RED BANK: MURPHYS HECKLED AT DINNER

Nov 23, 2020

Governor Phil Murphy, First Lady Tammy Murphy and their son Josh eating dinner at Char in June. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Governor Phil Murphy took an understanding tone Monday, less than 24 hours after he and his family were harangued by foulmouthed passersby while eating dinner in Red Bank.

Asking critics to “leave my family out of this,” Murphy also used the verbal assault as an indication that New Jerseyans need to seek common ground during “an incredibly stressful time.”

November 23, 2020 - 3:15 pm |

ON THE GREEN: AT-HOME CLASSES EXTENDED

Nov 18, 2020

Red Bank Regional students won’t be back on the Little Silver campus for classes before November 30 at the soonest. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank Regional High will stick with all-remote schooling through Thanksgiving because of rapidly spreading COVID-19, Superintendent Lou Moore said in an announcement Wednesday evening.

Separately, a plan to resume a ‘hybrid’ of in-school and at-home instruction for Red Bank’s primary and middle school students as soon as Thursday has been scrapped because of the resurging virus.

November 18, 2020 - 5:40 pm |

RED BANK: COVID-19 CASES EXCEED 500

Nov 17, 2020

Hundreds lined up for free virus tests offered by Immediate Care in Red Bank’s White Street parking lot Saturday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations climbing sharply across the United States and around the world, the case total in Red Bank since the start of the pandemic eclipsed 500 Tuesday.

Monmouth County government data show the the latest 100 cases among borough residents were recorded in only 17 days.
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November 17, 2020 - 4:00 pm |

LITTLE SILVER: RBR REMOTE TWO MORE DAYS

Nov 16, 2020

Amid rising COVID-19 counts, Red Bank Regional High will remain on remote instruction for at least two more days, school officials announced Monday.

“We learned today that a number of individuals at RBR have tested positive for COVID-19,” Superintendent Lou Moore wrote on the district website in late afternoon.

November 16, 2020 - 6:15 pm |

LITTLE SILVER: RBR REMAINS CLOSED

Nov 16, 2020

COVID-19 kept Red Bank Regional High closed for at least another day Monday.

The Little Silver school, which had been scheduled to reopen for in-person activity after a nearly two-week interval, instead remained in all-remote mode, per an announcement by the school Sunday night.

November 16, 2020 - 10:25 am |

RED BANK: BOROUGH SCHOOLS GO REMOTE

Nov 13, 2020

Red Bank borough’s two public schools would immediately switch to all-remote instruction Friday in response to “several positive cases of COVID-19 across the district,” Superintendent Jared Rumage wrote in an announcement Thursday night.

November 13, 2020 - 7:53 am |

RED BANK: RBC SHUTDOWN REPORTED

Nov 6, 2020

The high school, based on Broad Street, shares a parish campus with St. James School and church. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank Catholic High School has shut down in-person instruction and canceled Friday night’s football game “due to COVID-19 exposure,” according to a published report.

The school has suspended all athletics and extracurricular activities through November 19 and will shift to virtual instruction, according to a report Thursday night by Shore Sports Network.

November 6, 2020 - 1:39 pm |

RED BANK: ‘SNO GO FOR WINTER BROADWALK

Nov 6, 2020

Empty tables and idle heaters on Broadwalk on a chilly Sunday evening in October. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank’s in-street shopping and dining plaza known as ‘Broadwalk’ will go on winter hiatus at the end of November.

Borough council members informally agreed Wednesday night that the prospect of dealing with a snowstorm before winter is over makes keeping the plaza going impractical.

November 6, 2020 - 7:30 am |

RED BANK: TRASH SURVEY SPLITS COUNCIL

Nov 5, 2020

A screengrab of the council’s session Wednesday night. (Zoom screengrab. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A trash-and-recycling survey became the latest wedge between two factions of Red Bank’s one-party council Wednesday night.

The dispute included innuendo that Councilman Ed Zipprich could not be trusted to keep information secret from bidders in the pending award of a trash hauling contract.

November 5, 2020 - 7:59 am |

LITTLE SILVER: RBR ADDS WEEK TO CLOSURE

Nov 4, 2020

Superintendent Lou Moore in March, 2019. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank Regional High will be off-limits to students and staff through next week over concerns about COVID-19, Superintendent Lou Moore announced Wednesday afternoon.

While there continues to be “no evidence of community transmission” of the virus on the Little Silver school’s campus, a defacto closure now in effect is being extended one week “to minimize the risk of possible spread,” Moore wrote on the school’s website.

November 4, 2020 - 5:30 pm |

RED BANK: PANDEMIC-ERA ELECTION ARRIVES

Nov 3, 2020

A prospective voter peers inside Red Bank borough hall shortly before the 6 a.m. start of election voting Tuesday.

Amid concern about the spread of COVID-19, borough hall is the only polling location for all Red Bank voters this year. In-person voters will be given paper provisional ballots to complete; disabled voters only will use accessible voting devices.

Polls remain open until 8 p.m., the hour at which mail-in ballot drop-off boxes, including the one seen at right above, will be locked. Find more information here. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

November 3, 2020 - 6:40 am |

LITTLE SILVER: RBR REPORTS TWO MORE CASES

Nov 2, 2020

Four students have tested positive for COVID-19 in recent days. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Two more students at Red Bank Regional High have tested positive for COVID-19, Superintendent Lou Moore said in an announcement Monday evening.

That brings the total in the past week to four, though Moore said in the notice that the most recent cases involved two siblings who “did not contract the virus at” the Little Silver school, and “there is no evidence of community transmission of the virus within the school.”

November 2, 2020 - 5:30 pm |

LITTLE SILVER: TWO CASES TAKE RBR ONLINE

Oct 30, 2020

An addition under construction at Red Bank Regional as seen last week. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Two positive COVID-19 tests among students in two days have prompted Red Bank Regional to switch to all-virtual classes Monday, Superintendent Lou Moore disclosed late Friday.

But sports practices and games may continue, Moore wrote in an announcement sent to the school community Friday night.

October 30, 2020 - 5:50 pm |

RED BANK: CONCERT OFF, LIGHT-UP STILL ON

Oct 29, 2020

An annual event that brings thousands of visitors to Red Bank and kicks off the holiday season has gotten the coronavirus bump.

What would have been the 28th annual Holiday Express concert November 27 won’t be held this year, organizers confirmed Wednesday.

October 29, 2020 - 7:30 am |

RED BANK: HALLOWEEN PARADE DELIGHTS

Oct 26, 2020

It’ll go down as the pandemic parade, but the 73rd annual Red Bank Halloween Parade held Sunday was a delight for hundreds of kids and kids at heart.

Check out redbankgreen‘s photos from the event below

October 26, 2020 - 7:40 am |

RED BANK: POOL CASE ENDS IN A RIPPLE

Oct 23, 2020

The Grandville Towers pool remained closed throughout the summer. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

After months of hearings, Red Bank’s rent leveling board ruled Thursday night that four tenants at Grandville Towers were entitled to money for being deprived access to the swimming pool this summer.

The judgment? A one-time rent credit of $33, plus $3.96 for missed use of the gym at the 91-unit highrise.

October 23, 2020 - 9:00 am |

RED BANK: HALLOWEEN PARADE SLATED

Oct 19, 2020

The annual Red Bank Halloween Parade is on for Sunday, October 25, though COVID-19 will take a bite out of the festivities. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

October 19, 2020 - 12:00 pm |

RED BANK: SPLIT OVER LEAK PROBE CONTINUES

Oct 8, 2020

A screengrab of the council’s session Wednesday night, with councilmembers Erik Yngstrom at center left and Michael Ballard at center right. (Zoom screengrab. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A dispute over leaked emails entered its third month when the Red Bank council met for a workshop session via Zoom Wednesday night.

The issue has pitted two Democrats who are running for re-election against four who aren’t.

October 8, 2020 - 7:40 am |

LITTLE SILVER: HALLOWEEN GETS TRICKY

Oct 5, 2020

A Halloween image painted by Markham Place School students on a Prospect Avenue window in 2017. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

[Correction: The borough website will have downloadable signs for homeowners to indicate their participation in trick-or-treating, not a sign-up list as mistakenly reported.]

By JOHN T. WARD

For more than an hour, Little Silver officials and residents wrestled Monday night with how to safely pull off Halloween in a pandemic.

Without being buzzkills, that is – particularly to residents of one neighborhood where the holiday has become something of a communal party.

October 5, 2020 - 11:30 pm |

ON THE GREEN: COVID CASES IMPACT SCHOOLS

Oct 5, 2020

A student being screened for elevated temperature on September 14. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

[CORRECTION: Red Bank’s action was prompted by a positive test of an adult, not a student, Rumage said.]

By JOHN T. WARD

One person each at the middle schools in Fair Haven and Red Bank have tested positive for COVID-19, the respective district superintendents reported over the weekend.

October 5, 2020 - 6:58 am |

LITTLE SILVER: ‘AT LEAST’ 58 ISOLATED BY RBR

Oct 3, 2020

A sign outside Red Bank Regional on Tuesday. (redbankgreen photo. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

At least 58 students and teachers at Red Bank Regional High are now in quarantine over concern about COVID-19, Superintendent Lou Moore disclosed late Friday.

The total, which includes 55 students and three staff members, marks a sharp increase to close out a week that began with one student testing positive and the cancellation of in-person learning for two days.

October 3, 2020 - 12:04 am |

LITTLE SILVER: TWO STUDENTS QUARANTINED

Sep 30, 2020

In-person instruction is scheduled to resume Thursday following a two-day closure, said Superintendent Lou Moore. (redbankgreen photo. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Sibling students at Red Bank Regional High are in quarantine as the Little Silver campus prepares to reopen Thursday after a two-day closure, according to Superintendent Lou Moore.

In addition, eight RBR students who came in contact with a non-RBR student who tested positive for COVID-19 will be “excluded from in-person programs and extracurricular activities until October 12,” Moore said in an announcement posted on the school’s website Wednesday night.

September 30, 2020 - 9:30 pm |

LITTLE SILVER: RBR AIMS FOR THURSDAY

Sep 29, 2020

School officials are awaiting “further guidance” from the health commission, said Superintendent Lou Moore. (redbankgreen photo. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank Regional High hopes to reopen Thursday following a report that a student tested positive for COVID-19, Superintendent Lou Moore said in an announcement posted on the school’s website Tuesday afternoon.

At the same time, “eight RBR students participating in a club basketball tournament in Wall came in contact with a non-RBR student who has tested positive for COVID-19,” Moore said.

September 29, 2020 - 5:43 pm |

LITTLE SILVER: COVID PROMPTS RBR CLOSURE

Sep 28, 2020

Superintendent Lou Moore in March, 2019. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank Regional High will switch to all-remote instruction Tuesday following a student’s positive test for COVID-19, Superintendent Lou Moore said in an announcement Monday night.

September 28, 2020 - 9:08 pm |

RED BANK: TENANTS’ POOL CASE ADVANCES

Sep 25, 2020

The Grandville Towers pool remained closed throughout the summer. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

After three hearings, a partial verdict is in: tenants at Red Bank’s Grandville Towers received “reduced service” when the swimming pool didn’t open this summer.

Up next: the borough rent leveling board tackles the question of what that means in rent to be refunded, if anything.

September 25, 2020 - 12:00 am |

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