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Monthly Archives: April 2020

RED BANK: GOOD EATING AND SHARING
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RED BANK: Updates on finding good takeout in town (and beyond) and efforts to help support both restaurants and frontline healthcare worker at once.
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April 14th, 2020 @ 9am
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VIRUS UPDATE: POSITIVE SIGNS AMID BRACING
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VIRUS UPDATE: More encouraging data emerges as state continues bracing for COVID-19 surge and issues guidance for "worst-case" triage of resources.
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April 13th, 2020 @ 4pm
ON THE GREEN: TRANQUIL SCENES ABOUND
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ON THE GREEN: Three weeks into the COVID-19 shutdown of non-essential activity, tranquility abounds on the Greater Red Bank Green. Photos galore.
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April 13th, 2020 @ 8am
RED BANK: LEAF-BLOWING STORM FORECAST
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ON THE GREEN: Heavy rain, strong winds likely Monday. Here's the extended weather forecast for the Greater Red Bank Green.
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April 13th, 2020 @ 7am
VIRUS UPDATE: Both Monmouth County and New Jersey saw further softening in new COVID-19 positive cases and other encouraging signs in the pandemic.
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April 12th, 2020 @ 2pm
VIRUS UPDATE: COUNTY CASE GROWTH SLOWS
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VIRUS UPDATE: Monmouth County reports smallest increase in COVID-19 positive cases in almost two weeks as Murphy asks holiday celebrants not to gather.
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April 11th, 2020 @ 1pm
RED BANK: CHEERS FOR HOSPITAL STAFFERS
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RED BANK: Firefighters, police and first aiders from 10 towns give a thunderous surprise 'thank you' to Riverview employees on COVID-19 front lines. We've got photos galore.
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April 10th, 2020 @ 10pm
RED BANK: "Combative" Eatontown man charged with trying to spit on officers during arrest for disorderly conduct, chief says. One cop was slightly injured.
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April 10th, 2020 @ 2pm
VIRUS UPDATE: ‘HOPE’ CITED AS PEAK NEARS
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VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy team sees "glimmers of hope" as COVID-19 patient surge peak nears and state's death toll rises by 233 in one day.
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April 10th, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: MIXED BAG FOR HOLIDAY WEEKEND
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RED BANK: Weather for the Easter and Passover weekend is a mixed bag. Here's the extended forecast for the Greater Green.
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April 10th, 2020 @ 7am
VIRUS UPDATE: DEATH & INFECTION TOTALS UP
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VIRUS UPDATE: Bracing for a surge of hospitalizations, Murphy Administration reports growth in COVID-19 infections as New Jersey death toll reaches 1,700.
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April 9th, 2020 @ 3pm
VIRUS UPDATE: ARNONE KNOCKS CLOSINGS
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VIRUS UPDATE: Monmouth County Freeholder Tom Arnone tees up Murphy's order closing parks, which he calls "essential" to physical and mental health.
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April 9th, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: PARKS SHUT DOWN & BARRICADED
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RED BANK: Parks shut down and barricaded off as borough implements controversial closure over COVID-19 concerns. Fair Haven's and Little Silver's remain open.
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April 9th, 2020 @ 8am
RED BANK: ‘BUNNY PARADE’ CHEERS WEST SIDE
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RED BANK: Photos from part one of the 'Bunny Parade,' held in lieu of the traditional Easter Egg Hunt. The parade heads to the East Side Thursday.
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April 9th, 2020 @ 6am
VIRUS UPDATE: DEATHS SOAR AS CASES EASE
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VIRUS UPDATE: New Jersey's death toll soars again as COVID-19 caseload shows continued signs of easing, though Murphy rejects talk of "plateau."
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April 8th, 2020 @ 2pm
RED BANK: BOROUGH SHUTS DOWN PARKS
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RED BANK: Following Murphy shutdown of state and county parks, borough does same, citing "non-compliance with social distancing directives."
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April 8th, 2020 @ 8am
RED BANK: ‘BUNNY PARADE’ SCHEDULED
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RED BANK: In lieu of the traditional Easter Egg Hunt, borough parks and rec will host a pair of drive-by "Bunny Parades" this afternoon and Thursday.
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April 8th, 2020 @ 7am
VIRUS UPDATE: ‘FLATTENING’ SIGNS SEEN
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VIRUS UPDATE: New COVID-19 cases show continued signs of plateauing, but they're "still way above" hospital capacity, Murphy says.
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April 7th, 2020 @ 3pm
RED BANK: PUBLIC PROJECTS ADVANCING
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RED BANK: What's Going On Here with these borough projects? Updates on Bellhaven Natural Area, Eastside Park and parking meter replacement.
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April 7th, 2020 @ 11am
LITTLE SILVER: DAL PRA WINS PATRICK AWARD
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LITTLE SILVER: Monmouth County Rotarians name Red Bank Regional senior Will Dal Pra the Jay Patrick Unsung Hero Award winner for Monmouth County.
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April 7th, 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 ...