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RED BANK: TRAIN STATION, LOCUST LANDING PLANS SAIL THROUGH COUNCIL
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Two big votes on an emotional night as Red Bank council approves a pair of major housing initiatives: Locust Landing rehab plan and 400-apartment train station redevelopment plan. (click to read)
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July 11th @ 12pm
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RED BANK: COUNCIL MOVES COUNT BASIE PARK WORK & TRAIN STATION PLAN
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Red Bank Borough Council advance plan to fix up Count Basie Park and redevelop train station area. (click to read)
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June 27th @ 6pm
RED BANK: MR. FOREST GOES TO THE MASONIC LODGE
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A mixup or miscommunication leaves an affable councilman alone in the hot seat at a community meeting. (click to read)
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June 3rd @ 5pm
“RED BANK’S READY” TEAM ANNOUNCES COUNCIL SLATE
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The team of candidates that swept Borough Council elections in 2023 announces who will run for four open seats in November. (click to read)
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April 29th @ 1pm
“GHETTO FOR THE RICH?” RED BANK COUNCIL TALKS PILOT PROS
Council talks train station PILOT, renews police-social worker contract and more. A full rundown of the people's business. (click to read)
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February 18th @ 3pm
RBR BOARD TO RED BANK: DON’T STIFF SCHOOL ON TRAIN STATION PILOT MONEY
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With developer expected to ask for a tax break for train station area, Red Bank's public high school wants a piece of the PILOT pie. (click to read)
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January 29th @ 5pm
TEACHERS GET COUNCIL KUDOS
The Mayor and Borough Council honored five teachers from the Red Bank Borough Schools who were selected for the Governor’s Educator of the Year and Exemplary Elementary Educators awards Thursday.Continue reading "TEACHERS GET COUNCIL KUDOS"
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January 24th @ 1pm
CLERK WHO USHERED RED BANK THROUGH CHANGES CHECKS OUT
Borough Clerk Laura Reinertsen is departing after two and half years on the job. (click to read)
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November 27th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK/RIVERVIEW SETTLEMENT: WINDFALL OR TAXPAYER HOSING?
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Nine years. 54 tax appeals. $1.2 million plus. Did Red Bank get a good deal when it settled tax appeals with Riverview Medical Center?
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November 21st, 2024 @ 12pm
FACING NEW HOUSING QUOTA, RED BANK EYES ADDING UNITS TO COMPLEX
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The State of NJ says Red Bank needs 154 new affordable housing units. Could a long-planned remake of two subsidized complexes help meet the quota? (click to read)
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October 29th, 2024 @ 5pm
RED BANK: ENVIROS SEEK TO QUELL GAS LEAF BLOWERS
The war on gas powered leaf blowers is coming to Red Bank. But unlike the battles over them in communities across the US – and the machines themselves – the approach for now is hoped to be quiet and gentle.
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October 14th, 2024 @ 10pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL OK’S SECURITY CAMS
Vandals and miscreants, get ready for your close up. Cameras are coming to Red Bank parks and parking lots. (click to read)
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September 27th, 2024 @ 11am
RED BANK: MARINE PARK LOT PROCEEDS WHILE PARKLET PAUSES
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New parking lot at Marine Park completed, while Monmouth Street "parklet" hits a snag. (click to read)
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September 16th, 2024 @ 10am
REDBANKGREEN FOUNDER GETS PROCLAIMED
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"It's made us a better town." Newly retired redbankgreen founder gets borough recognition for 18 years of tireless journalism. (click to read)
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September 13th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: COUNCIL SWALLOWS “HARD TRUTH” ON WATER RATES
Red Bank council members call water rate hike painful but necessary - and better than privatization. (click to read)
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June 28th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: AS BLEACHERS PROJECT ADVANCES, QUESTIONS LINGER
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RED BANK: Count Basie Fields bleachers replacement sails toward a final council vote, but questions about cost and state funding linger.
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June 5th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: BIG-TRUCK PARKING BAN PENDING
RED BANK: Truck owners may need to take their vehicles off street as council mulls five-ton limit for those parked overnight.
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May 30th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: COUNCIL MOVES ON SHORT TERM RENTALS, MARINE PARK FIX-UPS
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RED BANK: Nuisance AirBnB style rentals could get their comeuppance in court and a remake of Marine Park may finally get underway.(click to read)
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May 24th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: COUNCIL AVOIDS ISRAEL-HAMAS DEBATE
RED BANK: Opposing advocates for Israel and Palestine argue over a non-existent ceasefire resolution as council stays out of it.
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February 23rd, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: BROADWALK HERE TO STAY
RED BANK: Broadwalk, the car-free dining and shopping plaza, gets locked in as a recurring seasonal feature downtown.
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February 12th, 2024 @ 8am
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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 ...
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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)
RED BANK: SIGN ON ICONIC DANNY’S STEAK HOUSE COMES DOWN
The sign hanging from the shuttered Danny's Steak House comes down ten months after a manager reported Danny's Steakhouse would be back "bet ...
FOR YANKEES FANS, GOOD TRASH PICKIN’
A collection of framed photographs of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and other New York Yankees greats was placed curbside along with a ...
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RED BANK: NEW HANDICAPPED PARKING, WEST SIDE MEETING PLANNED
New handicapped parking sign West Side advocate had pressed for is installed, with meeting planned to discuss other concerns. (click to read ...

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