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LITTLE SILVER: District abandons plan announced Wednesday and closes school over COVID-19 concerns after reported "parent response."
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RED BANK, LITTLE SILVER, SHREWSBURY: RBR student is 'presumed positive' for COVID-19 virus her brother also has; sending districts opt to stay open.
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL TEAM LAUDED
RED BANK: The mayor and council honored the Red Bank Charter School Girls basketball team on their championship season Wednesday night.
RED BANK: FIRINGS ANGER CHARTER PARENTS
RED BANK: Parents vent anger and frustration over firings of two pre-K teachers after fire drill in which sleeping child was left behind.
RED BANK: APARTMENT REVIEW BEGINS
RED BANK: Hearing on 59-unit apartment project on Monmouth Street begins with focus on other density variances near the train station.
RED BANK: APARTMENT PLAN UP FOR REVIEW
RED BANK: Fifty-nine apartments would be built alongside the charter school if a plan up for review Thursday night wins zoning board approval.
RED BANK: APARTMENTS AND STORES PLANNED
RED BANK: Builder proposes to replace building at Shrewsbury Avenue and Drs. Parker Boulevard with 16 apartments, plus retail and underground parking.
RED BANK: MARKING VETERANS DAY
RED BANK: Borough pauses to remember American veterans of wars past and present.
RED BANK: APARTMENT PROJECTS PLANNED
RED BANK: Two proposed projects would add 69 new apartments to the edge of downtown, with 59 on Monmouth Street and 10 on Riverside Avenue.
RED BANK: RUMAGE REFLECTS ON FIVE YEARS
RED BANK: Jared Rumage reflects on his first five years as schools superintendent, and makes a case for November's $6.75M referendum.
RED BANK: SPREAD YOUR WINGS THIS SUMMER
RED BANK: Spread your wings this summer by having your photo taken in front of this temporary mural in the School of Rock window on Monmouth Street.
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL NAMES NEW HEAD
RED BANK: Charter school names new head, who left her last job under pressure over changes she implemented, according to news reports.
RED BANK: REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY NAMED
RED BANK: By 4-1 vote, council approves members of new redevelopment agency, along with a second group to serve as technical advisors.
RED BANK: SCOUTS HOST SPAGHETTI TO-GO
RED BANK: Boy Scout Troop 67 hosts a take-out spaghetti dinner fundraiser featuring food prepared by Scouts.
RED BANK: CLOSE BUT NO CIGAR FOR POT SHOP
RED BANK: Borough rejects its first application for a medical marijuana store over concern about law on proximity to schools.
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL HEAD TO RETIRE
RED BANK: Meredith Pennotti, who led the charter school through most of its first two, and highly fraught, decades, announces plan to retire.
RED BANK: CENTENARY OF ARMISTICE MARKED
RED BANK: On the centenary of the Armistice that ended the first World War, the borough pauses to remember all American veterans.
RED BANK: KNIGHTS DELIVER COATS FOR KIDS
RED BANK: No school child will be without a proper coat this winter under a program of the local Knights of Columbus council.
RED BANK: SPORTS SURGE BOOSTS ACADEMICS
RED BANK: The borough middle school is coming off its best-ever year in sports, and officials said students benefitted academically, too.
RED BANK: With a 55-percent boost in state funding, school administrators rush to reverse cuts to jobs and services. But the tax hike remains, superintendent says.
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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 ...
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 ...