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New Jersey's largest daily is "losing a battle to survive," its publisher says. The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's largest newspaper, has to shrink its payroll by 200 jobs and retool two union contracts by October 1 or it will have to...
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
It's a highlight of his daily walk, we're guessing. In keeping with the mood of the season, perhaps, it was a slowooow week here in Whereville. We got only one response since posting last week's pic, and it seems to...
A dead fish seen in the Navesink off Maple Avenue earlier this summer. Today's Press reports a trio of local fish kills, including one on the Navesink River between Maple Avenue and Riverside Gardens Park. From the report: About 50...
The garage adjoins the mostly empty Red Bank Corporate Plaza on West Front Street. Fulfilling the terms of a five-year-old deal with the borough government, the owner of the Red Bank Corporate Plaza will make the parking garage at the...
A 31-year-old Bordentown vice principal has been hired as the new principal of the Markham Place School in Little Silver, today's Press reports. Dennis Morolda, who starts in the $108,000-a-year job on Friday, succeeds Don Merce, who was killed in...
Today's Press reports that controversial pain-management physician Dr. Philip Eatough has pleaded guilty to federal money laundering and the illegal distribution of oxycodone. The 61-year-old Rumson resident faces 36 to 42 months in prison when he is sentenced by U.S....
Eight to 10 social services organizations are expected to be present at a four-hour health fair scheduled for Saturday, August 9 on Red Bank's West Side. The Red Bank Family Support Center is organizing the open-air event in the parking...
Area residents came out in force July 9, when consultant Brian Valentino, left, described the preliminary findings of his police-consolidation analysis. Round two of discussions about a proposal to merge the police departments of Fair Haven, Little Silver and Rumson...
Believe it, Mike, you're on the list. No Joe's proprietor Mike Tierney welcomes customers during the Sheehan Classic in June. New Jersey Monthly magazine's annual list of the state's best restaurants is out, and the Red Bank area is represented,...
A bit of the usual mayhem as motorists try to cross Bridge Avenue this morning. Cabbie John O'Brien thinks the four-way stop is a "great idea." For many motorists, it's right up there with the traffic circle on the dread...
Ready to serve, he says: John Tyler at borough hall last night. As expected, the Red Bank Republican organization has nominated John Tyler of Leighton Avenue and two others for the borough council spot vacated by the resignation of John...
Broad Street, Red Bank, last Friday at 2p. Email this story
Crimes for the week of July 18 through July 25, as reported by the Red Bank Police Department. Entries are unedited. Theft occurring between 7-16-08 and 7-17-08 at Monmouth Street restaurant. Victim reported that unknown person stole her pocketbook, containing...
Authorities say the man who was killed by a lightning strike on Sandy Hook Sunday was a 38-year-old Elizabeth resident. Two others, women in their 30s whose identities have also not been disclosed, were injured by the strike. They were...
This is from the National Weather Service at 1:56p today: * AT 156 PM EDT.NATL WEATHER SVC DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED...
The Star-Ledger reports that one of three people struck by lighting on Sandy Hook around noontime today has died. The victims have not been identified, but the one who was killed is reported to be a man in his 40s....
Monmouth County and Sea Bright emergency personnel reported at 12:21p that three people were struck by lightning on Sandy Hook's Beach B. Emergency personnel from Highlands were reported at 12:45p to be enroute with two victims to Monmouth Medical Center...
Bargain hunters went sniffing along Monmouth Street this morning. One woman brought her pooch, apparently to give the goods an expert sniff. The streets of downtown Red Bank were thronged all day Friday, day one of the 54th annual Sidewalk...
Sea Bright and other coastal areas could expect more scenes like this one, from tropical storm Ernesto in 2006, according to a report that also examines the economic wallop of rising seas. The economic impacts of global warming on New...
OK folks, we have just one taker so far on our recent offer to post free notices of local yard sales. But it's a start. Saturday and Sunday, from 8a to 3p, swing by 25 Hubbard Park in Red Bank,...
Partyline
THEY’RE BACK!
Ospreys returned to the skies over Red Bank this week for the first time since they migrated to warmer climes in late fall. With temperature ...
SPRING IS SPRUNG
RED BANK: Spring 2024 arrives on the Greater Red Bank Green with the vernal equinox at 11:06 p.m. Tuesday.
RED BANK’S FINEST – AND NEWEST
Red Bank Police Officer Eliot Ramos was sworn in as the force’s newest patrolman Thursday, and if you’re doing a double take thinkin ...
EASTER EGG MAYHEM AT THE PARK
An errant whistle spurred an unexpectedly early start to the Spring Egg Hunt on Sunday, which had been scheduled to begin at eggsactly 11am ...
PRESEASON DOCKWORK
RED BANK: With winter winding down, marina gets ready for boating season with some dockwork on our beautiful Navesink River.
CORNED BEEF AND DISCO FRIES?
It’s Friday, and smart Lent-observing Leprechauns know the pot of gold at the end of Red Bank’s rainbow is actually the deliciou ...
SURFBOARD DITCHED
It’s a violation of etiquette in surfing to ditch your board.  (it could hit another surfer and hurt them). But someone appears to ha ...
ELSIE, TAKE ME WITH YOU!
Soaked by pouring rain with the temperature hovering in the low 40’s, this sign in the window of Elsie’s Subs on Monmouth Street ...
WALK THIS WAY
PARTYLINE: Before-and-afters of a sidewalk cleanup on West Street.
SOGGY NOTION
RED BANK: Breezeway sculpture captured the mood downtown as heavy rains fell Saturday morning.
HOME DELIVERY
RED BANK: After a subdivision, an instant house rises on a new Catherine Street lot.
COMMUNITY PROFILES
For Black History Month, Red Bank's Community Engagement and Equity Advisory Committee has been running a series of local profiles on Facebo ...
HEARTY FAREWELL FOR HARDY
RED BANK: Council to honor DPU supervisor Rich Hardy, who retired recently after almost 39 years of keeping things running.
HOMEBOUND? READ ON…
RED BANK: Can't get to the public library? It's now offering free delivery and pickups for homebound borough residents.
TAMING A BEAST OF A WEEK
RED BANK: After the second snowfall of the week, a borough family finds the perfect use for it – a Godzilla snow sculpture.
RED BANK: LIBRARY CLOSED, BUT THE HILL’S OPEN
RED BANK: Though the library was closed by a snowstorm, kids got to enjoy the riverfront property's steep slope Tuesday.
LIGHT(HOUSE) MAKEOVER
This year, getting ready for spring means a midwinter makeover for Strollo's Lighthouse in Red Bank.
TODAY: LOCAL PUPPY COMPETES ON ANIMAL PLANET’S “PUPPY BOWL”
Red Bank’s very own rescue puppy, Biscuit, is set to compete in Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl this Sunday, February 11, at 2 PM. Th ...
WHAT? NO redbankgreen NEWSLETTER?
Apologies to redbankgreen newsletter subscribers: the daily email hasn’t gone out for two days because of technical issues.
RED BANK: TIRED OF SKEETERS?
RED BANK: Tired of mosquito bites every summer? Monmouth County has a free program to help eliminate skeeter breeding grounds.