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RED BANK: LIBRARY DIRECTOR CHECKS OUT
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RED BANK: Elizabeth McDermott checks out as library director and gets a proclamation; Barbara Pickell named interim director.
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July 3rd, 2018 @ 9am
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CRAVINGS: A LIBRARIAN’S WEEKLY BENTO
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RED BANK: World-traveler-turned-library director Elizabeth McDermott indulges her craving for bento boxes at Sogo Sushi. But please hold the teriyaki glaze.
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March 8th, 2017 @ 11am
RED BANK: CARL COLMORGEN DIES AT 81
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RED BANK: School crossing guard Carl Colmorgen, known to many for his traffic-stopping holiday headwear, has died at age 81.
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February 2nd, 2023 @ 11am
RED BANK: LIBRARY DIRECTOR TO RETIRE
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RED BANK: After a career pivot, a tumultuous chapter and the restoration of calm, library director McDermott announces plan to retire.
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May 11th, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: RBC YEARBOOKS TO BE DIGITIZED
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RED BANK: First Red Bank High, now Red Bank Catholic; borough library expands its effort to convert high school yearbooks to digital format.
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March 9th, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: ARTISTS HONOR ONE OF THEIR OWN
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RED BANK: Local artists are auctioning off their own work to fund a bench overlooking the Navesink in honor one of their own.
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September 25th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: LIBRARY MARKS PAST, EYES FUTURE
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RED BANK: The library celebrates 80 years in its home with a day of events that includes town tours and the reopening of the shuttered history room.
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May 16th, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: COUNTY LIBRARY COSTS WEIGHED
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Trustees of the library say local taxpayers would still have to foot the cost of the borough facility on West Front Street, above, with access to fewer resources from Monmouth County. (PhotoContinue reading "RED BANK: COUNTY LIBRARY COSTS WEIGHED"
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April 26th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: EISNERS PLEDGE $50K TO LIBRARY
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Through his foundation, former Disney CEO Michael Eisner below, has pledged $50,000 to the library that bears his family’s name. (Photo above by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) (Press releaseContinue reading "RED BANK: EISNERS PLEDGE $50K TO LIBRARY"
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January 26th, 2016 @ 5am
Collectibles can be appraised, and records preserved, during a daylong event at the library. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) History and nostalgia will mix and mingle at the RedContinue reading "RED BANK: ANTIQUES & DIGITIZATION @RBPL"
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October 9th, 2015 @ 2pm
RED BANK: LIBRARY ADDS MORE HOURS
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Continuing its recovery from a period of shrinkage, the Red Bank Public Library will add seven hours to its weekly operations starting July 6. The West Front Street facility willContinue reading "RED BANK: LIBRARY ADDS MORE HOURS"
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June 29th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: OLD YEARBOOKS GET PIXELATED
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A screengrab of a “popularity poll” page in the 1956 Red Bank High School yearbook. And hey, do you recognize the graduate shown below? (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RED BANK: OLD YEARBOOKS GET PIXELATED"
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May 20th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: FOUR MAYORS… AND SOME FRIENDS
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The first-ever Red Bank Mayor’s Charity Ball brought together three ex-mayors, the current one and some 250 of their friends at the Oyster Point Hotel Friday night. Among those inContinue reading "RED BANK: FOUR MAYORS… AND SOME FRIENDS"
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May 4th, 2015 @ 7am
RED BANK: COUNCIL OKS NEW HIRE
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In a budget presentation, library director Elizabeth McDermott said the institution had recovered from events that “devastated” it in 2014. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: COUNCIL OKS NEW HIRE"
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April 23rd, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK: LIBRARY AVERTS PREDICTED CRISIS
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Dire forecasts made by library board members who resigned a year ago have not panned out, officials say. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) [Article updated with post-publicationContinue reading "RED BANK: LIBRARY AVERTS PREDICTED CRISIS"
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March 30th, 2015 @ 8am
RED BANK: A GATHERING OF MAYORS
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The three living former mayors of Red Bank — Benedict Nicosia, Michael Arnone and Ed McKenna — join Mayor Pasquale Menna as guests of honor at the first annual Mayor’sContinue reading "RED BANK: A GATHERING OF MAYORS"
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March 19th, 2015 @ 6am
RED BANK: A ‘TRAILBLAZER’ GETS HER DUE
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Descendants of Katharine Elkus White and local officials at Friday’s dedication of the roadway in Marine Park to the late mayor and ambassador. White, seen below in 1948. (Photo aboveContinue reading "RED BANK: A ‘TRAILBLAZER’ GETS HER DUE"
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November 17th, 2014 @ 8am
RED BANK: LIBRARY MAY RESTORE SATURDAYS
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The resumption of Saturday service is expected to occur as early as this weekend, officials said. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Moving toContinue reading "RED BANK: LIBRARY MAY RESTORE SATURDAYS"
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September 30th, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: GRID STARS OF OLD
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Photos of Red Bank High School football players, coaches and cheerleaders from the 1940s and ’50s give the lobby display case at borough hall a distinctly autumnal feel. The exhibit,Continue reading "RED BANK: GRID STARS OF OLD"
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September 12th, 2014 @ 3pm
RBR SENIOR IN TOUCH WITH HISTORY
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Red Bank Regional senior and Red Bank resident Kayla Williams is currently working on an oral history project, in alliance with the Red Bank Library.   Press release from RedContinue reading "RBR SENIOR IN TOUCH WITH HISTORY"
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September 3rd, 2014 @ 6am
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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.

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