Skip to content

A town square for an unsquare town

redbankgreen

Standing for the vitality of Red Bank, its community, and the fun we have together.

RED BANK: UNDERAGE SMOKE SALES CHARGED
RED BANK: Employees at three downtown smoke shops charged with illegal sales to under-21 buyer following special police investigation.
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
redbankgreen Classics
RED BANK: 12 FAMILIES DISPLACED BY BLAZE
RED BANK: Fire apparently cause by a cigarette dropped into mulch displaces all residents of 12-unit apartment building.
SANDY HOOK: BOOZE BANNED
SANDY HOOK: The sun sets on a tradition as the last public beach to allow alcohol bans it, citing hundreds of booze-related incidents.
RED BANK: SMOKING BAN COMING
RED BANK: The council plans to introduce a ban on smoking in public places. Employees of Riverview Medical Center would lose their go-to smoke break spot.
RED BANK: FIRST WORKSHOP’S A MARATHON
RED BANK: Dormant vehicles on Bank Street; four-way stops; a new firetruck; zoning for marijuana dispensaries. All these got mulled over at the council's first workshop session Wednesday.
Smoking would be banned in parks and other green spaces. (Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER Between granting an exception to the tree preservation ordinance and a discussion about puttingContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: SMOKE ‘EM IF YOU GOT ‘EM"
FAIR HAVEN EDGES TOWARD SMOKING BAN
Smoking could be banned, or segregated, in borough parks and at parades. (Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER Fair Haven’s borough council engaged in a lively discussion about the prosContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN EDGES TOWARD SMOKING BAN"
RED BANK: SHOWING SMOKERS THE DOOR
Amy Manor is closing off the vestibule to her design studio, above, because of damage she said has been done by nighttime smokers. Below, Manor with cigarette butts left behindContinue reading "RED BANK: SHOWING SMOKERS THE DOOR"
Less than two days after endorsing a nascent plan to require Red Bank restaurants to list calorie totals for menu items, Mayor Pasquale Menna has withdrawn his support. In aContinue reading "MENNA DROPS SUPPORT FOR MENU CALORIES"
ON RED BANK’S MENU: SMOKING AND EATING
Red, above, and all other Red Bank restaurants may soon be required by ordinance to inform diners of the caloric heft of their meals. (Photo by Stacie Fanelli. Click toContinue reading "ON RED BANK’S MENU: SMOKING AND EATING"
RUMSON SNUFFING OUT SMOKING IN PARKS
Rumson intends to ban smoking in all of its public parks. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Smoke ’em if you got ’em. Just not inContinue reading "RUMSON SNUFFING OUT SMOKING IN PARKS"
Partyline
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.
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.