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RED BANK: PARKING COMPLIANCE ‘BETTER’
RED BANK: Chief cites "better" compliance with storm-based parking law as only 33 tickets are issued, a fraction of those in recent storms.
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RED BANK: BLIZZARD PROMPTS PARKING BAN
RED BANK: With 24-hour blizzard in forecast, police remind residents of mandate to remove all vehicles from borough streets.
RED BANK: With first snowfall of 2022 in the forecast, police warn of possible tickets and towing for vehicles left on borough streets.
RED BANK: Shehady floats idea of $200+ tickets for snow parking as chief cites nose-thumbing at ordinance. But Triggiano says "no way" to steep hike.
RED BANK: SNOW PARKING COMPLIANCE CITED
RED BANK: Chief cites improved compliance with parking law as half as many tickets are issued in Sunday snowfall versus last week's storm.
RED BANK: WITHIN THE STORM, A TICKET BLITZ
RED BANK: Police issued a near-record number of parking violations during the snowstorm that began Sunday, redbankgreen has learned.
RED BANK: STORM BRINGS TICKET BLITZ II
RED BANK: This week's snowstorm came with a second blitz of parking tickets for vehicles left on borough streets, police tell redbankgreen.
RED BANK: EARLY BIRDS GET THE… CHILLS
The annual Presidents’ Day ticket sale at Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre, with ducats for a host of shows available for $10 each, drew its usual waiting line in spiteContinue reading "RED BANK: EARLY BIRDS GET THE… CHILLS"
RED BANK: NO TICKETS ISSUED OVERNIGHT
A Red Bank snow plow navigates around parked cars on Madison Avenue shortly before 9 a.m. Thursday. Police Chief Darren McConnell says no tickets were issued for overnight parking violationsContinue reading "RED BANK: NO TICKETS ISSUED OVERNIGHT"
A “capias warrant” for the arrest of Sean Di Somma was issued and is still in effect, a spokesman for the city of Dallas told redbankgreen late Friday afternoon, addingContinue reading "DALLAS SAYS DI SOMMA IS WARRANT SUBJECT"
RED BANK: DEMS GO TO AUDIO ON DI SOMMA
Sean Di Somma at the NAACP candidates’ forum Thursday night. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Keeping alive a controversy that ignited Thursday, the head of Monmouth County’s DemocraticContinue reading "RED BANK: DEMS GO TO AUDIO ON DI SOMMA"
Red Bank council candidate Sean Di Somma tells redbankgreen that no warrant was ever issued for his arrest for running a stop sign in Dallas almost three years ago, contraryContinue reading "DI SOMMA: DEMS LIED. ‘THERE IS NO WARRANT’"
RED BANK: DEMS FLAG DI SOMMA WARRANT
A long-dormant Red Bank election season erupted in finger-pointing Thursday as Democrats accused Republican newcomer Sean DiSomma of ducking an arrest warrant over a traffic violation in Texas two yearsContinue reading "RED BANK: DEMS FLAG DI SOMMA WARRANT"
SHREWSBURY: MAN TICKETED FOR DOG-IN-CAR
Police questioning Ralph Prisco after several shoppers reported he’d left his dog in a hot car Monday. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON A Bronx manContinue reading "SHREWSBURY: MAN TICKETED FOR DOG-IN-CAR"
BURNHAM TICKETED FOR COVE TEAR-OUT
Cindy Burnham at Maple Cove in 2008. (Click to enlarge) Controversial Maple Cove activist Cindy Burnham is headed to Red Bank municipal court after being issued a summons for allegedlyContinue reading "BURNHAM TICKETED FOR COVE TEAR-OUT"
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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.
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."