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The decision concerns a 50-year-old apartment building on Bodman Place that the owner wanted to convert to condos. (Click to enlarge) The state appeals court has upheld the Red BankContinue reading "APPEALS COURT OKS COLONY HOUSE DENIAL"
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DuPONT: CAN WE DO THIS SOME OTHER TIME?
Councilman Mike DuPont at Red Bank’s government reorganization meeting on January 1. (Click to enlarge) Red Bank’s borough council is mulling a change in its bimonthly meeting schedule to accommodateContinue reading "DuPONT: CAN WE DO THIS SOME OTHER TIME?"
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI A plan by  Middletown’s governing body to raid the public library’s $1.2 million surplus in a bid to save police jobs  has set off an  imbroglio inContinue reading "M’TOWN LIBRARY CENTER OF BUDGET BATTLE"
ZIPPRICH SPOTLIGHTS ABORTION PROTEST
The Planned Parenthood clinic on Newman Springs Road is the purported terminus of a protest walk planned for March 12. Below, Councilman Ed Zipprich. (Click to enlarge) The Red BankContinue reading "ZIPPRICH SPOTLIGHTS ABORTION PROTEST"
MENNA: RED BANK NEEDS MORE NIGHT ACTION
The mayor says entertainment ventures could help fill empty storefronts. Above, two long-time vacant spaces on West Front Street. (Click to enlarge) Citing a surplus of vacant storefronts and notContinue reading "MENNA: RED BANK NEEDS MORE NIGHT ACTION"
M’TOWN BUDGET: 10 COPS COULD LOSE JOBS
The axe may fall if the PBA doesn’t make significant concessions, the township committee said. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Faced with the state’s newContinue reading "M’TOWN BUDGET: 10 COPS COULD LOSE JOBS"
RED BANKER VIES FOR ‘MISS NEW JERSEY’
Quaniesha Frost of Red Bank won the Miss Tri-County competition last month and is getting ready to compete for the Miss New Jersey crown. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click toContinue reading "RED BANKER VIES FOR ‘MISS NEW JERSEY’"
Republican state Senator Jennifer Beck, left, got a fair amount of media attention over the weekend for her campaign to purge laws of outdated and sexist treatment of women. TheContinue reading "BECK TAKES AIM AT SEXIST STATUTES"
FORECAST: WARMISH & WINDY
Below, a lone ice floe sporting a stalk of phragmites appears headed to its doom in the upper Navesink as temperature rise today. But how long will it take toContinue reading "FORECAST: WARMISH & WINDY"
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of February 4 to February 11, 2011. The information appears here unedited. Theft occurring atContinue reading "YOUR WEEKLY RED BANK CRIME REPORT"
FUNK AND STANDARD GOES TO THE BAR
Patti Siciliano just hours before opening the latest addition to Funk and Standard, Yummy Yummy Good Stuff juice bar. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI PattiContinue reading "FUNK AND STANDARD GOES TO THE BAR"
KABOOMERS PROMISE FRESH START
A promotional video for the KaBOOM fireworks show. Below, Tim Hogan, new chairman of KaBoom’s executive committee. (Click to enlarge photo) Coming off two years of financial challenges and crowd-controlContinue reading "KABOOMERS PROMISE FRESH START"
SNOW ADDED TO TOP PED SAFETY CONCERNS
It doesn’t do much good if snow blocks access to a shoveled sidewalk, residents say. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The list of concerns relatedContinue reading "SNOW ADDED TO TOP PED SAFETY CONCERNS"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Only one of the many readers who wrote in on last week’s image, which showed a roadside “Deer Xing” sign, got it wrong. Turns out to be a well-noticed spot.
A report on Fox5 Wednesday tees up local rock stars Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi and Max Weinberg for “the huge tax breaks” they get for claiming parts of their estatesContinue reading "FOX: SPRINGTEEN & BON JOVI ARE FARMERS?"
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Tinton Falls police are searching for a suspect they say robbed the McDonald’s on Shrewsbury Avenue late Tuesday afternoon. The male suspect, of whom police didn’t haveContinue reading "TINTON FALLS McDONALD’S ROBBED"
CLOWNS AND A MIME IN TRTC’s QUILT
Actor, mime and raconteur Bill Bowers speaks up in IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING at Two River Theater  — while Matthew Gumley and Michael Nathanson continue through February 20 in AContinue reading "CLOWNS AND A MIME IN TRTC’s QUILT"
SHREWSBURY DOC MUSCLES HER WAY TO FAME
Karyn Marshall, seen below in competition in the 1980s, will be inducted into the Weightlifting Hall of Fame next month. (Click to enlarge. Photo above by Dustin Racioppi.) By DUSTINContinue reading "SHREWSBURY DOC MUSCLES HER WAY TO FAME"
DOWNED WIRES KNOCK OUT POWER
Downed utility wires in front of Westside Hose Company in Red Bank knocked out power to a block of homes on Leighton Avenue and forced the closure of the streetContinue reading "DOWNED WIRES KNOCK OUT POWER"
M’TOWN: GET READY TO DIG NEAR SCHOOLS
Middletown is considering heavier enforcement to get sidewalks near schools cleared after a snowfall. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI This winter’s unprecedented snowfalls brought frustrationContinue reading "M’TOWN: GET READY TO DIG NEAR SCHOOLS"
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RED BANK: NEW MURAL BRIGHTENS CORNER
RED BANK: Lunch Break founder Norma Todd is depicted in a mural painted this week on the front of the newly renovated social service agency.
TULIPS TOGETHER
Spring tulips taking in the sunset outside the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank Monday evening.
RIVER RANGERS RETURN
River Rangers, a summer canoeing program offered by the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association, returns this summer for up to 20 participa ...
DOUBLE DYLAN IN RED BANK
Trucks for a production company filming what one worker said was a Bob Dylan biography have lined Monmouth Street the past two days with cre ...
AFTER THE RAIN
A pear tree branch brought down by a brief overnight storm left a lovely tableau on the sidewalk in front of Red Bank's Riverside Gardens Pa ...
CONE OF UNCERTAINTY
Asked by a redbankgreen reporter why these cones were on top of cars, the owner of the car in the foreground responded: “That’s ...
RAIL RIDER’S VIEW
A commuter's view of Cooper's Bridge and the Navesink River from North Jersey Coast Line train 3320 out of Red Bank Tuesday morning.
PUT ME IN COACH!
Red Bank T-Ball kicked off at East Side park on Saturday morning. The brisk weather proved to be no deterrent to the young players, ranging ...
IT’S A SIGN!
Once proudly declaring its all-but-certain arrival in Spring 2019, the project previously known as Azalea Gardens springs to life again with ...
SPRINGTIME MEMORIES OF CARL
The Easter Bunny getup and St. Patrick’s Day hat that belonged to longtime Red Bank crossing guard and neighborhood smile-creator Carl ...
RED TRUCKS AT RED ROCK
A small dishwasher fire at Red Rock Tap and Grill was put out quickly by firefighters overnight, causing minimal damage. Red Bank Fire Depar ...
CREATIVE COVER UP
The windows of Pearl Street Consignment on Monmouth Street were smashed when a driver crashed their car through them injuring an employee la ...
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 ...