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Monthly Archives: February 2020

RED BANK: ‘WALKOUT’ HONORS PD RETIREES
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RED BANK: Fellow officers and borough employees mark retirement of two cops with a traditional "walkout" on their last day of work.
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February 28th, 2020 @ 5pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: HOMEWARES SHOP MOVES RIGHT IN
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a homewares store relocates from Bellworks after one of the downtown's quickest deals in recent memory.
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February 28th, 2020 @ 2pm
FAIR HAVEN: POLICE ACTIVITY
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FAIR HAVEN: Police reports for January.
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February 28th, 2020 @ 1pm
RED BANK: EX-FIRE CHIEF MEGO DIES
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RED BANK: Former fire chief, school maintenance worker and crossing guard John Mego has died, according to an announcement by Mayor Menna.
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February 28th, 2020 @ 9am
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL TEAM LAUDED
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RED BANK: The mayor and council honored the Red Bank Charter School Girls basketball team on their championship season Wednesday night.
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February 27th, 2020 @ 3pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL WRAP
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RED BANK: Weeds, a police department retirement and the library were on the agenda of a no-surprises council meeting Wednesday. Here's a wrap-up.
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February 27th, 2020 @ 10am
RED BANK: JAZZMAN VISITS FORTUNE CENTER
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RED BANK: Before taking the stage at the Basie Wednesday night, Branford Marsalis paid a pre-concert visit to the T. Thomas Fortune Center.
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February 27th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: PHOTO BOOK AT VISITOR CENTER
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RED BANK: New book of photos taken around town available for purchase at Visitor Center.
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February 26th, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: CENSUS HELP AT THE LIBRARY
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RED BANK: Public library to offer assistance in completing the U.S. Census questionnaire from March 12 to 20.
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February 26th, 2020 @ 9am
RUMSON: LUNCH BREAKERS BAKE A WINNER
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RUMSON: Lunch Break cooking class students win Oceanic Library's Irish soda bread-making contest.
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February 26th, 2020 @ 9am
RED BANK: Shrewsbury man faces 18 years in prison after admitting he sexually assaulted seven children in three towns over a decade.
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February 25th, 2020 @ 8pm
RED BANK: SNACK BAR, SCREENS ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Council to take up measures on weeds, window screens and the future of the Riverside Gardens Park Wednesday. Here's an agenda scan.
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February 25th, 2020 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: RBR HONORS SCHOLARS
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LITTLE SILVER: RBR honors scholars, not only athletes, with varsity letters. Here's the latest crop of academic achievers.
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February 25th, 2020 @ 11am
FAIR HAVEN: TENANTS HOT OVER TOWN DEAL
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FAIR HAVEN: Business owners and residents push back on council plan to buy River Road site for new borough hall and police station.
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February 25th, 2020 @ 9am
RED BANK: K9 TEAM COMPETES IN PRIMETIME
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RED BANK: One of the borough police departments two K9 teams will compete in an obstacle-filled challenge on TV's 'America's Top Dog' Wednesday night.
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February 24th, 2020 @ 9am
RED BANK: FORECAST HAS SPRING IN ITS STEP
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RED BANK: This week's weather will be is more springlike than wintry. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Red Bank Green.
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February 24th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: CLASSIC 5K SET FOR JUNE 20
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RED BANK: The Red Bank Classic 5K returns with a day of events for runners, walkers and kids of all levels. Here's everything you need to know.
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February 21st, 2020 @ 7pm
FAIR HAVEN: TOWN IN DEAL FOR OFFICE SITE
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FAIR HAVEN: Borough facilities consolidation plan gets back on track with proposed purchase of River Road building, which would be replaced, says Lucarelli.
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February 21st, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: FIREHOUSE GETS MORE TIME
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RED BANK: What's Going On Here at the former firehouse on White Street, which was supposed to become a craft brewery? We've got the latest.
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February 21st, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: HOBBYMASTERS CLOSING
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RED BANK: Hobbymasters closing after 40-year run selling electric trains and wide variety of games. So what's next for this primo site?
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February 20th, 2020 @ 9am
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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 ...