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Monthly Archives: March 2020

RED BANK: HOPEFUL MESSAGES IN CHALK
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RED BANK: Homebound by COVID-19, John Street neighbors decorated their walks and driveways with chalk art and encouraging messages Sunday.
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March 23rd, 2020 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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LITTLE SILVER: SOCIAL DISTANCING WEATHER
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LITTLE SILVER: Whether you're covered in red fur or not, Monday will be a good day to stay inside, with lots of rain in the forecast.
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March 23rd, 2020 @ 6am
VIRUS UPDATE: State's COVID-19 death toll rises by four as patient total climbs by 590, including 66 more in Monmouth County, Murphy Administration says.
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March 22nd, 2020 @ 3pm
VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy announces all New Jersey residents must "stay home" to help flatten spike in COVID-19 cases, which officials said have claimed five more lives.
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March 21st, 2020 @ 2pm
RED BANK: BARBER SHOP CLIPPED
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RED BANK: A barber shop that continued operating after an anti-COVID-19 executive order by the governor closed after a visit by police Saturday morning.
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March 21st, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: Borough government reports first confirmed COVID-19 in a resident.
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March 20th, 2020 @ 10pm
VIRUS UPDATE: HOLMDEL TEST SITE TO OPEN
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VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy announces Monday opening of COVID-19 drive-thru test site in Holmdel as case total rises by 155 and two more die.
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March 20th, 2020 @ 3pm
ON THE GREEN: VIRUS UPDATES
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ON THE GREEN: Latest COVID-19 updates in the Red Bank area include train schedules, a virtual tip jar for restaurant and bar workers, and a scam alert.
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March 20th, 2020 @ 10am
RED BANK: Spring 2020 gets underway with summer-like temperatures Friday. Here's the extended weather forecast for the Greater Green.
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March 20th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: TAKEOUT, ANYONE?
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RED BANK: Pandemic or not, you need to eat, and restaurants need to feed you. RiverCenter has a list of which eateries are open and doing takeout/delivery.
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March 19th, 2020 @ 3pm
VIRUS UPDATE: CASE NUMBER RISES
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VIRUS UPDATE: Monmouth County has 11 more COVID-19 cases and another death as statewide pandemic total climbs again, Murphy Administration reported Thursday.
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March 19th, 2020 @ 2pm
RED BANK: SHEHADY COVID-19 POSITIVE
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RED BANK: Borough Business Administrator Ziad Shehady tests positive for COVID-19 and tells redbankgreen his symptoms were no worse than a common cold.
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March 19th, 2020 @ 1pm
LITTLE SILVER: RBR STAFFER VIRUS-POSITIVE
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LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional staffer tests positive for COVID-19. Moore asks community not to "let fear get the better of us."
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March 18th, 2020 @ 10pm
RED BANK: STILL ‘NO CASES,’ OFFICIAL SAYS
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RED BANK: Health official disputes reports of two COVID-19 cases in Grandville Tower and say there are none known of in the borough.
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March 18th, 2020 @ 5pm
RED BANK: Monmouth County adds eight COVID-19 cases as statewide total climbs and two more victims die. Still no 'official' cases in Red Bank, says Shehady.
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March 18th, 2020 @ 3pm
RED BANK: Grandville Tower landlord tells tenants two residents self-quarantined with COVID-19 virus, and someone they were in contact with also has virus.
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March 17th, 2020 @ 6pm
RED BANK: Monmouth County has eight more COVID-19 cases as statewide total rises 50 percent, to 267.
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March 17th, 2020 @ 3pm
RED BANK: FREE MEALS FOR ALL STUDENTS
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RED BANK: Free grab 'n go breakfast and lunch distribution gets underway for all borough kids under 18 and all RBR students no matter where they live.
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March 17th, 2020 @ 11am
VIRUS IMPACTS: EMPTY STREETS DOWNTOWN
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RED BANK: Downtown streets quiet as Governor Murphy's executive order mandating far-reaching limits on activity takes hold.
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March 17th, 2020 @ 10am
VIRUS IMPACTS: QUIET STREETS AT CURFEW
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RED BANK: Eerie quiet fills streets as 8 p.m. curfew encouraged by governor takes hold. "It's like the zombie apocalypse," says a man out for a walk.
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March 17th, 2020 @ 7am
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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 ...