Category Archives: Animals

SHREWSBURY: ILL FAWN FOUND AT SCHOOL

The male, just a few days old, checks out healthwise, according to the Humane Society. (Click to enlarge) [See correction below] An ailing baby deer was found in the playground of the Shrewsbury School Creative Learning Center in Shrewsbury Wednesday morning, borough animal control officer Henry Perez tells redbankgreen. The fawn, “just a few days [...]

YOUR WEEKEND OPTIONS, RIGHT HERE

Images of 20th century Red Bank and other Monmouth County locales are featured in a show of photos from the Dorn’s Collection beginning Saturday at Red Bank Frameworks. (Click to enlarge) By ALEXIS ORLACCHIO Friday, May 10: RED BANK: Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack infests Count Basie Theater. Join faux Frank, Sammy and Dino for performances produced [...]

RED BANK: THE DOG NIGHTS OF SUMMER?

Dogs at last month’s Red Bank Street Fair. Mayor Pasquale Menna says he’s working on a recurring dog-friendly event for this summer.  (Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON Red Bank’s elected officials had canines on the brain Wednesday night, as dog-related issues came up several times during the course of the bimonthly council meeting. Mayor [...]

LOCAL MEN RACE BACK TO KENTUCKY DERBY

We got your horse right here. Running in today’s Kentucky Derby is Verrazano, a three-year-old co-owned by a pair of local brothers-in-law: Kevin Scatuorchio of Red Bank and Bryan Sullivan of Fair Haven, through their Let’s Go Stables. This is their second trip to Churchill Downs, having run El Padrino in last year’s derby. Verrazano [...]

WEEKENDER: CHANCES ARE, CATS WILL FLY

At the Basie Saturday afternoon: dogs and cats rescued from shelters and given a new, ahem, leash on life as circus performers. Matt O’Ree, below, brings his guitar chops to Jamian’s tonight.  (Click to enlarge) Friday, May 3: RED BANK: The high-energy Marty and the Martians make their debut in a series of Friday night [...]

LITTLE SILVER: SPRING, 2013

A mute swan makes a striking display as it stretches its wings on a creek next to Seven Bridges Road in Little Silver on Saturday. (Photo by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge)

TINTON FALLS MAN CHARGED WITH DOG ABUSE

A Tinton Falls man is facing eight charges of animal cruelty for allegedly wrapping the muzzles of two dogs with duct tape and punching a puppy in the head, law enforcement authorities said Friday morning. Joseph A. Valentino, 41, of Cherry Street, is alleged to have abused three dogs from September, 2012 through February 2, [...]

RUMSON: COPPER FROGS TO PERK UP THE YARD

At Bain’s in Rumson: outdoor furniture and frog sculptures. (Photo by Alexis Orlacchio. Click to enlarge) By ALEXIS ORLACCHIO Looking to add some levity to the yard? Hop over to Bain’s Outdoor Living in Rumson to see Beau Smith’s chic home décor frog sculptures. Store owners Tom and Donna Bain came across Smith’s sculptures featured [...]

RED BANK: RIVER VIEWS

Enjoying our beautiful Navesink River on a warm spring afternoon Wednesday were an osprey, above; a fisherman on a paddleboard, right; and crossing squads of girls’s and boys’ rowers, below, all seen from a dock on Haddon Park in Red Bank. The weather Thursday should be just as warm, with sunshine and temperatures reaching the [...]

OH, BABY, ANOTHER TODDLIN’ WEEKEND

A video promo for ‘The Electric Baby,’ which opens tonight at the Two River Theater. Author and motivational speaker Selwyn Collins, below, makes an appearance at the Red Bank Public Library on Saturday. By ALEXIS ORLACCHIO Friday, April 19: LINCROFT:  Presented by Make it Better for Youth and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County, [...]

WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?

It seems we put the cart before the horse these last two weeks here at Where Have I Seen This? Or more precisely, the horseless buggy before the horse.

MORE TEETH SOUGHT IN CRUELTY LAWS

By WIL FULTON Animal cruelty stands as one of the sad realities of life. Every day, our televisions, news sites, and social media feeds carry images and stories of animal neglect, abuse and abandonment. Last week, redbankgreen reported on puppies suspected of having been dumped in Shrewsbury, no owner in sight. Red Bank’s mayor and [...]

SHREWSBURY: FIFTH DOG RESCUED

A Wheaten Terrier-mix puppy at the Associated Humane Societies facility in Tinton Falls Friday morning, shortly after his rescue in Shrewsbury. (Click to enlarge) The last of five possibly abandoned young dogs that were on the loose in an industrial area of Shrewsbury was captured Friday morning, Animal Control Officer Henry Perez tells redbankgreen. The [...]

SHREWSBURY: PUPPY DUMPING SUSPECTED

Three of the four puppies captured Tuesday morning took temporary shelter in a drainage pipe. A fifth escaped. (Click to enlarge) Shrewsbury authorities are searching for the owners of five young dogs that appear to have been abandoned in town, redbankgreen has learned. Four of the five were captured Tuesday morning and transported to the [...]

RED BANK: SNIFF THIS, LITTLE DOGGIE

SNIFF Pet Candles: made for dogs, but enjoyed by owners, too. (Photo by Alexis Orlacchio. Click to enlarge) By ALEXIS ORLACCHIO In this week’s edition of Window Shopping the Green, we follow our nose over to the Galleria Red Bank and Megan Prenderville’s Paws for a Cause pet accessory kiosk. The kiosk features SNIFF Pet [...]


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