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RED BANK: PARKER TO PROVIDE VACCINES
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RED BANK: Parker Family Health Center teams up with Monmouth County and Pilgrim Baptist Church to administer COVID-19 vaccine.
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February 3rd, 2021 @ 3pm
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RED BANK: PRC PLAN HEARING TO RESUME
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RED BANK: PRC plan to create a nine-story structure of apartments and parking above Pazzo returns for third session in 13 months Thursday night.
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February 3rd, 2021 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: Crime reports from January include a DWI arrest, a stolen vehicle and multiple reports of fraud and identity theft.
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February 2nd, 2021 @ 4pm
RED BANK: WITHIN THE STORM, A TICKET BLITZ
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RED BANK: Police issued a near-record number of parking violations during the snowstorm that began Sunday, redbankgreen has learned.
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February 2nd, 2021 @ 10am
RED BANK: SNOWSTORM WINDS DOWN
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RED BANK: Another inch or two of snow expected as storm winds down and clearing of messy roads begins. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Green.
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February 2nd, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: SNOW BLANKETS REGION
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RED BANK: Emergency measures enacted as northeaster blankets region in snow, with more to come. Here's the extended forecast for the Greater Green.
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February 1st, 2021 @ 6am
ON THE GREEN: TWO-DAY SNOWSTORM NEARS
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RED BANK: Borough issues parking alert as two-day snowstorm nears. Here's the extended forecast for the Greater Green.
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January 31st, 2021 @ 11am
ON THE GREEN: BITTER COLD, THEN SNOW
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ON THE GREEN: Bitter cold will persist Friday, ease Saturday. Sunday night brings snow. Here's the detailed forecast for the Greater Green.
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January 29th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: HOSPITAL TO OWN GARAGE
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RED BANK: Completing 20-year-old deal, Riverview Medical Center gets ownership of borough-owned parking garage on Globe Court.
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January 28th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: AGENCY PRESSED ON SENIOR HALL
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RED BANK: Redevelopment agency pressed on saving Senior Center as it moves ahead with review of municipal properties and costs to upgrade them.
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January 27th, 2021 @ 8am
RED BANK: Council agenda includes bonds, hirings, event date approvals for a post-pandemic world... but still no movement on commenting protocol.
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January 26th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: WET, WINTRY MIX IN FORECAST
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RED BANK: New workweek kicks off with sunshine, but a wet, wintry mix is expected Tuesday. Here's the full forecast for the Greater Green.
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January 25th, 2021 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: BASEMENT FIRE DAMAGES HOME
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LITTLE SILVER: Volunteer firefighters quickly stop a basement fire on Silverwhite Road; one goes to the hospital with minor injuries, chief says.
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January 24th, 2021 @ 2pm
FAIR HAVEN: PETERS BLASTS JCP&L ON LAMPS
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FAIR HAVEN: Apparent backpedaling by JCP&L on a streetlamp test project sets environmental commission member sparking like a downed wire.
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January 22nd, 2021 @ 12pm
RED BANK: LOCUST SUBDIVISION IN LIMBO
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RED BANK: Plan to subdivide riverfront Locust Avenue property in limbo after zoning board can't decide. Two sides will seek compromise.
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January 22nd, 2021 @ 7am
VIRUS: TWO MORE ATRIUM DEATHS REPORTED
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RED BANK: State reports two more COVID-19 deaths at the Atrium luxury senior facility, where an outbreak has now killed 12 since late November.
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January 21st, 2021 @ 3pm
FAIR HAVEN: CRASH CLOSES POST OFFICE
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FAIR HAVEN: Borough woman uninjured after her car smashes through the post office facade, ending up fully inside the facility.
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January 21st, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: SPLASHY ‘STASH’ WINDOWS OK’D
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RED BANK: Filmmaker Kevin Smith, characteristically profane, wins approval for splashy signage on new Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash store.
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January 21st, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: All primary school and some middle school students switch immediately to remote schedule Thursday, Rumage says in announcement.
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January 21st, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: FRONT YARD EYED FOR NEW HOUSE
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RED BANK: After winning approval to build two new homes in front of their riverfront home, a couple hopes to subdivide another lot two doors away.
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January 20th, 2021 @ 4pm
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SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
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.