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Monthly Archives: April 2020

VIRUS UPDATE: ‘SOBERING’ JUMP IN DEATHS
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VIRUS UPDATE: Adjustment to death total yields greatest one-day increase in COVID-19 losses as other indicators improve, Murphy Administration reports.
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April 30th, 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: POLICE LAUNCH HOME LOCKBOXES
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RED BANK: Police launch Operation Blue Angel to expedite emergency access to homes of residents over 55 who live alone or have medical conditions.
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April 30th, 2020 @ 2pm
RED BANK: VNA expects to roll out saliva-based test for COVID-19 here next week. Developed at Rutgers, it's now available in Asbury Park, VNA says.
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April 30th, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: PARKS TO REOPEN SATURDAY
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RED BANK: Following Murphy's reversal of his shutdown of state and county parks, barricades at borough parks are set to come down at dawn Saturday, too.
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April 30th, 2020 @ 8am
VIRUS UPDATE: MURPHY REOPENING PARKS
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VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy orders state parks reopened, but threatens another shutdown "if we don't like what we see" in social distancing behavior.
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April 29th, 2020 @ 3pm
LITTLE SILVER: RBR REWORKS HEARING PLAN
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LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional board scraps plan for "live, in-person" meeting after questions about whether it violated Murphy's "stay home" order.
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April 29th, 2020 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: RBR SETS IN-PERSON HEARING
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LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional High board plans a "live, in-person" meeting Wednesday night, despite Governor Murphy's "stay home" order.
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April 28th, 2020 @ 10pm
VIRUS UPDATE: MURPHY PICKS ‘RESTART’ TEAM
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VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy names "restart and recovery" team but declines to say when state might reopen as data shows continued gains against COVID-19.
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April 28th, 2020 @ 3pm
LITTLE SILVER: RESPONDERS GET SPOTLIGHT
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LITTLE SILVER: Townwide lightup and fundraiser for volunteer fire and first aiders planned as thank-you for first-responders in the COVID-19 crisis.
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April 28th, 2020 @ 8am
RED BANK: MAN CHARGED IN BOTTLE-STAB
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RED BANK: A borough man is behind bars on charges he stabbed another with a broken bottle during an argument Friday, police said.
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April 27th, 2020 @ 6pm
VIRUS UPDATE: MURPHY MAPS ‘ROAD BACK’
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VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy maps out broad "restart and recovery" parameters for reopening state economy, which he expects to begin in "weeks, not months."
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April 27th, 2020 @ 1pm
RBR SENIOR PHOTO SHOW GOES VIRTUAL
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LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional's student photographers host this year's Senior Photo Show online. Check out their great work.
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April 27th, 2020 @ 10am
VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy administration reports lowest new death toll from COVID-19 since April 1 as other indicators also point to improvement.
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April 26th, 2020 @ 9pm
VIRUS UPDATE: MORE PROGRESS REPORTED
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VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy reports continued improvements in COVID-19 fight as he prepares to unveil "broad parameters" for possible eventual reopening.
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April 25th, 2020 @ 3pm
VIRUS UPDATE: CRISIS SHOWS MORE TAPERING
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VIRUS UPDATE: Data from last 10-to-14 days shows tapering ravages of COVID-19, Murphy reports as Persichilli warns against using cleaning agents as treatment.
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April 24th, 2020 @ 4pm
FAIR HAVEN: WEEKEND GOOD AND WET
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FAIR HAVEN: Weather outlook is favorable, if you like it wet. Here's the extended forecast for the Greater Red Bank Green.
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April 24th, 2020 @ 3am
VIRUS UPDATE: MORE FLATTENING SEEN
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VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy team reports more signs of COVID-19 curve flattening, with no deaths due to lack of hospital beds or ventilators.
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April 23rd, 2020 @ 4pm
RED BANK: BELLHAVEN VIEW SNEAK PREVIEW
RED BANK: redbankgreen gets a sneak peek of stunning river vistas from nearly finished playground/lookout stand at Bellhaven Natural Area. Video.
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April 23rd, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MAPLE COVE ADDITION POSSIBLE
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RED BANK: Borough may get a small addition to Maple Cove tract under negotiations authorized by council in executive session Wednesday night.
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April 23rd, 2020 @ 8am
VIRUS UPDATE: New COVID-19 data shows further signs of stabilization as Murphy lays groundwork for possible second wave later in the year.
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April 22nd, 2020 @ 4pm
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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 ...