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RED BANK: BACK IN BUSINESS, OUT FRONT
RED BANK: After three-month shutdown, restaurants see strong turnout for outdoor-only dining, and "it feels ____ great" to be back, says one owner.
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LITTLE SILVER: RBR SENIORS GET THEIR DAY
LITTLE SILVER: With commencement ceremony postponed by the pandemic, Red Bank Regional finds an interim way to celebrate the Class of 2020.
ON THE GREEN: RESTAURANTS REOPEN
RED BANK: With the weather a bit on the cool side, restaurants stir back to life after nearly three-month shutdown under pandemic regulations.
RED BANK: YMCA OFFERS COVID-19 TESTING
RED BANK: YMCA and Visiting Nurse Association team up to offer drive-thru and walk-up saliva-based testing for COVID-19.
RED BANK: LANE TO GO ONE-WAY, PARTWAY
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.
RED BANK: RESTAURANTS HUSTLE TO REOPEN
RED BANK: With outdoor dining set to resume Monday, and shopping-and-dining plazas coming three days later, restaurants scramble to be ready.
RED BANK: THE VERY PICTURE OF SPRING
RED BANK: redbankgreen's Accidental Photographer stumbles on the very picture of spring, and on Spring Street, chance would have it.
VIRUS UPDATE: SANDY HOOK FEES RETURN
SANDY HOOK: Lifeguards and entry fees set to return to Gateway National Recreation Area, along with end of 50-percent capacity limit.
“WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?” RETURNS
RED BANK: An old favorite, redbankgreen's 'Where Have I Seen This' weekly photo feature is back. Please sign up for our free newsletter to play.
RED BANK: TALKING TRASH, AND RECYCLING
RED BANK: After five years of private trash collection, borough plans to survey residents and businesses about garbage and recycling pickups.
FAIR HAVEN: FIREMEN’S FAIR CANCELED
FAIR HAVEN: The 2020 edition of the Fair Haven Firemen's Fair, a summer-ending tradition, has been canceled for safety reasons, FD president says.
RED BANK: HUNDREDS RALLY FOR JUSTICE
RED BANK: Hundreds march through town and gather for "Justice for George Floyd" rally to protest police brutality and systemic racism. Photos.
RED BANK: SMOKE EMPTIES BUILDING
RED BANK: Improper use of a device used to test plumbing system caused small fire that emptied downtown building, official says.
RED BANK: WALK-THRU MARKET TO RESUME
RED BANK: After three weeks as a drive-thru, the Galleria's farm market resumes walk-thru shopping Sunday, with masks and social distancing required.
RED BANK: COP AIDED EVENTUAL VICTIM
RED BANK: Off-duty borough cop had first of four law enforcement encounters with a man who was later shot dead on the Parkway last month, AG's office says.
RED BANK: RETAIL DAMAGE, BUT HOPE, TOO
RED BANK: As the dust settles, business closings are on the rise downtown, but there are also a few glimmers of optimism.
RED BANK: RACIAL JUSTICE MARCH SLATED
RED BANK: "Justice for George" march to protest the killing of George Floyd slated to begin at Marine Park and end with rally at Count Basie Fields Tuesday afternoon.
RED BANK: Police recover shell and investigate report of single shot fired on West Side Friday afternoon, with no known victims.
VIRUS UPDATE: STATE’S DEATH TOLL AT 12,049
VIRUS UPDATE: State's death toll tops 12,000 as Murphy praises efforts to "beat the crap out of this virus" going into stage two of his restart plan.
RED BANK: BALLARD DUBS COPS ‘AGGRESSIVE’
RED BANK: Ballard blasts cops "overaggressive" response to incident that led to his wife being handcuffed. Also tees up unnamed borough hall officials.
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.