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RED BANK: TRAP DOOR PLANS TO BUST OPEN
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, former Hobbymasters building gets a new tenant who's dreaming big: next-door neighbor Trap Door Escape.
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SHREWSBURY: LOVE TO RECEIVE KING AWARD
SHREWSBURY: Lunch Break executive director Gwendolyn Love to receive YMCA's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Human Dignity Award.
RED BANK: MANSION RAZED; MORE LAND EYED
RED BANK: Ignoring pleas by preservationists, Riverview razes 19th-century riverfront mansion, and moves to acquire more property.
RED BANK: BON JOVI SPOTLIGHTS PORTER
RED BANK: Rock star Jon Bon Jovi spoke with Pastor Terrence Porter of Pilgrim Baptist Church for a Christmas Eve segment on NBC's Today Show.
RED BANK: AFTER ‘NO-HO-HO,’ CHIMNEY’S A GO
RED BANK: After a 'no-ho-ho' for 'eyesore' chimney, Historic Preservation Commission OKs amended plan for Washington Street house.
RED BANK: MOLLY PITCHER TAKING ‘HIATUS’
RED BANK: Molly Pitcher Inn going on "winter hiatus" next week with plans to reopen in March. Its sibling, the Oyster Point Hotel, will remain open.
FAIR HAVEN: DUNKIN’ AIMS FOR FRESH START
FAIR HAVEN: More than two years after it split the town, Dunkin' shop opens. It's still early, but the world has not come to an end.
RED BANK: ANDERSON MAKEOVER LAUDED
RED BANK: Monmouth County planning board honors Anderson building, a long vacant structure now home to stores and offices, for adaptive reuse.
VIRUS UPDATES: DATA, OUTBREAKS & TESTING
RED BANK: RBR to offer free COVID-19 testing for staff and students. Also: updates on cases, hospital utilization, longterm care outbreaks and testing.
RED BANK: Riverview to pay $850k to settle borough lawsuit that sought $5.3M for 33 years of alleged illegal water and sewer usage.
LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional is back on full-remote Monday after a student who was present two days last week tests COVID-19 positive.
RED BANK: ‘CHRISTMAS STAR’ BRINGS WINTER
RED BANK: Winter begins with a rare 'Christmas star,' though cloudy skies may obscure it. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Green.
RED BANK: WATER SERVICE AFFECTED
RED BANK: Crew on scene of water line break at South Street and Madison Avenue. Service disruptions possible.
RED BANK: TRASH PACT, LEAK REPORT OK’D
RED BANK: Council OKs new trash contract with more frequent recycling pickups and higher costs. Also authorizes report on Zipprich emails.
RED BANK: SNOWPERSON WEATHER
RED BANK: Snowpersons created after this week's storm may stick around a while as cold lingers. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Green.
RED BANK: LOOSE LIPS AT COUNCIL SESSION
RED BANK: Council meeting includes loose-lip disclosures about a lawsuit settlement with Riverview and misgivings about a new borough official.
RED BANK: DURING AND AFTER THE STORM
RED BANK: Photos from during and after the season's first snowstorm.
RED BANK: STORM LEAVES COLD, SLUSHY MESS
RED BANK: First winter storm of 2020-2021 leaves icy, slushy mess on roadways. Here's the forecast for the Greater Green.
RED BANK: MURPHY DECLARES ‘EMERGENCY’
RED BANK: National Weather Service dials back snow forecast a bit forthe Greater Green as Murphy declares statewide state of emergency.
ON THE GREEN: WHAT TO EXPECT FROM STORM
RED BANK: Here's what to expect and when from the storm in Wednesday's forecast.
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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 ...