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RED BANK: BIG BASIE BASH ON TAP
A free concert by The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra tops three days of events to celebrate William "Count" Basie's birthday weekend. (Click to read)
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August 19th @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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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.
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August 18th @ 8am
POLLARA PIZZA: CALIFORNIA’S LOSS, RED BANK’S GAIN
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New Red Bank pizza spot Pollara firing on all cylinders as NJ native brings acclaimed pie skills back home. (click to read)
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August 17th @ 2pm
RED BANK TOWN WIDE YARD SALE SET FOR SEPT. 19
Get ready! 2026 Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale date is set for September 19. (Click to read)
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August 17th @ 7am
RED BANK POLICE BLOTTER: GUN, AMMO CHARGES FOR BORO MAN
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RED BANK: Police blotter for July includes man charged with possession of penetrating bullets, large ammo magazine, and possession of handgun for illegal purposes.
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August 14th @ 11am
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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August 14th @ 5am
RED BANK: ARTY AUGUST NIGHT ON TAP
Red Bank art galleries throw open their doors for your August Friday evening enjoyment. (Click to read)
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August 13th @ 3pm
VIDEO: WALKING RED BANK’S WATERFRONT, PART 2 (CHAPIN AVE TO LOCUST)
Video: redbankgreen reporter continues a walk along the length of Red Bank's riverfront exploring trails, pondering deep thoughts about public access issues and a desk in a tree. (click to read)
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August 13th @ 7am
RED BANK STUDENT STARTS BLADE SHARPENING BIZ
Red Bank college student launches his own knife-sharpening business. (click to read)
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August 12th @ 8am
RED BANK: JULY FLOOD WASN’T THE FIRST FOR BUILDER DENHOLTZ
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The developer chosen by NJ Transit to build the Red Bank train station redevelopment project is being sued by a $1.7m condo buyer on a previous project, where several units flooded in February. (click to read)
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August 11th @ 8am
RED BANK: LOSING FOODTOWN FELT LIKE LOSING A LOVED ONE – GUEST ESSAY
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"Neighborhoods develop emotional anchors, and when one disappears, people naturally feel unmoored." Psychotherapist guest writer laments Foodtown closure. (click to read)
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August 10th @ 11am
RED BANK: FIREFIGHTERS HELP KAYAKER STUCK IN THE MUD
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Members of the Red Bank volunteer fire department helped a kayaker who ran aground in the mud flats as the tide dropped in the Swimming River Sunday. (click to read)
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August 10th @ 8am
RED BANK SIDEWALK SALE/FREE PARKING ALL WEEKEND
Red Bank's 72nd annual sidewalk sale runs Friday to Saturday with free parking all weekend. (Click to read)
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August 7th @ 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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August 7th @ 6am
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
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
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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 ...
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!