Tag: Red Bank

  • Lunch Break’s 2022 toy giveaway offers hope for the holidays

    Lunch Break’s 2022 toy giveaway offers hope for the holidays

    RED BANK — It was beginning to look a lot like the North Pole as dozens of elves turned Tower Hill First Presbyterian Church in Red Bank into Santa’s workshop on Dec. 10. The halls were filled with toys, stuffed animals, musical instruments and holiday presents, welcoming hundreds of financially insecure families as they browsed…

  • Institute of Jazz Studies shares digital archive of Count Basie papers

    Institute of Jazz Studies shares digital archive of Count Basie papers

    For the first time, artifacts and papers from the Institute of Jazz Studies voluminous Count Basie collection are publicly available through an online data base and small exhibition, providing a window into the jazz giant’s life and times. The institute, based at Rutgers University-Newark, is the largest jazz archive in the world and the collection…

  • Middletown, Red Bank to receive Safe Streets to Transit funding

    Middletown, Red Bank to receive Safe Streets to Transit funding

    Gov. Phil Murphy has announced funding to expand access to safe transportation and enhance areas around public transit facilities across the state. The awards total more than $24 million across three programs as part of Murphy’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget. Funding for the Local Aid and Economic Development Grants line item increased by nearly 50%…

  • Red Bank council dedicates park pavilion to late planning board chairman

    Red Bank council dedicates park pavilion to late planning board chairman

    RED BANK — The members of the Red Bank Borough Council have dedicated the pavilion at East Side Park, Mechanic Street, to resident John Cash, who died in 2017. According to a resolution the council members passed during a recent meeting, Cash was a member of the Planning Board for 20 years and served as…

  • DePaul defeats Red Bank Catholic, 19-17, to win Non-Public B state title

    DePaul defeats Red Bank Catholic, 19-17, to win Non-Public B state title

    EAST RUTHERFORD — History and redemption were on the line in a rematch of the 2021 NJSIAA Non-Public B state football championship game when Red Bank Catholic High School and DePaul Catholic High School met in the 2022 title game on Nov. 25 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. The Caseys of Red Bank were…

  • Two more entities seeking cannabis business licenses in Red Bank

    Two more entities seeking cannabis business licenses in Red Bank

    RED BANK — Members of the Red Bank Borough Council have passed two resolutions which acknowledge that entities known as Divine Garden, LLC, and 918 RB, LLC, have each proposed operating a permitted cannabis business in town. The resolutions acknowledge that Divine Garden, LLC’s, and 918 RB, LLC’s, proposals would not exceed the municipal limit…

  • Holiday wine festival set for Count Basie Center in Red Bank on Dec. 4

    Holiday wine festival set for Count Basie Center in Red Bank on Dec. 4

    Six of New Jersey’s finest wineries plus holiday vendors, artisans and entertainers are set for Cheers! A Holiday Wine Festival which will take place at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank on Dec. 4. Tickets for the 21-and-over event, to be held throughout the Count Basie Center complex, are on sale…

  • Eatontown, Red Bank, Tinton Falls school board election results

    Eatontown, Red Bank, Tinton Falls school board election results

    Residents in Eatontown, Red Bank and Tinton Falls have elected members of their local school boards in the 2022 general election. The results of the Nov. 8 election will remain unofficial until they have been certified, which had not occurred as of Nov. 15. The results are reported at Monmouth County Votes, which is posted…

  • Eatontown – Red Bank – Rumson 2022 municipal election results

    Eatontown – Red Bank – Rumson 2022 municipal election results

    Residents in Eatontown, Red Bank and Rumson have elected members of their local governing body in the Nov. 8 general election. The results of the 2022 election are unofficial as of Nov. 9 and will remain unofficial until they have been certified. That process could take one week or longer. According to the Monmouth County…