RED BANK: To spotlight the environmental impact of plastic drinking straws, eight restaurants agree to give them only to customers who ask this month.

RED BANK: "Deep Throat" (no, not that one) is on screen at Bow Tie Cinemas when Liam Neeson stars as Watergate tipster Mark Felt in a fundraiser for Monmouth Arts.

RED BANK: Republicans and Democrats claim compromise on White Street redevelopment that will also nullify lawsuit over parking garage.

RED BANK: Some 30 in-town eateries make for a strolling smorgasbord when Food & Wine Walks return to the borough business district Sunday.

RED BANK: A Rotary Club-hosted fundraiser and an Annual Campaign launch add up to an active April for The Community YMCA.

RED BANK: Here's your chance to get an advance look at Robert DeNiro in 'The Comedian.'

RED BANK: Debate over possible downtown parking garage offers preview of public hearing on a key step in the process next month.

RED BANK: Downtown business owners elated after council advances a proposed plan none of them have seen for a parking garage on White Street.

A leading Middletown company and a Fair Haven volunteer are among the honorees — and over two dozen local restaurants and vendors are in in the house — as Habitat for Humanity Monmouth County hosts its first-ever food and wine tasting event, May 16 at the Oyster Point.

The Broadway Dolls are back in town, this time raising funds for Red Bank's St. James School with "A Little Taste" (and a smorgasbord of help) from some of the town's favorite restaurants.