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Gov. Jon Corzine presents the folded flag from the casket of former Daniel J. O'Hern to O'Hern's widow, Barbara, as family and friends look on outside St. James Church on Saturday. (Click photos to enlarge) Red Bank bid farewell to...
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Daniel J. O'Hern Daniel J. O'Hern, a son of Red Bank who was its mayor through a period of social unrest and later served almost two decades on the New Jersey Supreme Court, died Wednesday night at his home in...
Unedited entries from the Red Bank Police Department activity log for the week of March 21 to March 27, 2009. Theft occurring on W Front St on 3/21/2009, Victim reported that stolen from a display case were two sterling boxes,...
George Naeder outside Starbucks on March 18. A Red Bank man featured in a redbankgreen article last week about his dog's ability to attract the attention of women was arrested and charged with a sexual offense against a teenage girl,...
About 150 parents turned out at Red Bank Regional on Thursday night for the second annual 'Surviving the Teen Years' symposium. Ptl. Peter Gibson, school resource officer, above, was joined by counselors and other law enforcement personnel to talk about...
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of March 13 to March 20. This information appears here unedited. Theft occurring at Broad St. on 3-14-09. Victim reported that unknown person(s) stole her wallet from purse...
The December stabbing of a woman outside the primary school during classes led to a brief lockdown of the River Street facility for security purposes. A man who authorities say repeatedly stabbed his estranged girlfriend outside the Red Bank Primary...
A Red Bank Regional student suffered a severe concussion and two others are in custody after an assault at the school around midday today, Little Silver police report. The victim, a 16-year-old Red Bank male, was treated and released from...
Unedited entries from the Red Bank Police Department activity log for the week of March 06, to March 13, 2009. Criminal Mischief occurring between 3-5-09 and 3-6-09 at Evergreen Terrace. Victim reported that unknown person(s) scratched windshield on parked vehicle....
Today's Washington Post reports that the prolonged custody battle being pursued by David Goldman of Tinton Falls has become "a delicate diplomatic problem." In fact, the Post reports, in its lead paragraph: When Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva...
Former Fair Haven furniture dealer William Neumann faces seven years in state prison after pleading guilty yesterday to defrauding customers out of $330,000 for goods that were never delivered, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's office says. Under the terms of a...
The dispatcher's desk at police headquarters won't be staffed nights and weekends, officials acknowledge. A late-entry proposal from Little Silver to take over police dispatching duties won approval by Fair Haven's council Monday night, the Asbury Park Press reports. From...
With the disclosure, Menna delivered on a pledge he made January 1, 2008. Without fanfare, Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna last night released two lists he'd promised to disclose fourteen months ago: the names residential landlords with the worst records...
Red Bank Police were searching Monday night for two suspects who posed as coin sellers in an afternoon holdup of a Shrewsbury Avenue jewelry store. According to police Capt. Steve McCarthy, one of the suspects — two black males in...
One of two robbers showed a gun, an employee said. A Red Bank jewelry store was held up at gunpoint Monday afternoon. There's no official word on the crime yet from police, who were just leaving the scene on Shrewsbury...
Red Bank Police Department logbook entries from February 27 to March 06, 2009. This information is unedited. Criminal mischief occurring Linden Place on 2-27-09. Victim reported that unknown person(s) broke out one window each on two parked vehicles. Ptl Ashon...
The law is aimed at heading off conditions that last year led to the imposition of $36,000 in fines on the owners of 179-181 Shrewsbury Avenue. More than a year after Mayor Pasquale Menna pledged to shame landlords by publishing...
Two Howell men have been arrested in connection with a fracas last month outside Chubby's Waterside Café that left a Middletown man with a stab wound to one leg, Red Bank police are reporting this afternoon. Eighteen-year-old Travis LaFalce was...
Under Little Silver's proposal, a dispatcher in Little Silver would direct patrol responses to calls from Fair Haven. Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre has published on his blog a head-to-head analysis of the competing offers from Monmouth County and Little...
David Goldman with his son, Sean, in an undated photo taken before the boy was moved to Brazil four years ago by his mother. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she is working to resolve the prolonged international custody case...
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STOP. JUST STOP.
RED BANK: For those who don't get the meaning of a stop sign, crossing guard Diane Johnson amplifies the message with some colorful outfits. ...
RECORDS SKIP INTO TOWN
RED BANK: Devotees of vinyl records expected to drop needle at Broad and Mechanic Saturday. Here's why.
Feline fortunes on Monmouth Street
Christopher Russell and feline pal Princess take in some fresh air on a warm May night Thursday in the doorway of Gina’s Psychic Bouti ...
GOING UP?
RED BANK: Public Library will be closed Friday for the start of elevator construction. (Click for more.)
TREEBIRTH
RED BANK: Replacement of nine trees gets underway on South Street, where a wholesale removal angered residents last September. (Click for mo ...
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
   
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 ...