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SHREWSBURY: MEANDERING OLD MONMOUTH
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Clockwise from top left: the Shrewsbury Borough landmarks of the Friends Meeting House, Allen House, Old Christ Church and  First Presbyterian Church are among the historic sites on the WeekendContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: MEANDERING OLD MONMOUTH"
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May 1st, 2015 @ 7am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
OCEANIC BRIDGE: FULL CLOSURE FOR REPAIRS
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The 75-year-old span will be closed to all but marine traffic for three weeks starting May 26. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD PreviouslyContinue reading "OCEANIC BRIDGE: FULL CLOSURE FOR REPAIRS"
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April 29th, 2015 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: SPRING ARTS, SUMMER FUN
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Nature photography by Colin Seitz is on the program for the first annual Spring Arts Festival at Thompson Park, May 2 and 3 — part of a weekend in whichContinue reading "LINCROFT: SPRING ARTS, SUMMER FUN"
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April 24th, 2015 @ 7am
MIDDLETOWN: EXTENDED EARTH DAY WEEKEND
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Deep Cut Gardens in Middletown is the scene for the Great Spring Perennial Plant Swap, just one of several special events going on at Monmouth County Park System facilities thisContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: EXTENDED EARTH DAY WEEKEND"
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April 23rd, 2015 @ 9am
HUBBARD’S BRIDGE ENTERS FINAL MONTH
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With one month to go before a self-imposed completion deadline, the new Hubbard’s Bridge between Red Bank and Middletown appeared to be making rapid progress last Friday. The semblance of aContinue reading "HUBBARD’S BRIDGE ENTERS FINAL MONTH"
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April 20th, 2015 @ 6am
COPS: FAIR HAVEN BURGLARY WAS ONE OF 30
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A Freehold man was charged this week for a string of store and business burglaries across Monmouth, Ocean and Middlesex counties, including a break-in at a Fair Haven toy shopContinue reading "COPS: FAIR HAVEN BURGLARY WAS ONE OF 30"
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April 8th, 2015 @ 3pm
RUMSON ROAD REPAVING SCHEDULED
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Users of Rumson Road in Rumson and Little Silver should prepare for disruption to their routines starting Wednesday. Monmouth County plans to repave the road between Branch Avenue and BinghamContinue reading "RUMSON ROAD REPAVING SCHEDULED"
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April 6th, 2015 @ 6am
HUBBARD’S BRIDGE: IT’S GETTING THERE
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Parapets similar to those on the nearby Route 35 Cooper’s Bridge were being installed on the new Hubbard’s Bridge between Red Bank and Middletown last week, as seen from theContinue reading "HUBBARD’S BRIDGE: IT’S GETTING THERE"
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March 27th, 2015 @ 6am
Press release from Monmouth County Parks System The Monmouth County Parks System, headquartered at Thompson Park in Lincroft, has announced that its family campground at Turkey Swamp Park in FreeholdContinue reading "LINCROFT: GO CAMPING AT A COUNTY PARK"
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March 27th, 2015 @ 6am
Overnight closures of the Oceanic Bridge between Middletown and Rumson are scheduled to begin Tuesday night as ongoing repair work to the 75-year-old span continues, according to Monmouth County officials.Continue reading "OCEANIC BRIDGE: NIGHT CLOSINGS TO START"
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March 24th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: BRINGING IN THE BIG GUN
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A 120-ton, 16-inch cannon from the battleship USS New Jersey sat in the rail yard in Red Bank Saturday awaiting transport to Battery Lewis in Middletown’s Hartshorne Woods Park. TheContinue reading "RED BANK: BRINGING IN THE BIG GUN"
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March 23rd, 2015 @ 7am
RED BANK: CABS, KIDS, COPS & DOGS
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Mayor Pasquale Menna offers an official welcome to the RBPD K9 unit of Hunter, a 21-month-old Belgian Malinois, and his handler, Patrolman Stan Balmer. Below, an image used in aContinue reading "RED BANK: CABS, KIDS, COPS & DOGS"
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March 13th, 2015 @ 3pm
Press release from Count Basie Theatre The Count Basie Theatre has announced the awarding of three arts impact scholarships, to be presented during the 10th annual Basie Awards ceremony. TheContinue reading "RED BANK: BASIE INTROS ARTS SCHOLARSHIPS"
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March 5th, 2015 @ 6am
Failure to come through with a generator purchased by a Rumson homeowner got an Ocean County man indicted Monday, according to Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni. Mark E.Continue reading "RUMSON: MAN INDICTED IN GENERATOR CASE"
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February 24th, 2015 @ 6am
SEA BRIGHT: APARTMENTS RAZED FOR PARK
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Sea Bright’s Anchorage Apartments, left uninhabitable by the converging waters of the Atlantic Ocean and Shrewsbury River in Hurricane Sandy, were demolished Saturday.  Using Green Acres funding, the state plansContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: APARTMENTS RAZED FOR PARK"
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February 2nd, 2015 @ 6am
OCEANIC BRIDGE: WORK TO REQUIRE CLOSINGS
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A 2012 photo of the Oceanic Bridge surface. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) The Oceanic Bridge between Rumson and Middletown will undergo repair work starting next weekContinue reading "OCEANIC BRIDGE: WORK TO REQUIRE CLOSINGS"
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January 30th, 2015 @ 6pm
HUBBARD’S BRIDGE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
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Beginning next Monday, or thereabouts, Hubbard’s Bridge between Red Bank and Middletown will be closed to traffic for four months as a new span, at left above, is completed, MonmouthContinue reading "HUBBARD’S BRIDGE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW"
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December 31st, 2014 @ 8am
TINTON FALLS: COUNTY PARKS SEEKS DOCENTS
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Press release from Monmouth County Parks System The Monmouth County Park System is looking for volunteers to become docents at the Fort Monmouth Recreation Center, Tinton Falls. Are you 21Continue reading "TINTON FALLS: COUNTY PARKS SEEKS DOCENTS"
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December 26th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: FOUR-MONTH CLOSURE NEARS
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The path of the new Hubbards Bridge between Middletown, on the left, and Red Bank is marked in yellow. (Click to enlarge) Commuters who use the bridge connecting Red BankContinue reading "RED BANK: FOUR-MONTH CLOSURE NEARS"
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December 15th, 2014 @ 10am
RED BANK: A ‘TRAILBLAZER’ GETS HER DUE
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Descendants of Katharine Elkus White and local officials at Friday’s dedication of the roadway in Marine Park to the late mayor and ambassador. White, seen below in 1948. (Photo aboveContinue reading "RED BANK: A ‘TRAILBLAZER’ GETS HER DUE"
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November 17th, 2014 @ 8am
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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 ...
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 ...

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