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Monthly Archives: May 2018

RED BANK: The local tax rate is going up 4.7 percent this year, in part because Riverview is withholding a voluntary payment it made in the past, officials said.
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May 11th, 2018 @ 3pm
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RED BANK: LIBRARY DIRECTOR TO RETIRE
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RED BANK: After a career pivot, a tumultuous chapter and the restoration of calm, library director McDermott announces plan to retire.
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May 11th, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: PUPPY LAW MAY END UP IN COURT
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RED BANK: Council revives proposed 'puppy mill' ordinance as Bark Avenue, the borough's only dog retailer, threatens lawsuit.
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May 10th, 2018 @ 11am
RED BANK: MIXED WEATHER IN FORECAST
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RED BANK: There's not a lot of sunshine in the weather forecast for the Greater Green this weekend.
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May 10th, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: Here's a month's worth of crimes and arrests from RBPD.
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May 9th, 2018 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: LAW TARGETS 5G CELL TECH
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LITTLE SILVER: A year after a backlash over a new cell tower, two first-term council members proposed an ordinance targeting 5G cellular equipment installations.
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May 9th, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: COFFEE CORRAL PLAN OK’D
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RED BANK: Planning board OKs Coffee Corral expansion and creation of new deli on West Side; news ticker on OceanFirst HQ.
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May 8th, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: NONPARTISAN DRIVE TO KICK OFF
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RED BANK: Back in the minority and out of the running, Taylor and Whelan plan to kick off push for nonpartisan elections with an event at Red Rock next week.
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May 7th, 2018 @ 4pm
RED BANK: SYMPHONY RETURNING TO PARK
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RED BANK: For the second year in a row, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra will close out its summer series with a sunset concert in Marine Park.
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May 7th, 2018 @ 2pm
RED BANK: SPRINGLIKE WEEK AHEAD
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RED BANK: The Greater Green is in for lots of sunshine and springlike temperatures in coming days, according to the extended forecast.
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May 7th, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK/FAIR HAVEN: BARGAINS OUT FRONT
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RED BANK & FAIR HAVEN: Townwide yard sales set for Saturday. Here's where to go and what's on the table in these bargain extravaganzas.
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May 4th, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: LUXURY UNITS, OFFICE PLANNED
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RED BANK: Builder plans office and luxury units with underground parking at West Front and Maple, current site of a "really terrible" gateway to downtown.
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May 3rd, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MARINE PARK CONCEPTS UNVEILED
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RED BANK: Residents click to indicate their design preferences as planner unveils Marine Park concept plans, including kayak launch.
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May 3rd, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: LOOKING UPSTAIRS FOR PARKING
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RED BANK: Taylor spearheads effort to get a handle on how spaces above retail stores are utilized for incorporation into parking study.
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May 2nd, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: GONE-FISHIN’ WEATHER ARRIVES
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RED BANK: Tuesday brought gone-fishin' weather to the Greater Green. Wednesday promises to be sunny, too, and even warmer.
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May 2nd, 2018 @ 5am
RED BANK: BIG PLANS FOR HUMBLE PROPERTY
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RED BANK: A humble residential property could become the latest addition to booming redevelopment along Shrewsbury Avenue if a builder's plans are OK'd.
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May 1st, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: MAY WE NOW HAVE SPRING?
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RED BANK: The chilliest April in 40 years wasn't quite ready to commit to spring, but May begins with a string of downright summery days.
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May 1st, 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 ...