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Monthly Archives: February 2019

RED BANK: NEW OFFICER JOINS POLICE FORCE
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RED BANK: New cop joins the borough force as another one plans to retire, with more departures possible this year.
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February 28th, 2019 @ 11am
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RED BANK: BUILDING MAKEOVER PROPOSED
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RED BANK: An office building on Chestnut Street would get a dramatic makeover if proposed facade changes are approved by the planning board.
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February 27th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: REDEVELOPMENT ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: What's on the council's agenda this week? The creation of a redevelopment agency; the closing of an alleyway to vehicles; a smoking ban and more.
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February 26th, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: POWER OUTAGES CONTINUE
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RED BANK: Power outages continue in small clusters across the Greater Green after strong winds rake the region. Details here.
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February 26th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: WINDS SPREAD POWER OUTAGES
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RED BANK: Outages widespread on the Greater Green as winds up to 60 mph bring down tree limbs and power lines.
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February 25th, 2019 @ 1pm
RED BANK: WIND WARNING ISSUED
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RED BANK: Dangerous conditions expected Monday with wind gusts of up to 60 mph possible. Here's the forecast for the Greater Green.
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February 25th, 2019 @ 5am
RED BANK: FORTUNE ‘MIRACLE’ COMPLETED
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RED BANK: Once facing demolition, the onetime home of pioneering civil rights journalist T. Thomas Fortune has now been restored. You can tour it this weekend.
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February 21st, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: ‘SNO PARKING? WAIT AND SEE.
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RED BANK: Snow was coming down fast and furious, but how much would be left behind on the Greater Green? And what about parking?
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February 20th, 2019 @ 2pm
FAIR HAVEN: DUNKIN’ GETS SPILLOVER CROWD
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FAIR HAVEN: Spillover crowd forces change of venue for Dunkin' Donuts hearing as lawyers hammer traffic consultant over parking adequacy.
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February 20th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: SCHOOLS TO END EARLY FOR STORM
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RED BANK: Schools on the Greater Green announced early dismissals as a state of emergency was in effect for a winter storm Wednesday.
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February 20th, 2019 @ 6am
SHREWSBURY: The latest crime and arrest blotter from borough police includes a report of fraud involving fraudulent coupons.
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February 19th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: BORDER ‘EMERGENCY’ DISPUTED
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RED BANK: Three days after Trump's declaration of national emergency on Mexican border, protestors rally in Riverside Gardens Park.
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February 18th, 2019 @ 3pm
RED BANK: A MIDDLING WEEK, WEATHERWISE
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RED BANK: No lie: Washington's birthday kicks off a middling week of winter weather. Here's the extended forecast for the Greater Green.
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February 18th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: PICKUP ROLLS IN CRASH
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RED BANK: A pickup truck rolled and lost a wheel, but no serious injuries occurred in a two-vehicle crash on Maple Avenue Friday afternoon.
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February 15th, 2019 @ 3pm
RED BANK: WEEKEND OUTLOOK MOSTLY SUNNY
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RED BANK: After a nutty week weatherwise, the Greater Green is in for a mild weekend. Here's the extended outlook.
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February 15th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: Former judge who admitted diverting $600k to municipal coffers faces disbarment as attorney for alleged "shocking abuse" of judicial power.
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February 14th, 2019 @ 3pm
SHREWSBURY: The latest crime and arrest blotter from borough police includes a report of stolen property worth nearly $10k.
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February 14th, 2019 @ 11am
RUMSON: POLICE BLOTTER
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RUMSON: Police blotter for January includes arrest of Newark woman on charges of stealing mail from multiple borough residents.
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February 14th, 2019 @ 10am
RUMSON: INCOME & WEALTH RANKINGS SOAR
RUMSON: Soaring household income put the borough among America's top 20 wealthiest towns, up from 38th place in 2018, Bloomberg reported.
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February 14th, 2019 @ 10am
RED BANK: A SUPERLATIVE COUNCIL SESSION
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RED BANK: Primary students regale council audience with 'Superfragilisticexpialidocious' and other Disney tunes as two teachers are honored.
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February 14th, 2019 @ 5am
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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 ...