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Monthly Archives: September 2019

ON THE GREEN: WEEKEND OUTLOOK, TWO WAYS
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RED BANK: Here are two takes on this weekend's weather forecast for the Greater Green, one turgid, the other plain and simple.
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September 13th, 2019 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: WIRE SNIP SNAPS UTILITY POLE
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RED BANK: A snip of a dormant wire atop a utility pole causes another to snap and fall downtown.
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September 12th, 2019 @ 2pm
RED BANK: RECURRING BOMB THREATS PROBED
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RED BANK: Police have ID'd an out-of-state suspect in a series of bomb threats directed at a Broad Street office, including three in the last three days.
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September 12th, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL PULLS U-TURN ON ALLEY
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RED BANK: Council to dub downtown alleyway 'Ice Boat Lane' after former mayor Ed McKenna asks that it not be named for him.
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September 12th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: CARRYING THE FLAG TO REMEMBER
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RED BANK: Veterans' activist Mark Otto, AKA 'the flag man,' carries flag bearing names of September 11, 2001 victims 11 miles in their honor.
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September 11th, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: REMEMBERING VICTIMS OF ‘MALICE’
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RED BANK: Locals gather in Riverside Gardens Park to remember the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
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September 11th, 2019 @ 10am
RED BANK: Remembering those from the Greater Green who were killed in the attacks on America on the morning of September 11, 2001.
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September 11th, 2019 @ 12am
ON THE GREEN: REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11
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ON THE GREEN: Local memorial events slated to remember to area residents killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America.
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September 10th, 2019 @ 1pm
FAIR HAVEN: NEW RESTAURANT LAW TABLED
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FAIR HAVEN: Three weeks after planning board allows Dunkin' to open, steam continues to rise over how to deal with prospect of more fast-food restaurants.
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September 10th, 2019 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN: Police reports for August include two DWI arrests and theft of two garage door openers.
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September 9th, 2019 @ 1pm
RED BANK: RUMAGE REFLECTS ON FIVE YEARS
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RED BANK: Jared Rumage reflects on his first five years as schools superintendent, and makes a case for November's $6.75M referendum.
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September 6th, 2019 @ 2pm
RED BANK: SUN TO SHINE AS DORIAN PASSES
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RED BANK: After scattered showers Friday, sun to shine as Hurricane Dorian passes by. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Green.
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September 6th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: August police blotter includes four motorists charged with DWI, several bike thefts and a boatload of arrests for contempt of court.
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September 5th, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: POOP & MORE DELAY SAXUM VOTE
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RED BANK: Questions about dog poop, sight lines and a tree delay vote on massive plan for VNA site as board member rebukes Saxum attorney.
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September 4th, 2019 @ 11pm
RED BANK: STREETSCAPE PROJECT NEARS END
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RED BANK: What's Going On Here with the English Plaza makeover? A three-month, $1.53M project nears completion, with one last disruption planned.
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September 4th, 2019 @ 3pm
FAIR HAVEN: Police reports for July includes reported theft of a $3,000 bottle of wine and a DWI arrest. No connection is alleged.
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September 4th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: TESTS DETAIL GARDEN LEAD LEVELS
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RED BANK: Tests of community garden soil finds elevated lead in one sample, but at a depth NJDEP says requires "no immediate response." More tests expected.
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September 3rd, 2019 @ 6pm
ON THE GREEN: HEY, SUMMER’S NOT OVER YET
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ON THE GREEN: Even with the season's unofficial end and possible remnants of Hurricane Dorian later in the week, theres' still plenty of summer left to enjoy.
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September 3rd, 2019 @ 6am
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PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
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.