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Monthly Archives: July 2023

RED BANK: SMELL OF SMOKE EMPTIES TRAIN
RED BANK: Report of train fire prompts fire department response and evacuation. No fire occurred, however, says chief.
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July 31st, 2023 @ 10am
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RED BANK: FRAZEE TO BECOME POLICE CHIEF
RED BANK: Borough native Frazee to become next police, though McConnell's planned retirement has been postponed by about a month.
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July 28th, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: CRIME-SITE PATROL NABS THREE
RED BANK: Increased police patrol at scene of shooting earlier this week lead to arrests of three men on unrelated charges, Frazee says.
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July 27th, 2023 @ 4pm
RED BANK: PARKS AND MORE ON AGENDA
RED BANK: Agenda for Thursday night's council session includes status update on planned changes at Marine Park. Here's what else to expect.
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July 27th, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: POLICE INVESTIGATE SHOOTOUT
RED BANK: Two men exchanged at least eight shots in an early morning gun battle that left one of them wounded, police said.
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July 25th, 2023 @ 3pm
RED BANK: MAN SHOT AT APARTMENT COMPLEX
RED BANK: A man was wounded by gunfire at the Montgomery Terrace Apartments early Tuesday morning, police said.
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July 25th, 2023 @ 1pm
RED BANK: NOW GOING UP ON SHREWSBURY…
RED BANK: Black construction fencing surrounds a narrow lot Shrewsbury Avenue. What's Going On Here? redbankgreen sneaks a peak.
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July 25th, 2023 @ 12pm
SHREWSBURY: YMCA NAMES BOARD MEMBERS
SHREWSBURY: YMCA of Greater Monmouth County names new board chairperson and eight members to 48-member volunteer board.
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July 24th, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RESTAURANTS CHURN IN… AND OUT
RED BANK: Two new restaurants are under construction in long-vacant spaces downtown, while two others prove short-lived.
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July 21st, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGED
RED BANK: Borough man charged with "inappropriately touching" a client at his Little Silver golf training business, prosecutor says.
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July 20th, 2023 @ 5pm
RED BANK: APARTMENT PLAN DELAYED AGAIN
RED BANK: Hearing on a plan for 32 new apartments on Bridge Avenue opposite the train station has been postponed again.
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July 20th, 2023 @ 11am
RED BANK: COUNCIL ADDS ACCESS HOURS
RED BANK: New council adds weekly evening hours when residents can buttonhole at least one member with Qs, concerns and suggestions.
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July 18th, 2023 @ 7pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL ADDS ACCESS HOURS
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Voting machines at borough hall in advance of last November’s election. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
RED BANK: New council adds weekly evening hours when residents can buttonhole at least one member with Qs, concerns and suggestions.
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July 18th, 2023 @ 3pm
RED BANK: POT SHOP BUYS TIME
RED BANK: Facing likely rejection over parking and pedestrian issues, proposed West Front Street pot shop may revise its plans.
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July 18th, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: POT SHOP BUYS TIME
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The tennis courts in Red Bank’s Eastside Park will be remade into a hybrid of tennis and pickleball surfaces under plans that advanced last week.
RED BANK: Facing likely rejection over parking and pedestrian issues, proposed West Front Street pot shop may revise its plans.
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July 18th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: POT SHOP, BAR PLANS ON AGENDA
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The owner of an Airbnb-listed house on Oakland Street continued his opposition to the ordinance. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
RED BANK: Plans for cannabis shop, changes at existing bar are on the agenda for newly reconstituted planning board Monday night.
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July 17th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: NOVEMBER ELECTIONS ADVANCE
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RED BANK: November election date expected to be restored; social worker for police department "spitballed;" other council meeting highlights.
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July 14th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: HOUSE TO BE RAZED (AGAIN)
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RED BANK: Shrewsbury Avenue house that was part of a redevelopment plan withdrawn two years ago again tagged for demolition. What's Going On Here?
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July 13th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: FIVE FACE GUN, DRUG CHARGES
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RED BANK: Five face weapons and drug charges after police intercepted them on a motorist's report of intimidation Sunday night.
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July 11th, 2023 @ 10pm
RED BANK: CRIME & ARREST REPORTS
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RED BANK: DWI arrests, graffiti galore and "diamond Egyptian evil eye charm teardrop necklace" worth $10k reported stolen in June blotter.
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July 11th, 2023 @ 1pm
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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 ...