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RED BANK: PORTMAN PAINTS ROSY OUTLOOK
RED BANK: Mayor outlines plans for "amazing" makeover of Marine Park and other "long overdue" projects for 2024.
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
RED BANK: CLOSET LIGHT SPARKED FIRE
RED BANK: Blaze that displaced two families Wednesday morning was caused by a halogen light fixture in a closet, says fire marshal.
RED BANK: REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
RED BANK: School children, a firefighter and others gather on a steamy morning to remember those killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
RED BANK: PORTMAN TAKES MAYOR’S SEAT
RED BANK: In debut as mayor, Portman pledges to "keep the ship running smoothly" as town embarks on big changes.
RED BANK: THIRD TIME AS CHIEF FOR HARTMAN
RED BANK: Hartman returning for third term as fire chief as department "recycles" ex-officers, with new generation nearing eligibility.
RED BANK: FIRE DESTROYS BOAT IN MARINA
RED BANK: Fire destroyed at least one boat and damaged another in a predawn blaze at the Molly Pitcher Inn marina in Red Bank Saturday.
RED BANK: PREPPING FOR PLAZAS
RED BANK: In-tree uplighting and other prep work underway for launch of downtown dining-and-shopping plazas starting Thursday evening.
MIDDLETOWN: BOATER PULLED FROM MUD
MIDDLETOWN: Red Bank volunteers extricate boater after his feet become stuck in river mud off former Chris' Landing site on Swimming River.
RED BANK: “TENACIOUS’ INSPECTOR CITED
RED BANK: A nose for trouble turns a routine inspection into a hunt for a gas leak that averted potential disaster at an apartment complex, officials said.
RED BANK: HONORS FOR SLAIN FIREFIGHTER
RED BANK: Firefighters honor Andrew Hill, their slain 26-year-old colleague, with a procession past the firehouse where he found his purpose in life.
HOT RODS RUMBLE INTO TOWN FOR A CAUSE
The late Stu Paer, below — whose Red Bank Sleep Shoppe sponsorship could be seen on many cars in competition at Wall Stadium, including his own INSOMNIA funny car —Continue reading "HOT RODS RUMBLE INTO TOWN FOR A CAUSE"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Of the five readers who wrote in about last week’s Where, three had the same mistaken answer.
THE AWARD FOR BEST LIGHTING GOES TO…
The Woods residence on Harding Road took first prize. Below, the homes of Marion Phillips, on Reckless Place (second prize) and the Lauterwassers, on East Westside Avenue (third prize). (ClickContinue reading "THE AWARD FOR BEST LIGHTING GOES TO…"
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 Bankers have heard a lot about code enforcement in recent months. There appears to be a consensus that a lack of vigor in holding absentee landlords accountable for housing violations is at the root of rental-house overcrowding, particularly but...
VIRUS UPDATE: MURPHY REOPENING PARKS
VIRUS UPDATE: Murphy orders state parks reopened, but threatens another shutdown "if we don't like what we see" in social distancing behavior.
RED BANK: May was another busy month for RBPD, with four DWI arrests on the activity blotter.
ON THE GREEN: TWO TICKETS ON THE AISLE
Red Bank's Phoenix Productions goes "Into the Woods" at the Basie...and Middletown's Monmouth Players go "Moon Over Buffalo" at Navesink Arts...as the fall stage season heats up on the greater Green.
LITTLE SILVER: Two months worth of crime and arrest reports from the borough police department.
RED BANK: The latest crime and arrest summary from borough police includes a robbery, three DWI charges and a guy arrested twice in a week.
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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 ...