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RED BANK: RBC TAKES GIRLS HOOPS CROWN
RED BANK: Red Bank Catholic girls hoops win state championship. Check out video highlights of the big win.
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RED BANK: PICKLEBALL, ANYONE?
RED BANK: With completion of Eastside Park project, borough has its first pickleball courts, to share space with tennis.
RED BANK: PARK TO GET PICKLEBALL COURTS
RED BANK: Tennis courts in Eastside Park will be remade into "hybrid" tennis and pickleball surfaces under plans that advanced last week. 
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: DAL PRA PUTS ‘OUR KIDS’ FIRST
RED BANK: New parks and rec director Dal Pra sets priority for teams using Count Basie Park fields: those with borough kids get first dibs.
RED BANK: DALPRA TO HEAD PARKS & REC
RED BANK: Quickly filling vacancy left by Charlie Hoffmann, council hires former RBR athletic director Louis 'Del' DalPra to run parks & rec department.
LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional to stay on remote schedule at least two more days as "a number of individuals" test COVID-19 positive.
LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional remained closed Monday for in-person instruction following an eleventh-hour change in plans.
LITTLE SILVER: RBR ADDS WEEK TO CLOSURE
LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional now off-limits for in-person instruction through next week over COVID-19 concerns. This time, even sports are cancelled.
LITTLE SILVER: ‘EXPOSURE’ HALTS RBR SPORTS
LITTLE SILVER: One week after scrapping its planned graduation, Red Bank Regional shuts down all sports over another COVID-19 exposure.
LITTLE SILVER: DALPRA RETIRING FROM RBR
LITTLE SILVER: After turning around the sports culture at Red Bank Regional over the past 12 years, Louis 'Del' DalPra is retiring. For real this time, he says.
LITTLE SILVER: TENNIS RETURNS, WITH LIMITS
LITTLE SILVER: Two borough tennis courts reopen, with a host of rules, as first step of a "phased-in approach" to full return.
LITTLE SILVER: RBR REWORKS HEARING PLAN
LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional board scraps plan for "live, in-person" meeting after questions about whether it violated Murphy's "stay home" order.
LITTLE SILVER: RBR SETS IN-PERSON HEARING
LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional High board plans a "live, in-person" meeting Wednesday night, despite Governor Murphy's "stay home" order.
ON THE GREEN: MEETINGS MOVE ONLINE
ON THE GREEN: Local governments and school boards make abrupt change to online meetings in the COVID-19 pandemic. There may be some glitches.
RED BANK: DISTRICT, CHARTER NOW CLOSED
RED BANK: After short holdouts, district and charter schools will close indefinitely Monday, joining the home instruction wave prompted by COVID-19.
RED BANK: SCHOOLS AT ‘LOW RISK,’ STAY OPEN
RED BANK: While neighboring districts close over COVID-19 virus threat, borough schools are "low risk" and will be open Friday, Rumage says.
LITTLE SILVER: District abandons plan announced Wednesday and closes school over COVID-19 concerns after reported "parent response."
RED BANK, LITTLE SILVER, SHREWSBURY: RBR student is 'presumed positive' for COVID-19 virus her brother also has; sending districts opt to stay open.
LITTLE SILVER: Red Bank Regional High announces its COVID-19 shutdown will continue until further notice as instruction goes online Thursday.
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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 ...