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Category Archives: Public Facilities

RED BANK: ‘PRECAUTION’ CLOSES TOWN HALL
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RED BANK: Unannounced closure keeps borough facilities empty for extra day in what Shehady says is solely a 'precaution' against COVID-19.
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November 30th, 2020 @ 4pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: LOW-KEY TREE LIGHTING
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RED BANK: Traditional Holiday Express concert/Town Light-Up is cancelled. Even the Christmas tree lighting will be a quiet affair.
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November 25th, 2020 @ 5pm
RED BANK: MENNA APOLOGIZES TO MURPHY
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RED BANK: Menna apologizes to Murphy for two women who assailed governor and his family as they ate dinner downtown Sunday.
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November 25th, 2020 @ 7am
COVID-19 WATCH: HOSPITALIZATIONS CLIMB
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RED BANK: Amid a second wave of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations in Monmouth County are again on the rise, freeholders' figures show.
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November 24th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: A day after he and his family were heckled while eating dinner here, Murphy takes an understanding tone, citing "incredibly stressful time."
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November 23rd, 2020 @ 3pm
RED BANK: THREE-WEEK DETOUR PLANNED
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RED BANK: Three-week detour of traffic from eastbound East Bergen Place planned for completion of utility work.
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November 19th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: COVID-19 CASES EXCEED 500
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RED BANK: Amid a second wave of COVID-19 cases statewide and nationally, borough now has more than 500, up more than 25 percent since November 1.
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November 17th, 2020 @ 4pm
RED BANK: ‘SNO GO FOR WINTER BROADWALK
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RED BANK: 'Broadwalk' dining and shopping plaza to shut down for winter over concerns about snow plowing, with possible return in spring.
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November 6th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: HEAD-ON PARKING TO BE REQUIRED
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RED BANK: In a move to keep new ADA-compliant walkways clear, council moves to ban vehicles from backing into spaces in parking lots.
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October 19th, 2020 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: Brush disposal, bike lanes and police and public works facilities pack a busy agenda for Tuesday night's council session.
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October 13th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: NIGHT OUT LIGHTS UP BASIE FIELDS
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RED BANK: The pandemic delayed, and forced changes, to this year's National Night Out, sponsored by the police department. But the kids had fun as usual.
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October 7th, 2020 @ 2pm
RED BANK: ‘BROADWALK’ TO GO 24/7
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RED BANK: Council approves unannounced proposal to make 'Broadwalk' dining plaza a 24/7 affair, at least through November 30.
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September 24th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: LIBRARY SETS PARTIAL REOPENING
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RED BANK: Public library, closed since start of pandemic, plans a partial reopening Monday, with limits on number of patrons and more.
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September 22nd, 2020 @ 12pm
RED BANK: SNACK BAR TO BE PARKING OFFICE
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RED BANK: Vacant concession stand in Riverside Gardens Park to reopen as parking utility office, Shehady tells redbankgreen.
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September 22nd, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: LITTLE PROGRESS ON GARDEN
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RED BANK: What's Going On since community garden was shut down over contamination concerns 13 months ago? We have an update.
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September 17th, 2020 @ 2pm
RED BANK: ILLUMINATING THE TOWN’S PAST
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RED BANK: After lobbying successfully for replacement of historical marker, retired teacher turns her attention to app to help illuminate borough's past.
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September 14th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: CHANGES EYED AT BASIE FIELDS
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RED BANK: Count Basie Fields playground would be relocated to Mohawk Pond and street closed to traffic under Open Spaces application OK'd by council.
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September 10th, 2020 @ 6am
SANDY HOOK: PROPOSED FEE HIKE RETURNS
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SANDY HOOK: Four years after scrapping a proposed entry fee hike, Gateway National Recreation Area is again seeking a 33-percent increase.
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September 9th, 2020 @ 5pm
RED BANK: POWER LINE STRUCK
RED BANK: Backhoe strikes live electrical lines on White Street. Operator safe after being briefly trapped inside vehicle. Video from scene.
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September 1st, 2020 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: TRAIL FUNDING SOUGHT
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FAIR HAVEN: Council to hold public hearing Monday on "dusted off" proposal for new trail that would also aid with cost of cleaning up McCarter Pond.
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August 14th, 2020 @ 12pm
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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 ...