Red Bank News

Oh say can you see - four ways to celebrate the Fourth of July? Read on, patriotic friend, as we explore four ways across New Jersey to salute America - with fireworks, parades, historical sites and the movies.

When it comes to the borough school district, Superintendent of Schools Laura Morana has put her wallet where her heart is.

Ledger Live: Red Bank keeps fireworks with Kaboom! Ledger Live for Thursday July 2nd, 2009 - Ledger Live with Brian Donohue.

Before the fireworks go 'Ka-Boom' on Friday night, roads will close as the borough swells to about 10 times the normal population.

The lead editorial in the Press on June 23 chastises the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders for opposing the proposed NJ Transit Manchester-to-Red Bank line and takes the position that any rail line is better than none, regardless of whether it is actually worth the expense.

Several New Jersey Transit lines are experiencing delays tonight because of a pair of trees knocked down by heavy thunderstorms, according to alerts posted on NJTransit.com Trees fell on top of overhead wires near Morris Plains and Red Bank around 8 p.m., according to the reports.

Restricting on-street parking to residents on some of the borough's residential neighborhoods is permissible and will continue, as long as the borough makes sure there are appropriate signs in place.

Catholics in Central New Jersey have a corner of cyberspace to call their own. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton recently launched a video sharing Web site, www.dottube.org, to post video and audio produced by the diocese's television and radio offices, and allow parishes, schools and church members to post their videos in the same fashion as ...

An 18-year-old male is in the county jail tonight after authorities arrested and charged him with maliciously killing an 8-week-old kitten.

A thunderstorm Friday night knocked down an electric wire on Poole Avenue in Union Beach, apparently igniting sort of gas possibly from sewerage system line, police said.

With an expansive menu, drink specials throughout the week and two floors dedicated to live independent music, The Downtown in Red Bank has become a haven for music fans seeking respite from the fray of the Shore bar/club prototype.

The taped confession of a man accused of murdering his 15-year-old cousin will be permitted as evidence during his trial, a Superior Court Judge ruled Tuesday.

About 10 percent of motorists arrested in New Jersey for drunken driving are under age 21, which Police Chief Daniel DePolo emphasized in discussing this weekend's breakup of an underage drinking party.

Two appellate judges ruled Wednesday that trustees of the Red Bank Charter School acted properly when they settled a lawsuit brought by contractors and lenders owed money for work on the current Oakland Street campus.

The Monmouth County freeholders have unanimously passed a resolution opposing the Manchester-to-Red Bank alternative to the Monmmouth-Ocean-Middlesex rail line - the only realistic option to increased Shore-area rail transportation - and affirming support for the Monmouth Junction alternative.

The Beacon Fine Arts Gallery will present a preview opening of The American Landscape Exhibition on June 27th beginning at 5 p.m. Reservations are requested for event that will be held in the gallery at 61 Monmouth Street in Red Bank.

Graduating eighth-graders here heard Thursday from a 19-year-old Holmdel man who went from the high school classroom to the board of education at graduation.

Is Sundance next for the video wiz kids at the middle school? Their original video has been selected as one of the top three finalists out of 1,400 entries in the Sony Technology in Motion, a student multimedia film contest, making the school a lock to get a third-place prize of $30,000 and a contender for the $50,000 first prize, with both prizes ...

The Keansburg man who police say robbed and beat a rooming house resident has turned himself into authorities.

RED BANK, N.J., June 17 NJ-TeachersInsOfNJ RED BANK, N.J. , /PRNewswire/ -- Teachers' Insurance Plan of NJ awarded two graduating seniors from Toms River High School $1,000 scholarships as part of the auto insurer's "Quotes for Cash" program, a unique school fundraising initiative championed by Teachers' Insurance Plan of NJ.