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COLLECTOR SNAGS “MACHO” TRANS AM UNEARTHED IN RED BANK JUNKYARD
Rare Pontiac Trans Am pulled from unlicensed junkyard in Red Bank is purchased by collector. (Click to read)
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March 6th @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: COVETED MACHO TRANS AM SAVED FROM CRUSHER – FOR NOW
Hot rod fans on three continents breath a sigh of relief as rare Trans Am is spared a trip to scrap heap. (Click to read)
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January 15th @ 2pm
CAR FANS IN GLOBAL FRENZY TO SAVE RED BANK JUNKMAN’S TRANS AM
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On three continents, fans of the rare Macho Trans Am car are freaking out after one was unearthed in a junk-filled Red Bank back yard. (Click to read)
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December 23rd, 2025 @ 6pm
RED BANK: JUNKYARD CLEANUP CONTINUES AS OWNER CRIES FOUL
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Work continued for a third day as the Borough of Red Bank clears an unlicensed junkyard on Bank Street. (Click to read)
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December 18th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: WITH COURT RULING, BOROUGH CLEARS BANK STREET JUNKYARD
Borough swoops in to clear Red Bank property that's been a defacto junkyard for three decades. (click to read)
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December 16th, 2025 @ 2pm
RED BANK: RESIDENT SAYS TRUCKS VANDALIZED WITH “NO PARKING” SIGNS
A Red Bank man who has waged a decades-long legal war with the borough over junk-filled vehicles he parks outside his house claims two of them were recently vandalized. (click to read)
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August 5th, 2025 @ 1pm
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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February 20th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: POLICE TOW AWAY BANK STREET JUNK FLEET
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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)
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January 7th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: NEIGHBORS DEMAND CLEANUP WHILE JUNK MAVEN SUES BORO AGAIN
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Red Bank neighbors decry "disgusting" conditions on notorious junk-filled property as owner sues the borough in trip-and-fall. (click to read)
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October 22nd, 2024 @ 1pm
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.
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April 24th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: IDLE-TRAILER WARNINGS BEGIN
RED BANK: As new law banning unhitched trailers takes effect, police embark on campaign of warning notices.
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November 1st, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: SPARKS FLY BEFORE OVERRIDE VOTE
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RED BANK: Controversy continues at special council session called to override Portman veto of Airbnb-style rental law .
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March 3rd, 2023 @ 2pm
RED BANK: MASTER PLAN’S USE DEBATED
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RED BANK: Concluding a 14-month process, planning board adopts Master Plan amid debate over "prioritizing" its recommendations.
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February 7th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: COUNCIL RECAP
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RED BANK: Council hires interim parking director, introduces bond, welcomes new police officer and more. Here's a recap of last week's action.
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May 15th, 2019 @ 5pm
RED BANK: BANK STREET SHITHOLE PERSISTS
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RED BANK:Frustrated neighbors renew complaints about junk-filled yard on Bank Street as borough tries a new legal approach to force cleanup.
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May 2nd, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: RAMPING UP CODE ENFORCEMENT
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RED BANK: Borough ramps up code enforcement, business administrator says in response to complaint about homeowners being "threatened" with summonses.
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September 20th, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: FIRST WORKSHOP’S A MARATHON
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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.
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August 31st, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: POKU CLAIMS RACIAL PREJUDICE
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RED BANK: Junk-filled yard draws attention of TV news crew and helicopter as property owner defends "hobbies" and claims racial prejudice.
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August 22nd, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: JUNK-FILLED YARD IRKS NEIGHBORS
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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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August 21st, 2018 @ 6am
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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.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...