Monthly Archives: June 2020

RED BANK: Shuttered by the COVID-19 crisis, the YMCA of Greater Monmouth County pivoted to helping out with food, child care and more.

RED BANK: Girl Scouts and Investors Bank team up to provide thousands of boxes of Thin Mints, Samoas and other cookie favorites to Lunch Break.

RED BANK: Murphy indefinitely delays restart of indoor dining amid concerns over "complete disregard" of social distancing at some bars.

RED BANK: Underground utility work for the White Street makeover project ruptures natural gas line downtown, prompting store evacuations.

RED BANK: In Retail Churn, Nearly New Shop, started by an former Pan Am stewardess in 1993, joins parade of closings downtown.

RED BANK: After a widely praised first week, downtown pedestrian shopping and dining plazas return for round two starting Thursday night.

VIRUS UPDATE: One-hundred days after its first death in the pandemic, Monmouth County records its 700th, as state total nears 13,000.

RED BANK: After years of talk and a prolonged construction project, Monmouth County finalizes makeover of pothole-plagued intersection.

RED BANK: Hair growers finally get back to the barbers and stylists as Murphy's staged reopening plan advances, with further capacity increases.

ON THE GREEN: If these pix of folks leaping into summer don't make you giggle, have someone check you for a pulse.

RED BANK: New pedestrian plaza lights up Broad Street as restaurants take it to the street in an effort to jump-start an economic recovery downtown.

RED BANK: The fog-cutting sound of bagpipes seems apt for this weekend. Here's video, plus the weather forecast for the Greater Green.

RED BANK: Dreamer 'thrilled' by SCOTUS decision thwarting Trump effort to kill DACA protections, plans a Facebook live discussion.

RED BANK: COVID-19 pandemic claims Alfonso's Pastry Shoppe after just 17 months of operation on Broad Street.

RED BANK: With pedestrian plazas set to debut under an iffy weather forecast, the question arises: what happens if it rains?

ON THE GREEN: Homebound RBR seniors get a virtual commencement ceremony followed by a loud, and literally moving, 'Buc Brigade' sendoff.

RED BANK: Four years after announcing plans for a store in the Anderson Building, Sickles says it will open, with a Booskerdoo inside, in August.

FAIR HAVEN: Proposed Over Easy restaurant has a far easier time of it than its prospective neighbor, a Dunkin' shop that triggered heated arguments.

RED BANK: In-tree uplighting and other prep work underway for launch of downtown dining-and-shopping plazas starting Thursday evening.

RED BANK: Chief sends dashcam video and reports from incident involving Councilman Ballard and his wife to prosecutor for "fair and impartial review."