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RED BANK: RECHNITZES GIVE $5M TO HOSPITAL
RED BANK: Two River Theater founders Joan and Bob Rechnitz donate $5 million to Riverview, and it's not the first time, either.
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SHREWSBURY: GOODWILL OPENING SLATED
SHREWSBURY: What's Going On Here? The repurposing of a long-vacant gas station on Broad Street into a Goodwill collection center is now completed.
RED BANK: NEW EMT SERVICE TAKES OVER
RED BANK: After a proposed tenfold increase in the fee it paid MONOC, borough contracts with new 911 ambulance service starting January 1.
RED BANK: GIANT KETTLE ROLLS INTO TOWN
RED BANK: The world's largest Salvation Army kettle is slated to make a couple of appearances here in the days leading up to Christmas. 
ON THE GREEN: REASONS TO BE THANKFUL
ON THE GREEN: All Good loads up on reasons to be thankful and hopeful.
RED BANK: HABCORE RAISES $55K
RED BANK: Borough-based HABcore raises $55k for housing and related programs.
RED BANK: A LITTLE LIBRARY FOR NORMA TODD
RED BANK: The new owners of the longtime home of late Lunch Break co-founder Norma Todd have erected a little free library in her honor in the front yard.
RED BANK: MENNA AIMS TO CURB BAR CRAWLS
RED BANK: Menna wants 'bar crawl' speedbumps after Belmar shuts down one touted as the biggest the borough had ever seen.
RED BANK: WALK THE WALK FOR THE HUNGRY
LITTLE SILVER: The 37th annual Red Bank CROP Hunger Walk takes to the streets of the Greater Red Bank Green this Sunday. Details here.
RED BANK: GARMANY & TEAM RAISE $90K
RED BANK: Ex-NFL QB Boomer Esiason and some famous friends raised nearly $90k at their annual fundraiser for cystic fibrosis at Garmany last month.
SHREWSBURY: TAPAS BAR HOSTS FUNDRAISER
SHREWSBURY: A new tapas and wine bar plans to kick things off with a "grand opening paella party" fundraiser for JBJ Soul Kitchen.
REDB BANK: HURRICANE FUNDRAISER PLANNED
RED BANK: Merchants band together to support survivors of recent hurricanes that devastated Texas, Florida and Caribbean.
LITTLE SILVER SERVES UP ‘HITS FOR LILY’
LITTLE SILVER: Schoolkids, family members and faculty team up to play a fundraiser softball game for the young daughter of a borough teacher.
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.
RED BANK: HEAT TRIMS OYSTERFEST CROWD
RED BANK: Roasting temperatures cut the turnout at the Guinness Oyster Festival Sunday, but the food, music and beer fest was still a party. Pix.
RED BANK: HOPE MARCHES ON
RED BANK: Representatives of dozens of faith groups, charitable organizations and more mark a "Day of Hope" with a march through town.
TINTON FALLS: BACK TO BOX CITY
TINTON FALLS: Spend a "homeless" night in a cardboard box, as part of an annual fundraising drive by the nonprofit Family Promise.
RED BANK: BOOMER’S BACK AT GARMANY
RED BANK: Boomer Esiason returns, with famous friends, for a second annual Garmany... BOOM! fundraiser on September 8.
SHREWSBURY: ACTIVITY AT SUNOCO SITE
RED BANK: What's Going On Here? redbankgreen checks in on recent activity at the long-closed Sunoco station on Broad Street.
RED BANK: MISSION HOUSE RISING
RED BANK: A new modular structure is going up on the St. Anthony of Padua campus. What's Going On Here? We've got the answer.
Partyline
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 ...
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.