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RED BANK: MIDDLE SCHOOL GROUNDS GET MAKEOVER
RED BANK: Work begins on a running/walking track, pickleball courts, basketball courts and a gazebo behind the Red Bank Middle School. (click to read)
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RED BANK: COUNCIL MEETING STINKS
RED BANK: This is what democracy looks (and, maybe, smells) like: a water rate hike, moments of silence, and a weird exchange about body odor.
RED BANK: SEWAGE MAIN FIXED
A 30-inch sewer main that had been sending raw sewage into the Navesink River has been repaired, but questions remain over water quality.
RED BANK WEEKEND PICKS: CLASSIC CARS, JAZZ
Annual classic car show takes over White Street lot and jazz galore among redbankgreen's weekend picks.
RED BANK: SEWAGE SPILL THREATENS RIVER
RED BANK: Contractors for a train station redevelopment project hit a major sewer line, sending sewage into the storm drains, officials said. Click for more.
RED BANK: POLICE PROBE HOMICIDE
Police say an early morning shooting left a man dead on the sidewalk and another injured. (click to read)
RED BANK: PIANO MAN MOVES ON, CAFE OPENS, TWINS OPEN HANDBAG SHOP
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a new Italian cafe opens, twin sisters from Tanzania open a clothing/handbag shop and a longtime Piano biz moves out.
POLE DOWN
Utility pole falls on English Plaza shop Forge after being struck by SUV shortly before noon. No injuries reported, though 86-year-old driver is said to be shaken up.
RED BANK: FED UP AIRBNB OWNER PACKS IT IN
RED BANK: Neighbors complained of loud parties. Code enforcement wrote tickets. The Borough Council re-wrote the laws. Now, an Airbnb owner is selling his home out of frustration. (click for more)
RED BANK: PERSISTENT PUDDLE
RED BANK: It's pool of water that never really goes away. What's Going On Here? Fifteen months in the life of a downtown puddle, in photos.
RED BANK: EX MAYOR MICHAEL ARNONE DIES
RED BANK: Former mayor and longtime Republican Assemblyman Michael Arnone has died. (click to read)
WEEKEND PICKS: WOMEN’S SOCCER, JAZZ VIOLIN AND MORE
From Jazz to soccer, Redbankgreen's picks of things do for the (sort of) Fourth of July weekend.
RED BANK THROWBACK: 1983’s “WORST FIREWORKS EVER”
Throwbacks feature looks back at 1983, when a fireworks barge exploded in the Navesink River mid display. (click to read)
RED BANK: FAMILY DISPLACED BY CONDO FIRE
RED BANK: Family displaced and pet cat is killed as fire breaks out in their Ambassador Drive home. (click to read)
CONDO FIRE FOUGHT
RED BANK: Volunteer firefighters were on the scene of a condo fire in the Elkridge complex on Ambassador Drive Tuesday night. (Click for more.)
RED BANK: MARINE PARK REMAKE BEGINS
RED BANK: Workers have begun a long awaited remake of Marine Park on the Navesink River.
RED BANK: DENHOLTZ AIMS FOR ‘DENSE’ TRANSIT VILLAGE
RED BANK: As the town plans a public workshop on transit village, developer says "it needs to be dense" with housing.
RED BANK: SYMPHONY AND CACOPHONY ON THE RIVER
RED BANK: The NJ Symphony Orchestra performs in one park, while pro-Palestine protesters march in another, Presidential security blanketing it all. (click to read)
RED BANK: VOGEL RUNWAY GETS PUNKED
RED BANK: Two downtown clothing boutiques fill the Vogel with eye popping sustainable punk fashions and their screaming fans.
RED BANK: COUNCIL SWALLOWS “HARD TRUTH” ON WATER RATES
Red Bank council members call water rate hike painful but necessary - and better than privatization. (click to read)
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CRASH ON LEIGHTON
The driver of this car was headed north on Leighton Avenue when they it hit an SUV pulling a work trailer headed in south in the opposing la ...
CAR VS STREET SIGN
The driver of this Mercedes hopped the curb and toppled the street sign at the corner of South Pearl and Drs. James Parker Boulevard Wednesd ...
SKETCHES OF RED BANK BY LOCAL ARTIST MICHAEL WHITE
Sketches of Red Bank scenes have been floating around on social media and we thought they deserved some spotlight. First appearing in our fe ...
POLE DOWN
Utility pole falls on English Plaza shop Forge after being struck by SUV shortly before noon. No injuries reported, though 86-year-old drive ...
YO, ADRIAN!
It’s a tough turn for our hero as Rocky Balboa is relegated to the curb for trash pickup on Locust Avenue. We’ll have to go back ...
“EL PALOMO” IS IN THE HOUSE
Jesus Rios, a mariachi singer who performs under the stage name “El Palomo” (The dove) pauses for a moment before entering a bac ...
CROC SPOTTED IN RIVER
Frighteningly hideous and green, a solitary Croc lurked ominously amid the flotsam and foam in the Navesink River alongside the Red Bank Fir ...
KISS ICON REFLECTS ON BROADWALK
A Swarovski crystal-bedazzled self-portrait painting of Paul Stanley, longtime singer and guitarist for the rock band Kiss peers out from a ...
CHISELIN’ AWAY
Marcelo Garcia Lopez works with hammer and chisel on a new feature for his flower garden on Shrewsbury Avenue: a hollow in a carved log in w ...
STORM CLEANUP CONTINUES
  Saturday’s storm sent a tree toppling on this house on Bank Street, damaging the roof. Workers Wednesday could be seen removing ...
SNAPPING IN THE BREEZE
RED BANK: Blustery winds had the flags in Riverside Gardens Park snapping Monday evening.
POWER LINE DOWN
Red Bank firefighters were on scene at Manor Drive dealing with a live power line Monday afternoon. There was no immediate report of fire. T ...
TAR BEACH SOLSTICE
Aldo Quiroz of Ocean Township came ready with his beach chair and found a shady spot to spend his lunch hour in a parking lot off Broad Stre ...
GOING GREY
Workers painting the stone facade of the PNC Bank at the corner of Broad and Harding Thursday morning. An upgrade? Maybe it’s just pri ...
COFFEE & WILDLIFE
RED BANK: The best wildlife show in town can be taken in from a waterfront bench outside the public library, and it's totally free.
FAWNING OVER HER BABY
A mother deer and her fawn were spotted between a row of garages on Hudson Avenue and some trees alongside the Broad Street parking lots. Re ...
EVENING ESCAPE
RED BANK: Sailors in Monmouth Boat Club's weekly racing series found tranquil conditions on the Navesink River Tuesday evening.
PEAK COLOR ON BROAD
RED BANK: A year after they were installed, downtown mini gardens have added to "transformational" improvements, says business owner.
RED BANK: FAIRIES MOVE IN ON WHITE STREET
Red Bank: Girl scouts turns tiny parking lot plot of dirt into a "magical girls sparkle garden."
TRAINING UNDER FIRE
RED BANK: Volunteer firefighters train to cut into pitched roofs under active fire conditions.