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Monthly Archives: July 2020

RED BANK: RAIN & SUN IN WEEKEND OUTLOOK
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RED BANK: Possible showers Friday and Sunday sandwich a sunny Saturday. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Green.
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July 31st, 2020 @ 6am
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RED BANK: BUDGET Q&A SLATED AFTER ALL
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RED BANK: Almost two months after it was first announced, finance committee's public walk-thru of proposed budget has a date.
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July 30th, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: Borough school district unveils plan for "cohorting" students, split schedules, temperature checks and more as new school year nears.
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July 29th, 2020 @ 6pm
RED BANK: METER PROGRAM ADVANCES
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RED BANK: New parking meters sprout throughout downtown. What's Going On Here? And when will they go live?
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July 29th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: TRTC REGRETS CASTING CHOICES
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RED BANK: Two River Theater issues apology for failing to cast "more artists of color" in a star-studded reading of 'On Borrowed Time' slated for next week.
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July 28th, 2020 @ 3pm
RED BANK: With borough about to award its second private trash collection contract, here's a chance for residents to weigh in on pickup frequency.
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July 28th, 2020 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: BIKE LANE DEBATE CONTINUES
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FAIR HAVEN: Council debate over planned 'sharrow' markings through the River Road business district continues, with some cyclists opposed.
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July 28th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: COTILLION RETURNS FOR 70TH FETE
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RED BANK: Monmouth County Cotillion returns to the town where it began for its 70th event, a socially-distanced affair in Riverside Gardens Park.
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July 27th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: MAN CHARGED IN STATUE TOPPLING
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RED BANK: Police charge Fair Haven man in vandalism of church statuary that was caught on video, says Chief McConnell.
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July 24th, 2020 @ 12pm
ON THE GREEN: WEEKEND WEATHER OUTLOOK
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ON THE GREEN: Intense overnight storms knock out power for hundreds, with more rain possible Friday, followed by a sunny weekend. Here's the forecast.
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July 24th, 2020 @ 6am
VIRUS UPDATE: MONMOUTH TOPS 10K CASES
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VIRUS UPDATE: Amid a sharp slowdown in fatalities and new infections, Monmouth County records its 10,000th COVID-19 case.
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July 23rd, 2020 @ 5pm
RED BANK: 26 WEST WINS STREET SETUP OK
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RED BANK: Without discussion, council okays 26 West on the Navesink's use of Boat Club Court for dining tables two weeks after "unauthorized" setup.
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July 23rd, 2020 @ 1pm
RED BANK: TAX INCREASE AT 2.8 PERCENT
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RED BANK: Local tax would rise by 2.8 percent under budget that finance chair Ballard said is "inflicting more pain" on residents impacted by pandemic.
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July 23rd, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: Free, no-appointment COVID-19 tests will be available to up to 100 people a day over three days at Pilgrim Baptist Church starting August 1.
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July 22nd, 2020 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: ‘EXPOSURE’ HALTS RBR SPORTS
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LITTLE SILVER: One week after scrapping its planned graduation, Red Bank Regional shuts down all sports over another COVID-19 exposure.
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July 21st, 2020 @ 10am
RED BANK: TAX INCREASE ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Council takes up budget that would boost local tax load by 5.4 percent, but finance committee chairman may oppose it.
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July 21st, 2020 @ 8am
RED BANK: Police department's crime-and-arrest blotter for June includes thefts, vandalism and a couple of driving-while-intoxicated arrests.
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July 20th, 2020 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: COUNCIL SPLITS ON BIKE PLAN
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FAIR HAVEN: Bike-safety plan splits council over whether to paint 'sharrow' markings on River Road through the business district.
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July 20th, 2020 @ 9am
ON THE GREEN: TRIPLE-DIGIT TEMPS FORECAST
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RED BANK: Second day of triple-digit 'feels like' temperatures forecast. Here's the extended weather outlook for the Greater Green.
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July 20th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: PLAZA LIMITS IRK OUTSIDERS
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RED BANK: Broad Street dining plaza is "sucking customers away" from restaurants just outside the zone, say some owners, who want it expanded south.
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July 17th, 2020 @ 2pm
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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 ...