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SEA BRIGHT: REBUILDING BONDS UPHELD
SEA BRIGHT: By a 2-1 margin, voters say they're OK with $5.3 million in debt to replace every public structure wiped out by Sandy.
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SEA BRIGHT: PIVOTAL VOTE ON FACILITIES
SEA BRIGHT: Voters will decide today whether to take on $5.3 million in debt to replace every public structure wiped out by Sandy.
SEA BRIGHT: POST-SANDY REBUILD DEBATED
SEA BRIGHT: Residents pack town hall to debate a $12.7 million plan to rebuild, all at once, every public structure wiped out by Sandy.
SEA BRIGHT: TOWN HALL ON REFERENDUM
SEA BRIGHT: Residents will gather for a town hall meeting tonight on next month's referendum on rebuilding public facilities.
SEA BRIGHT: DONOVAN’S REBUILD BEGINS
SEA BRIGHT: Construction of a permanent home for Donovan's Reef gets underway.
SEA BRIGHT: TAXES, FIREHOUSE PACK COUNCIL
Mayor Dina Long, center above, helped move tables to accommodate an overflow crowd Tuesday night. John Lamia, below, was sworn to fill the unexpired term of Read Murphy. (Photo byContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: TAXES, FIREHOUSE PACK COUNCIL"
SEA BRIGHT: LIFELONG HOME REBUILT
Desiree Pierce, who lost her lifelong Sea Bright home to Hurricane Sandy, celebrated the completion of its rebuilding by volunteers Tuesday. Pierce, at center above with son Junior, helped ShareefahContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: LIFELONG HOME REBUILT"
SEA BRIGHT: LONG DROPS ‘DEMOCRAT’ LABEL
Mayor Dina Long with Governor Chris Christie in Sea Bright last August 28. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Sea Bright Mayor Dina Long,Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: LONG DROPS ‘DEMOCRAT’ LABEL"
SEA BRIGHT: VOLUNTEERS START HOME REHABS
Americorps volunteers painting the framework of Desiree Pierce’s home Wednesday to encapsulate any lingering mold. Below, Pierce and daughter, Gigi Burke, have been displaced from their home since Hurricane Sandy.Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT: VOLUNTEERS START HOME REHABS"
SEA BRIGHT LIGHTS UP NEW WEBSITE
Mark Pappas volunteered his company’s resources to build a new website for the borough. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Sea Bright residents andContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT LIGHTS UP NEW WEBSITE"
SEA BRIGHT ISSUES: LIBRARY, REDEVELOPMENT
Engineer Jackie Flor of T&M Associates discusses the impact on a parking lot paving project necessitated by the demolition of the Sea Bright Public Library. The dormant borough school building,Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT ISSUES: LIBRARY, REDEVELOPMENT"
SEA BRIGHT: LONG MUM ON CHRISTIE
Mayor Dina Long with Governor Chris Christie in Sea Bright last August 28. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD In the midst of theContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: LONG MUM ON CHRISTIE"
By WIL FULTON Post-Sandy challenges continue to pile up for the ravaged beach community of Sea Bright, this time in the form of a school tax hike via the ShoreContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT FACES ‘UNBEARABLE’ TAX HIT"
SEA BRIGHT: DCA’S NUMBERS COME UP SHORT
A Sea Bright home as seen from the sea wall five days after Hurricane Sandy. Borough officials contend the number of severely damaged homes is being underestimated by a stateContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DCA’S NUMBERS COME UP SHORT"
SEA BRIGHT: RECOVERY GETS PERSONAL
Sea Bright Mayor Dina Long, seen rallying her constituents in November, admits the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy has begun to weigh on her. Social services agencies are beginning to addressContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: RECOVERY GETS PERSONAL"
SEA BRIGHT: CHRISTIE WINS DEM’S BACKING
Governor Chris Christie poses with Boondocks Fishery owner Kelly Ryan wearing lobster-claw headgear given out at the Red Bank restaurant. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTONContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: CHRISTIE WINS DEM’S BACKING"
Mayor Dina Long at the annual reorganization of borough government Saturday. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON Though it was an eventful, tumultuous year in thisContinue reading "AMID WRECKAGE, SEA BRIGHT STARTS ANEW"
SEA BRIGHT TO STAY SHUT FOR UP TO 10 DAYS
“Sea Bright is not gone. Sea Bright is you,” Mayor Dina Long, above, tells a packed grandstand at R-FH, below.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD No one willContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT TO STAY SHUT FOR UP TO 10 DAYS"
SEA BRIGHT MAYOR DIVES INTO WORK
Mayor Dina Long up to her ankles after a rainstorm flooded the street outside her home earlier this month. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Right off the bat,Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT MAYOR DIVES INTO WORK"
What happened on election night last week at Sea Bright’s Mad Hatter restaurant, when a former mayor met the incoming one? According to Mayor-elect Dina Long, sparks flew after itContinue reading "MAYORAL SHOUTDOWN IN SEA BRIGHT?"
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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.
SEA BRIGHT: POLAR PLUNGE FOR ST. JAMES, OTHERS
Hundreds braved the wind and sea on Sunday at 1PM in support of St. James Elementary School, and other Catholic schools in the area. The eve ...
RED BANK: RBR CLAIMS TITLE
RED BANK: Watch pure joy as the RBR boys basketball team celebrates its first B North championship in 17 years.