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Monthly Archives: February 2018

RED BANK: MENNA TOPS TICKET AGAIN
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RED BANK: Menna tops ticket with two newcomers in November race as Democrats, with 4-2 majority, seek to regain total control of council.
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February 27th, 2018 @ 10am
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RED BANK: ‘PUPPY MILL’ LAW ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: A controversial 'puppy mill' ordinance that the owner of the town's only pet store says unfairly targets his business is up for adoption this week.
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February 26th, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: PARKING STUDY GETS IN GEAR
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RED BANK: Democrats issue request for parking study bids while wrapping up a move of some permits from White Street to east side lots.
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February 22nd, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: WARM BREAK ENDS
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RED BANK: Weather on the Greater Green returns to normal weather after two unseasonably warm days. Here's the extended forecast.
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February 22nd, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: MOMS FLOCK TO GUN LAW EVENT
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RED BANK: Last week's slayings at a Florida high school have prompted a surge in interest for Moms Demand Action, who held a packed-house event here Tuesday.
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February 21st, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: MORE DESSERTS DOWNTOWN
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RED BANK: More sweet treats join the downtown dessert menu with the opening of Lady K's Bake Shop and plans for Coney Waffles & Ice Cream.
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February 20th, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: FIREHOUSE PLAN OK’D
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RED BANK: Plan for rehabbing old firehouse includes using 150-year-old brick recycled from a house recently demolished in Brooklyn.
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February 19th, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: RECORD WARMTH IN FORECAST
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RED BANK: The forecast as Presidents' Day inaugurates a new week includes record warm temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday.
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February 19th, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: TRIUMPH TO OPEN… ‘SOON’
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RED BANK: Triumph Brewing Company wins OK for outdoor dining as steadfastly mum owner hints at when the restaurant and brew pub might finally open.
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February 16th, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: PRECIPITATING PRESIDENTS’ DAY
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RED BANK: The forecast for Presidents' Day weekend shows on-and-off precipitation, including up to three inches of snow Sunday.
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February 16th, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: Menna tugs reins on holiday horse-and-carriage rides, calling them "inhumane." What does the horse owner think? "Idiocy," she says.
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February 15th, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RIVER’S REFLECTIVE MOOD
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RED BANK: Photo of the Navesink River sets a reflective mood.
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February 15th, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: COPS ARREST MAN IN FRAUD TRY
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RED BANK: Cops arrest onetime rising soccer prospect from Ghana for fraud in a credit scam they're seeing more of, a warning for consumers to monitor their accounts.
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February 14th, 2018 @ 4pm
RED BANK: UGLY BUILDING RAZED
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RED BANK: The unofficial 'ugliest building' downtown, a windowless bunker, falls to the wrecking ball. What's Going On Here?
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February 14th, 2018 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: TOWN TAKES UP POT DEBATE
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FAIR HAVEN: Borough joins broadening debate among Shore municipalities on how to deal with possible marijuana legalization.
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February 14th, 2018 @ 7am
SHREWSBURY: GOODWILL OPENING SLATED
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SHREWSBURY: What's Going On Here? The repurposing of a long-vacant gas station on Broad Street into a Goodwill collection center is now completed.
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February 12th, 2018 @ 2pm
RED BANK: Rumson woman gets $850k settlement in trip-and-fall lawsuit against SuperFoodtown, New Jersey Law Journal reports.
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February 12th, 2018 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: CRIMES AND ARRESTS
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LITTLE SILVER: Three-month police blotter includes reports of burglaries of two residences and an attempt at a business location.
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February 12th, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: SECOND FIREHOUSE REDO PLANNED
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RED BANK: With one former firehouse's conversion to a brewery about to begin, its virtual twin could become retail space under a plan up for approval.
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February 9th, 2018 @ 11am
FAIR HAVEN: A bird believed to be a red-tailed hawk attacked a family dog as it sunbathed in their driveway, according to TV news report.
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February 9th, 2018 @ 6am
Partyline
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.
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 ...