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Monthly Archives: December 2019

RED BANK: SCAVONE TO LEAVE RIVERCENTER
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RED BANK: RiverCenter, the quasi-governmental agency that oversees the downtown district, is losing its executive director of the past six years.
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December 31st, 2019 @ 9am
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RED BANK: GUSTY WIND-DOWN TO 2019
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RED BANK: Wind-down of 2019 begins with a wet and windy Monday forecast. Here's the outlook heading into the New Year for the Greater Green.
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December 30th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: Just five months after yanking a plan to add a Dunkin' shop, the owner of the Shell station is back with a proposal for a convenience store.
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December 26th, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: APARTMENTS AND STORES PLANNED
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RED BANK: Builder proposes to replace building at Shrewsbury Avenue and Drs. Parker Boulevard with 16 apartments, plus retail and underground parking.
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December 24th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED
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RED BANK: A proposed nine-story development atop Pazzo would add 150 apartments downtown and shatter the borough's limits on building height and density.
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December 22nd, 2019 @ 10pm
RED BANK: SUN TO RISE AGAIN ON STREET
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RED BANK: Looking a bit worse for wear, sun mural busy intersection will rise again following positive feedback and planning award, borough says.
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December 20th, 2019 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN: STILL NO SIGN OF POSTAL SIGN
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FAIR HAVEN: For almost three years, the borough post office hasn't had a sign out front. Its lone clerk is baffled and annoyed.
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December 19th, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: ROOFTOP DINING PLAN APPROVED
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RED BANK: New owners of prominent downtown address get planning board OK for rooftop dining despite board chairman's objections.
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December 17th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: New owners of former Belmonte space propose rooftop dining and third-floor dining space. Planning board to review Monday night.
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December 16th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: SNOW ACCUMULATION UNLIKELY
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RED BANK: While northwestern New Jersey may get socked with snow Monday and Tuesday, the Greater Green is likely to be spared. Here's the forecast.
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December 16th, 2019 @ 5am
RED BANK: CLOUDS AND RAIN IN FORECAST
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RED BANK: The Greater Green won't see much sun before Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. Clouds and rain dominate the forecast.
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December 13th, 2019 @ 6am
SHREWSBURY: Latest police blotter includes two DWI arrests.
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December 12th, 2019 @ 3pm
RED BANK: Council wraps up 2019 with a quiet session that includes formation of committee to encourage resident participation in 2020 Census.
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December 12th, 2019 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN: Police reports for November include two DWI arrests, several car break-ins and alleged vandalism by juveniles.
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December 11th, 2019 @ 2pm
MIDDLETOWN: GEORGE BOWDEN DIES
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MIDDLETOWN: George Bowden, longtime Red Bank resident and champion of historic preservation, died Sunday. He was 92 years old.
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December 11th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: INCH OR SO OF SNOW FORECAST
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RED BANK: The season's second snowfall wasn't expected to amount to much Wednesday. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Green.
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December 11th, 2019 @ 5am
RED BANK: FIVE-MAN OVERDOSE A MYSTERY
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RED BANK: Police still sorting out how five men apparently overdosed, and two of them died, in Bank Street house early Sunday.
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December 9th, 2019 @ 6pm
RED BANK: FAUX SNOW GIVES WAY TO RAIN
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RED BANK: Faux snow and ice gives way to real rain through midweek. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Red Bank Green.
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December 9th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: TWO OF FIVE DEAD AFTER ODs
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RED BANK: Two men died and three other were hospitalized after an apparent group overdose in a Bank Street house early Sunday, police say.
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December 8th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: November police blotter includes seven arrests for DWI and seven for marijuana possession, plus lots of auto break-ins and car vandalism.
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December 6th, 2019 @ 1pm
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EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
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 ...