Tag: Red Bank

Although 5,700 miles away, nearly an hour of the Feb. 22 Red Bank Borough Council meeting centered around the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. A fierce debate ensued between two factions over a rumored council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the conflict.

After a $12 million overhaul, Lunch Break is ready to meet an unprecedented need for food, clothing and services in the community. The transformation, which spanned 18 months, saw the nonprofit’s footprint double.

Playwright Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter,” now in its world premiere run at the Two River Theater in Red Bank, is a hypnotic, enthralling indictment of the pain and isolation lurking in the periphery of even the most pious of communities.

The borough’s first retail cannabis dispensary will celebrate its grand opening later this month. The owners anticipate their budding business, Monteverde Modern Dispensary, open since December for medical marijuana sales, will soon be blooming.

Kansas-based fitness giant Genesis Health Clubs bought The Atlantic Club’s Red Bank and Manasquan locations, adding the gyms to its list of 68 health clubs.

Even though Red Bank is more than 5,600 miles from the Middle East, the ongoing war in Gaza managed to consume part of the borough’s Jan. 25 council meeting.

While many New Year’s resolutions are falling by the wayside, a new fitness center set to open next month is sticking with its goals.

In celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the YMCA of Greater Monmouth County (YMCA) held its 35th Memorial Community Breakfast, honoring community members who have embodied the spirit and values of the civil rights leader.

Memone Crystian, former chairperson of the Red Bank Housing Authority (RBHA), has accused Mayor Billy Portman and Deputy Mayor Kate Triggiano of using “political allegiance” to appoint two members to the commission.

Responding to a surge in respiratory viruses throughout the country, including COVID-19 and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), and influenza, several health care facilities and the largest hospital networks across New Jersey have reinstated mask mandates.