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RED BANK: AGENCY TO SEEK COUNCIL INPUT
RED BANK: Redevelopment agency needs better outreach about its work, and council input on what that work should be, officials said Tuesday.
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RED BANK: Planning board hearing on Saxum's controversial request for a rezoning of VNA site has been postponed again.
RED BANK: EARLY VOTING ADDS THIRD OPTION
RED BANK: Beginning October 23, voters will have a new option for casting ballots: early, in-person voting at 10 polling places in Monmouth County.
RED BANK: THOUSANDS PACK OYSTERFEST
RED BANK: Ideal weather puts thousands in a partying mood as Oysterfest returns after a pandemic-skipped year. redbankgreen has beaucoup pix.
RED BANK: KNITTING ‘STUDIO’ SET TO OPEN
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a yarn store, er, studio, is set to get knitting, and a hair salon's barbers and customers get more elbow room.
RED BANK: SUN TO SHINE ON OYSTERFEST
RED BANK: After skipped year, Guinness Oyster Festival set to return with sunshine in forecast Sunday. Here's what you need to know if planning to attend.
RED BANK: REPAIR WORK CONTINUES
RED BANK: Work continues on replacing utility pole downed by truck where southbound Route 35 meets Water and Wall streets.
RED BANK: CAR STRIKES HOME
RED BANK: No injuries as car strikes home, narrowly missing gas meter.
RED BANK: SEASONS ON THE WING
RED BANK: Maple Cove provided a summer-ending birder's bounty Tuesday. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Green as autumn arrives.
RED BANK: KIDS LEND A HAND FOR NEW MURAL
RED BANK: Kids provide words of inspiration for new mural at Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County unit on Drs. Parker Boulevard.
RED BANK: WARMING CENTER SET FOR WINTER
RED BANK: Men's fellowship congregants of two churches team up to prepare warming center on Shrewsbury Avenue for coming winter.
SHREWSBURY: HISTORICAL PLAQUE INSTALLED
SHREWSBURY: History lovers celebrate as district gets commemorative plaque 43 years after National Register of Historic Places designation.
RED BANK: TOWN HALL OPEN BY APPOINTMENT
RED BANK: After 17 months off-limits to visitors because of the pandemic, borough hall offices reopened Monday on an appointment-only basis.
RED BANK: SCENES FROM TOWN YARD SALE
RED BANK: Scenes from Saturday's Townwide Yard Sale.
RED BANK: YARD SALE SET TO SHINE
RED BANK: Library-organized yard sale set to shine Saturday, with interactive locator map now available to help shoppers zero in on bargains.
RED BANK: MUMFORD YANKS APARTMENT PLAN
RED BANK: Mumford yanks plan for Shrewsbury Avenue apartments after stream of complaints about gentrifying impact on neighborhood.
FAIR HAVEN: RESIGNATION FOLLOWED CLASH
FAIR HAVEN: Lucarelli silent on the decision to quit as mayor hours after clash over meeting "decorum" and his own conduct.
RED BANK: ADMINISTRATOR SEARCH ON PAUSE
RED BANK: Ballard says he was kept in the dark as "select group" paused search for new borough administrator. Meantime, majority likes McConnell as interim.
FAIR HAVEN: LUCARELLI RESIGNS AS MAYOR
FAIR HAVEN: Ben Lucarelli resigns as mayor, effective immediately. He has held the job for nearly a decade, following one term on the council.
RED BANK: GRANT BOOSTS LIBRARY WIFI
RED BANK: Library uses $10k grant to expand wifi, which is now available outdoors even when the building is closed.
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GOING UP?
RED BANK: Public Library will be closed Friday for the start of elevator construction. (Click for more.)
TREEBIRTH
RED BANK: Replacement of nine trees gets underway on South Street, where a wholesale removal angered residents last September. (Click for mo ...
RIVERSIDE FLOW
New Jersey Flow Arts brings together jugglers, poi spinners, hoopers and more weekly in Riverside Gardens Park.
Honeybee swarm carted away
Beekeeper Tanya Ptak of Ptak’s Apiary inspects a swarm of honeybees that chose a flower pot in the courtyard of Red Bank Primary Schoo ...
BELOVED POISONED DOG PHOTO SURFACES
   
THREE ON TOUR
RED BANK: Three borough sites will participate in a weekend of self-guided tours of 52 historic locations in Monmouth County May 4 & 5.
VOLUNTEERS GET INTO THE WEEDS
Toting plastic trash bags, 51 volunteers conducted a walking litter cleanup on Red Bank's West Side Saturday.
“IT’S A PARTY AT WAWA!”
You wish you could vibe like Brian, who lives on the other side of Hubbard’s Bridge. He caught redbankgreen’s attention in Red B ...
POPE OKS ORATORY
RED BANK: St. Anthony of Padua obtains papal approval to establish Oratory of St. Philip Neri, a community of priests and brothers devoted t ...
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 ...