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RED BANK: NO-CHARGE PHARMACY TO OPEN
RED BANK: Pharmacist Ritesh Shah plans to open New Jersey's first no-charge drugstore here, in memory of a sister who died of COVID-19.
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RED BANK: LUNCH BREAK COLLECTS PROMWEAR
RED BANK: Lunch Break launches collection of formalwear for female and male students in advance of April giveaway.
RED BANK: SCHOOLS MUSTER FOR RESTART
RED BANK: Staff absences prompt temporary classroom reshufflings as holiday break ends. Also, board of ed has a new president.
RED BANK: LUNCH BREAK IN HOUSING MERGER
RED BANK: Lunch Break and the Family Promise team up to help head off homelessness.
RED BANK: As virus surges, staff absences prompt RBR switch to remote instruction, but borough schools plan to forge ahead Tuesday.
VIRUS UPDATE: SCHOOLS SCRAMBLE AGAIN
RED BANK: Soaring numbers of COVID-19 cases once again scramble schedules as schools emerge from holiday breaks. Here's a rundown.
RED BANK: VNA to offer free booster shots, and initial vaccines, at five Monmouth locations, including two here.
RED BANK: PARK MENORAH COMES TO LIGHT
RED BANK: Celebrants mark start of Chanukkah with Menorah lighting in Riverside Gardens Park.
RED BANK: BUNDLE UP FOR HOLIDAY EXPRESS
RED BANK: Holiday Express concert and town light-up returns tonight with appropriately chilly, blustery weather. Here's the forecast.
RED BANK: LOCAL TREE SPRUCES UP PARK
RED BANK: Riverside Gardens Park gets its Christmas tree, this year a 30-foot spruce from the front yard of a home right in town.
RED BANK: CLOTHES, CANDLES &… CANNABIS?
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn: clothing boutique opens; update on Garmany holdings; would-be cannabis retailer lays groundwork, and more.
RED BANK: ROTARY SETS UP OPEN ‘PANTRIES’
RED BANK: Rotary installs free, 24/7 pantries at YMCA, Salvation Army and Lunch Break to aid families in need of diapers, sanitary care products.
RED BANK: LUNCH BREAK EXPANSION OK’D
RED BANK: Lunch Break overcomes concerns about traffic impact to obtain zoning board OK for $12 million facility expansion.
RED BANK: LUNCH BREAK PLAN ON DECK
RED BANK: Lunch Break plan for $12 million expansion to help it battle rising tide of food insecurity goes to zoning board Thursday.
RED BANK: CHRISTMAS TREE WANTED
RED BANK: RiverCenter issues annual call for a donated Christmas tree for display in Riverside Gardens Park.
RED BANK: HUNDREDS RALLY FOR WOMEN
RED BANK: Hundreds march through downtown and rally at Riverside Gardens Park for women's reproductive rights ahead of new Supreme Court term.
RED BANK: KIDS LEND A HAND FOR NEW MURAL
RED BANK: Kids provide words of inspiration for new mural at Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County unit on Drs. Parker Boulevard.
RED BANK: DOGS AGAIN FROLIC IN PARK
RED BANK: Like a dog aroused by the smell of food, Dog Days of Summer snapped back to life in Marine Park Saturday. Photos galore.
RED BANK: TEACHER NAMED COUNTY’S BEST
RED BANK: Borough middle school educator Alyssa Geary has been named 2021 Governor's Teacher of the Year for Monmouth County.
RED BANK: RALLY DEMANDS VAX/MASK CHOICE
RED BANK: After a park rally, opponents of anti-pandemic vaccines and masks march to Riverview Medical Center chanting "my body, my choice."
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RED BANK: NEW MURAL BRIGHTENS CORNER
RED BANK: Lunch Break founder Norma Todd is depicted in a mural painted this week on the front of the newly renovated social service agency.
TULIPS TOGETHER
Spring tulips taking in the sunset outside the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank Monday evening.
RIVER RANGERS RETURN
River Rangers, a summer canoeing program offered by the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association, returns this summer for up to 20 participa ...
DOUBLE DYLAN IN RED BANK
Trucks for a production company filming what one worker said was a Bob Dylan biography have lined Monmouth Street the past two days with cre ...
AFTER THE RAIN
A pear tree branch brought down by a brief overnight storm left a lovely tableau on the sidewalk in front of Red Bank's Riverside Gardens Pa ...
CONE OF UNCERTAINTY
Asked by a redbankgreen reporter why these cones were on top of cars, the owner of the car in the foreground responded: “That’s ...
RAIL RIDER’S VIEW
A commuter's view of Cooper's Bridge and the Navesink River from North Jersey Coast Line train 3320 out of Red Bank Tuesday morning.
PUT ME IN COACH!
Red Bank T-Ball kicked off at East Side park on Saturday morning. The brisk weather proved to be no deterrent to the young players, ranging ...
IT’S A SIGN!
Once proudly declaring its all-but-certain arrival in Spring 2019, the project previously known as Azalea Gardens springs to life again with ...
SPRINGTIME MEMORIES OF CARL
The Easter Bunny getup and St. Patrick’s Day hat that belonged to longtime Red Bank crossing guard and neighborhood smile-creator Carl ...
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 ...