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🌱 Patch AM: Live Music, Oktoberfest & More: This Weekend In Monmouth County

Coming up on the Red Bank Patch calendar: Moving Sale

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Greetings Red Bank! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Free Red Bank Oktoberfest brings tastings, music and vendors this Saturday
  • What Red Bank Council just approved for EMS and mental health support
  • How a clutch kick in Red Bank sealed a division title

Also on today's calendar: Moving Sale and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 68 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Sunday: Rain, temps: high: 65, low: 62.
  • Monday: A couple of morning showers, with a high of 73 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Live Music, Oktoberfest & More: This Weekend In Monmouth County (patch.com) — Red Bank residents have a full slate of weekend fun, including a free Oktoberfest at Edmund Wilson Plaza featuring beer and spirits tastings, food, vendors, and live music. The roundup also points to nearby Monmouth County happenings like a Halloween show, a cat convention, a Fall Taste of Highlands, and a charity paddle in Spring Lake.
   

2. Red Bank Council approved shared services, EMS support and a behavioral health contract while honoring awareness months and announcing fall events (TAPinto.net) — Red Bank's Borough Council approved new shared-service agreements with Shrewsbury Township for clerk and EMS support, plus a behavioral health contract with P.U.L.S.S.E. Services to expand community-based social work. The council also authorized paying nearly $4.9 million in bills and confirmed upcoming events, with the next regular meeting set for Thursday, October 22, giving residents a chance to follow or weigh in on local decisions.
   

3. Cardiac Caseys: Picinich's Field Goal Sends RBC Past Rumson in Division Title Thriller (shoresportsinsider.com) — Red Bank Catholic clinched at least a share of the Class A North football title at Count Basie Field when kicker Simon Picinich nailed a 27-yard field goal with under two minutes left to edge Rumson-Fair Haven, 31–28. The Friday night thriller in Red Bank featured huge performances on both sides and sets up a massive showdown with top-ranked Donovan Catholic next week.
   

4. Insider NJ's Morning Intelligence Briefing: 10/9/2026 (insidernj.com) — Statewide political maneuvering and policy fights get top billing, but buried in this briefing is a key local note: a total of 47 people have been arrested by ICE in Red Bank, according to Red Bank Green. That figure offers residents a concrete snapshot of federal immigration enforcement's footprint in their own community amid broader debates over immigration and labor.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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