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Monthly Archives: July 2021

RED BANK: SEAFOOD, YARN & ART IN CHURN
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, Mexican seafood restaurant opens; Norwegian yarn shop to replace consignment boutique; health spa coming.
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July 30th, 2021 @ 7am
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RED BANK: BALLARD OPPOSES SURPLUS USE
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RED BANK: Ballard challenges fellow Democrats on council's use of $3.5 million surplus "just to say we didn't raise taxes."
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July 30th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: 16-UNDER TEAM GOES UNDEFEATED
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RED BANK: With pandemic cancellation of summer league, Parks and Rec sponsors 16-under team that gels for 11-0 season and USABL championship.
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July 30th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: SAXUM SEEKS TAX BREAKS
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RED BANK: Saxum seeks tax break to offset higher construction costs for 210 units at VNA site. Two vacant gas stations to be included in review.
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July 29th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: LIBRARY TO REVIVE YARD SALE
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RED BANK: Library sets date for first townwide yard sale in five years. Here's what you need to know as a seller or bargain-hunter.
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July 28th, 2021 @ 3pm
RED BANK: SURPLUS KEEPS TAX RATE LEVEL
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RED BANK: McConnell credits "wise" spending decisions during pandemic for surplus that's keeping 2021 tax increase to zero.
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July 28th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: THE YARD, THROUGH PINHOLES
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RED BANK: Photographer turns a hatbox into a six-sided pinhole camera for a series of backyard images on display starting this week at Red Bank Frameworks.
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July 26th, 2021 @ 12pm
ON THE GREEN: Some taxpayers get a breather as due dates for third-quarter property taxes in Red Bank and Fair Haven pushed back by delays.
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July 26th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: MURAL LINKS HOMESTEAD TO PAST
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RED BANK: A home that served three generations of an Italian family now has a idyllic view, just out the window, of the ancestral town whence they came.
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July 23rd, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: PILGRIM HOLDS BIBLE CAMP
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RED BANK: Pilgrim Baptist Church wraps up its annual three-day Vacation Bible School & Bible Fitness Boot Camp.
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July 23rd, 2021 @ 9am
RED BANK: "Soft" costs associated with repairs to water-damaged Senior Center add $96,000 to budget. Public presentation scheduled for Tuesday.
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July 23rd, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: Council approves new redevelopment agency director amid debate over sexual harassment lawsuit and contrasting views of #metoo.
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July 22nd, 2021 @ 1pm
RED BANK: FARMER DEFENDS PRODUCE TOSS
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RED BANK: Farmers' market vendor defends discard of produce as free-food distributor says he donates "tons" of food, including this past Sunday.
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July 22nd, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: LUNCH BREAK REOPENS ITS DOORS
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RED BANK: After 15 months as a grab-n-go-only operation because of the pandemic, Lunch Break reopens its dining room for guests.
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July 21st, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: SPEED, POT & BUDGET ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: On the council's busy agenda Wednesday: annual budget; reduced speed limit; cannabis zoning; new redevelopment agency head and more.
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July 21st, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: STORMS TO CLEAR WILDFIRE HAZE
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RED BANK: Oregon wildfires send haze eastward. Thunderstorms expected to clear air, but bring their own dangers. Here's the forecast for the Greater Green.
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July 21st, 2021 @ 5am
RED BANK: DUMPED PRODUCE STUNS SHOPPERS
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RED BANK: Shoppers shocked to see good produce tossed into in a dumpster at the Farmers' Market. Galleria official responds to complaint.
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July 20th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: LUNCH BREAK PLANS $12M PROJECT
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RED BANK: Battling a rising tide of food insecurity, Lunch Break announces campaign to raise $12 million for facilities expansion.
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July 19th, 2021 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: O’SCANLON DEMANDS APOLOGY
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LITTLE SILVER: O'Scanlon demands apology after 12-hour Twitter ban for tweeting "no one should be compelled to take" COVID-19 vaccine.
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July 19th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: LUXURY CAR RENTAL CLUB OK’D
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RED BANK: Need a Lamborghini or Rolls Royce for a day? Luxury car rental club and personal training gym win zoning board approvals.
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July 16th, 2021 @ 11am
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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 ...