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RED BANK: SICKELS LAUDED FOR ‘COMMITMENT’
RED BANK: Closing out a 38-year municipal career, Stanley Sickels wins praise for his commitment, professionalism and institutional knowledge.
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RED BANK: SICKELS SENDOFF, H2O ON AGENDA
RED BANK: Council to laud retiring administrator Sickels, address large-user water fees and more at its regular meeting Wednesday night.
RED BANK: SICKELS TO RETIRE AT END OF 2017
RED BANK: Stanley Sickels, the borough's most powerful unelected official, plans to retire in a year. But first, he'll cash out his unused sick days.
RED BANK: TURF HOLDING UP, SAYS SICKELS
RED BANK: Artificial turf purchased from a manufacturer implicated in a NJ.com investigation is holding up well here, official says.
RED BANK: SICKELS FACING HEAVY DEBT WOES
RED BANK: Stanley Sickels, the borough government's most powerful unelected official, may lose his home to foreclosure.
SICKELS CITED IN PENN STATE EGGING
[CLARIFICATION: The original version of this story mistakenly reported, in the headline and body of the story, that Garrett Sickels and his three teammates were “arrested.” According to Sickels’ father,Continue reading "SICKELS CITED IN PENN STATE EGGING"
Garrett Sickels, the Red Bank Regional football standout, has verbally committed to play at Penn State, according to reports making the rounds Monday. According to the Philadelphia Daily News, theContinue reading "RBR’S SICKELS COMMITS TO PENN STATE"
The borough-based Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey may feel the pinch. For the second time in recent months, the Red Bank Council has contracted services to Monmouth County in an effort to cut costs. The governing body last night...
Volunteer firefighters and first aid squad members stood by at the Liberty Hose firehouse on White Street during the widespread power outage Tuesday evening. (Click to enlarge) Burglar and fire alarms went off all over town, prompting the police chief...
Cindy Burnham checks out a tax map at the foot of Maple Avenue prior to last night's council meeting. Despite protests from boaters, environmentalists and others, Red Bank officials have not ruled out a proposal to sell one of the...
RED BANK: Q&A ON ADMINISTRATOR SEARCH
RED BANK: The hunt is on to replace Stanley Sickels, the borough's most powerful unelected official. Here's a Q&A with the head of the search committee.
A slate of 3.5-percent pay raises for non-unionized borough employees approved last night will be the last across-the-board increase, Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna pledged last night. He said he had instructed Borough Administrator Stanley Sickels to implement and complete...
Grants of $25,000 each from an insurance company will put cutting edge technology in the hands of firefighters in Red Bank and Rumson. Red Bank Fire Marshal (and Business Administrator) Stanley Sickels says the borough's volunteer fire department will use...
An early-morning fire today at the Red Bank Public Library was quickly extinguished and left no adverse effects on the extensive $1.2 million remodeling job now nearing completion, borough officials say. Fire Marshal Stanley Sickels tells redbankgreen that the fire...
A presentation on code enforcement matters drew a pretty sparse and rather muted crowd Wednesday night. But redbankgreen was distracted, we admit, by who showed up and sat together at the table nearest Borough Administrator Stanley Sickels as he spoke...
RED BANK: ‘CLINICIAN’ ON COUNCIL AGENDA
RED BANK: On Thursday's council agenda: hiring a "clinician" for police department; an update on parks; honoring two 50-year RBFD volunteers.
RED BANK: After an abandoned effort of year ago, council will try again to find a full-time borough administrator.
RED BANK: DEMS AIR PARTY’S DIRTY LAUNDRY
RED BANK: Menna, Yngstrom and Triggiano cite interference, one-party rule and "paranoia" as roots of government "dysfunction" in Charter Study Commission testimony.
RED BANK: CENTER FIXES OK’D, RE-ARGUED
RED BANK: Even as they approve spending for Senior Center repairs, Democrats split over how long it took and who should have 'found' funding sooner.
RED BANK: ‘BOAT RAMP’ TO FUND CENTER FIX
RED BANK: Funding for Senior Center repairs includes 30-year-old account set aside for a contemplated boat ramp that was never built.
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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 ...
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 ...