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Category Archives: COVID-19 Pandemic 2020

VIRUS UPDATE: SCHOOLS SCRAMBLE AGAIN
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RED BANK: Soaring numbers of COVID-19 cases once again scramble schedules as schools emerge from holiday breaks. Here's a rundown.
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January 3rd, 2022 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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FAIR HAVEN: Amid an exponential increase in positive tests for COVID-19, borough hall and library return to remote access.
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December 28th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: CHEF TAKES OVER AT TEMPLE
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RED BANK: A week after eviction, Temple Gourmet Chinese reopens under control of its longtime chef, who plans a new name and minor menu changes.
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December 17th, 2021 @ 1pm
RED BANK: VNA to offer free booster shots, and initial vaccines, at five Monmouth locations, including two here.
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December 14th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: TEMPLE RESTAURANT CLOSED
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RED BANK: Temple Gourmet Chinese closed by eviction, though notice on door says it will reopen "soon" following "renovations."
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December 13th, 2021 @ 9am
RED BANK: McLOONE GOES ALL-IN DOWNTOWN
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RED BANK: After buying building that houses Robinson Ale House, Tim McLoone discusses minimum wage and other forefront pandemic issues.
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December 10th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: STREET CLOSURES ANNOUNCED
RED BANK: Much of the business district will be off-limits to vehicle traffic Monday to allow for sewer line work on Broad Street.
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December 5th, 2021 @ 4pm
RED BANK: LEAKS TO COST PROPERTY OWNERS
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RED BANK: Owners of up to 100 downtown properties could be socked with thousands in costs to replace leaking water lines found during Broad Street dig.
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December 2nd, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: BROAD STREET PROJECT TO START
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RED BANK: As Broadwalk ends second year, a road project set to begin next week will bring disruptions that last until Christmas. Here's what to expect.
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November 2nd, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: BROADWALK BEGINS EXTRA MONTH
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RED BANK: Amid a mix of praise and misgivings, Broadwalk begins an extension month, to be followed by major construction project.
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October 1st, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: KIDS LEND A HAND FOR NEW MURAL
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RED BANK: Kids provide words of inspiration for new mural at Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County unit on Drs. Parker Boulevard.
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September 21st, 2021 @ 2pm
RED BANK: TOWN HALL OPEN BY APPOINTMENT
RED BANK: After 17 months off-limits to visitors because of the pandemic, borough hall offices reopened Monday on an appointment-only basis.
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September 20th, 2021 @ 8am
RED BANK: RALLY DEMANDS VAX/MASK CHOICE
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RED BANK: After a park rally, opponents of anti-pandemic vaccines and masks march to Riverview Medical Center chanting "my body, my choice."
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August 23rd, 2021 @ 3pm
RED BANK: COPTER STARS AT NIGHT OUT
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RED BANK: Black Hawk helicopter steals the show as police host National Night Out on a gorgeous summer night at Count Basie Park. Photos.
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August 4th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: BALLARD OPPOSES SURPLUS USE
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RED BANK: Ballard challenges fellow Democrats on council's use of $3.5 million surplus "just to say we didn't raise taxes."
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July 30th, 2021 @ 6am
RED BANK: SURPLUS KEEPS TAX RATE LEVEL
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RED BANK: McConnell credits "wise" spending decisions during pandemic for surplus that's keeping 2021 tax increase to zero.
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July 28th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: FARMER DEFENDS PRODUCE TOSS
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RED BANK: Farmers' market vendor defends discard of produce as free-food distributor says he donates "tons" of food, including this past Sunday.
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July 22nd, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: LUNCH BREAK REOPENS ITS DOORS
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RED BANK: After 15 months as a grab-n-go-only operation because of the pandemic, Lunch Break reopens its dining room for guests.
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July 21st, 2021 @ 11am
RED BANK: DUMPED PRODUCE STUNS SHOPPERS
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RED BANK: Shoppers shocked to see good produce tossed into in a dumpster at the Farmers' Market. Galleria official responds to complaint.
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July 20th, 2021 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: O’SCANLON DEMANDS APOLOGY
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LITTLE SILVER: O'Scanlon demands apology after 12-hour Twitter ban for tweeting "no one should be compelled to take" COVID-19 vaccine.
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July 19th, 2021 @ 7am
Partyline
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 ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...