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RED BANK: 26 WEST WINS STREET SETUP OK
RED BANK: Without discussion, council okays 26 West on the Navesink's use of Boat Club Court for dining tables two weeks after "unauthorized" setup.
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RED BANK: TAX INCREASE AT 2.8 PERCENT
RED BANK: Local tax would rise by 2.8 percent under budget that finance chair Ballard said is "inflicting more pain" on residents impacted by pandemic.
RED BANK: GEANNA MEROLA PHOTOS AT OYSTER POINT
RED BANK: The Oyster Point Hotel hosts an exhibition of photos by Geanna Merola featuring views of New York's Lower East Side.
RED BANK: Free, no-appointment COVID-19 tests will be available to up to 100 people a day over three days at Pilgrim Baptist Church starting August 1.
LITTLE SILVER: ‘EXPOSURE’ HALTS RBR SPORTS
LITTLE SILVER: One week after scrapping its planned graduation, Red Bank Regional shuts down all sports over another COVID-19 exposure.
RED BANK: TAX INCREASE ON AGENDA
RED BANK: Council takes up budget that would boost local tax load by 5.4 percent, but finance committee chairman may oppose it.
RED BANK: Police department's crime-and-arrest blotter for June includes thefts, vandalism and a couple of driving-while-intoxicated arrests.
ON THE GREEN: TRIPLE-DIGIT TEMPS FORECAST
RED BANK: Second day of triple-digit 'feels like' temperatures forecast. Here's the extended weather outlook for the Greater Green.
RED BANK: PLAZA LIMITS IRK OUTSIDERS
RED BANK: Broad Street dining plaza is "sucking customers away" from restaurants just outside the zone, say some owners, who want it expanded south.
RED BANK: READINGS AT TWO RIVER THEATER
RED BANK: Two River Theater concludes summer series of online play readings featuring works from its past, present and future.
ON THE GREEN: AMPLE SUNSHINE IN FORECAST
RED BANK: Lots of sunshine in weekend outlook, along with temperatures in the low 90s Sunday. Here's the extended forecast for the Greater Green.
LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional scraps planned seniors-only graduation after one tests positive for COVID-19, and may have exposed others.
RED BANK: TRATTORIA ENDS 35-YEAR RUN
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, the owners of the Front St. Trattoria make a quiet exit after 35 years, and a CBD shop plans to open downtown.
RED BANK: MAYOR SLAMS STREET TAKEOVER
RED BANK: Menna slams restaurant for unauthorized and "dangerous" shutdown of public street, complete with fake grass and a fence.
LITTLE SILVER: NEW RBR GRADUATE DIES
LITTLE SILVER: Less than a month after his graduation, a member of Red Bank Regional High's class of 2020 has died.
RED BANK: PARKLET EFFORT BEGINS
RED BANK: Concrete barriers installed around parking spaces downtown. What's Going On Here? The arrival of "parklets" downtown.
RED BANK: PLAZA PLANS REWORKED
RED BANK: Borough scraps Monmouth Street plaza, extends Broad Street plaza by additional day, and plans to allow dining "parklets" downtown.
RED BANK: LION IN WAIT… FOR A VACCINE?
RED BANK: River Road homeowner finds an opportunity for humor in increasingly politicized debate over masks to slow spread of COVID-19.
VIRUS UPDATE: ‘MASK UP,’ MURPHY ORDERS
VIRUS UPDATE: Citing 'backsliding' in COVID-19 transmission rate, Murphy issues outdoor mask order where social distancing isn't practicable.
RED BANK: FOXES, DEER MOVE ON IN
RED BANK: While a trio of deer chowed down on a Madison Avenue lawn, a red fox crossed the street two doors away, apparently in search of its own breakfast.
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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.