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Monthly Archives: February 2024

RED BANK: SILENCE CONTINUES ON PBA V. CHIEF
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RED BANK: Seven months after PBA complaint, McConnell is still police chief, awaiting a decision that will allow him to retire.
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February 14th, 2024 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: LIBRARY CLOSED, BUT THE HILL’S OPEN
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RED BANK: Though the library was closed by a snowstorm, kids got to enjoy the riverfront property's steep slope Tuesday.
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February 13th, 2024 @ 2pm
RED BANK: SCENES FROM A SNOWSTORM
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RED BANK: As a pre-Valentine's Day snowstorm arrives, redbankgreen puts on its galoshes and takes in the sights so you didn’t have to.
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February 13th, 2024 @ 1pm
RED BANK: UNPLANNED BID DRIVES AUCTION
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RED BANK: Spontaneous offer for parking spots prompts brief bidding war between pot shop owner and nearby resident.
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February 13th, 2024 @ 10am
RED BANK: NO SCHOOL AS STORM SHIFTS
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RED BANK: As expected northeast storm shifts eastward with threat of up to six inches of snow, schools take the day off.
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February 13th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: PEDESTRIAN STRUCK
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RED BANK: Pedestrian suffered "relatively minor" injuries when she was struck by a vehicle last week, police said Monday.
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February 12th, 2024 @ 5pm
LIGHT(HOUSE) MAKEOVER
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This year, getting ready for spring means a midwinter makeover for Strollo's Lighthouse in Red Bank.
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February 12th, 2024 @ 4pm
RED BANK: BROADWALK HERE TO STAY
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RED BANK: Broadwalk, the car-free dining and shopping plaza, gets locked in as a recurring seasonal feature downtown.
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February 12th, 2024 @ 8am
TODAY: LOCAL PUPPY COMPETES ON ANIMAL PLANET’S “PUPPY BOWL”
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Red Bank’s very own rescue puppy, Biscuit, is set to compete in Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl this Sunday, February 11, at 2 PM. The Puppy Bowl is an annual televisionContinue reading "TODAY: LOCAL PUPPY COMPETES ON ANIMAL PLANET’S “PUPPY BOWL”"
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February 11th, 2024 @ 2pm
RED BANK: DEMS NEUTRAL AS RACE ROILS PARTY
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RED BANK: Amid a wild primary showdown for U.S. Senate seat, borough's Democratic leaders claim neutrality.
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February 9th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: NEW PED-XINGS PLANNED
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RED BANK: Council expected to advance plan for new crosswalks, and possible additional flashing signal, on Maple Avenue.
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February 8th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: CRASH INJURES SHOP EMPLOYEE
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RED BANK: Boutique worker suffers minor injuries when car crashes through front window while parking Wednesday, police said.
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February 7th, 2024 @ 4pm
WHAT? NO redbankgreen NEWSLETTER?
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Apologies to redbankgreen newsletter subscribers: the daily email hasn’t gone out for two days because of technical issues.
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February 7th, 2024 @ 10am
RED BANK: COUNCIL WEIGHS PLASTIC UTENSIL CURBS
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Red Bank Borough Council looks to ban plastic utensils in takeout orders - unless the customer asks for them.
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February 7th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: RBFD RALLIES AGAIN FOR FIRE VICTIMS
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RED BANK: Fire volunteers and pet shop Fins & Feathers provide a new pet to a family who lost everything in a fire. Video.
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February 6th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: TIRED OF SKEETERS?
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RED BANK: Tired of mosquito bites every summer? Monmouth County has a free program to help eliminate skeeter breeding grounds.
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February 5th, 2024 @ 5am
SEA BRIGHT: POLAR PLUNGE FOR ST. JAMES, OTHERS
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Hundreds braved the wind and sea on Sunday at 1PM in support of St. James Elementary School, and other Catholic schools in the area. The event is an annual traditionContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: POLAR PLUNGE FOR ST. JAMES, OTHERS"
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February 4th, 2024 @ 1pm
RED BANK: RBR CLAIMS TITLE
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RED BANK: Watch pure joy as the RBR boys basketball team celebrates its first B North championship in 17 years.
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February 3rd, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: WARM SUMMER GLOW GETS A NEW HUE
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RED BANK: A summer icon will look a bit different this year following approval of a new neon sign at Strollo’s Lighthouse Italian Ice.
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February 2nd, 2024 @ 10am
RED BANK: FORGET-IT FRIDAY
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RED BANK: Train Station can be a lonely place Friday mornings, especially with cold rain in the forecast.
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February 2nd, 2024 @ 8am
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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 ...