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EMPTY STORE FOR FULL HOUSE? A FAIR TRADE
The vacant storefront at 12 Broad will spotlight products that reflect fair-trade principles this weekend. (Click to enlarge) By TOM CHESEK It’s probably been several generations since there was suchContinue reading "EMPTY STORE FOR FULL HOUSE? A FAIR TRADE"
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RED GINGER FINDS A NEW HOME
Red Ginger Home is relocating from Monmouth Street to Broad Street at the end of the month. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Five years ago,Continue reading "RED GINGER FINDS A NEW HOME"
OLDEST HOME GETS ITS HISTORICAL DUE
Red Bank’s oldest house, on South Street, was finally put on the state’s list of historic places last week. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI AContinue reading "OLDEST HOME GETS ITS HISTORICAL DUE"
VACANT HOME USED IN FIREFIGHTING DRILL
Volunteer Fair Haven firefighters during a smoke exercise Monday night. Below, the head of a mannequin used in the demonstration became separated from its body. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTINContinue reading "VACANT HOME USED IN FIREFIGHTING DRILL"
Scenes from Saturday’s Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale, captured by Peter Lindner. (To enlarge the photo display, start it, then click the embiggen symbol in the lower right corner. ToContinue reading "TOWNWIDE YARD SALE: IT’S A FAMILY THING"
RED BANK BOOKED FOR TOWNWIDE YARD SALE
Volunteers from the Friends of the Red Bank Public Library gathered at a barn on South Street this week to sort through books slated for inclusion in this weekend’s three-dayContinue reading "RED BANK BOOKED FOR TOWNWIDE YARD SALE"
APPLIANCES COMMITTING SUICIDE, PERHAPS?
This edition of the Accidental Photographer happens to be about an actual accident. Or, what appears to have been an accident, though no one reported it to the police.
Registration is now open for the third annual Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale, scheduled for Saturday, September 25. Event co-sponsor redbankgreen has created a new yard sale website to serveContinue reading "YARD SALE RETURNS FOR THIRD YEAR"
FRAGILE MONARCHS HEAD SOUTH
The release gave children, including the young girl below, a chance to see the butterflies up close. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) Sickles Market in Little Silver heldContinue reading "FRAGILE MONARCHS HEAD SOUTH"
RECOVERY FOR A ROOFTOP GARDEN
Patients are allowed to get their hands dirty at the rejuvenated rooftop garden at Riverview Medical Center. (Photos by Peter Lindner; click to enlarge) It sat idle for years, aContinue reading "RECOVERY FOR A ROOFTOP GARDEN"
New Jersey American Water has lifted its request that customers in Monmouth and Ocean counties restrict their H2O usage. Citing compliance with the “mandatory” restriction imposed without warning on MonmouthContinue reading "WATER SUPPLIER LIFTS RESTRICTIONS"
RED BANK’S FIRST LADY OF LANDSCAPING
Karen Siciliano, seen at Riverside Gardens Park, is celebrating her company’s 75th year in business. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Something isn’t quite right insideContinue reading "RED BANK’S FIRST LADY OF LANDSCAPING"
To enlarge the photo display, start it, then click the embiggen symbol in the lower right corner. To get back to redbankgreen, hit your escape key. Ahhh, hot and sparklingContinue reading "SUMMER ARRIVES ON A TIDE OF SMILES"
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Fair Haven held its first townwide yard sale on Saturday, a sunny day full of bike riders and bargain hunters flooding into the borough. redbankgreen was thereContinue reading "BARGAIN BOROUGH"
A HANDS-ON EARTH DAY
Among the commemorations of the fortieth Earth Day Thursday was a day of cleanup, planting and distributing flowers to neighbors by students at the Red Bank Charter School, above. AnContinue reading "A HANDS-ON EARTH DAY"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Well, that was easy. Too easy, according to more than one of the many readers who wrote in to identify last week’s ‘Where?’ Except for this: two of those whoContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
FAIR HAVEN TO TRY ITS HAND AT YARD SALE
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Bargain hunters can start licking their chops, because Fair Haven is heaping a town-wide yard sale onto its already-popular semiannual sidewalk sale. The Borough Council gave theContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN TO TRY ITS HAND AT YARD SALE"
GET READY TO KEEL OVER IN THE KITCHEN
This Rumson kitchen is one of five stops on the tour. Admit it: Two-story foyers, sweeping stairways and high-end family entertainment suites just don’t do it for you. No, You’reContinue reading "GET READY TO KEEL OVER IN THE KITCHEN"
LIGHTS UP FOR HOME DECORATING CONTEST
A house on Drs. James Parker Boulevard done up for the holidays. Below, a Hudson Avenue residence. For Red Bank homeowners with a taste for holiday season displays, it’s time.Continue reading "LIGHTS UP FOR HOME DECORATING CONTEST"
SHOPPERS SAY URBAN’S GOOD FOR RED BANK
A trio of Urban Outfitters fans, led by Middletown resident Amie Falk, walk out of the store happy on its opening day Thursday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPIContinue reading "SHOPPERS SAY URBAN’S GOOD FOR RED BANK"
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THEY’RE BACK!
Ospreys returned to the skies over Red Bank this week for the first time since they migrated to warmer climes in late fall. With temperature ...
SPRING IS SPRUNG
RED BANK: Spring 2024 arrives on the Greater Red Bank Green with the vernal equinox at 11:06 p.m. Tuesday.
RED BANK’S FINEST – AND NEWEST
Red Bank Police Officer Eliot Ramos was sworn in as the force’s newest patrolman Thursday, and if you’re doing a double take thinkin ...
EASTER EGG MAYHEM AT THE PARK
An errant whistle spurred an unexpectedly early start to the Spring Egg Hunt on Sunday, which had been scheduled to begin at eggsactly 11am ...
PRESEASON DOCKWORK
RED BANK: With winter winding down, marina gets ready for boating season with some dockwork on our beautiful Navesink River.
CORNED BEEF AND DISCO FRIES?
It’s Friday, and smart Lent-observing Leprechauns know the pot of gold at the end of Red Bank’s rainbow is actually the deliciou ...
SURFBOARD DITCHED
It’s a violation of etiquette in surfing to ditch your board.  (it could hit another surfer and hurt them). But someone appears to ha ...
ELSIE, TAKE ME WITH YOU!
Soaked by pouring rain with the temperature hovering in the low 40’s, this sign in the window of Elsie’s Subs on Monmouth Street ...
WALK THIS WAY
PARTYLINE: Before-and-afters of a sidewalk cleanup on West Street.
SOGGY NOTION
RED BANK: Breezeway sculpture captured the mood downtown as heavy rains fell Saturday morning.
HOME DELIVERY
RED BANK: After a subdivision, an instant house rises on a new Catherine Street lot.
COMMUNITY PROFILES
For Black History Month, Red Bank's Community Engagement and Equity Advisory Committee has been running a series of local profiles on Facebo ...
HEARTY FAREWELL FOR HARDY
RED BANK: Council to honor DPU supervisor Rich Hardy, who retired recently after almost 39 years of keeping things running.
HOMEBOUND? READ ON…
RED BANK: Can't get to the public library? It's now offering free delivery and pickups for homebound borough residents.
TAMING A BEAST OF A WEEK
RED BANK: After the second snowfall of the week, a borough family finds the perfect use for it – a Godzilla snow sculpture.
RED BANK: LIBRARY CLOSED, BUT THE HILL’S OPEN
RED BANK: Though the library was closed by a snowstorm, kids got to enjoy the riverfront property's steep slope Tuesday.
LIGHT(HOUSE) MAKEOVER
This year, getting ready for spring means a midwinter makeover for Strollo's Lighthouse in Red Bank.
TODAY: LOCAL PUPPY COMPETES ON ANIMAL PLANET’S “PUPPY BOWL”
Red Bank’s very own rescue puppy, Biscuit, is set to compete in Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl this Sunday, February 11, at 2 PM. Th ...
WHAT? NO redbankgreen NEWSLETTER?
Apologies to redbankgreen newsletter subscribers: the daily email hasn’t gone out for two days because of technical issues.
RED BANK: TIRED OF SKEETERS?
RED BANK: Tired of mosquito bites every summer? Monmouth County has a free program to help eliminate skeeter breeding grounds.