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Monthly Archives: July 2020

ON THE GREEN: AMPLE SUNSHINE IN FORECAST
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RED BANK: Lots of sunshine in weekend outlook, along with temperatures in the low 90s Sunday. Here's the extended forecast for the Greater Green.
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July 17th, 2020 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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FAIR HAVEN: PURCHASE PLAN SCRAPPED
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FAIR HAVEN: Borough scraps proposed $3.4M purchase of River Road site, explores building new police station at current location.
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July 15th, 2020 @ 2pm
LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional scraps planned seniors-only graduation after one tests positive for COVID-19, and may have exposed others.
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July 14th, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: TRATTORIA ENDS 35-YEAR RUN
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, the owners of the Front St. Trattoria make a quiet exit after 35 years, and a CBD shop plans to open downtown.
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July 14th, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: MAYOR SLAMS STREET TAKEOVER
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RED BANK: Menna slams restaurant for unauthorized and "dangerous" shutdown of public street, complete with fake grass and a fence.
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July 13th, 2020 @ 4pm
LITTLE SILVER: NEW RBR GRADUATE DIES
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LITTLE SILVER: Less than a month after his graduation, a member of Red Bank Regional High's class of 2020 has died.
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July 13th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: PARKLET EFFORT BEGINS
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RED BANK: Concrete barriers installed around parking spaces downtown. What's Going On Here? The arrival of "parklets" downtown.
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July 10th, 2020 @ 8am
RED BANK: PLAZA PLANS REWORKED
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RED BANK: Borough scraps Monmouth Street plaza, extends Broad Street plaza by additional day, and plans to allow dining "parklets" downtown.
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July 9th, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: LION IN WAIT… FOR A VACCINE?
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RED BANK: River Road homeowner finds an opportunity for humor in increasingly politicized debate over masks to slow spread of COVID-19.
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July 9th, 2020 @ 6am
VIRUS UPDATE: ‘MASK UP,’ MURPHY ORDERS
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VIRUS UPDATE: Citing 'backsliding' in COVID-19 transmission rate, Murphy issues outdoor mask order where social distancing isn't practicable.
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July 8th, 2020 @ 3pm
RED BANK: FOXES, DEER MOVE ON IN
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RED BANK: While a trio of deer chowed down on a Madison Avenue lawn, a red fox crossed the street two doors away, apparently in search of its own breakfast.
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July 8th, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: LATIN-FLAVORED CAFÉ OPENS
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RED BANK: Hit hard by the pandemic a father and two sons finally open their new restaurant, one that includes a "Latin touch" on its menu.
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July 8th, 2020 @ 6am
ON THE GREEN: ONE POLLING PLACE PER TOWN
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ON THE GREEN: Pandemic transforms primary voting to mail-in affair, with just one live poling place per town in Red Bank, Fair Haven and Little Silver.
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July 7th, 2020 @ 6am
SHREWSBURY: Y OFFERS WATER SAFETY TIPS
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SHREWSBURY: With in-person water safety programs halted by the pandemic, YMCA offers tips for parents to help keep children safe while swimming.
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July 6th, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: SUNSHINE AND STORMS FORECAST
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RED BANK: New work week kicks off with sunshine, followed by possible evening thunderstorms. Here's the extended forecast for the Greater Green.
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July 6th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: MENNA ADMITS FOOD TRUCK ERROR
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RED BANK: Following redbankgreen questions about conflict of interest, Menna acknowledges he should not have participated in council food truck discussion.
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July 2nd, 2020 @ 11pm
RED BANK: FOOD TRUCK EYES VACANT SITE
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RED BANK: A year after it appeared dead, a move to end the ban on food trucks rolls back into the spotlight, led by a mother-daughter venture called Your Sister's Balls.
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July 2nd, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MURPHY, BON JOVI BREAK B2 BREAD
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RED BANK: Closely watched for his own behavior under COVID-19 rules he imposed, Murphy dines outdoors at B2 with Bon Jovi.
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July 1st, 2020 @ 8pm
LITTLE SILVER: CROSSING TO CLOSE FOR WORK
LITTLE SILVER: NJ Transit plans to replace the railroad crossing at Silverside Avenue, work that will require about 10 days of detours this month.
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July 1st, 2020 @ 6am
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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 ...