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In today's newsletter:

  • Red Bank honors former police chief who rose through every rank
  • Red Bank man gets lengthy prison term for deadly DUI crash
  • How you can join Red Bank's 78th annual Halloween Parade

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Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Partly sunny; low humidity, with a high of 72 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 80, low: 64.
  • Thursday: Humid with periods of sun, with a high of 85 and low of 68 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Red Bank Mourns Passing Of Former Police Chief (patch.com) — Red Bank residents are remembering former Police Chief James Clayton, who rose through every rank of the borough's department after serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and Vietnam. Current Chief Michael Frazee praised Clayton's decades of leadership and commitment to Red Bank, while the department and community extend condolences to his wife, daughters, and ten grandchildren as funeral plans are finalized.
   

2. Red Bank Man Sentenced In Crash That Killed Mom, Daughter (patch.com) — A Red Bank man has been sentenced to consecutive 10-year prison terms for aggravated manslaughter in a 2025 drunk-driving crash that killed a Lakewood mother and her 11-year-old daughter. Prosecutors say he was heavily intoxicated, speeding, and passed multiple cars before the head-on collision, and he remains jailed with no early release until most of his sentence is served.
   

3. Red Bank's Favorite Halloween Tradition Returns: 78th Annual Halloween Parade Set for Sunday, October 18 (tapinto.net) — Red Bank is gearing up for its 78th Annual Halloween Parade on Sunday, October 18, with lineup starting 1 p.m. at Hudson Avenue and East Bergen Place. Expect live music, food vendors, costume contests, floats, and plenty of family-friendly fun, with residents, schools, and local groups encouraged to march, build floats, or sign up as vendors.
   

4. Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore hospital gets record $125M gift (njbiz.com) — Red Bank residents can expect expanded local care as Hackensack Meridian invests $56 million to redesign Riverview Medical Center's emergency department and add a 20-room oncology unit, plus plans a new Health & Wellness Center in town. These projects are part of a broader $1 billion commitment anchored by a record $125 million gift to Jersey Shore University Medical Center, aimed at boosting capacity and access across Monmouth and Ocean counties.
   

5. Sept. 13, 2001, the 'aftershock:' From the Asbury Park Press archives (app.com) — Red Bank is remembered here as one of several Shore communities anxiously counting missing loved ones in the days immediately after 9/11, including parishioners at St. James Church and families tied to Red Bank Regional High School. Drawing from 2001 Asbury Park Press coverage, the piece revisits how Monmouth and Ocean County residents balanced hope and grief as the local toll slowly emerged.
   

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