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Category Archives: Health

PEDDLING A BOLD NEW IDEA TO RBR STUDENTS
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RBR students (left to right) Ryan Grant, Shrewsbury, and Jacob Curtis, Little Silver, do their morning sprint on exercise bike desks while reading their assignments in the RBR Media Center.Continue reading "PEDDLING A BOLD NEW IDEA TO RBR STUDENTS"
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December 30th, 2013 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
The house at 61 South Ward Avenue has been occupied by Oxford House since August. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Officials overseeing Rumson’sContinue reading "RUMSON: OXFORD WAS TO GO FEMALE"
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December 18th, 2013 @ 3pm
By JOHN T. WARD Rumson officials have launched an effort to evict the residents of an addiction-recovery house following what Mayor John Ekdahl called an apparent drug overdose there earlyContinue reading "RUMSON: APPARENT OD SPARKS LEGAL ACTION"
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December 18th, 2013 @ 11am
RUMSON: EMERGENCY REPORTED AT OXFORD
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Oxford House on South Ward Avenue at about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A medical emergency at Oxford House, theContinue reading "RUMSON: EMERGENCY REPORTED AT OXFORD"
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December 17th, 2013 @ 9am
RED BANK: CINNAMON SNAIL PLAN SQUASHED
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Red Bank has seen the last of the Cinnamon Snail, at least until next year’s Farmers’ Market at the Galleria, says mobile chef Adam Sobel. (Photo by John T. Ward.Continue reading "RED BANK: CINNAMON SNAIL PLAN SQUASHED"
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December 7th, 2013 @ 2pm
RED BANK: STILL GOING NAKED
[slideshow_deploy id=’86011′]It was nippy outside Sunday evening, but at Red Bank’s Red lounge, it was a place to Go Naked. Dozens came out to the third annual Go Naked and CheckContinue reading "RED BANK: STILL GOING NAKED"
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November 25th, 2013 @ 2pm
The Rumson-Fair Haven Community Alliance, in collaboration with Prevention First, has opened a Resource Room in the Charles S. Callman Court House at 80 East River Road in Rumson that providesContinue reading "A RESOURCE ROOM OPENS IN RUMSON"
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November 20th, 2013 @ 6am
RED BANK: A ‘HEALTHY U’ AT CHARTER SCHOOL
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Students at Red Bank Charter School joined The Community YMCA to kick off a new Healthy U program to tackle the childhood obesity epidemic. Press release from The Community YMCAContinue reading "RED BANK: A ‘HEALTHY U’ AT CHARTER SCHOOL"
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November 19th, 2013 @ 6am
AT RFH: TIME TO TALK, ON HEROIN EPIDEMIC
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Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni will address the area’s heroin epidemic tonight, November 18, during a presentation at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School entitled “It’s Time to Talk.” Press release fromContinue reading "AT RFH: TIME TO TALK, ON HEROIN ...
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November 18th, 2013 @ 6am
RED BANK: LANDMARK TOOTH ATTACKED AGAIN
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The sign has been the target of repeated thefts and acts of vandalism.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD For the sixth time in 20 years, Red Bank dentistContinue reading "RED BANK: LANDMARK TOOTH ATTACKED AGAIN"
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November 5th, 2013 @ 2pm
RED BANK: SQUASH FOR CHRISTMAS & BEYOND
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Laura Dardi and Lisa Bagwell explain how to store winter squashes and other vegetables. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS With the Red Bank Farmer’s Market 2013 seasonContinue reading "RED BANK: SQUASH FOR CHRISTMAS & BEYOND"
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October 29th, 2013 @ 11am
RED BANK: TURN IN YOUR OLD RX DRUGS
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Got any out-of-date or no-longer-needed prescriptions in your medicine cabinet? Red Bank police will take them off your hands to make sure they don’t fall into the wrong ones, saysContinue reading "RED BANK: TURN IN YOUR OLD RX DRUGS"
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October 25th, 2013 @ 10am
RUMSON: OXFORD REHAB HOUSE SPARKS IRE
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An overflow crowd jammed Rumson’s council chambers to air concerns about an addiction recovery house in town. Below, Barbara Russell returns to her seat after speaking with borough Attorney MartyContinue reading "RUMSON: OXFORD REHAB HOUSE SPARKS IRE"
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October 23rd, 2013 @ 8am
RED BANK: SMOKE ON THE WATER AT THE Y
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A smoke condition prompted an evacuation of the Community YMCA in Red Bank at around 6 a.m. Wednesday, sending wet swimmers and other exercisers outdoors. An unconfirmed report attributed theContinue reading "RED BANK: SMOKE ON THE WATER AT THE Y"
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October 23rd, 2013 @ 6am
BCC GROUP HOSTS 5K FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS
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The trails and pathways of Lincroft’s Thompson Park will be the setting for a 5k race on October 26, to raise funds for cystic fibrosis research. The Respiratory Care AssociationContinue reading "BCC GROUP HOSTS 5K FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS"
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October 17th, 2013 @ 6am
CYMCA EXPANDS HEALTHY KIDS PROGRAM
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Pre-K children whose families reside in Red Bank can have access to activities such as swim classes, under a newly expanded program at The Community YMCA. Press release from TheContinue reading "CYMCA EXPANDS HEALTHY KIDS PROGRAM"
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October 16th, 2013 @ 6am
RUMSON: REHAB HOUSE FOCUS OF COMPLAINTS
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The Rumson house where a man was found dead of a suspected drug overdose Sunday quietly became an addiction recovery residence in August, neighbors say. (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RUMSON: REHAB HOUSE FOCUS OF COMPLAINTS"
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October 15th, 2013 @ 9am
RED BANK: VIA45 CHEFS GO TO MARKET
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Chef Claudette Herring slices some of the heirloom tomatoes she and partner Lauren Phillips picked up last Sunday at the Red Bank Farmers Market. Below, Herring and Phillips at ViaContinue reading "RED BANK: VIA45 CHEFS GO TO MARKET"
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September 27th, 2013 @ 8am
RED BANK: VENISON TACOS FOR LUNCH
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Volunteers served up a game-meat lunch that included venison tacos at Lunch Break on Tuesday. (Photo by Jim Willis. Click to enlarge) By JIM WILLIS The Sportsman Channel’s Hunt.Fish.Feed outreach programContinue reading "RED BANK: VENISON TACOS FOR LUNCH"
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September 25th, 2013 @ 10am
WALKING THE WALK FOR WELLNESS IN RB
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Participants in the 2012 Community Walk close the loop on their one-mile stroll through two borough parks. The rain-or-shine event returns to Red Bank’s two waterfront parks on Saturday, SeptemberContinue reading "WALKING THE WALK FOR WELLNESS IN RB"
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September 24th, 2013 @ 6am
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RIVERSIDE FLOW
New Jersey Flow Arts brings together jugglers, poi spinners, hoopers and more weekly in Riverside Gardens Park.
Honeybee swarm carted away
Beekeeper Tanya Ptak of Ptak’s Apiary inspects a swarm of honeybees that chose a flower pot in the courtyard of Red Bank Primary Schoo ...
BELOVED POISONED DOG PHOTO SURFACES
   
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THREE ON TOUR
RED BANK: Three borough sites will participate in a weekend of self-guided tours of 52 historic locations in Monmouth County May 4 & 5.
VOLUNTEERS GET INTO THE WEEDS
Toting plastic trash bags, 51 volunteers conducted a walking litter cleanup on Red Bank's West Side Saturday.
“IT’S A PARTY AT WAWA!”
You wish you could vibe like Brian, who lives on the other side of Hubbard’s Bridge. He caught redbankgreen’s attention in Red B ...
POPE OKS ORATORY
RED BANK: St. Anthony of Padua obtains papal approval to establish Oratory of St. Philip Neri, a community of priests and brothers devoted t ...
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 ...

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