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Monthly Archives: January 2018

RED BANK: FRAMED & READY FOR DISPLAY
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RED BANK: The conversion of a former staircase factory to a framing shop now complete, its owner plans a debut art exhibit starting this weekend.
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January 31st, 2018 @ 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: SEMI-PROS MAKE BASIE HOME TURF
RED BANK: FC Monmouth, a new semi-pro soccer squad, will play home games at Count Basie Fields for its inaugural season this spring and summer.
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January 31st, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: SICKLES ENTERING LIQUOR BIZ
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RED BANK: The Sickles Market Provisions planned for the long-vacant Anderson Storage building will feature a liquor store, redbankgreen has learned.
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January 30th, 2018 @ 8am
ON THE GREEN: JUST AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW
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RED BANK: Just an inch or so of snow was expected to accumulate on the Greater Green Tuesday.
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January 30th, 2018 @ 5am
RED BANK: SUPERSIZED WAWA ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: A superzsized WaWa convenience store and gas station proposed for one of the busiest intersections in town goes before the zoning board this week.
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January 29th, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: MUMFORD DROPS PARKING BID
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RED BANK: Mumford, one of two remaining contenders to redevelop White Street parking lot, leaves smoking tire tracks as he drops his bid.
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January 26th, 2018 @ 2pm
LITTLE SILVER: LAWMAKERS ADDRESS FUNDING
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LITTLE SILVER: Six lawmakers from both major parties field questions on a wide range of school funding issues here Wednesday night.
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January 25th, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: Sale to private owner puts former VNA headquarter on tax rolls.
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January 25th, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: DOWNTOWN GETS SOME RETRO FIZZ
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RED BANK: With its effervescent 1950s vibe and old-school diner menu, Fizz Soda Fountain bubbles to life on Monmouth Street.
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January 24th, 2018 @ 12pm
SHREWSBURY: SLAUGHTERHOUSE LEVELED
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SHREWSBURY: Controversial slaughterhouse on Broad Street leveled to make way for a new 81-unit assisted-living senior residence project.
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January 24th, 2018 @ 10am
ON THE GREEN: RAIN, WARM AIR FORECAST
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RED BANK: Rain, possible thunderstorms and warm air are in the weather forecast for Tuesday. Here's the extended outlook.
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January 23rd, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: BROKEN PIPE BLAMED FOR SEWAGE
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RED BANK: Zoning board hears 'disturbing' testimony about home where residents dumped human waste in yard after sewer line collapse.
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January 22nd, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: VAPE SHOP, GROCERY OPEN
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a new neighborhood grocery opens on the West Side and a vape shop opens downtown.
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January 19th, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SUPPORT GROUP’S PLAN APPROVED
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RED BANK: Family Resource Associates plans to buy the former veterinary hospital on Newman Springs Road following a zoning board approval.
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January 19th, 2018 @ 7am
ON THE GREEN: SUNNY DAY FORECAST
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RED BANK: Roads may be icy Thursday morning before ample sunshine raises temperatures to high 30s. Here's the extended outlook.
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January 18th, 2018 @ 5am
RED BANK: CRIMES AND ARRESTS
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RED BANK: 2018 began with a pair of DWI arrests on New Year's Day followed by three more over the next two weeks, police report.
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January 17th, 2018 @ 4pm
FAIR HAVEN: POLICE ACTIVITY
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FAIR HAVEN: December police blotter includes four DWI arrests.
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January 17th, 2018 @ 7am
ON THE GREEN: LITTLE OR NO SNOW EXPECTED
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RED BANK: Wednesday's weather forecast includes cold rain and snow, mostly before noon, but with little snow accumulation on the Greater Green.
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January 17th, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: STUDENTS STAND FOR PEACE
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RED BANK: Students took turns sharing Martin Luther King Jr.'s messages of peace outside the middle school Tuesday morning.
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January 16th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: NEW IMPOUND LOT EYED
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RED BANK: Without an impound yard, police have been stowing confiscated vehicles wherever they could find space. A deal should fix that, chief says.
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January 16th, 2018 @ 8am
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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 ...
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
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.