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Monthly Archives: June 2019

RED BANK: ‘SACK & SYMPHONY IN THE PARK
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RED BANK: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra returns for a sunset concert on our beautiful Navesink River, this time with a local opener.
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June 28th, 2019 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: SPREAD YOUR WINGS THIS SUMMER
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RED BANK: Spread your wings this summer by having your photo taken in front of this temporary mural in the School of Rock window on Monmouth Street.
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June 27th, 2019 @ 5pm
RED BANK: MENNA ‘IRATE’ OVER YMCA ACTION
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RED BANK: 'Irate' Menna blasts YMCA decision to terminate free memberships for borough kids and emergency first responders.
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June 27th, 2019 @ 10am
RED BANK: KIDS, RESPONDERS LOSE FREE YMCA
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RED BANK: YMCA ending free memberships for borough kids and emergency first responders in a move driven by "accountability" issue, says director.
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June 27th, 2019 @ 5am
RED BANK: NEW AGENCY EYES TOWN ASSETS
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RED BANK: New Redevelopment Agency, with potential to exert enormous power over borough's future, quietly slips into gear.
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June 26th, 2019 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN: Council introduces ban on drive-thru and walk-up restaurants, as well as a proposed ban on plastic bags and straws.
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June 25th, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: PAWSING TO KICK OFF SUMMER
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RED BANK: Dog Days kick off summer in muggy style, followed by thunderstorms Tuesday. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Green.
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June 25th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: 12 FAMILIES DISPLACED BY BLAZE
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RED BANK: Fire apparently cause by a cigarette dropped into mulch displaces all residents of 12-unit apartment building.
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June 23rd, 2019 @ 1pm
RED BANK: FIRE AT NEW APARTMENT BUILDING
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RED BANK: Fire causes heavy damage to Oakland Square, a 12-unit apartment building constructed just two years ago near train station.
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June 23rd, 2019 @ 10am
RED BANK: BROAD TO THE RIVER? ‘WE’LL SEE…’
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RED BANK: Is a Broad-to-the-river plan finally in the works? redbankgreen checks out some intriguing clues among property deals.
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June 21st, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: SWEEPING CHANGES COMING
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RED BANK: Council delays alternate-side parking law but it's still coming, along with a sweeper tracker, despite misgivings of some residents.
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June 20th, 2019 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN: DUNKIN’ RETURNS, HOT AS EVER
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FAIR HAVEN: After four-month detour, Dunkin' case returns to planning board, just as hot as ever. Center owner calls resident's scenarios 'ridiculous.'
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June 19th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: MORE RAIN FORECAST, BUDDY
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RED BANK: More heavy rain possible after flooding interrupts blues show at Count Basie theater. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Green.
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June 19th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: WHAT’S ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA?
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RED BANK: Taxes, a new track for Basie Fields, alternate-side parking and more pack the agenda for council's only regular meeting this month.
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June 18th, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SECOND CLASSIC 5K DRAWS 1,200+
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RED BANK: Classic 5K road race draws 1,200+ runners and walkers, including one who put on a goofy pantomime for our camera. Check out redbankgreen's photos.
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June 16th, 2019 @ 10am
RED BANK: May was another busy month for RBPD, with four DWI arrests on the activity blotter.
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June 14th, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: CLASSIC 5K READY TO RUN AGAIN
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RED BANK: More than 1,000 runners and walkers expected for Saturday's Classic 5K. Here's your FAQ on the course, road closures and more.
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June 13th, 2019 @ 5pm
SANDY HOOK: BIRDS DISPLACE CONCERTS
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SANDY HOOK: Free summer concerts on the beach cancelled to protect nests of piping plovers, a species that's "on the brink," National Park Service says.
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June 13th, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: MOTORCYCLIST HURT IN CRASH
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RED BANK: A Florida was man injured when his motorcycle collided with car on Riverside Avenue Tuesday evening.
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June 12th, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: FOOD TRUCKS UP FOR DISCUSSION
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RED BANK: Allowing food trucks on private property appears to have council backing. RiverCenter, which has opposed the idea in the past, hasn't said no.
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June 12th, 2019 @ 7am
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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 ...