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Monthly Archives: May 2023

RED BANK: SENIOR CENTER TO REOPEN AT LAST
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RED BANK: After a four-year closure and $2 million in repairs, Senior Center slated to formally reopen next week.
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May 30th, 2023 @ 1pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: BOROUGH MARKS MEMORIAL DAY
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RED BANK: "Remember those who gave all so you could have the life you have," a says speaker at Memorial Day ceremony. Check out the photos.
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May 30th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: RUMAGE NAMED SUPER OF THE YEAR
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RED BANK: Borough schools leader Jared Rumage named Monmouth County Superintendent of the Year for 2023.
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May 30th, 2023 @ 6am
RED BANK: MAN STABBED WITH BBQ FORK
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RED BANK: A dispute over money ended with a Long Branch man stabbed in the chest with a barbecue fork Saturday, police said.
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May 29th, 2023 @ 2pm
RED BANK: TOUCH-A-TRUCK ROLLS SATURDAY
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RED BANK: Monmouth Day Care's 11th annual Touch-a-Truck fundraiser rolls into the Red Bank Middle School parking lot Saturday.
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May 26th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: NEIGHBORS RAPT OVER OWLET
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RED BANK: A young owl surprised neighbors when it perched in a tree on Hudson Avenue in Red Bank last week. 
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May 26th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: BASIE AWARDS DRAW PACKED HOUSE
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RED BANK: Capacity crowd turns out for 18th annual Basie Award to honor excellence and achievement in Monmouth County high school theatre.
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May 25th, 2023 @ 3pm
RED BANK: BROADWALK BOLLARDS GO BIG
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RED BANK: Tall, bright-red bollard covers installed as RiverCenter moves on plan to address various complaints about Broadwalk zone.
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May 25th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: PORTMAN ‘LISTENING’ TO MANDATE
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RED BANK: Coming off a decisive win, Portman says he's listening to residents and preparing to use the 'mandate' they gave him.
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May 23rd, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: BAGEL OVEN ENDS 45-YEAR RUN
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RED BANK: The Bagel Oven, a tiny Monmouth Street mecca for bagel lovers, ended a 45-year run under its founding owners Sunday.
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May 22nd, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: PORTMAN SLATE’S WIN OFFICIAL
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RED BANK: Certified results show incumbent Portman trounced Hogan with 61 percent of the vote in historic, low-turnout election.
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May 18th, 2023 @ 11am
RED BANK: Hearing on proposed giant digital billboard at town's northern gateway postponed again, this time until late summer.
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May 17th, 2023 @ 9am
RED BANK: BROADWALK IS BACK
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RED BANK: Broadwalk returns for at least a four-month run, and the weather for the next week looks good for outdoor dining. 
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May 17th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: CANNABIS SHOP OK’D
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RED BANK: Proposed cannabis shop overcomes objections that it's too close to charter school with 8-1 victory at planning board.
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May 16th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: TWO POT SHOPS UP FOR REVIEW
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RED BANK: Two proposed pot shops that would be less than 350 feet apart go to the planning board Monday night.
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May 15th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: URBAN OUTFITTERS BUILDING SOLD
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RED BANK: One of downtown's oldest and most prominent landmarks, home to an Urban Outfitters store, has new owners.
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May 12th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: MORE STATION UNITS PROPOSED
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RED BANK: Plan to build 32 new apartments opposite train station scheduled to go before zoning board next week.
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May 11th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: PORTMAN SLATE SWEEPS RACES
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RED BANK: Incumbent mayor Billy Portman and his slate of council candidates sweep to victory in Tuesday's history-making election.
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May 10th, 2023 @ 12am
RED BANK: April police blotter includes a spate of graffiti incidents, four DWI arrests and sexual assault charges.
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May 9th, 2023 @ 11am
RED BANK: SPRING STREET FLIP RETURNS
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RED BANK: Spring Street parking flip; lead pipe replacements; four-way stop; and ATM at borough hall on council agenda this week.
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May 9th, 2023 @ 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 ...