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Monthly Archives: May 2020

RED BANK: HAIL THE RETURN OF SUNSHINE
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RED BANK: All hail the return of sunshine for a three-day visit. Here's the extended weather forecast for the Greater Green.
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May 12th, 2020 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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VIRUS UPDATE: O’SCANLON, MURPHY JOUST
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VIRUS UPDATE: With COVID-19 cases and deaths in decline, O'Scanlon calls for "rebellion" against Murphy's shutdown, and Murphy pushes back.
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May 11th, 2020 @ 5pm
RED BANK: The March and April crime and arrest blotter from RBPD includes four DWI charges, plus a number of thefts from vehicles.
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May 11th, 2020 @ 11am
VIRUS UPDATE: RED BANK CASES STILL RISING
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VIRUS UPDATE: Amid a general slowing of COVID-19 cases and deaths, Red Bank's new-infection count continues to grow at a stubborn rate.
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May 11th, 2020 @ 7am
VIRUS UPDATE: CHILD’S DEATH REPORTED
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VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy reports death of a four-year-old, the first person under 18 to die in the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed 8,952 state residents.
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May 8th, 2020 @ 6pm
LITTLE SILVER: DALPRA RETIRING FROM RBR
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LITTLE SILVER: After turning around the sports culture at Red Bank Regional over the past 12 years, Louis 'Del' DalPra is retiring. For real this time, he says.
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May 8th, 2020 @ 1pm
FAIR HAVEN: CHEERING HEALTHCARE HEROES
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FAIR HAVEN: Town gives a clamorous, five-minute cheer to frontline COVID-19 heroes, an event it plans to repeat weekly through May 28.
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May 8th, 2020 @ 9am
RED BANK: FEEDING NURSES IN APPRECIATION
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RED BANK: Restaurants donate cartloads of meals for frontline healthcare worker at Riverview Medical Center in recognition of Nurse Appreciation Week.
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May 8th, 2020 @ 7am
VIRUS UPDATE: FACILITY DEATH TOLL SOARS
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VIRUS UPDATE: No explanation offered as COVID-19 deaths at Monmouth County longterm care facilities appear to spike, now accounting for 73 percent of total.
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May 7th, 2020 @ 5pm
RED BANK: FRESH TAKE ON FOOD INSECURITY
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RED BANK: With food insecurity rising in the COVID-19 crisis, Kitch Organic rolls out way to donate fresh vegetables and fruits to hungry families.
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May 7th, 2020 @ 9am
LITTLE SILVER: PAVING JOB STEAMS AHEAD
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LITTLE SILVER: A resurfacing of Branch Avenue means some neighborhoods are cut off from vehicular access for hours at a time.
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May 6th, 2020 @ 6pm
VIRUS UPDATE: COUNTY DEATHS SURPASS 400
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VIRUS UPDATE: Monmouth County has now lost more than 400 residents to COVID-19, two-thirds of them connected to longterm care facilities, state reports.
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May 6th, 2020 @ 3pm
RED BANK: What's Going On Here with the brown tap water flowing through faucets? Here's the likely answer, and what to expect in coming days.
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May 6th, 2020 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: TENNIS RETURNS, WITH LIMITS
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LITTLE SILVER: Two borough tennis courts reopen, with a host of rules, as first step of a "phased-in approach" to full return.
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May 6th, 2020 @ 10am
VIRUS UPDATE: ‘PEOPLE STILL GETTING SICK’
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VIRUS UPDATE: Death tolls continue to rise, and hundreds of new COVID-19 patients are still being hospitalized each day, Murphy says.
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May 5th, 2020 @ 3pm
FAIR HAVEN: HARDWARE SHOP REOPENS
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FAIR HAVEN: Independent hardware store, closed for a month after owner was "spooked" about COVID-19, reopens, with rules for employees and customers.
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May 5th, 2020 @ 11am
VIRUS UPDATE: SCHOOLS & PARKS ON AGENDA
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VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy says New Jersey "passed the test" on social distancing in newly reopened parks this weekend. He also ordered that schools remain closed through June.
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May 4th, 2020 @ 3pm
RED BANK: MARKET RETURNING AS DRIVE-THRU
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RED BANK: The Galleria's farm market plans to open May 17, with a host of new rules for the COVID-19 era. Rule number one: it'll be drive-thru only.
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May 4th, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: PARKS SEE COMPLIANCE, IT SEEMS
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RED BANK: Parks reopen without any "significant" social distancing issues, police say. But there was no shortage of possibly maybe sorta questionable behavior...
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May 4th, 2020 @ 9am
RED BANK: THE STORY, WEATHERWISE
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RED BANK: Weatherwise, Monday's a good day to check out the library's latest Story Walk installation. Here's the extended forecast for the Greater Green.
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May 4th, 2020 @ 5am
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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 ...