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VIRTUAL: RALLY FOR THE TWO RIVERS
VIRTUAL: Rally for the Navesink to host Zoom session that includes information about "Greener Blue," the pumpout boat that services the Navesink River.
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
RED BANK: DEP SAYS RIVERS SAFE FOR HUMANS
RED BANK: Recreational use of Navesink and Shrewsbury is safe despite massive, putrid fish die-off, environmental scientists say.
RUMSON: NAVESINK QUALITY IMPROVES
RUMSON: After a bacteria crisis, Navesink is showing "rapid" improvement in water quality, with possible reopening of shellfish beds a year earlier than expected, state DEP says.
VIRTUAL: RALLY FOR THE TWO RIVERS
RUMSON: Rally for the Navesink hosts a virtual session with updates from around the Two Rivers watershed and tips on gardening and wildlife.
RED BANK: RIVER BACTERIA SOURCES LOCATED
RED BANK: Officials from the 'Rally for the Navesink' collaborate celebrate success in finding a significant source of river bacteria on Marion Street.
RUMSON: RALLY ‘ROUND THE NAVESINK
RUMSON: Rally for the Navesink seeks volunteer water monitors, at a Thursday night forum.
RED BANK: Better understanding of the sources of bacterial contamination prompts restart of kids' boating program suspended last summer.
FAIR HAVEN: NAVESINK RALLY RESUMES
FAIR HAVEN: An effort dubbed Rally for Navesink series continues tonight with discussions of oyster beds and safe boat waste disposal.
NAVESINK: BACTERIAL HOTSPOTS IDENTIFIED
RED BANK: Bacteria-sniffing dogs ID hotspots here and in Fair Haven as possible sources of human waste bacteria that's winding up in the Navesink River.
RED BANK: RIVER CONTAMINATION UPDATE SET
RED BANK: Teaching kids "watershed mindfulness," plus the findings of bacteria-sniffing dogs, mark agenda for the final Rally for the Navesink of 2016.
ON THE GREEN: Free public talks in Rumson and Fair Haven will update residents on ways to help keep the Navesink River clean and healthy, October 18 and 20.
RED BANK: JUST A COUPLE OF WORKING SNIFFS
RED BANK: Bacteria-sniffing dogs used to track contamination in the Navesink give a demo of their methods in a hospital conference room.
RED BANK: BRING IN THE BACTERIA SNIFFERS
RED BANK: Meet the dogs who'll be used to help source-track bacteria in the Navesink.
RED BANK: CLEAN NAVESINK PLAN URGED
RED BANK: Environmental and sporting groups urge action on Navesink contamination.
RUMSON: CLINGING JELLYFISH GONE FOR NOW?
RUMSON: Sea nettles may have eaten this year's bloom of highly toxic clinging jellyfish. But no one knows when they might be back.
RUMSON: DOGS ENLISTED IN RIVER CLEANUP
RUMSON: Dogs have been called in to help track sources of fecal coliform in the Navesink.
RUMSON: NAVESINK POLLUTION ON AGENDA
RUMSON: Clean Ocean Action plans a public discussion next week on the Navesink River shellfish ban due to pollution.
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MANTIS HANGIN’ DOWNTOWN
A mantis seems to be saying, “shh, don’t tell them I’m here” as it hangs under an eave on White Street with a pair o ...
SUNDAY MORNING BOLLARD CRASH
No stranger to being awoken by an early morning bollard strike, redbankgreen reader and Broad St. resident Steven Sickles submitted this Par ...
SOUPY SAILING
Sailboats out there in all that fog and rain on the Navesink River Wednesday. (Photo by Partyline contributor James Barnett)
SMOKY WHO?
Smokey Bear has nothing on Red Bank Fire Department First Deputy Chief Frank Woods as he delivers the straight dope on fire prevention to ca ...
HAZY DAYS INDEED
View of the Navesink River, taken from New Jersey Transit Coastline Train #3320 Friday morning. Photo by Partyline contributor Karly Swaim
RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
A midsummer evening thunderstorm and a rainbow. Does it get any better? This rainbow appeared over Red Bank after Friday evening’s sho ...
MEANWHILE, ON THE DARK SIDE OF RED BANK
Away from the lights and crowds of Broadwalk, Darth Vader was seen hanging just a couple of blocks down in Red Bank’s second best park ...
PARKLETTING BEGINS
Construction began Monday morning on a “parklet” on Monmouth Street near the intersection with Broad. You can read more about wh ...
NOT SO SCARY
Twenty times? Fifty times? How many times did we drive by this home on the corner of River Street and Shrewsbury and do a double take before ...
LOCAL 9 TAKE TROPHY
After a long hot two days of baseball, the Red Bank area-based Jersey Shore Raiders emerged as champions of the United States Amateur Baseba ...
RHAPSODY ON ICE
RED BANK: On a cool-ish summer evening, keyboardist NGXB entertained customers of Strollo's Italian Ice with renderings of 'Bohemian Rhapsod ...
PUDDLE BE GONE
A work crew was out this week attacking the site of the notoriously persistent puddle at the corner of Broad and Mechanic Streets. This phot ...
SMALLS FOR MAYOR?
We at redbankgreen remain neutral in political affairs and never make endorsements. But we have to say Borough Clerk Laura Reinertsen’ ...
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 ...