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RED BANK & FAIR HAVEN: SPCA TAKES OVER
RED BANK & FAIR HAVEN: Effective Thursday, calls for animal control services from both towns are being handled by the Monmouth County SPCA.
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RED BANK: DUCKLINGS FOUND IN OFFICE SPACE
RED BANK: One last call for animal control officer Perez: ducklings found in a Broad Street office building, with mother nowhere in sight.
RED BANK: On the council agenda this week: the annual budget, a new redevelopment agency head, plastic film recycling, animal control and more.
RED BANK: ANIMAL JOB ENDANGERED
RED BANK: Animal control officer's job appears doomed; borough "is not not a pest control company," says McConnell, citing non-emergencies.
RED BANK: ANIMAL SERVICE BACK ON AGENDA
RED BANK: On council's workshop agenda: a change that would cost residents $90 an hour to remove wild animals from inside homes. That's now free.
RED BANK: WHAT’S ON AGENDA, AND NOT
RED BANK: On the council agenda: animal control change on hold; Saxum seeks new site designation; charter study measure advancing and more.
RED BANK: Council to vote Wednesday on eliminating in-house animal control service in switch to SPCA. Residents say response times will suffer.
RED BANK: ANIMAL OPERATION ON THE BLOCK
RED BANK: Council looking into eliminating in-house animal control service in switch to SPCA. Residents say personal service will suffer.
RED BANK: BIRD DELIVERY, ON THE CHEEP
RED BANK: FedEx driver finds himself carrying an unusual package: a bird that flew into his truck and hid under the dashboard.
FAIR HAVEN: A raccoon that got into a scrape with a resident's dog last month turned out to have rabies, redbankgreen has learned.
RED BANK: SMALL SURPRISE UNDER THE HOOD
RED BANK: Found under the hood of a Volvo in for servicing Tuesday morning: three newborn squirrels.
SHREWSBURY: BABY TURTLES GET AN ASSIST
SHREWSBURY: A dozen newly hatched snapping turtles make their debut in a gravel parking lot, then get an assist to the nearby creek.
RED BANK: LOST DOG? PUP BEGS TO DIFFER
RED BANK: 'Lost' puppy found near Broad Street refuses to get in borough van, shows animal control officer where she lives.
FAIR HAVEN: DETERMINED TURTLES GET ASSIST
FAIR HAVEN: A female turtle determined to cross Ridge Road to lay her eggs got an assist earlier this week. So did two others.
RED BANK: PARAKEET FOUND
RED BANK: Did you lose a parakeet?
RED BANK: ORPHANED OPOSSUMS SAVED
RED BANK: Baby opossums taken for care after their mother is killed.
RED BANK: MIFFED TORTOISE MISSING
A Red Bank family is asking for helping finding an exotic tortoise that went missing Tuesday. “It’s mating season, and the male apparently got a little too aggressive,” prompting theContinue reading "RED BANK: MIFFED TORTOISE MISSING"
SHREWSBURY: FIFTH DOG RESCUED
A Wheaten Terrier-mix puppy at the Associated Humane Societies facility in Tinton Falls Friday morning, shortly after his rescue in Shrewsbury. (Click to enlarge) The last of five possibly abandonedContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: FIFTH DOG RESCUED"
SHREWSBURY: PUPPY DUMPING SUSPECTED
Three of the four puppies captured Tuesday morning took temporary shelter in a drainage pipe. A fifth escaped. (Click to enlarge) Shrewsbury authorities are searching for the owners of fiveContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: PUPPY DUMPING SUSPECTED"
Some of the makeshift housing created for a colony of cats behind a preschool in Shrewsbury, as seen last July. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Two women wereContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: PAIR GUILTY IN WILD CAT CASE"
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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.