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RED BANK: WEST SIDE LEAD PIPE PLAN OK’D
RED BANK: Council authorizes massive, decade-long effort to identify and replace lead water lines, starting this year on the West Side.
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
RED BANK: Borough residents and businesses may smell chlorine in water coming out of their taps starting next week. Here's why.
RED BANK: DPU HEAD OUSTED
RED BANK: Unlisted on agenda, no terms revealed, no discussion: council fires DPU director, brings back his predecessor at $16,500 a month.
SHREWSBURY: MAIN BREAK PROMPTS DETOURS
SHREWSBURY: Water main break slowing traffic at a primary entry point to Red Bank Tuesday morning. Detours expected until evening.
RED BANK: Debt refinancing and tweaks to a committee's name and aims stand out on a light agenda when the council meets Wednesday night.
RED BANK: YOUR CAPTION HERE…
RED BANK: What's Going On Here at East Front and High streets? redbankgreen has the answer... but we're open to alternate captions.
RED BANK: RAILFANS SAVOR FREIGHT CHANGE
RED BANK: Change in freight haulers brings railfans to crossing here, where they document 'rolling history' – and maybe even give chase.
LITTLE SILVER: RIDGE ROAD OAKS CUT DOWN
LITTLE SILVER: Monmouth County cuts down 17 oak trees along Ridge Road in front of Red Bank Regional High.
RED BANK: LAWN-WATERING RESTRICTED
RED BANK: Amid the hottest stretch of weather this year, New Jersey American Water issues 'mandatory' odd/even lawn-watering restrictions.
RED BANK: Sparks fly as Zipprich leads move to terminate borough attorney and replace him with one who "exonerated" him of wrongdoing.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE OPENS ON BROAD
RED BANK: Sinkhole damages car parked in streetscape construction zone, and sanitary sewer fails on Tower Hill.
RED BANK: ZIPPRICH DERIDES ‘SMEAR’ WAR
RED BANK: Following "exoneration" of contract interference allegation, Zipprich derides two-year "smear campaign" mean to "dehumanize" him.
RED BANK: Lawyer hired by council finds no evidence of trash contract interference by Zipprich; says Shehady was like the source of leaked emails.
RED BANK: BROADWALK PANEL FORMED
RED BANK: Sidewalk work underway as Menna appoints Broadwalk committee.
RED BANK: COUNCIL SPARS OVER BROADWALK
RED BANK: With Broadwalk dining plaza expected to return mid-July, Democrats clash over membership of restart committee.
RED BANK: BROADWALK MAY RETURN IN JULY
RED BANK: With streetscape project still incomplete, council gives informal approval for a third season of Broadwalk dining plaza, though not before mid-July.
RED BANK: COUNCIL OKS MAIN, TIE-IN COSTS
RED BANK: Council approves $1.3M water line not originally included in Broad Street dig; town will eat connection costs landlords had feared.
RED BANK: LEAK SLOWS BROAD STREET ANEW
RED BANK: After complaints prompt suspension of sewer line construction on Broad Street, crew returns Thursday to fix a water leak.
RED BANK: BROAD STREET WORK PAUSED
RED BANK: Borough pauses work on Broad Street sewer line two days earlier than planned following complaints about Christmas traffic disruption.
RED BANK: COUNCIL WRAPS UP 2021
RED BANK: Council wraps 2021 with PBA contract, a plan to recombine workshop and regular sessions, a new used Tesla, and praise for a departing colleague.
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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.