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RED BANK: Borough shutting down public access to all buildings over COVID-19. Court cases to be rescheduled; trash and recyclables pickups unaffected.
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March 13th, 2020 @ 2pm
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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
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
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
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: BRAKES TAPPED ON METERING PLAN
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RED BANK: Council slows controversial plan to extend paid-parking enforcement to 10pm and will revisit the issue next month.
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March 5th, 2020 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN: FACILITIES PLAN AIRING SLATED
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FAIR HAVEN: With just a day's notice, mayor announces open forum on proposed $3.4M purchase of River Road site for new borough hall and police station.
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March 4th, 2020 @ 2pm
RED BANK: EXTENDED METERING ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Council to take up proposal to extend meter enforcement by four hours, to 10 p.m. Here's what else may be coming on the parking issue.
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March 3rd, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BALLARD & ZIPPRICH TO RUN AGAIN
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RED BANK: Zipprich and Ballard to defend seats on the all-Democrat council in November election. No word yet on Republican candidates.
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March 3rd, 2020 @ 8am
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PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
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.