RED BANK: DIVERSION PROGRAM LAUNCHED

Sep 5, 2023

Law enforcement and other officials gathered in the municipal courtroom to mark the debut of the program in Red Bank. (MCPONJ photo. Click to enlarge.)

Press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office

By the end of next month, nearly one in every five Monmouth County residents will live in a municipality participating in an innovative program designed to shepherd individuals battling substance abuse and mental health disorders into recovery – and that ratio will only continue to grow in the years to come, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Tuesday.

September 5, 2023 - 1:20 pm |

MIDDLETOWN: RIVERFRONT PARK TO OPEN

Apr 28, 2023

In the works for more than eight years, Swimming River Park in the River Plaza section of Middletown is set to make its official debut Monday.

April 28, 2023 - 12:45 pm |

RED BANK: THIEF PEPPER-SPRAYS JEWELERS

Apr 5, 2023

The thief fled Leonardo Jewelers Tuesday afternoon, chased by the owner. (Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

A Red Bank jeweler was pepper-sprayed by a thief after he chased her down and caught her a block away from his store, police said Wednesday.

A store employee was also attacked with the irritant, police said.

April 5, 2023 - 4:20 pm |

LITTLE SILVER: RIDGE ROAD OAKS CUT DOWN

Aug 31, 2022

Seventeen oak trees on Ridge Road in Little Silver were cut down this week by a contractor for Monmouth County.

August 31, 2022 - 7:40 am |

RED BANK: ROBBERY, ARSON CHARGED

Jul 28, 2022

By JOHN T. WARD

A Red Bank man was arrested on charges he set three fires in the borough and robbed a Little Silver pharmacy in a 12-hour spree earlier this week.

Anthony Sambogna, 24, was arrested without incident on Branch Avenue in Little Silver Tuesday afternoon, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said in a press release Thursday.

July 28, 2022 - 5:36 pm |

RED BANK: YASSIN CHARGED WITH THEFT

May 9, 2022

Then-Councilman Hazim Yassin at a Red Bank Education Foundation fundraiser at the Red Bank Elks Club in 2018. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Former Red Bank Councilman Hazim Yassin has been charged with stealing more than $7,600 from the Red Bank Borough Education Foundation, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office said Monday.

May 9, 2022 - 5:00 pm |

SANDY HOOK: MAN FOUND GUILTY OF ATTACK

Mar 3, 2022

The assault occurred in a car parked at Gateway National Recreation Area at Sandy Hook, authorities alleged. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

A Hudson County man was found guilty of sexual assault on a woman at Sandy Hook almost two years ago, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced Thursday.

March 3, 2022 - 12:20 pm |

VIRUS UPDATE: RBR ON REMOTE, BOROUGH NOT

Jan 4, 2022

Students and staff at Red Bank Regional are scheduled begin 2022 in remote mode Tuesday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank borough schools will be open Tuesday, but the regional high school in Little Silver will go remote as shifting approaches to a surging COVID-19 virus arrived with the new year.

January 4, 2022 - 7:30 am |

VIRUS UPDATE: SCHOOLS SCRAMBLE AGAIN

Jan 3, 2022

The trend in lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases for three towns since November 1. (redbankgreen chart from Monmouth County data. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Sharp increases in COVID-19 cases scrambled schedules for some Red Bank-area schools as they emerged from their year-end 2021 breaks Monday.

Here’s a rundown.

January 3, 2022 - 6:15 am |

RED BANK: THREE INDICTED ON SEX CHARGES

Aug 30, 2021

Three men have been indicted for alleged sex crimes against a minor at two Red Bank restaurants where they worked, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday.

August 30, 2021 - 11:28 am |

LITTLE SILVER: O’SCANLON DEMANDS APOLOGY

Jul 19, 2021

State Senator Declan O’Scanlon in Red Bank in May. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

New Jersey state Senator Declan O’Scanlon accused Twitter of “Orwellian” behavior after the social media giant banned him over a three-week-old tweet Saturday.

July 19, 2021 - 7:45 am |

VIRUS UPDATES: STATE VAX TOTAL TOPS 6M

Apr 19, 2021

Governor Phil Murphy thanked VNA healthcare providers during a tour of the Red Bank YMCA Friday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

New Jersey’s COVID-19 vaccine program has now administered more than 6 million doses since it began December 15, Governor Phil Murphy said Monday. More →

April 19, 2021 - 4:10 pm |

VIRUS UPDATE: MONMOUTH DEATHS TOP 1,300

Mar 10, 2021

More than 90 individuals braved a cold rain for COVID-19 vaccinations at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Red Bank February 27. (Photo courtesy of Pilgrim Baptist Church. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

New Jersey averaged 65 COVID-19 deaths per day over the past year, Governor Phil Murphy said Wednesday, as he noted the one-year anniversary of the first.

In that time, Monmouth County has lost more than 1,300 residents to a pandemic now being battled with a trio of vaccines. More →

March 10, 2021 - 2:45 pm |

VIRUS: MONMOUTH DEATHS HIT 1,200

Feb 8, 2021

Atrium resident Audrey Haimowitz receiving a vaccine shot Friday. (Photo courtesy of Springpoint Senior Living. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Amid rising numbers of vaccine shots statewide, Monmouth County recorded its 1,200th death from COVID-19, the New Jersey Health Department reported Monday.

The grim milestone was passed as a Red Bank senior facility reported three more pandemic-related fatalities, though all three victims were considered to have recovered from the virus, a representative said.

February 8, 2021 - 3:30 pm |

RED BANK: PARKER TO PROVIDE VACCINES

Feb 3, 2021

The Parker Family Health Center in Red Bank will begin administering about 100 doses per week of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine starting Thursday, according to an announcement by the Monmouth County Board of Commissioners (formerly known as Freeholders).

February 3, 2021 - 3:30 pm |

VIRUS: TWO MORE ATRIUM DEATHS REPORTED

Jan 21, 2021

Patrons dining in pandemic bubbles outside Red Rock Tap + Grill in Red Bank earlier this month. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Two more residents of the Atrium at Navesink Harbor in Red Bank have died from COVID-19 related causes, the the New Jersey Health Department reported late Wednesday.

January 21, 2021 - 3:20 pm |

VIRUS UPDATE: YEAR BEGINS ON DEADLY NOTE

Jan 15, 2021

A Walgreens employee prepares to inject a resident of the Wesleyan in Red Bank with her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday. (Photo by Nick Delmar. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Monmouth County has recorded 115 COVID-19 related deaths since the start of the new year, according to data released by the New Jersey Health Department Friday.

January 15, 2021 - 4:30 pm |

RED BANK: ATRIUM CITED FOR COVID-19 LAPSE

Jan 13, 2021

The Atrium at Navesink Harbor on Riverside Avenue. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

State health officials cited a Red Bank longterm care facility that has been the scene of 10 recent COVID-19 deaths for “deficiencies” in its defense against the virus in November, redbankgreen has learned.

January 13, 2021 - 9:30 am |

RED BANK: VIRUS CLAIMS SIX MORE AT ATRIUM

Jan 12, 2021

The Atrium at Navesink Harbor, the buildings at center and right, as seen from the Navesink River in 2017. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Six more residents of an assisted-living facility in Red Bank have died of COVID-19 in recent days, data released by the New Jersey Health Department Monday indicate.

January 12, 2021 - 11:45 am |

PROSECUTORS DENOUNCE DC ‘TERRORISM’

Jan 7, 2021

Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni speaking at forum on police and systemic racism at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Red Bank in June. (Photo via Zoom. Click to enlarge.)

New Jersey’s prosecutors on Thursday issued a denunciation of what they called mob “terrorism” in Washington DC a day earlier.

They called the attack on the Capitol building a “sickening display of everything America is not,” and contrasted the law enforcement response with the treatment of Black Lives Matter protesters in June.

January 7, 2021 - 4:15 pm |

RED BANK: COVID-19 CLAIMS THREE AT ATRIUM

Jan 5, 2021

The Atrium at Navesink Harbor as seen from the Molly Pitcher Inn in 2014. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Three residents of a senior assisted-living facility in Red Bank have died of COVID-19 since mid-December, according to data released by the New Jersey Health Department Monday.

The deaths at the Atrium at Navesink Harbor occurred as pandemic-driven hospitalizations, and the need for critical care, rose across Monmouth County.

January 5, 2021 - 10:00 am |

VIRUS UPDATES: DATA, OUTBREAKS & TESTING

Dec 22, 2020

An Immediate Care COVID-19 testing tent in Red Bank’s White Street lot Monday night. The company has been offering free tests at the site for weeks. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

COVID-19 pressure on Monmouth County hospitals continued to increase in the past week, according to the latest data from the county government.

At the same time, demand for intensive care and ventilators to treat patients with the virus showed slight signs of easing.

Separately, Red Bank Regional High announced a plan for free COVID-19 testing for staff and students.

December 22, 2020 - 4:30 pm |

VIRUS: ICU CASES RISING AS VACCINE DEBUTS

Dec 15, 2020

Intensive care bed usage in Monmouth County hospitals rose to 60 Monday, the highest level since May, while hospitalizations for COVID-19 declined to 418, from 446 a week earlier, the freeholders reported. (Monmouth County data. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

With an historic rollout of the first COVID-19 vaccine about to begin in New Jersey, “the light at the end of the tunnel is growing brighter,” Governor Phil Murphy said Monday.

At the same time, hospitals statewide and in Monmouth County are treating rising numbers of patients who need intensive care and ventilators because of the coronavirus, data show.

December 15, 2020 - 7:25 am |

RED BANK: RIVERVIEW ‘NOT IMPACTED’

Dec 3, 2020

A temporary tent outside Riverview Medical Center’s emergency room entrance in May. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

The current resurgence in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in New Jersey is not having an adverse impact on the hospital network that includes Red Bank’s Riverview Medical Center, the organization said in a statement Thursday.

December 3, 2020 - 1:15 pm |

VIRUS: MURPHY NOTES HOSPITAL TREND

Dec 2, 2020

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 continue to rise in New Jersey, data show. (New Jersey Health Department graphic. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Though New Jersey’s rate of COVID-19 transmission has been easing in recent weeks, that data conceals a harsh reality, Governor Phil Murphy said at his regular briefing Wednesday.

At 1.08 percent, the rate of COVID-19 transmission is at its lowest point since September 16, but “it still means that each new case is leading to more than one other new case,” he said. “This virus is still spreading.”

December 2, 2020 - 3:30 pm |

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