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RED BANK: DIVERSION PROGRAM LAUNCHED
RED BANK: Prosecutor expands effort to steer individuals battling substance abuse and mental health disorders into recovery.
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MIDDLETOWN: RIVERFRONT PARK TO OPEN
MIDDLETOWN: Swimming River Park, in the works for eight years, debuts on former site of Chris' Landing Monday.
RED BANK: THIEF PEPPER-SPRAYS JEWELERS
RED BANK: Jewelry store employee pepper-sprayed by watch thief; owner sprayed, too, after he caught up with her a block away, police said.
LITTLE SILVER: RIDGE ROAD OAKS CUT DOWN
LITTLE SILVER: Monmouth County cuts down 17 oak trees along Ridge Road in front of Red Bank Regional High.
RED BANK: ROBBERY, ARSON CHARGED
RED BANK: Borough man arrested on charges he set three fires here and robbed a Little Silver pharmacy in a 12-hour spree earlier this week.
RED BANK: YASSIN CHARGED WITH THEFT
RED BANK: Former councilman Hazim Yassin charged with stealing $7,650 from the nonprofit Red Bank Borough Education Foundation.
SANDY HOOK: MAN FOUND GUILTY OF ATTACK
SANDY HOOK: Jury finds Hudson County man guilty of sexual assault alleged to have occurred in a parking lot at Gateway National Recreation Area.
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: Three men have been indicted for alleged sex crimes against a minor at two borough restaurants where they worked.
LITTLE SILVER: O’SCANLON DEMANDS APOLOGY
LITTLE SILVER: O'Scanlon demands apology after 12-hour Twitter ban for tweeting "no one should be compelled to take" COVID-19 vaccine.
VIRUS UPDATES: STATE VAX TOTAL TOPS 6M
RED BANK: State tops six million vaccine doses since start of pandemic campaign, with 2.5 million residents now fully vaccinated, Murphy says.
VIRUS UPDATE: MONMOUTH DEATHS TOP 1,300
RED BANK: Monmouth County's COVID-19 death toll eclipses 1,300 as Murphy notes one-year anniversary of state's first pandemic death.
VIRUS: MONMOUTH DEATHS HIT 1,200
RED BANK: Amid rising vaccination totals, Monmouth County surpasses 1,200 COVID-19 deaths as Atrium facility reports three more.
RED BANK: PARKER TO PROVIDE VACCINES
RED BANK: Parker Family Health Center teams up with Monmouth County and Pilgrim Baptist Church to administer COVID-19 vaccine.
VIRUS: TWO MORE ATRIUM DEATHS REPORTED
RED BANK: State reports two more COVID-19 deaths at the Atrium luxury senior facility, where an outbreak has now killed 12 since late November.
VIRUS UPDATE: YEAR BEGINS ON DEADLY NOTE
RED BANK: Nearly 11 percent of all Monmouth County COVID-19 fatalities have been reported in the first two weeks of 2021, state data show.
RED BANK: ATRIUM CITED FOR COVID-19 LAPSE
RED BANK: State cited Atrium for COVID-19 prevention lapse after start of outbreak that has now killed 10 residents, redbankgreen has learned.
RED BANK: VIRUS CLAIMS SIX MORE AT ATRIUM
RED BANK: Six more patient deaths from COVID-19 have been reported at the Atrium at Navesink Harbor in the past week; 10 since mid-December.
PROSECUTORS DENOUNCE DC ‘TERRORISM’
NEW JERSEY: Prosecutors denounce siege on capital as "terrorism," and contrast law enforcement response to that of BLM protestors this summer.
Partyline
NOT SO SCARY
Twenty times? Fifty times? How many times did we drive by this home on the corner of River Street and Shrewsbury and do a double take before ...
LOCAL 9 TAKE TROPHY
After a long hot two days of baseball, the Red Bank area-based Jersey Shore Raiders emerged as champions of the United States Amateur Baseba ...
RHAPSODY ON ICE
RED BANK: On a cool-ish summer evening, keyboardist NGXB entertained customers of Strollo's Italian Ice with renderings of 'Bohemian Rhapsod ...
PUDDLE BE GONE
A work crew was out this week attacking the site of the notoriously persistent puddle at the corner of Broad and Mechanic Streets. This phot ...
SMALLS FOR MAYOR?
We at redbankgreen remain neutral in political affairs and never make endorsements. But we have to say Borough Clerk Laura Reinertsen’ ...
CRASH ON LEIGHTON
The driver of this car was headed north on Leighton Avenue when they it hit an SUV pulling a work trailer headed in south in the opposing la ...
CAR VS STREET SIGN
The driver of this Mercedes hopped the curb and toppled the street sign at the corner of South Pearl and Drs. James Parker Boulevard Wednesd ...
SKETCHES OF RED BANK BY LOCAL ARTIST MICHAEL WHITE
Sketches of Red Bank scenes have been floating around on social media and we thought they deserved some spotlight. First appearing in our fe ...
POLE DOWN
Utility pole falls on English Plaza shop Forge after being struck by SUV shortly before noon. No injuries reported, though 86-year-old drive ...
YO, ADRIAN!
It’s a tough turn for our hero as Rocky Balboa is relegated to the curb for trash pickup on Locust Avenue. We’ll have to go back ...
“EL PALOMO” IS IN THE HOUSE
Jesus Rios, a mariachi singer who performs under the stage name “El Palomo” (The dove) pauses for a moment before entering a bac ...
CROC SPOTTED IN RIVER
Frighteningly hideous and green, a solitary Croc lurked ominously amid the flotsam and foam in the Navesink River alongside the Red Bank Fir ...
KISS ICON REFLECTS ON BROADWALK
A Swarovski crystal-bedazzled self-portrait painting of Paul Stanley, longtime singer and guitarist for the rock band Kiss peers out from a ...
CHISELIN’ AWAY
Marcelo Garcia Lopez works with hammer and chisel on a new feature for his flower garden on Shrewsbury Avenue: a hollow in a carved log in w ...
STORM CLEANUP CONTINUES
  Saturday’s storm sent a tree toppling on this house on Bank Street, damaging the roof. Workers Wednesday could be seen removing ...
SNAPPING IN THE BREEZE
RED BANK: Blustery winds had the flags in Riverside Gardens Park snapping Monday evening.
POWER LINE DOWN
Red Bank firefighters were on scene at Manor Drive dealing with a live power line Monday afternoon. There was no immediate report of fire. T ...
TAR BEACH SOLSTICE
Aldo Quiroz of Ocean Township came ready with his beach chair and found a shady spot to spend his lunch hour in a parking lot off Broad Stre ...
GOING GREY
Workers painting the stone facade of the PNC Bank at the corner of Broad and Harding Thursday morning. An upgrade? Maybe it’s just pri ...
COFFEE & WILDLIFE
RED BANK: The best wildlife show in town can be taken in from a waterfront bench outside the public library, and it's totally free.