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RED BANK: STREET CLOSINGS FOR DINING OK’D
RED BANK: To spark COVID-19 recovery, council gives lightning approval to downtown street closings for pedestrian plazas, mid-streeet dining and shopping.
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RED BANK: MORE EATERIES BACK FOR TAKEOUT
RED BANK: More restaurants come back online for takeout-only business. Here's which ones, and a reminder to support all this Memorial Day weekend and beyond.
RED BANK: DINING ‘PLAZAS’ ON THE TABLE
RED BANK: Borough forms committee to explore expansion of outdoor dining into public spaces as town prepares to enter COVID-19 recovery phase.
RED BANK: WHITE STREET DISRUPTION FEARED
RED BANK: Merchants fear third economic blow in a year as borough embarks on White Street makeover and parking lot reconfiguration.
RED BANK: PICKUP PARKING ZONES SET
RED BANK: Borough creates 36 quick-pickup parking zones to serve retail and dining "clusters" as merchants start to emerge from COVID-19 lockdown.
RED BANK: FEEDING NURSES IN APPRECIATION
RED BANK: Restaurants donate cartloads of meals for frontline healthcare worker at Riverview Medical Center in recognition of Nurse Appreciation Week.
RED BANK: GOOD EATING AND SHARING
RED BANK: Updates on finding good takeout in town (and beyond) and efforts to help support both restaurants and frontline healthcare worker at once.
ON THE GREEN: TRANQUIL SCENES ABOUND
ON THE GREEN: Three weeks into the COVID-19 shutdown of non-essential activity, tranquility abounds on the Greater Red Bank Green. Photos galore.
RED BANK: LIFE BECOMES A MASK-ERADE
RED BANK: Life on the Greater Green immediately became something of a mask-erade following CDC recommendation on COVID-19 facial covering. Check out our photos.
FAIR HAVEN: DUNKIN’ COMMENTS LESS HEATED
FAIR HAVEN: A year after it sharply divide the town, Dunkin' shop gets its signage and Facebook comments are far less heated.
ON THE GREEN: QUIET STREETS
ON THE GREEN: Downtown Red Bank was a well-lit ghost burg as the Greater Green maintained a near-empty quiet through the weekend. Photos.
ON THE GREEN: ESCAPING INTO FRESH AIR
ON THE GREEN: Under beautiful spring conditions, residents take to the outdoors for fresh air and escape from anxiety about COVID-19.
ON THE GREEN: SCENES FROM THE PANDEMIC
ON THE GREEN: Panic? What panic? Out on the streets, an air of serenity prevails, masking the true anxiety many feel because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
RED BANK: HOPEFUL MESSAGES IN CHALK
RED BANK: Homebound by COVID-19, John Street neighbors decorated their walks and driveways with chalk art and encouraging messages Sunday.
RED BANK: TAKEOUT, ANYONE?
RED BANK: Pandemic or not, you need to eat, and restaurants need to feed you. RiverCenter has a list of which eateries are open and doing takeout/delivery.
VIRUS IMPACTS: EMPTY STREETS DOWNTOWN
RED BANK: Downtown streets quiet as Governor Murphy's executive order mandating far-reaching limits on activity takes hold.
VIRUS IMPACTS: QUIET STREETS AT CURFEW
RED BANK: Eerie quiet fills streets as 8 p.m. curfew encouraged by governor takes hold. "It's like the zombie apocalypse," says a man out for a walk.
RED BANK: STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED; SEATING AT BARS & RESTAURANTS BANNED
RED BANK: Frustrated by lack of voluntary compliance, town declares 'local state of emergency,' ordering all bars, restaurants and large facilities closed.
RED BANK: RIVERCENTER TAPS KIRKPATRICK
RED BANK: RiverCenter board names Laura Kirkpatrick to lead the downtown promotion agency where she's worked in marketing and promotion for two years.
FAIR HAVEN: PIZZERIA CLOSING
FAIR HAVEN: Umberto's Pizzeria, a longtime fixture on River Road, plans to close this month. Property owner says the building will continue as a restaurant.
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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 ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.