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Monthly Archives: April 2019

FAIR HAVEN: FAST-FOOD LAW GOES M.I.A.
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FAIR HAVEN: New twist on hotly contested plan for a Dunkin' shop as resident discovers ban on fast food joints that "simply vanished" from borough records.
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April 30th, 2019 @ 9am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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SHREWSBURY: The latest crime and arrest blotter from borough police includes a DWI charge.
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April 29th, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BOROUGH HIRES NEW CFO
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RED BANK: Five months after his predecessor was hastily dumped, a new chief financial officer for the borough was slated to start work Monday.
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April 29th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: GRAY SKIES FOR MOST OF WEEK
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RED BANK: Summer began Thursday morning, and this little guy on West Front Street was ready. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Green.
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April 29th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: POWER SWITCH IN THE WORKS
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RED BANK: Borough kicks off public awareness effort after council begins transition to electricity program said to reduce bills from JCP&L level.
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April 26th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: WINDY T-STORMS POSSIBLE
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RED BANK: Off-and-on showers, thunderstorms possible Friday. Here's the weather forecast through the weekend for the Greater Green.
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April 26th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY NAMED
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RED BANK: By 4-1 vote, council approves members of new redevelopment agency, along with a second group to serve as technical advisors.
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April 25th, 2019 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: SPOTLIGHT ON NARROW LANE
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LITTLE SILVER: Borough wrestles with question of what to do with a quaint, narrow lane in the age of "humongous" family vehicles.
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April 24th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: HOUSING & MORE PACKS AGENDA
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RED BANK: On council agenda: affordable housing deal; parking change for dicey corner; small-bore zoning tweaks; new fines for false alarms; and more.
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April 23rd, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: Townhouses overlooking Navesink River win approval after developer offers to build sidewalk, if not the one zoning board wanted more.
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April 19th, 2019 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN, LITTLE SILVER: PAIR CHARGED
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FAIR HAVEN, LITTLE SILVER: Home security cams play a role as cops in four towns charge pair of Ocean County men with a string of burglaries.
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April 18th, 2019 @ 1pm
RED BANK: CRÊPERIE UPSIZES, LICENSE SELLS
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RED BANK: In Retail Churn, a crepe restaurant goes big, a liquor license changes hands and a seasonal gourmet takeout spot returns.
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April 17th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: PROMWEAR GIVEAWAY
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RED BANK: There's still another chance to get free gowns and tuxedos at Lunch Break's annual promwear giveaway at the Woman's Club.
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April 16th, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: HOTEL DELAY REQUEST REJECTED
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RED BANK: In a stunner, planning board rejects developer's request for an additional year to start building Hampton Inn, throwing project into uncertainty.
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April 16th, 2019 @ 7am
SHREWSBURY: The latest crime and arrest blotter from borough police includes two DWI charges and several reports of theft.
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April 15th, 2019 @ 4pm
RED BANK: ROADWORK UNDER THE LIGHTS
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RED BANK: What's with all the floodlights, cones and detours along Route 35 at night? redbankgreen's latest What's Going On Here has the answer.
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April 15th, 2019 @ 10am
RED BANK: TORNADO WATCH ISSUED
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RED BANK: The National Weather Service issued a tornado alert for the Greater Green early Monday. By the time you read this, the threat may have passed.
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April 15th, 2019 @ 3am
RED BANK: “TENACIOUS’ INSPECTOR CITED
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RED BANK: A nose for trouble turns a routine inspection into a hunt for a gas leak that averted potential disaster at an apartment complex, officials said.
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April 12th, 2019 @ 1pm
RED BANK: HOOPS, A PARADE, PIRATES & MORE
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RED BANK: A packed council agenda included lots of feel-good news, including honors for middle school hoopsters, plans for a parade and more.
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April 12th, 2019 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: Police reports for March, 2019 includes two arrests on DWI charges.
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April 11th, 2019 @ 2pm
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 ...