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Monthly Archives: October 2018

RED BANK: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AT THE FORE
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RED BANK: Three key issues reach turning points Monday — RiverCenter's new strategic plan; proposed redevelopment agency; plans for rail station apartments.
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October 15th, 2018 @ 7am
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RED BANK: Council OKs zoning for medical marijuana dispensaries, tattoo parlors; moves to ease path for DIY craft shops and other "commercial recreation."
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October 12th, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: A pedestrian was transported to the ER after she was struck crossing a busy downtown intersection Thursday evening, police say.
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October 12th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: Council OKs creation of redevelopment agency, advances possible transformation of former VNA site for large housing project.
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October 11th, 2018 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: PLAN ELICITS VARIED CONCERNS
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FAIR HAVEN: Residents pepper council with questions about ambitious plan for new borough hall, police station relocation, DPW changes and more.
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October 10th, 2018 @ 11am
RED BANK: REDEVELOPMENT WORK ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: The consultants who suggested the borough set up redevelopment agency are expected to get the contract to run it.
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October 9th, 2018 @ 6pm
RUMSON: POLICE BLOTTER
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RUMSON: Borough police made eight arrests in August & September. Five were for driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
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October 9th, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: After foot chase, police man man reported threatening passersby with knife.
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October 8th, 2018 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: NEW TOWN HALL PLANNED
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FAIR HAVEN: Borough officials are eyeing a vacant River Road gas station for a new borough hall, the first move in a series of expected consolidations and land sales.
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October 8th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: WEATHER OUTLOOK
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RED BANK: Here's the weather outlook for the Greater Green for Columbus Day and the week ahead.
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October 8th, 2018 @ 7am
RBR: CHEERLEADER PUSHUPS REINSTATED
LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional cheerleaders were back to doing post-score pushups Friday night, one week after the custom was suspended over a complaint.
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October 8th, 2018 @ 4am
RED BANK: A month's worth of crimes and arrest reports from RBPD includes 10 motorists charged with DWI.
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October 5th, 2018 @ 2pm
RBR: REFERENDUM INFO PUSH LAUNCHED
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RED BANK REGIONAL: Taxpayers in Red Bank, Little Silver, and Shrewsbury face 'drastic' impact if referendum on $17.3M upgrade plan fails, school officials say.
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October 5th, 2018 @ 6am
RBR: CHEERLEADER PUSHUPS AT ISSUE
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LITTLE SILVER: RBR has temporarily banned cheerleader pushups at football games after a complaint. So parents are doing them instead.
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October 4th, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: ANTI-KAVANAUGH RALLY SLATED
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RED BANK: "Walk-out" rally to protest Kavanaugh SCOTUS appointment slated for Thursday afternoon in Riverside Gardens Park.
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October 4th, 2018 @ 11am
RED BANK: CLAY COURTS SCRAPED
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RED BANK: After sitting untouched for six years, there's work underway on the clay tennis courts in Marine Park. What's Going On Here? redbankgreen answers.
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October 4th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: DOWNTOWN PARKING. THOUGHTS?
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RED BANK: Here's your chance to weigh in on what's good about downtown parking, what's not, and how to improve things. Online survey.
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October 3rd, 2018 @ 5pm
RBR, LOCAL DISTRICT TO HOST FORUMS
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RED BANK: Both RBR and the local school district plan forums in coming days, one on a $17.9 million referendum, the other on a strategic plan.
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October 2nd, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: SUNSHINE, OYSTERS & MELANIE
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RED BANK: Thousands jam festival for an afternoon of oysters, beer and music, including a set by Woodstock folkie and RBR alum Melanie. Check out our pix.
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October 1st, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: PARTLY SUNNY START TO OCTOBER
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RED BANK: A new month and a new work week begin with partly sunny skies and warm temperatures. Here's the extended forecast for the Greater Green.
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October 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 ...