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SANDY HOOK: PROPOSED FEE HIKE RETURNS
SANDY HOOK: Four years after scrapping a proposed entry fee hike, Gateway National Recreation Area is again seeking a 33-percent increase.
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RED BANK: BALLOONS, TRAFFIC ON AGENDA
RED BANK: The agenda for Wednesday's council meeting includes a ban on mass balloon releases and a downtown traffic study.
RED BANK: Council debates balloon-release ordinance. Menna says it shouldn't apply when "a kid's singing 'Happy Birthday' and the balloon goes in the air."
RED BANK: NICE PLACE YOU GOT HERE…
RED BANK: Looking rather thuggish, a group of vultures loitered outside Les Gertrude apartments on Broad Street Thursday morning.
SANDY HOOK: BOOZE BANNED
SANDY HOOK: The sun sets on a tradition as the last public beach to allow alcohol bans it, citing hundreds of booze-related incidents.
FAIR HAVEN: TOWN RALLIES FOR INJURED COP
FAIR HAVEN: Residents rally for police officer who broke his neck in a swimming accident in the ocean on Independence Day.
RED BANK: A SLIGHTLY WHITE CHRISTMAS?
RED BANK: There's a chance the Greater Green will get a dusting of snow for Christmas, according to the National Weather Service.
RED BANK: MILD WEATHER FORECAST
RED BANK: This week's weather outlook on the Greater Green is for mild temperatures and recurring clouds, according to the National Weather Service.
RED BANK: THIRD SNOWFALL FORECAST
RED BANK: The Greater Green could get its third late-autumn snowfall in less than a week Friday evening, according to the National Weather Service.
RED BANK: GUSTY CONDITIONS FORECAST
RED BANK: Hats and trash can lids may take to the air as gusty winds blow through the Greater Green over the next 36 hours.
RED BANK: EATERIES SPOTLIGHT STRAWS
RED BANK: To spotlight the environmental impact of plastic drinking straws, eight restaurants agree to give them only to customers who ask this month.
RED BANK: LATE-AUTUMN SNOW IN FORECAST
RED BANK: The Green is expected to get an early taste of winter with a snowfall this weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
SANDY HOOK: DETOUR FOR SEAWALL WORK
SANDY HOOK: Seawall work prompts detour beginning today for some visitors to Gateway National Recreation Area. Details here.
RED BANK: A BREAK IN THE HUMIDITY
RED BANK: Sunshine and drier air expected Tuesday. Here's the forecast through the rest of the week for the Greater Green.
RUMSON: MARINE SCIENCE CENTER PLANNED
RUMSON: Monmouth University announces plan for marine science center with labs and classrooms atop riverfront sewer pump station here.
FAIR HAVEN: AUTUMN HEATS UP THE GREEN
FAIR HAVEN: The calendar, and a tree on Harding Road, say the season is autumn, but the weather forecast calls for summer-like temperatures.
SANDY HOOK: Twelve-year-old Union County girl dies day after water rescue.
SEA BRIGHT: BACK TO THE BEACH @ DONOVAN’S
SEA BRIGHT: PieHole pays a happy hour visit to the revived Donovan's Reef, where the palms sway and the rum buckets chill.
SANDY HOOK: A FREE FUNDAY ON THE HOOK
SANDY HOOK: American Littoral Society offers an array of activities, all free, centered on exploring the Hook's natural and historic wonders this Sunday.
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? ‘ALL IN’ IN SEA BRIGHT
SEA BRIGHT: What's For Lunch stumbles on a new venture by familiar faces, and one of the tastiest dishes we've tried in a long time.
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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.
SEA BRIGHT: POLAR PLUNGE FOR ST. JAMES, OTHERS
Hundreds braved the wind and sea on Sunday at 1PM in support of St. James Elementary School, and other Catholic schools in the area. The eve ...
RED BANK: RBR CLAIMS TITLE
RED BANK: Watch pure joy as the RBR boys basketball team celebrates its first B North championship in 17 years.