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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
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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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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 ...