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RED BANK: HYBRID SESSIONS PLANNED
RED BANK: After more than two years of virtual meetings, council moves toward hybrid of live and online sessions.
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RED BANK: DANNY EASING OUT OF DANNY’S
RED BANK: Ending a 52-year run, Danny Murphy plans to sell Danny's Steakhouse to a group led by a New York City restaurateur. But he'll still be around.
RED BANK: LOCALS GATHER FOR UKRAINE
RED BANK: Locals gathered at Riverside Gardens Park Friday in a show of support for the people of Ukraine as they contend with a brutal invasion by Russia.
RED BANK: DENHOLTZ PLANS MASSIVE PROJECT
RED BANK: Denholtz Properties is negotiating to create a massive new development at the train station, redbankgreen has learned.
RED BANK: CENTER FIXES OK’D, RE-ARGUED
RED BANK: Even as they approve spending for Senior Center repairs, Democrats split over how long it took and who should have 'found' funding sooner.
RED BANK: LEAD-TAINTED SOIL TO BE REMOVED
RED BANK: Two years after garden shutdown, DEP outlines $2.6M plan to excavate and replace lead-contaminated soil from nearby residential properties.
RED BANK: More than two years after community garden shutdown over possible lead contamination, DEP will give a public presentation Tuesday.
RED BANK: COUNCIL WRAP
RED BANK: Council gets through session with less friction than in the recent past. Here's a quick recap of the highlights.
RED BANK: COUNCIL OKS MAIN, TIE-IN COSTS
RED BANK: Council approves $1.3M water line not originally included in Broad Street dig; town will eat connection costs landlords had feared.
RED BANK: ROAD SAFETY ON COUNCIL AGENDA
RED BANK: On the council agenda: pressing state to install traffic signal on Riverside Avenue; pressing county for crosswalks on Shrewsbury Avenue.
RED BANK: MASKS ‘STRONGLY’ URGED
RED BANK: Borough issues declaration "strongly urging" mask-wearing in stores and restaurants, but stops short of mandates seen elsewhere.
RED BANK: DALPRA LEAVING PARKS & REC JOB
RED BANK: DalPra leaving as parks and rec director after just nine months on job. He's mum on his next move but says his tenure was "nothing but positive."
RED BANK: MASK MANDATE EXPECTED
RED BANK: Amid COVID-19 resurgence, Menna expected to issue mask mandate, following lead of other New Jersey cities and towns.
FAIR HAVEN: Amid an exponential increase in positive tests for COVID-19, borough hall and library return to remote access.
RED BANK: LEAK SLOWS BROAD STREET ANEW
RED BANK: After complaints prompt suspension of sewer line construction on Broad Street, crew returns Thursday to fix a water leak.
RED BANK: BROAD STREET WORK PAUSED
RED BANK: Borough pauses work on Broad Street sewer line two days earlier than planned following complaints about Christmas traffic disruption.
RED BANK: COUNCIL WRAPS UP 2021
RED BANK: Council wraps 2021 with PBA contract, a plan to recombine workshop and regular sessions, a new used Tesla, and praise for a departing colleague.
RED BANK: “YOU BROKE IT, YOU FIX IT”
RED BANK: Via RiverCenter, downtown landlords push back on possible bills for leaking water lines, telling council, "you broke it, you fix it."
RED BANK: BASEBALLS, CAPS STOLEN
RED BANK: Thieves stole new and used baseballs, and 44 baseball caps, from a storage shed at Count Basie Park last month, police reported.
RED BANK: STREET CLOSURES ANNOUNCED
RED BANK: Much of the business district will be off-limits to vehicle traffic Monday to allow for sewer line work on Broad Street.
Partyline
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 ...