Category Archives: People

RED BANK: Lame-duck Councilman Hazim Yassin hasn't paid his rent in 18 months and owes more than $29,000, landlord alleges in lawsuit.

RED BANK: "Unanticipated" need to save large trees on Hudson Avenue contributed to $227,000 change order this summer, officials say.

RED BANK: Labor settlements, cannabis zoning, a fireworks ban, memorial plaques and more fill out a busy council agenda Wednesday night.

RED BANK: Suubi Mondesir has helped give voice to the ideals of the Fortune Cultural Center since she was in high school – and the center was still a dream.

RED BANK: Council takes up issue of naming streets, buildings and other public facilities as "memorials" for living honorees.

RED BANK: Musician Bob Burger recovering after suffering onstage heart attack during show at the Count Basie Saturday night.

RED BANK: Food writer Susan Ericson, who savored and promoted the local food scene for redbankgreen and on her blog, has died at age 66.

RED BANK: Quickly filling vacancy left by Charlie Hoffmann, council hires former RBR athletic director Louis 'Del' DalPra to run parks & rec department.

RED BANK: Leaving borough hall for new job, parks and rec director Charlie Hoffmann gets a 'pile-on' of love from officials.

RED BANK: Viscomi rebuts allegation she made 'racist' slur last month as three council members maintain stony silence.

RED BANK: New app created by High Tech High students offers walking tour of significant places in the life of William 'Count' Basie.

RED BANK: Tributes flow following death of John Burton, longtime chronicler of local politics, government and more for weekly newspapers.

RED BANK: After two decades, Basie Center arts educator Yvonne Lamb-Scudiery exits, stage left. Co-directors named to succeed her.

RED BANK: Basie announces details of 2021 musical scholarship in memory of late Smithereens lead singer and New Jersey son Pat DiNizio.

RED BANK: After lobbying successfully for replacement of historical marker, retired teacher turns her attention to app to help illuminate borough's past.

LITTLE SILVER: Greg Montgomery Jr., an All Pro punter and Red Bank Regional Hall of Famer, has died from mental health issues he worked to destigmatize.

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.

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: A steep and narrow road near the Navesink River would become one-way, but not for its full length, under a change on this week's council agenda.

LITTLE SILVER: After turning around the sports culture at Red Bank Regional over the past 12 years, Louis 'Del' DalPra is retiring. For real this time, he says.