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VIRUS IMPACTS: COUNTY HALTS ACCESS
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ON THE GREEN: Monmouth County to shut down all buildings and programs over COVID-19 concerns. Parks and golf courses to remain open.
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March 13th, 2020 @ 2pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: FOODTOWN STATEMENT
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RED BANK: Foodtown is "working hard" to ensure a steady supply of essential products in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the supermarket says.
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March 13th, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: The February crime and arrest blotter from RBPD includes five charged with DWI.
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March 13th, 2020 @ 10am
VIRUS IMPACTS: CLOSINGS & CANCELLATIONS
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ON THE GREEN: Cancellations, closings, reschedulings: Here's a quick look at some COVID-19 impacts on events on the Greater Red Bank Green.
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March 13th, 2020 @ 9am
RED BANK: SCHOOLS AT ‘LOW RISK,’ STAY OPEN
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RED BANK: While neighboring districts close over COVID-19 virus threat, borough schools are "low risk" and will be open Friday, Rumage says.
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March 12th, 2020 @ 8pm
LITTLE SILVER: District abandons plan announced Wednesday and closes school over COVID-19 concerns after reported "parent response."
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March 12th, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK, LITTLE SILVER, SHREWSBURY: RBR student is 'presumed positive' for COVID-19 virus her brother also has; sending districts opt to stay open.
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March 11th, 2020 @ 7pm
LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional High announces its COVID-19 shutdown will continue until further notice as instruction goes online Thursday.
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March 11th, 2020 @ 4pm
RED BANK: PATIO WORK UNDONE ON PARK JOB
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RED BANK: Yet another setback on the delay-plagued Eastside Park restroom installation, this time involving the patio deck. What's Going On Here?
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March 11th, 2020 @ 11am
FAIR HAVEN: Police reports for February include an arrest for burglary and another for DWI.
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March 11th, 2020 @ 10am
RED BANK: Riverview Medical Center has begun screening all visitors for signs of COVID-19 and implemented visitation limits.
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March 11th, 2020 @ 7am
RBR TO REMAIN CLOSED ANOTHER DAY
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LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional High's 'deep cleaning' to address virus concerns will continue with another day off for students and faculty Wednesday.
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March 10th, 2020 @ 5pm
RED BANK: DEP EXPANDS GARDEN SOIL TESTS
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RED BANK: What's Going On since community garden shutdown over contamination concerns? Tests that could involve properties hundreds of feet away.
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March 10th, 2020 @ 10am
RED BANK: YMCA asks parents whose children attend a school that's closed due to possible coronavirus exposure not to visit the facility. Here's an overview of virus-related news on the Greater Green.
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March 10th, 2020 @ 8am
RBR CLOSING FOR DAY OVER VIRUS CONCERN
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LITTLE SILVER: Student's connection to man with presumptive case of COVID-19 prompts one-day closing of Red Bank Regional High for "deep cleaning.'
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March 9th, 2020 @ 6pm
LITTLE SILVER: Borough man, 27, hospitalized in Red Bank, is one of two Monmouth County residents with presumptive case of COVID-19, freeholders say.
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March 9th, 2020 @ 1pm
SHREWSBURY: Crime and arrest reports from borough police for the last two weeks of February include two driving-while-intoxicated charges.
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March 9th, 2020 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN: FACILITIES PLAN ATTACKED
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FAIR HAVEN: In mayor's absence, Casagrande barraged with complaints over proposed $3.4M purchase of River Road site for new borough hall and police station.
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March 6th, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RIVERCENTER TAPS KIRKPATRICK
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RED BANK: RiverCenter board names Laura Kirkpatrick to lead the downtown promotion agency where she's worked in marketing and promotion for two years.
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March 6th, 2020 @ 8am
RED BANK: ICE IN NEAR-TERM FORECAST
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RED BANK: There's ice in the forecast – Italian ice, that is, as Strollo's Lighthouse reopens, a harbinger of spring. Here's the extended forecast.
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March 6th, 2020 @ 7am
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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 ...