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RED BANK: Borough settles lawsuit alleging racial and gender bias against former parks & rec head Memone Crystian for $175,000.
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RED BANK: EX-REC HEAD ALLEGES RACISM
RED BANK: Former parks & rec head Memone Crystian files suit against borough alleging racial discrimination by former administrator and councilman.
"Too easy," Alicia Woods says of last week's Where Have I Seen This? "Covered sign on the closed Exxon station on Branch Ave. across from the train station in Little Silver." Indeed it is, as readers Memone Crystian, Jenn Woods,...
RED BANK: PARTISAN ‘VENGEANCE’ ALLEGED
RED BANK: Ousted Housing Authority chairwoman alleges political payback for non-reappointment; Triggiano denies it.
LITTLE SILVER: RBR DREAMERS REGAIN STATUS
LITTLE SILVER: Reversing vote that sparked community outrage, RBR board restores funding for a immigrants' advocacy student group.
RED BANK: CENSURED, GREGORY QUITS RBHA
RED BANK: Gregory resigns from housing authority after censure he calls 'retaliatory.' He's the second Republican to quit in a year.
RED BANK: CENTER BACKERS RALLY AGAIN
RED BANK: Invoking the specter of 'apartments' on site, Senior Center backers press for repairs, and drown out a dissenter, at rally.
RED BANK: WHAT’S ON COUNCIL AGENDA
RED BANK: Here's what's on the agenda, and what's not, when the council holds a regular session via Zoom Wednesday evening.
RED BANK: COUNCIL WRAP
RED BANK: Once again, council moves quickly through a light agenda, this time after Menna holds a last-minute informal session. Here's a wrap.
RED BANK: HOUSING UPGRADES PROMISED
RED BANK: Residents of Evergreen Terrace and Montgomery Terrace assured of rent stability as housing authority plans change in funding model.
RED BANK: MEET THE NEW DEPARTMENT HEADS
Cliff Keen, above, is the new director of public utilities, and Charlie Hoffmann, below, runs parks and rec. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD RecentContinue reading "RED BANK: MEET THE NEW DEPARTMENT HEADS"
RED BANK: BURNHAM BLASTS PARK DELAY
The clay tennis courts at Marine Park as seen last month. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Five months after three proposals were submitted, theContinue reading "RED BANK: BURNHAM BLASTS PARK DELAY"
RED BANK: REC DIRECTOR QUITS
Memone Crystian with Red Bank Little Leaguers in 2010. Tamila Bumback, below, will head the department on an interim basis. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank’sContinue reading "RED BANK: REC DIRECTOR QUITS"
RED BANK: DEMS GET PRICKLY OVER BALLOONS
Legos with legs were among the parade participants who accepted GOP balloons from candidate Linda Schwabenbauer, below. (Photo above by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD AContinue reading "RED BANK: DEMS GET PRICKLY OVER BALLOONS"
RED BANK: CRITICS HOSE SPRAYGROUND PLAN
Kathleen Gasienica, an environmentalist and next-door neighbor to the nature area, brought a boatload of visuals to bolster her critique of the plan. Borough Engineer Christine Ballard showed a photoContinue reading "RED BANK: CRITICS HOSE SPRAYGROUND PLAN"
RED BANK: PARK IT HERE SUMMER NIGHTS
A full slate of movies, music and workouts is scheduled for Riverside Gardens Park, but minus a songwriters’ series.  (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON DespiteContinue reading "RED BANK: PARK IT HERE SUMMER NIGHTS"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
As we enter the final week of winter 2012-2013 – yes! – a little taste of things to come for those who don’t mind spoiling a good walk, as MarkContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
Installers laid down rubber pellets as the base for the new artificial turf at Count Basie Fields in January. (Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON With the first day ofContinue reading "RED BANK REC GEARS UP FOR SPRING"
RED BANK: CLEAN COMEDY ON A BLUE RIVER
LAST COMIC STANDING semifinalist Erin Jackson, top, headlines Red Bank’s first-ever Comedy in the Park event, while (L-R) Tim Belford, emcee Chris Covert and Matt Perkins set the stage forContinue reading "RED BANK: CLEAN COMEDY ON A BLUE RIVER"
BATTER UP! BUT WHERE ARE THE GIRLS?
Lucas Sileno, 8, played catch with his dad, Phil, below, as Red Bank fifth- and sixth-graders faced off in an opening-day game Saturday. (Photos by Danielle Tepper. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "BATTER UP! BUT WHERE ARE THE GIRLS?"
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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 ...
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.