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Monthly Archives: May 2022

RED BANK: SINKHOLE OPENS ON BROAD
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RED BANK: Sinkhole damages car parked in streetscape construction zone, and sanitary sewer fails on Tower Hill.
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May 31st, 2022 @ 11am
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RED BANK: Council declines to immediately renew streateries outside Broadwalk zone, with majority voicing concern about lost parking revenue.
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May 31st, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: ZIPPRICH DERIDES ‘SMEAR’ WAR
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RED BANK: Following "exoneration" of contract interference allegation, Zipprich derides two-year "smear campaign" mean to "dehumanize" him.
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May 27th, 2022 @ 11am
RED BANK: GETTING A JUMP ON THE HOLIDAY
RED BANK: Was this fox getting an early jump on the Memorial Day weekend? Here's video with the weather outlook for the Greater Green.
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May 27th, 2022 @ 10am
RED BANK: Lawyer hired by council finds no evidence of trash contract interference by Zipprich; says Shehady was like the source of leaked emails.
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May 26th, 2022 @ 2pm
FAIR HAVEN: TWO FAMILIES LOSE HOMES IN FIRE
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FAIR HAVEN: Fire destroys two-family house, causes damage to two others.
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May 26th, 2022 @ 11am
RED BANK: TEEN ALLEGES RACIAL ATTACK
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RED BANK: A 16-year-old RBR student alleges he was beaten in a racially charged attack in Oceanport Saturday night.
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May 25th, 2022 @ 7pm
RED BANK: BUDGET INTRO ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Budget intro tops busy agenda as council meets in person for first time in 26 months, with home-participation option.
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May 25th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: HOUSING GRANTS AVAILABLE
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RED BANK: The Red Bank Affordable Housing Corporation offers substantial grants to qualified first-time homebuyers, as well as to homeowners and renters seeking to improve their dwellings.
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May 23rd, 2022 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RIVERCENTER TAPS DOWNTOWN PRO
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RED BANK: RiverCenter taps a downtown-management professional with extensive experience in New York and New Jersey as executive director.
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May 23rd, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: TORRES DEBUTS NEW RESTAURANT
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RED BANK: Serial entrepreneur Juan Torres debuts new restaurant, an explosion of colors and flavors in a space that was to have been a laundromat.
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May 20th, 2022 @ 4pm
RED BANK: APARTMENT PLAN INCHES AHEAD
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RED BANK: Proposed 45-apartment project would satisfy part of its affordable housing obligation by restoring a house previously targeted for demolition.
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May 20th, 2022 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BOARD SIDES WITH PUB OVER HPC
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RED BANK: Zoning board overrules Historic Preservation Commission, will allow Dublin House Pub facade makeover.
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May 20th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: BALLARD AND PORTMAN TO FACE OFF
RED BANK: The two contenders for mayor in the June 7 Democratic primary have agreed to a virtual debate.
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May 19th, 2022 @ 4pm
RED BANK: HYBRID SESSIONS TO BEGIN
RED BANK: After 26 months in 'Hollywood Squares'-style boxes, the council has scheduled its first hybrid in-person/virtual session for next week.
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May 18th, 2022 @ 5pm
RED BANK: ELECTED OFFICIALS QUIZZED
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RED BANK: Charter Study Commission quizzes elected officials from three other towns on forms of government and nonpartisan elections.
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May 18th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: Charter School named a 'School of Character' by an organization that promotes character development in students.
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May 17th, 2022 @ 10am
RED BANK: FORTUNE TO HONOR PARKERS
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RED BANK: Fortune Center to unveil exhibit honoring three history-making African-American men of medicine with the shared name of James Parker.
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May 17th, 2022 @ 9am
RED BANK: DEVELOPMENT REVIEW TO RESUME
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RED BANK: Hearing on plan for 45 apartments on dogleg-shaped Monmouth Street site to resume; Dublin House Pub to appeal rejection by Historic Preservation Commission.
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May 16th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: BROADWALK PANEL FORMED
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RED BANK: Sidewalk work underway as Menna appoints Broadwalk committee.
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May 13th, 2022 @ 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 ...