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Worst of the worst? 179-181 Shrewsbury Avenue. Municipal Court Judge William Himelman last week slapped an Eatontown couple with $36,000 in fines and threatened them with up to 360 days in jail if they don't correct dozens of problems in...
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Still on the streets: Gary Watson Sr. Today's Asbury Park Press profiles Gary Watson Sr., a Red Bank kid who rose through the ranks of the borough police department, retired, and came back five years ago in civvies to help...
Dr. Julian Paul Keenan speaks at the Red Bank Humanists Darwin Day event, held Sunday at the Red Bank Charter School. In honor of international Darwin Day, the Red Bank Humanists hosted a lecture yesterday by Julian Paul Keenan, Director...
Visiting actors would stay rent-free at 81 Shrewsbury Avenue under a plan pitched by Two River Theater founder Bob Rechnitz. "Everybody loves the Two River Theater," says Red Bank Zoning Board vice chairperson Lauren Nicosia. But the board's reviews aren't...
The Asbury Park Press is reporting that a Spring Street man is hospitalized in serious condition after a fight with his brother at a Super Bowl party in Middletown on Sunday. From the article: James J. Gibbons, 44, of DeForrest...
By LINDA G. RASTELLI Most days, JoAnn Pileggi's life is like any suburban mom’s as she runs after her 22-month-old twins, Faith and Francis, and five-year-old, Julian. But on Mondays and Fridays, she's chasing down fires, accidents, murders and natural...
By TOM CHESEK The news has at least two generations of local residents disappointed and disgusted, but the Internet Café is "throwing in the towel," says owner Joe Cullity. In the wake of an incident that saw a recent show...
By LINDA G. RASTELLI One year ago today, Jennifer Kalogiannis and her boyfriend, Mark Trezza, were awakened before dawn in her Sea Bright apartment by horrifying screams. It was bitterly cold that morning, with temperatures in the single digits and...
Torn between Huckabee and Romney? Don't know whether to go Hillary or the Big O? We can't help you there. But for questions about the nuts and bolts of voting in today's Republican and Democratic presidential primaries, there's lots of...
Bailey Taft, left, and Melissa Dominach amid the bounty they've collected for Red Bank athletic programs. (Photo courtesy of Margie Dominach) By LINDA G. RASTELLI Bailey Taft and Melissa Dominach are 12-years-old who listen to Bruce Springsteen and are active...
Today's Asbury Park Press reports that a Red Bank man was found guilty in Superior Court, Freehold yesterday of a break-in and attempted rape in May, 2006. Citing information from Monmouth County Prosecutor Luis Valentin, the Press reports that 25-year-old...
By TOM CHESEK It's not uncommon for a stage troupe to throw some local kids in with a cast of more seasoned professionals whenever the script calls for a couple of young performers. The more hometown kids in the show,...
Today's Asbury Park Press has a feature on Leighton Avenue resident John Tyler, who ran for Borough Council last year but came up short at the polls. It begins: Whether it's a defective utility pole or problems with a local...
Actor-director-administrator-set decorator-artistic director Lori Renick readies the detail-intensive set of 'Blithe Spirit' for Saturday's opening at Monmouth Players. (Photos courtesy of Diana Moore) By TOM CHESEK It's a busy Monday evening at Middletown's Navesink Library, and Lori and Paul Renic ...
Municipal Court Judge William Himelman delivered a swift verdict in the long-delayed DWI case of Red Bank Red Hot publisher Claudia Ansorge this afternoon: guilty of driving while intoxicated. It wasn't the blood sample analysis, which had experts and lawyers...
The DWI trial of publisher Claudia Ansorge got underway in Red Bank municipal court this morning with testimony from a police officer who gave her a series of sobriety tests after an April, 2006 fatal accident involving a pedestrian. Lt....
You will be forgiven, in a secular sense at least, for not knowing that there's something called 'Darwin Day.' A dozen years ago, there was only one known celebration of Charles Darwin's birthday — Feb 12, 1809. Now, if we...
Yard-sale proponent Audrey Oldoerp. For a long time, South Street's Audrey Oldoerp wondered aloud why towns such as Belmar and Atlantic Highlands had annual or even semi-annual yard sales that embraced every street and home, but Red Bank didn't. Moreover,...
A River Street man is in custody after a fight Friday afternoon in which he stabbed an acquaintance, Red Bank police are reporting this morning. The 21-year-old victim, who was cut across the chest and one arm with what police...
Check out the new commercial for the Monmouth County SPCA in Eatontown, produced by Red Banker and self-styled "multimedia darling" Judie Luszcz. In an email to redbankgreen, graphic artist Luszcz gives props (OK, we admit we have still no idea...
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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 ...
WALK THIS WAY
PARTYLINE: Before-and-afters of a sidewalk cleanup on West Street.
SOGGY NOTION
RED BANK: Breezeway sculpture captured the mood downtown as heavy rains fell Saturday morning.
HOME DELIVERY
RED BANK: After a subdivision, an instant house rises on a new Catherine Street lot.
COMMUNITY PROFILES
For Black History Month, Red Bank's Community Engagement and Equity Advisory Committee has been running a series of local profiles on Facebo ...
HEARTY FAREWELL FOR HARDY
RED BANK: Council to honor DPU supervisor Rich Hardy, who retired recently after almost 39 years of keeping things running.
HOMEBOUND? READ ON…
RED BANK: Can't get to the public library? It's now offering free delivery and pickups for homebound borough residents.
TAMING A BEAST OF A WEEK
RED BANK: After the second snowfall of the week, a borough family finds the perfect use for it – a Godzilla snow sculpture.
RED BANK: LIBRARY CLOSED, BUT THE HILL’S OPEN
RED BANK: Though the library was closed by a snowstorm, kids got to enjoy the riverfront property's steep slope Tuesday.
LIGHT(HOUSE) MAKEOVER
This year, getting ready for spring means a midwinter makeover for Strollo's Lighthouse in Red Bank.
TODAY: LOCAL PUPPY COMPETES ON ANIMAL PLANET’S “PUPPY BOWL”
Red Bank’s very own rescue puppy, Biscuit, is set to compete in Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl this Sunday, February 11, at 2 PM. Th ...
WHAT? NO redbankgreen NEWSLETTER?
Apologies to redbankgreen newsletter subscribers: the daily email hasn’t gone out for two days because of technical issues.
RED BANK: TIRED OF SKEETERS?
RED BANK: Tired of mosquito bites every summer? Monmouth County has a free program to help eliminate skeeter breeding grounds.