Monthly Archives: May 2008

First robin's-egg-blue nest on the left: the future home of Pierre Deux. The Red Bank-area home furnishings market is about to get a touch of provincial France — and landlord Larry Garmany is about to make a sweetheart match for...

Festival spokesman Ira Rosen, left, arrives at Marine Park this morning to take the wraps off the 22nd edition of the Red Bank Jazz & Blues blast in Red Bank. OK, so what about the weather? As previously noted, the...

The Asbury Park Press is among four Gannett Co. newspapers in New Jersey that laid off a total of 55 employees yesterday, the Press itself reports. The axe fell after half of 166 workers offered early retirement three weeks ago...

The Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers are among New Jersey waterways now experiencing algae blooms that are turning them brown, today's Asbury Park Press reports. The bloom phenomenon is also affecting Raritan and Sandy Hook bays as well as ocean surf...

There's a fluidity in the photos of Stewart Halperin that's akin to the surface tension you see when water has ever-so-slightly overfilled a drinking glass: they seem about to pour forth out of their own skins. And what they threaten...

Last week's 'Where' had respondents divided, though they were all in the same realm. Les Hathaway saw it as the exhaust stack on a Red Bank DPW truck. Bob Colmorgen said our photo was shot at the former Red Bank...

Members of the Monmouth Civic Chorus during a 2007 rehearsal. By TOM CHESEK "The idea came to me back in 1987, during the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge," says composer Richard Pearson Thomas on the...

In the show: an oil on canvas, above left, by Jasmin Jackson, 17; another oil, top right, by Anastasia Yakovlena, 11; and a pastel by Zack Longo, 16. (Click to enlarge.) Better known as the go-to source for goofball extendable...

Rare species sighted: Rumson Dems Michael Steinhorn, left, and Fred Blumberg march in the town's Memorial Day parade. "This is history being made here," Michael Steinhorn was shouting from the middle of West River Road Monday. He was referring to...

Councilwoman Grace Cangemi says residents should have warnings before nearby hydrants are flushed, resulting in discolored water flowing through taps. Some highlights from last night's bimonthly meeting of the Red Bank council: TEACHERS OF THE YEAR: In addition to primary...

The view from behind the drum kit as Big Bill Morganfield performs at the 2007 festival. By TOM CHESEK There was the year the heavens opened up and harpist Rod Piazza, faced with a potential washout of his headline set,...

State Police investigators don't suspect foul play in connection with the death of a man whose body was found in the Navesink River Sunday, the Asbury Park Press is reporting. The corpse of 71-year-old James Roffler of Little Silver was...

A product of Red Bank schools herself, Pat Moss is this year's teacher of the year at the primary school. (Photos by Jim Willis) Ask Pat Moss what she enjoys about teaching, and there's no hesitation on her end. "I...

They came. They saw Van Halen. They conquered the American rugby club with which they share a name. The Monmouth Rugby Football Club of Monmouthshire, Wales, crushed the Monmouth Rugby Football Club of Shrewsbury Avenue 47-15 at Thompson Park in...

Entries in the borough police logs from May 16 to May 23. Items are unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring at Catherine St. on 5-16-08—Victim reported that unknown person(s) shattered car window. Ptl. Gary Watson. Criminal Mischief occurring at West Sunset Residence...

A parade that began on Black Point Road ended with a commemorative service at Victory Park. Click images to enlarge. Email this story

Memorial service, veteran's monument, Monmouth Street. Click images to enlarge. Email this story

The annual parade stops at the firehouse on River Road for a memorial service enroute to Victory Park. (Click images to enlarge.) Email this story

A 75-year-old Red Bank man died after being struck by a car while riding a bicycle on Branch Avenue shortly before noon yesterday, the Asbury Park Press reports. Ernest Grewe of Ambassador Drive was pronounced dead at 2:27p at Jersey...

Reflection #33, above, and #26, below, by Rande Johnson. Who is Rande Johnson, and is he an artist? The McKay Gallery, which is showing his photos in an exhibition that begins tonight, says that Johnson is a tradesman; that would...