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Monthly Archives: March 2018

RED BANK: GOP CHAIR TO SEEK COUNCIL SEAT
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RED BANK: GOP chairman Michael Clancy and a political newcomer to run for council instead of Whelan and Taylor. Once again, party has no mayoral candidate.
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March 30th, 2018 @ 8am
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RED BANK: In a bombshell announcement, incumbent GOP council members Taylor and Whelan say they won't run for re-election this year.
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March 30th, 2018 @ 6am
ON THE GREEN: OUT OF THE FOG, INTO…
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ON THE GREEN: After Thursday night's heavy fog, expect rain Friday. And then? Here's the forecast for the weekend and beyond.
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March 30th, 2018 @ 5am
RED BANK: CONCESSION LEASE TO BE RE-BID
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RED BANK: The council has to find a new vendor for the concession stand in Riverside Gardens Park after the last successful bidder pulls out.
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March 29th, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL OKS ‘REVERSE’ APPEALS
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RED BANK: Going "aggressive" at Menna's urging, council OKs 'reverse' tax appeals on commercial properties. Also, Menna gets a surprise tax bill in the mail.
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March 29th, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: PARK SESSIONS RESCHEDULED
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RED BANK: Public input sessions for future of Marine Park rescheduled.
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March 28th, 2018 @ 2pm
RED BANK: LIVE WIRE LANDS ON VAN
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RED BANK: Driver "lucky to be alive" after live electrical wire ripped out by passing truck lands on his van on Pinckney Road.
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March 28th, 2018 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: COUNCIL TAKES AIM AT POT, GUNS
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FAIR HAVEN: Council takes action on two hot issues, calling for zoning ban on recreational pot sales and demanding action on assault weapons.
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March 27th, 2018 @ 1pm
RED BANK: A year after being passed over by GOP, former party stalwart will run for council as independent, adding wild card to race.
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March 27th, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: HUNDREDS MARCH FOR GUN LIMITS
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RED BANK: Inspired by a nationwide movement growing out of last month's slaughter at a Florida high school, hundreds rally here for limits on guns.
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March 26th, 2018 @ 7am
RUMSON: Former municipal judge here and in eight other towns avoids prison for five-year scheme that diverted $500k from county to local coffers.
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March 23rd, 2018 @ 1pm
RED BANK: STORM BRINGS TICKET BLITZ II
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RED BANK: This week's snowstorm came with a second blitz of parking tickets for vehicles left on borough streets, police tell redbankgreen.
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March 23rd, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: AFTER THE STORM
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RED BANK: Scenes from around town as cleanup from the overnight snowstorm gets underway, aided by rapidly rising temperatures.
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March 22nd, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: OUTAGES ABOUND AFTER STORM
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RED BANK: Power outages abounded and roadways were barricaded as heavy, wet snow dropped by Wednesday's storm brings down lines.
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March 22nd, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: PRE-SNOW SNOW DAY
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RED BANK: With schools closed and a state of emergency in effect, activity is light on the Greater Green in the pre-storm hours of a snow day.
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March 21st, 2018 @ 11am
RED BANK: RAYRAP PROJECT GETS UNDERWAY
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RED BANK: House fire? Quick demolition? What's Going Here? Here's the scoop about recent activity at Harding and Hudson, the site of RayRap's long-awaited project.
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March 21st, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: The latest police blotter includes four DWI arrests.
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March 21st, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: WET, HEAVY SNOW IN FORECAST
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RED BANK: The Greater Green braces for fourth storm of March, with more than a foot of wet, heavy snow expected Wednesday.
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March 21st, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: CHARTER AID BOOST SLAMMED
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RED BANK: School board and parents slam increased transfer of funds to charter school, which wipes out state aid increase.
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March 20th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: SPRING ARRIVES AS WINTER STORM
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RED BANK: A brewing storm threatens to dump a foot of more of heavy, wet snow on the Greater Green over the first two days of spring, 2018.
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March 20th, 2018 @ 6am
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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 ...