RED BANK: 1980s SEX ASSAULTS ALLEGED

Feb 20, 2023

The victim alleges some of the 200 assaults occurred in an office at Count Basie Fields. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

UPDATE: This post has been edited to remove the name of the victim, which appeared in the original version. The court documents previously included have also been removed.

By JOHN T. WARD

An Ocean County woman is suing Red Bank borough government over sexual assaults committed against her in childhood by a borough employee in the mid-1980s.

February 20, 2023 - 7:55 am |

RED BANK: ICELESS WINTER FOILS ICEBOATERS

Feb 16, 2023

In decades past, members of Red Bank’s North Shrewsbury Ice Boat & Yacht Club, the oldest organization of its kind in America, could count on winters packed with racing and casual sailing.

No more. What’s now called the Navesink River has not frozen well enough for iceboating for five years straight, sending the club’s members, including Mark Petersen and Steve Foster, right, north in search of ice elsewhere. And even that hunt is often futile, as borough resident Brian Donohue reports in his latest ‘Positively Jersey’ video essay for News12. Watch the short video here.

There’s no hope of ice crystals forming Thursday, when local daytime temperatures are expected to crack 60 degrees again (following Wednesday’s peak of 69), according to the National Weather Service. Check out the extended forecast below.

February 16, 2023 - 7:35 am |

RED BANK: PARK TO GET PICKLEBALL COURTS

Feb 13, 2023

The tennis courts in Red Bank’s Eastside Park will be remade into a hybrid of tennis and pickleball surfaces under plans that advanced last week.

February 13, 2023 - 7:40 am |

RED BANK: EASTSIDE PARK PLANS SLATED

Feb 1, 2023

A public hearing on plans for upgrades to the basketball and tennis/pickleball courts in a Red Bank park has been rescheduled for next week, the borough announced Wednesday.

February 1, 2023 - 12:50 pm |

RED BANK: EASTSIDE PARK UPGRADES SLATED

Jan 16, 2023

“Draft plans for upgrades” to the basketball and tennis/pickleball courts in a Red Bank park are to be aired for public comment this week, the borough announced over the weekend.

UPDATE: This meeting has been cancelled. According to a post on the borough website Wednesday afternoon, it will be rescheduled “as soon as possible, after the Parks and Rec committee has reviewed the plans.”

January 16, 2023 - 6:30 am |

RED BANK: SOCCER TEAMS HONORED

Dec 15, 2022

Members of two Red Bank soccer teams, both of which went undefeated in the fall season, were recognized by Mayor Pasquale Menna and the borough council Wednesday night,

Parks and Rec director Oscar Salinas said the boys’ fifth- and sixth-grade team and the seventh-and-eighth-grade coed team won their respective divisions in the Northern Monmouth Soccer Association League. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

December 15, 2022 - 2:00 pm |

RED BANK: SUNSETS ON AGENDA

Dec 13, 2022

Mayor Pasquale Menna and Councilwoman Kathy Horgan are slated to attend their final session as elected officials. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank may inch closer to turning its onetime landfill on the Swimming River into an eight-acre park under a proposed action on the agenda Wednesday night.

The session, which marks the sunset of Mayor Pasquale Menna‘s 16-year tenure, also includes potential action on short-term rentals.

December 13, 2022 - 7:58 am |

LINCROFT: SHEEHAN TAKES BRONZE AT CBA

Dec 7, 2022

Tim Sheehan, at podium, with his brother, George III, and the new statue of their late father. (Photo by Larry Levanti/CBA. Click to enlarge)

Christian Brothers Academy press release

Over 60 years ago, Dr. George Sheehan Jr. believed in a vision for an all-boys, Catholic preparatory school in Monmouth County.

Together with Peter Fleming and John Henderson, he founded Christian Brothers
Academy in Lincroft, with help from the Brothers of the Christian Schools. A nationally-competitive running program soon followed thanks to Sheehan, and on December 4, his impact on CBA and the running tradition was symbolized with a larger-than-life statue on campus. More →

December 7, 2022 - 6:00 am |

RED BANK: LUNCH BREAK PICNIC DRAWS 500

Aug 24, 2022

Jon Stewart, in blue shirt, at the Lunch Break picnic in Red Bank Saturday. (Photos by Millie Jeter/Lunch Break. Click to enlarge.)

Press release from Lunch Break

More than 500 people came to cheer for the winning softball team at the Lunch Break Annual Community Picnic Softball Classic Tournament & Backpack Giveaway at Count Basie Field in Red Bank Saturday.

Joining Lunch Break for the softball classic was producer, screenwriter and supporter Jon Stewart. Stewart ushered in the beginning of the tournament series by throwing the ceremonial first pitch.

August 24, 2022 - 7:00 am |

RED BANK: FOOTBALL, CHEERLEADING OPEN

Jun 24, 2022

Registration is now open for the Red Bank Bucs‘ American Youth Football/American Youth Cheerleading teams.

The nonprofit Red Bank AYF AYC accepts children between the ages of 5 and 14 years old as of July 31 of the current season, which begins July 25.

June 24, 2022 - 11:34 am |

LITTLE SILVER: FEMINISTS SEEK CLUB STATUS

Jun 21, 2022

Members of the Young Feminists outside Red Bank Regional High in February. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Frustrated by bureaucracy, representatives of a new Young Feminists group pressed the Red Bank Regional High School board of education for clarity on how to achieve club status last week night.

June 21, 2022 - 7:40 am |

RED BANK: CLASSIC 5K BACK ON THE ROAD

Jun 20, 2022

The return the Red Bank Classic 5K after a two-year pandemic hiatus brought out a motley mix of nearly 1,100 runners, wheelchair racers, walkers, muscle flexers and two jogglers Saturday.

Check out redbankgreen’s photos below to see if you recognize any.

June 20, 2022 - 7:47 am |

RED BANK: ASSAULT ALLEGED, BUT NOT BIAS

Jun 17, 2022

By JOHN T. WARD

Three men have been charged with assaulting a 16-year-old Red Bank athlete in what he claimed was a racially motivated attack outside a party in Oceanport last month.

Police, however, made no allegation of racial bias in complaints filed June 10 and obtained by redbankgreen Friday.

Among those charged were two Red Bank Catholic High School football players, including Alex Brown, the quarterback who made national headlines for his onfield performance just a day after his mother died last November.

June 17, 2022 - 4:00 pm |

RED BANK: TEEN ALLEGES RACIAL ATTACK

May 25, 2022

Raymond Jackson suffered a bone fracture above his eye that will require surgery, his father said. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A 16-year-old Red Bank athlete was badly beaten in a racially charged attack in Oceanport Saturday night, he told redbankgreen.

Police, however, say they have found no racial motivation in the alleged assault, which remains under investigation.

May 25, 2022 - 7:45 pm |

RED BANK: ASBESTOS FOUND AT BASIE PARK

Apr 15, 2022

Officials said the loose asbestos was limited to a boiler room and transformer room beneath the main grandstand. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank’s interim business administrator said Friday there is “no cause for concern” as the town moves forward with a plan to address recently discovered asbestos in an area beneath the grandstand at Count Basie Field.

April 15, 2022 - 2:45 pm |

RED BANK: RAIDERS FIELD TWO SPRING TEAMS

Apr 12, 2022

Press release from the Red Bank Raiders

Hoping to continue the legacy of Red Bank baseball excellence demonstrated by
last year’s 16-Under USABL championship team, the Red Bank Raiders are fielding two 13-Under teams (Black and Silver) to compete in the USABL Spring 2022 season.

April 12, 2022 - 3:49 pm |

RED BANK: PLAQUE HONORS A ‘FIGHTER’

Apr 4, 2022

Freddie Boynton, in blue shirt, looks on as Mayor Pasquale Menna unveils a plaque honoring him at Johnny Jazz Park. (Photo above by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A two-time Golden Gloves champ, Freddie Boynton didn’t quit fighting after his professional boxing career ended in the 1980s.

Instead, he got into a truck, and found ways to fight for his neighbors on Red Bank’s West Side.

April 4, 2022 - 10:30 am |

RED BANK: DALPRA LEAVING PARKS & REC JOB

Jan 13, 2022

Del DalPra at Count Basie Park in August, 2021. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

After just nine months on the job, Red Bank parks and recreation director Louis ‘Del’ DalPra is leaving the position.

January 13, 2022 - 1:00 pm |

RED BANK: BASEBALLS, CAPS STOLEN

Dec 8, 2021

The theft was from a shed at Count Basie Park, police said. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

A thief or thieves stole brand-new baseballs, ballcaps and other sports gear from a storage shed at Red Bank’s Count Basie Park last month, police reported Tuesday.

December 8, 2021 - 12:05 pm |

LITTLE SILVER: MURPHYS IN RUN FOR SCHOOLS

Oct 4, 2021

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy, at center right, were among the nearly 600 runners and walkers who took on the Little Silver 5K Sunday.

An annual fundraiser for the borough’s public schools, the main event covered a 3.1-mile course that began and ended at Red Bank Regional High School.

redbankgreen caught the racers as they climbed Prospect Avenue past the first water station, at Rosslyn Court. Check out the photos below to see who you might know. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

October 4, 2021 - 10:30 am |

RED BANK: BASIE REOPENS WITH NEW TURF

Sep 9, 2021

Off-limits for two months for synthetic turf replacement, the stadium field at Count Basie Park in Red Bank reopened this week.

September 9, 2021 - 12:10 pm |

RED BANK: DAL PRA PUTS ‘OUR KIDS’ FIRST

Aug 11, 2021

Del Dal Pra at Count Basie Park, where the stadium football field was prepped for installation of a new surface last week. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Early on in his new job as Red Bank parks and recreation director, Louis ‘Del’ Dal Pra suspected he’d have to make changes that would tick some people off.

Two encounters this spring convinced him he had no choice.

August 11, 2021 - 1:00 pm |

RED BANK: 16-UNDER TEAM GOES UNDEFEATED

Jul 30, 2021

Back row, from left: Coach Dal Pra, Coach Cohen, Hank Dal Pra, Gus Dal Pra, Grayson Sandoz, Tim Kelly, Mike Freeman, Jack Glassberg and Coach Ryan. Front row: Ryan Robinson, James White, Mike Polloway, Jake Cohen, Jackson Hyman, Bryan Cruz and Cole Ryan.
Missing: Nicky Gandolfo and Myles. (Click to enlarge)

Press release from Red Bank Parks and Recreation

This summer, Red Bank Parks and Recreation proudly sponsored a 16-under team in the USABL summer league. Made up of Red Bank residents and/or students, the team was named the Red Bank Raiders.

The seeds to this team were sown last summer as Covid-19 canceled all high school and summer league baseball. Red Bank Recreation was able host high school players for practices and play inter-town games that started in July and
carried into the fall while following all Covid-19 safety protocols.

July 30, 2021 - 6:27 am |

RED BANK: INDIANS WIN 2021 CHAMPIONSHIP

Jun 16, 2021

The Red Bank Indians won the Two River Little League Juniors Division (13- and 14-year-olds) Championship by defeating the Fair Haven Cubs 4-2 in a nail-biter of a game Saturday.

June 16, 2021 - 10:00 am |

LITTLE SILVER: ANOTHER REVERSAL FOR RBR

Dec 2, 2020

Fewer than 240 of the 653 students who might have attended classes did so Tuesday Moore said. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Whipsawed students, parents and teachers at Red Bank Regional High are in for another schedule change starting Thursday.

With COVID-19 cases rising and absenteeism high, the Little Silver school will again suspend in-school instruction at least through December 11, Superintendent Lou Moore announced Wednesday.

December 2, 2020 - 8:30 pm |

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