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RED BANK: GETTING FED, AND HELPING TO FEED
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RED BANK: With food insecurity rising in the COVID-19 crisis, charities are helping keep families fed. Here's where to get food and make cash donations.
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April 21st, 2020 @ 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: FIRE DAMAGES HOME
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RED BANK: Firefighters quickly extinguish Madison Avenue house fire that may have started with pipe-soldering in the basement.
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April 20th, 2020 @ 7pm
VIRUS UPDATE: CARE FACILITY DATA RELEASED
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VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy "seeing some light" in COVID-19 battle as state reports 8 deaths at longterm care facilities in Red Bank.
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April 20th, 2020 @ 3pm
RED BANK: POLICE BUST UP CAR RALLY
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RED BANK: Police busted up a car rally in the parking lot of the Molly Pitcher Inn Sunday as a violation of Murphy's "stay home" order.
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April 20th, 2020 @ 8am
RED BANK: Public school teachers created an upbeat video reminder for students at home. Here's the not-so-upbeat weather forecast for the Greater Green.
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April 20th, 2020 @ 6am
VIRUS UPDATE: DATA SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
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VIRUS UPDATE: Pace of death from COVID-19 shows slowing as other indicators hint at improvement. Nine more deaths in Monmouth longterm care homes reported.
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April 19th, 2020 @ 1pm
VIRUS UPDATE: CARE-HOME DEATHS CONTINUE
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VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy reports "undeniable" progress in COVID-19 hospitalizations and blasts official calling for unrestricted state reopening.
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April 18th, 2020 @ 2pm
RED BANK: FAMILY ‘DODGED BULLET’ OF VIRUS
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RED BANK: Under one roof, a family of five comes through COVID-19 healthy and thankful that tests kept them from further spreading the virus.
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April 17th, 2020 @ 6pm
VIRUS UPDATE: COVID-19 deaths double in one week as longterm care facilities are hit hard with peak still "coming," says health commissioner.
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April 17th, 2020 @ 2pm
LITTLE SILVER: A BACKYARD SWEARING-IN
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LITTLE SILVER: After the first socially distanced backyard swearing-in ceremony in borough history, Keenan joins the council Monday - remotely.
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April 17th, 2020 @ 8am
VIRUS UPDATE: DEATH TOLL UNYIELDING
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VIRUS UPDATE: New COVID-19 deaths continue at or near record pace even as other indicators of the crisis signal improvement.
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April 16th, 2020 @ 2pm
RED BANK: FREE MEALS AT BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
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RED BANK: The Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County unit on Drs. Parker Boulevard is helping feed the community's hungry with free meals five nights a week.
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April 16th, 2020 @ 10am
RED BANK: A HEAD-TURNING SIGHT
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RED BANK: Bicyclist does double take when an usual sight catches his eye on Bridge Avenue.
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April 16th, 2020 @ 7am
VIRUS UPDATE: DEATH TOLL SOARS AGAIN
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VIRUS UPDATE: Amid encouraging signs, another near-record death increase pushes New Jersey's COVID-19 toll to 3,156, including 22 more in Monmouth County.
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April 15th, 2020 @ 2pm
RED BANK: THEATER CONSIDERS NEXT ACT
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RED BANK: Will theatergoers return to their seats after the COVID-19 pandemic ends? NEWS12 explores the question with Two River Theater's artistic director.
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April 15th, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: LUNCH BREAK HELPS FEED PETS
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RED BANK: Lunch Break and the Monmouth County SPCA team up to help feed the pets of area residents hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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April 15th, 2020 @ 10am
VIRUS UPDATE: ‘WORST CASE’ REVISED DOWN
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VIRUS UPDATE: One-day increase in COVID-19 deaths hits new record as Murphy team revises down "worst-case" crisis peak impact on hospitals.
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April 14th, 2020 @ 3pm
RED BANK: GOOD EATING AND SHARING
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RED BANK: Updates on finding good takeout in town (and beyond) and efforts to help support both restaurants and frontline healthcare worker at once.
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April 14th, 2020 @ 9am
VIRUS UPDATE: POSITIVE SIGNS AMID BRACING
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VIRUS UPDATE: More encouraging data emerges as state continues bracing for COVID-19 surge and issues guidance for "worst-case" triage of resources.
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April 13th, 2020 @ 4pm
ON THE GREEN: TRANQUIL SCENES ABOUND
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ON THE GREEN: Three weeks into the COVID-19 shutdown of non-essential activity, tranquility abounds on the Greater Red Bank Green. Photos galore.
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April 13th, 2020 @ 8am
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner films praying mantis at church.
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 ...