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RED BANK: METER PROGRAM ADVANCES
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RED BANK: New parking meters sprout throughout downtown. What's Going On Here? And when will they go live?
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July 29th, 2020 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: TRTC REGRETS CASTING CHOICES
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RED BANK: Two River Theater issues apology for failing to cast "more artists of color" in a star-studded reading of 'On Borrowed Time' slated for next week.
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July 28th, 2020 @ 3pm
RED BANK: With borough about to award its second private trash collection contract, here's a chance for residents to weigh in on pickup frequency.
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July 28th, 2020 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: BIKE LANE DEBATE CONTINUES
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FAIR HAVEN: Council debate over planned 'sharrow' markings through the River Road business district continues, with some cyclists opposed.
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July 28th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: COTILLION RETURNS FOR 70TH FETE
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RED BANK: Monmouth County Cotillion returns to the town where it began for its 70th event, a socially-distanced affair in Riverside Gardens Park.
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July 27th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: MAN CHARGED IN STATUE TOPPLING
RED BANK: Police charge Fair Haven man in vandalism of church statuary that was caught on video, says Chief McConnell.
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July 24th, 2020 @ 12pm
ON THE GREEN: WEEKEND WEATHER OUTLOOK
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ON THE GREEN: Intense overnight storms knock out power for hundreds, with more rain possible Friday, followed by a sunny weekend. Here's the forecast.
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July 24th, 2020 @ 6am
VIRUS UPDATE: MONMOUTH TOPS 10K CASES
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VIRUS UPDATE: Amid a sharp slowdown in fatalities and new infections, Monmouth County records its 10,000th COVID-19 case.
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July 23rd, 2020 @ 5pm
RED BANK: 26 WEST WINS STREET SETUP OK
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RED BANK: Without discussion, council okays 26 West on the Navesink's use of Boat Club Court for dining tables two weeks after "unauthorized" setup.
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July 23rd, 2020 @ 1pm
RED BANK: TAX INCREASE AT 2.8 PERCENT
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RED BANK: Local tax would rise by 2.8 percent under budget that finance chair Ballard said is "inflicting more pain" on residents impacted by pandemic.
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July 23rd, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: Free, no-appointment COVID-19 tests will be available to up to 100 people a day over three days at Pilgrim Baptist Church starting August 1.
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July 22nd, 2020 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: ‘EXPOSURE’ HALTS RBR SPORTS
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LITTLE SILVER: One week after scrapping its planned graduation, Red Bank Regional shuts down all sports over another COVID-19 exposure.
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July 21st, 2020 @ 10am
RED BANK: TAX INCREASE ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Council takes up budget that would boost local tax load by 5.4 percent, but finance committee chairman may oppose it.
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July 21st, 2020 @ 8am
RED BANK: Police department's crime-and-arrest blotter for June includes thefts, vandalism and a couple of driving-while-intoxicated arrests.
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July 20th, 2020 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: COUNCIL SPLITS ON BIKE PLAN
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FAIR HAVEN: Bike-safety plan splits council over whether to paint 'sharrow' markings on River Road through the business district.
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July 20th, 2020 @ 9am
ON THE GREEN: TRIPLE-DIGIT TEMPS FORECAST
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RED BANK: Second day of triple-digit 'feels like' temperatures forecast. Here's the extended weather outlook for the Greater Green.
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July 20th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: PLAZA LIMITS IRK OUTSIDERS
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RED BANK: Broad Street dining plaza is "sucking customers away" from restaurants just outside the zone, say some owners, who want it expanded south.
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July 17th, 2020 @ 2pm
ON THE GREEN: AMPLE SUNSHINE IN FORECAST
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RED BANK: Lots of sunshine in weekend outlook, along with temperatures in the low 90s Sunday. Here's the extended forecast for the Greater Green.
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July 17th, 2020 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: PURCHASE PLAN SCRAPPED
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FAIR HAVEN: Borough scraps proposed $3.4M purchase of River Road site, explores building new police station at current location.
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July 15th, 2020 @ 2pm
LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional scraps planned seniors-only graduation after one tests positive for COVID-19, and may have exposed others.
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July 14th, 2020 @ 12pm
Partyline
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 ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...