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Monthly Archives: March 2020

VIRUS UPDATE: STATE DEATH TOLL UP SHARPLY
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VIRUS UPDATE: COVID-19 deaths and positive tests accelerate sharply as Murphy team "plans for the worst and hopes for the best" in anticipated surge.
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March 31st, 2020 @ 3pm
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VIRUS UPDATE: NEW JERSEY TOLL SOARS
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VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy administration hammers "stay home" message after COVID-19 death toll grows by 37 and 3,347 more tests come back positive.
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March 30th, 2020 @ 3pm
RED BANK: MENNA BLASTS HEALTH ‘RUMORS’
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RED BANK: Menna blasts Burnham for false "rumors" about his health and Shehady tees her up for "blatant lies" about his health and whereabouts.
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March 30th, 2020 @ 1pm
ON THE GREEN: QUIET STREETS
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ON THE GREEN: Downtown Red Bank was a well-lit ghost burg as the Greater Green maintained a near-empty quiet through the weekend. Photos.
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March 30th, 2020 @ 7am
VIRUS UPDATE: After weeklong climb, New Jersey death toll eases as number of COVID-19 positive cases continues to rise, Murphy administration reports.
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March 29th, 2020 @ 3pm
VIRUS UPDATE: ILLNESS, DEATH COUNTS SOAR
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VIRUS UPDATE: Monmouth County had 122 more COVID-19 positive cases but no additional deaths as New Jersey numbers soar, Murphy team reports.
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March 28th, 2020 @ 1pm
VIRUS UPDATE: Three more die in Monmouth County as state's COVID-19 pandemic's death toll surpasses 100, Murphy team reports.
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March 27th, 2020 @ 2pm
ON THE GREEN: ESCAPING INTO FRESH AIR
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ON THE GREEN: Under beautiful spring conditions, residents take to the outdoors for fresh air and escape from anxiety about COVID-19.
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March 27th, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MARQUEE TOUTS OPTIMISM
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RED BANK: Shows canceled, Basie Center for the Arts repurposes marquee to display messages of optimism, including quotes from some local stars.
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March 27th, 2020 @ 9am
RED BANK: IS SCHOOL REOPENING IN SIGHT?
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RED BANK: Rumage says school district hopes it can reopen April 20, but decision is up to Murphy, who says he won't decide before April 17.
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March 26th, 2020 @ 4pm
VIRUS UPDATE: PANDEMIC TOLL CLIMBS
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VIRUS UPDATE: Monmouth County had two more deaths and 179 new COVID-19 cases as state sees steep increase of pandemic's toll, Murphy team reports.
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March 26th, 2020 @ 3pm
VIRUS UPDATE: DEATH TOLL & CASELOAD RISE
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VIRUS UPDATE: New Jersey's COVID-19 death toll rose by 18 and the number of infected residents continued its climb, Murphy team said Wednesday.
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March 25th, 2020 @ 3pm
VIRUS UPDATES: BLOOD, FOOD DRIVES SLATED
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RED BANK: YMCA plans a blood drive employing "extreme precautions" to help address shortfall from COVID-19 pandemic. Details here.
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March 25th, 2020 @ 12pm
VIRUS UPDATE: MONMOUTH SEEKS GEAR
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VIRUS UPDATE: Monmouth County officials issue appeal for medical gear, say non-residents are coming to their shore homes in spite of Murphy stay-home order.
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March 25th, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: Virus leads to cancellation of standardized testing, but impact questions linger. Special report from NJ Spotlight.
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March 25th, 2020 @ 9am
VIRUS UPDATE: Largest one-day climb in state's COVID-19 death toll reported as total reaches 44, including one more in Monmouth County, Murphy team says.
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March 24th, 2020 @ 3pm
RED BANK: WILL LONG-CLOSED ‘VAULT’ OPEN?
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RED BANK: After a seven-year vacancy, Saxum Real Estate had finally landed a tenant for the building it calls 'the Vault' on Broad Street. And then, COVID-19 hit.
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March 24th, 2020 @ 10am
VIRUS UPDATE: COVID-19 DEATH TOLL RISES
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VIRUS UPDATE: State's COVID-19 death toll grows by seven as Murphy Administration announces plans to reduce jail population and enforce stay-home order.
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March 23rd, 2020 @ 1pm
ON THE GREEN: MEETINGS MOVE ONLINE
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ON THE GREEN: Local governments and school boards make abrupt change to online meetings in the COVID-19 pandemic. There may be some glitches.
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March 23rd, 2020 @ 12pm
ON THE GREEN: SCENES FROM THE PANDEMIC
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ON THE GREEN: Panic? What panic? Out on the streets, an air of serenity prevails, masking the true anxiety many feel because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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March 23rd, 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.
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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 ...