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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
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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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WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
I’LL EAT IT HERE, THANKS
A squirrel goes all-in for a popular autumn flavor on Madison Avenue in Red Bank Sunday morning.
POP UP TACOS DRAW CROWD
How’s this for a train station redevelopment idea? The pop-up taco vendors Tacos Los Mandones, known on social media as El Mandoon, dr ...
LONG LIVE LOCAL NEWS!
"Long Live Local News" flags from redbankgreen's 20th anniversary celebration in Marine Park Tuesday prove to be the perfect compliment to s ...
MUMS AND WITCHES
17 Prospect Ave (Photo by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
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