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RED BANK: LIBRARY DIRECTOR TO RETIRE
RED BANK: After a career pivot, a tumultuous chapter and the restoration of calm, library director McDermott announces plan to retire.
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
LITTLE SILVER: IMMIGRATION POET VISITS RBR
LITTLE SILVER: Award winning British poet Caroline Smith visits Red Bank Regional to discuss the real life stories behind her collection THE IMMIGRATION HANDBOOK.
RED BANK: ARTISTS HONOR ONE OF THEIR OWN
RED BANK: Local artists are auctioning off their own work to fund a bench overlooking the Navesink in honor one of their own.
FAIR HAVEN: BEACH READ ON RIVER ROAD
FAIR HAVEN: Best-selling novelist Patti Callahan Henry pays a Wednesday visit to a fave local bookshop with her latest beach read in her beach bag.
RED BANK: BOOKMARKS MARK FAVORITES
RED BANK: More than 500 kids submitted drawings of their favorite things about the town for the library's bookmark contest. Here are the winners.
RED BANK: SCHOOL TO GET 500 BOOKS
RED BANK: As part of an effort to prevent educational "summer slide," the Primary School is to receive 500 books.
RED BANK: LIBRARY MARKS PAST, EYES FUTURE
RED BANK: The library celebrates 80 years in its home with a day of events that includes town tours and the reopening of the shuttered history room.
LITTLE SILVER: LIBRARY BOOK SALE RETURNS
LITTLE SILVER: Friends of the Library plan their annual book sale fundraiser over two days next week. Stock up on your summer reading.
ON THE GREEN: AUTHORS SERVE UP MEMORIES
ON THE GREEN: Memories of amusements past, and comfort food from a surprising source, on the local book front this Thursday.
RED BANK: Bestselling "beach read" author Mary Kay Andrews is special guest at a May 11 fundraiser lunch for the local AAUW.
FAIR HAVEN KIDS MEET THE AUTHOR
FAIR HAVEN: Award winning, NYT bestselling children's author Patrica Polacco makes a special two-day visit to the borough's public schools.
YA AUTHOR VISITS FAIR HAVEN SCHOOL
FAIR HAVEN: Knollwood School students enjoy a special appearance by famed Young Adult author Jordan Sonnenblick.
LINCROFT: THEY’RE SPEAKING HIS LANGUAGES
LINCROFT: Ever wonder where those unearthly languages spoken in 'Game of Thrones' come from? Meet their originator this Thursday night in a free event at Brookdale.
RED BANK: KIDS’ AUTHOR ‘ROCKS’ AT MDCC
RED BANK: First time children's author Sandra L. Richards visits Monmouth Daycare to read from her book RICE & ROCKS.
RED BANK: POETRY WITHOUT BORDERS AT RBPL
RED BANK: Hungarian-born poet, playwright and producer Gabor Barabas speaks on the topic of "Poetry in Translation," as the River Read series continues Saturday mornings at the Public Library.
RUMSON: NOURISH THE THOUGHT
RUMSON: The authors of the NOURISH community supported cookbook visit Oceanic Library for a Saturday morning signing.
LINCROFT: BCC HOSTS RENOWNED AUTHORS
LINCROFT: The Visiting Writers series at BCC resumes on February 20 with two acclaimed poets in attendance.
RANNEY STUDENTS LEARN OF UNTOLD HISTORY
TINTON FALLS: Ranney School hosts National Poetry Slam champ Clint Smith as part of its Distinguished Speaker Series.
RUMSON: ACTOR HELPS MAKE A BOOK ‘SCENE’
RUMSON: Busy actor Siobhan Fallon Hogan adds 'co-author' to her résumé. She and collaborator Lori Oakes will debut their new kid's book at the Oceanic Library.
FAIR HAVEN: CAN WE TALK JOAN RIVERS?
FAIR HAVEN: Vanity Fair writer brings her new Joan Rivers biography to River Road Books for a "can we talk?" session Wednesday night.
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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 ...