Tag: Red Bank

On Sunday, April 30 at 7 p.m., The Count Basie Center for the Arts/Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre will host “Ancient Aliens LIVE: Project Earth,” an experiential extension of the TV show “Ancient Aliens’” that explores the theory that extraterrestrials have visited Earth for millions of years.

RED BANK – It was a choice between a pause or a cause for incumbent Mayor Billy Portman and he has chosen the latter: After a 3-month “crash course” in running the borough, Portman is seeking a full term in the upcoming May 9 elections.

More than two dozen volunteer firefighters from the Red Bank Fire Department (RBFD) showed up at a council meeting April 12 to ask for the rent increase in a municipal budget that failed to reflect last year’s agreed-upon request.

At the end of women’s history month in March, the Red Bank Public Library hosted its ongoing Let’s Talk About Race series to amplify the name and legacy of an iconic yet astoundingly unheard-of civil rights attorney and Episcopal priest, Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray.

For 37 years, students at Red Bank Catholic (RBC) benefited from the loving encouragement and tough teaching style of Sister Joanmarie McDonnell who retired in 2019. A member of the English department at the high school, she taught generations of students, making an impact on many lives.

Residents running for council under the Red Bank Together banner held a press conference Wednesday at the Oyster Point Hotel in the run-up to the May 9 municipal election.

The lobby of the Eck Center was filled with athletes and proud family members. The line was long to get to the table for pictures for Red Bank Catholic’s spring Signing Day ceremony, a testament to an athletic department that continually produces student-athletes who move on to play collegiately in just about every sport the school offers.

When playwright Hansol Jung thought about translating Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” into contemporary text, she was told it would likely never be produced because the story is too famous. But with a commission from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Play On! Project, she embarked on the project, which in 2020 then became part of the Two River Theater’s Two River Rising online reading series.

A special meeting to discuss cannabis businesses was held at the borough hall March 29, where the council proceeded to approve the introduction of two ordinances amidst litigation threats from business owners.

Before the May 9 special election ushering in Red Bank’s new form of government, candidates for public office in the borough have signed on to participate in a forum organized by the League of Women Voters of Monmouth County (LWV).