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RED BANK: BIKE LANE FADES TO BLACKTOP
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As Red Bank touted a policy aimed at creating more bike lanes, it removed a new segment of bike lane created under the policy. Was it a valuable experiment or a step backwards? (Click to read)
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August 6th @ 3pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
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August 6th @ 7am
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 candy sunset/Black Hawk helicopter-bedecked skies at Count Basie Park Tuesday evening.
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August 5th @ 8am
RALLO UNVEILS PLANS FOR GAS STATION IN CHURN
Red Bank Retail Churn: Birravino owners unveils concept for former gas station spot, as new frozen yogurt and massage spots plan openings. (Click for full story.)
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August 5th @ 8am
NO TAX BREAK? NO PROBLEM. RED BANK BUILDER TRANSFORMS GATEWAY & SPURS REGRET
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Developers said the 212-unit Commodore project would sink without a tax break. Red Bank officials refused, but the building rises anyway, spurring regrets from the Planning Board chair who now says he "hates it." (Click to read)
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August 4th @ 8am
“BREAKING POINT” – RESIDENTS OF FLOODED RED BANK BUILDING CRITICIZE DENHOLTZ
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A day after a burst pipe forced residents from their homes, residents of a Red Bank apartment building describe long term water issues and decry a slow response from developer Denholtz. (Click to read)
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July 31st @ 4pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Do you know where this photo was taken? Play the weekly "Where Have I Seen This?" and get the answer to last week's photo.
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July 31st @ 8am
READER: REDBANKGREEN “TRESPASSING” VIDEO WAS “PATHETIC” AND “INACCURATE”
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Reader blasts redbankgreen for "pathetic" and "inaccurate" river access video he says encourages trespassing. (Click to read)
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July 30th @ 8am
RED BANK: BURST PIPE FLOODS DENHOLTZ APARTMENT BUILDING
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Angry residents, flooded apartments: At least a dozen apartments in one of Red Bank's newest and most high-profile buildings were flooded when a pipe burst at The Rail. (Click to read)
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July 29th @ 8am
VIDEO: WALKING RED BANK’S ENTIRE RIVERFRONT
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Video: Reporter sets out to walk the entire Red Bank waterfront from end to end.
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July 27th @ 4pm
RED BANK: SUMMER OF IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUES
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The protests against the Trump administration's immigration dragnets that have become a staple in Red Bank this summer continued Friday.  (click to read)
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July 24th @ 1pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
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Do you know where this photo was taken? Play the weekly "Where Have I Seen This?" and get the answer to last week's photo.
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July 24th @ 7am
RED BANK’S INDIE STREET FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2026 LINEUP
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Red Bank's Indie Street Film Festival announces its 2026 full lineup of 50 shorts 12 feature films. It runs August 17-23. (Click to read)
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July 22nd @ 3pm
RED BANK HOUSING AUTHORITY EYES NEW SENIOR APTS. SITE
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Public housing agency hires a builder to design a new 54-apartment building that would replace an aging Red Bank senior citizen complex. (click to read)
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July 22nd @ 2pm
RED BANK: $9000 ART HEIST, SUSPECT DITCHES ON $266 CAB FARE IN JUNE POLICE BLOTTER
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RED BANK: A thief stole three paintings worth up to $3,000 each and a tax passenger ditched on a huge fare in the June crime and arrest reports from the RBPD.
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July 22nd @ 11am
SEARCHING FOR PARKING IN RED BANK, FOR 100 YEARS
Red Bank business owners frustrated by a lack of parking proposed new rules and parking lots - 100 years ago this week. (Click to read)
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July 21st @ 5pm
HOW SAFE DO YOU FEEL? RED BANK SEEKS INPUT ON PEDESTRIAN/BIKE SAFETY
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How safe do you feel walking or biking in Red Bank? The Borough wants your input in a new survey. (Click to read)
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July 21st @ 8am
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught everyone by surprise. Johnson posted the video to the Facebook group RedContinue reading "“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD"
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July 18th @ 5pm
RED BANK: DEVELOPERS WITHDRAW SHREWSBURY AVE APARTMENT PLAN, FOR NOW
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Developers withdrew a plan to build 14 new apartments on Shrewsbury Avenue before the Zoning Board on Thursday night, opting to revise their designs. (Click to read)
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July 17th @ 2pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Do you know where this photo was taken? Play the weekly "Where Have I Seen This?" and get the answer to last week's photo.
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July 17th @ 8am
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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 ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue Follow Red Bank Green on Instagra ...
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...