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Monthly Archives: October 2020

RED BANK: LOGGING INTO SCHOOL AT YMCA
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RED BANK: Fair Haven family's children log in to school via Y Academy, a pandemic-era adjustment by the YMCA of Greater Monmouth County.
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October 20th, 2020 @ 10am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: DEMOLITION DAY
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RED BANK: Monday was demolition day as two developments advanced, one just getting started and the other nearing completion.
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October 20th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: PARTLY THIS AND MOSTLY THAT
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RED BANK: "Mostly" this and "partly" that, the weather in coming days is neither here nor there in the extended forecast for the Greater Green.
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October 20th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: HALLOWEEN PARADE SLATED
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RED BANK: The annual Halloween Parade is on for Sunday, with social distancing aided by antique cars. No after party, though.
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October 19th, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: HEAD-ON PARKING TO BE REQUIRED
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RED BANK: In a move to keep new ADA-compliant walkways clear, council moves to ban vehicles from backing into spaces in parking lots.
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October 19th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: RAIL DEATH REPORTED
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RED BANK: Female pedestrian struck and killed by North Jersey Coast Line train just south of borough station, NJ Transit reports.
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October 17th, 2020 @ 2pm
RED BANK: NEIGHBORS’ DISPUTE GETS MESSY
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RED BANK: Two-time council candidate and husband face complaints of harassment after a neighbor's doorbell video catches them dumping trash in her driveway.
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October 15th, 2020 @ 11pm
RED BANK: In the latest police blotter: wine, crab traps and bikes stolen; arrests for child sexual assault, marijuana possession, DWI and more.
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October 15th, 2020 @ 3pm
RED BANK: DEAL OVER LEAK PROBES POSSIBLE
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RED BANK: Menna proposes interim compromise in council split over dueling probe demands stemming from emails leaked in August.
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October 15th, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SPLIT COUNCIL OKS ENGINE DEAL
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RED BANK: Purchase of two fire engines approved after Ballard and Zipprich find themselves on short end of another split within the all-Democratic council.
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October 15th, 2020 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: PD, DPW CONCEPTS UNVEILED
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FAIR HAVEN: Borough unveils concept plans for new police station, rec center and public works facility, with first hint of possible cost.
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October 14th, 2020 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: Brush disposal, bike lanes and police and public works facilities pack a busy agenda for Tuesday night's council session.
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October 13th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: DiNIZIO SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE
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RED BANK: Basie announces details of 2021 musical scholarship in memory of late Smithereens lead singer and New Jersey son Pat DiNizio.
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October 12th, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: Borough plans purchase of two new pumpers to replace firetrucks that have exceeded their life expectancy, officials say.
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October 12th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: RAIN LANDS ON COLUMBUS DAY
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RED BANK: Columbus Day on the Greater Green will be wet and gusty, according to the National Weather Service. Here's the extended forecast.
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October 12th, 2020 @ 5am
RED BANK: GYM PLANNED FOR CORNER SITE
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RED BANK: In Retail Churn, a gym plans to occupy a high-visibility building; movies return to downtown; and an insurance agency sets up shop.
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October 9th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: SPLIT OVER LEAK PROBE CONTINUES
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RED BANK: Split over probe into leaked emails enters its third month as Ballard derides colleagues for wanting to "whistle past the graveyard" and ignore the issue.
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October 8th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: NIGHT OUT LIGHTS UP BASIE FIELDS
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RED BANK: The pandemic delayed, and forced changes, to this year's National Night Out, sponsored by the police department. But the kids had fun as usual.
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October 7th, 2020 @ 2pm
SHREWSBURY: DENTAL WASTE LITTERS ROAD
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SHREWSBURY: Police are investigating how a trail of medical waste, including dental impressions, ended littering a stretch of Shrewsbury Avenue.
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October 7th, 2020 @ 9am
RED BANK: BIKING LANDSCAPER GETS ASSIST
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RED BANK: GoFundMe campaign raises $3,600 to get biking landscaper Ricardo Paz back on the road. Not that he ever completely left it.
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October 7th, 2020 @ 7am
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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 ...