RED BANK: RIVERFRONT COTTAGE CLEARED FOR BIG NEW HOME
A small cottage on a Navesink River bluff is demolished to make way for a new five-bedroom home. (click to read)
RED BANK: WHEN ARE THEY PICKING UP MY LEAVES?
Red Bank leaf pickup resumed this week with another round in December. Click for all the leafy deets.
RED BANK VETS DAY KEYNOTE LAMENTS: “WE ARE STILL FALLING SHORT”
A moving thank-you for veterans, musical tributes, and a pointed speech from a US Navy veteran at Red Bank's Veteran's Day ceremony. (Click to read)
RED BANK: HOSPITAL FLOATS BOATS IN PARKING LOT
Winterized boats in the Riverview Medical Center hospital parking lot? What's going on here? (click to read)
RED BANK: BORO DRAWS UP NEW HISTORIC PRESERVATION GUIDELINES
Property owners in Red Bank's two historic districts, take note: there's new proposed guidelines for renovating your building. (click to read)
RED BANK: JUVENILES ARRESTED FOR VAPE SHOP ROBBERY
Four teenagers charged in connection with a knifepoint robbery of a Red Bank vape shop. (click to read)
RALLO GETS HIS GAS STATION, PLANS NEW RED BANK “GATEWAY”
Inspired by a gas station's 1962 Hollywood cameo, Birravino restaurant owner buys long-vacant Bridge Avenue Gas station and plans to restore existing building. (click to read)
RED BANK: FLORES-CASTILLO VOWS FAILED BID IS “JUST THE BEGINNING”
Defeated Red Bank Board of Education candidate declares, "This is just the beginning." (click to read)
RED BANK SEES BOOM IN KIDS BIKING TO SCHOOL
Red Bank Middle School sees a boom in kids riding bikes to school. (Click to read)
RED BANK: SUNQUIST, SAVOIA, VISCOMI LEAD IN BOARD OF ED ELECTION
Suzanne Viscomi fights off a challenge to her long-held seat as newcomer Christy Sunquist tops the vote tally. Results from Red Bank's first contested election for Board of Education in a decade. (Click to read)
VIRGINIA’S NEW GOVERNOR? SHE WAS BORN IN RED BANK
Virginia's first woman governor-elect was born in Red Bank, NJ. (click to read)
ELECTION DAY: CANDIDATE Q&A’S, WHERE TO VOTE AND MORE
Election Day voter info from redbankgreen, including Q&A's with Board of Ed and Borough Council candidates. (click to read)
RED BANK: ADULT, CHILD FOUND DEAD IN HOME
An adult female and a juvenile are found dead in a home in Red Bank. The Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office Major Crime Bureau is investigating. (click to read)
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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.