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RED BANK: BANK STREET JUNKER SUES OVER TOWED VEHICLES
Red Bank junker sues police-contracted towing company for the return of four vehicles and a trailer of lumber. It's the latest chapter in a two decade battle over the defacto junkyard. (click to read)
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RED BANK: POLICE TOW AWAY BANK STREET JUNK FLEET
Red Bank Police tow five junk-laden vehicles owned by a man in a years long legal battle with the borough over the junkyard-like conditions at his home. (click to read)
RED BANK: NEIGHBORS DEMAND CLEANUP WHILE JUNK MAVEN SUES BORO AGAIN
Red Bank neighbors decry "disgusting" conditions on notorious junk-filled property as owner sues the borough in trip-and-fall. (click to read)
RED BANK: POLICE LAUNCH CRACKDOWN ON TRAILERS
RED BANK: Police issue more than a dozen summonses and one arrest warrant to owners of work trailers violating a new 48 hour parking rule.
RED BANK: IDLE-TRAILER WARNINGS BEGIN
RED BANK: As new law banning unhitched trailers takes effect, police embark on campaign of warning notices.
RED BANK: SPARKS FLY BEFORE OVERRIDE VOTE
RED BANK: Controversy continues at special council session called to override Portman veto of Airbnb-style rental law .
RED BANK: MASTER PLAN’S USE DEBATED
RED BANK: Concluding a 14-month process, planning board adopts Master Plan amid debate over "prioritizing" its recommendations.
RED BANK: COUNCIL RECAP
RED BANK: Council hires interim parking director, introduces bond, welcomes new police officer and more. Here's a recap of last week's action.
RED BANK: BANK STREET SHITHOLE PERSISTS
RED BANK:Frustrated neighbors renew complaints about junk-filled yard on Bank Street as borough tries a new legal approach to force cleanup.
RED BANK: RAMPING UP CODE ENFORCEMENT
RED BANK: Borough ramps up code enforcement, business administrator says in response to complaint about homeowners being "threatened" with summonses.
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.
RED BANK: POKU CLAIMS RACIAL PREJUDICE
RED BANK: Junk-filled yard draws attention of TV news crew and helicopter as property owner defends "hobbies" and claims racial prejudice.
RED BANK: JUNK-FILLED YARD IRKS NEIGHBORS
RED BANK: Neighbors complain about a West Side house where the yard is filled with junk and vehicles parked out front never get moved.
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FOLLOW THE BLACK LINE
Red Bankers who have been confused by the “not-so-permanent” bike lane that has lingered since last year’s Porchfest can r ...
SHROOMS ABLOOM
Shrooms on Irving Place. (photo by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
El Camino y la Siesta
An early-arriving El Camino owner sneaks in a few winks as the annual Liberty Hose – Red Bank Firefighters’ Classic Car Show in memory o ...
RED BANKJ: JAZZ IN THE PARK BEGINS THURSDAY
Jazz in the Park kicks off tonight (Thursday) with The Grace Fox Big Band, an all-women 16-piece ensemble known for its bold original compos ...
LOST PARROT
This little blue beauty was found by a redbankgreen reporter Thursday boldly tempting fate by foraging on the ground on the turf of a pack o ...
ORANGE GLOW OVER RED BANK
A truly unbelievable post-storm sunset Tuesday (shot on Monmouth St. facing west). Photo by Partyline contributor Thomas Doremus.
BROAD STREET’S THIRSTY BLOOMS
Delfino, a worker with the company Terra Casa that manages the flower beds for the Red Bank special improvement district waters the flowers ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST MEN’S DAY CELEBRATION
  (photo by: Shanikquya Jackson) On Sunday, June 22, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank hosted its annual Men’s Day Celebration a ...
THREE GENERATION PROCLAMATION
Mayor Billy Portman presents the Borough of Red Bank’s Independence Day 2025 Proclamation to Arleen Brahn (second from right), grandmo ...
STEW THE BUTCHER COSPLAY
On the occasion of the retirement of Stewart Goldstein, longtime proprietor of Monmouth Meats, we thought it apt to present this photo from ...
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 A ...
RED BAKE
As the temperature hit 100 degrees Tuesday, Tom Sevison, Red Bank High School Class of 1973 and in town briefly on his way back home to Virg ...
JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION
Performers at Red Bank’s Juneteenth community celebration Sunday at Johnny Jazz Park. (photo by Brian Donohue)      
BUTTERFLIES LOVE THE WEED
Save the monarch, plant butterfly weed. (photo and text by Partyline contributor Roseann DalPra)  
LANTERNFLY PARTY
An invasive ailanthus tree sprouting in front of the US Post Office on Broad Street is covered with invasive spotted lantern fly nymphs Wedn ...
STREETCORNER SERENADE
An Irish doodle named Cheddar listens to native New Jerseyan, singer/songwriter and former Houston resident Tom Foti, (identified in the hea ...
Red Bank 5K Fun!!!
Red Bank Classic – June 14th, 2025 (photo by Partyline contributor Adam Kaplan)  
RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Saturday, before and after the storm that rolled through town. (photo by Partyline contributor Thomas Doremus)    
Mini Ballers Bring the Heat at Fusion Basketball School
As the temperatures heat up, so does the competition in the mini baller clinic at Fusion School of Basketball. These little tykes are intens ...
DOZENS OF PLEIN AIR ARTISTS “PAINT RED BANK”
Plein air artists take over town for first ever "Paint Red Bank" event. (click to read)