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Category Archives: Literature

RED BANK: MONMOUTH ARTS OPENS NEW SPACE
RED BANK: Doors away from the Basie's storied marquee, Monmouth Arts unveils a new home for fostering art dubbed ArtSpace.
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April 17th @ 5pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
RED BANK: A NEIGHBOR’S 9/11 STORY
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RED BANK: Twenty years later, a writer captures the story of his neighbor's escape from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
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September 8th, 2021 @ 12pm
RED BANK: Library trustees embark on five-year strategic plan update, starting with public survey of attitudes and input on services.
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January 30th, 2020 @ 10am
RED BANK: STORY WALK GETS AN UPGRADE
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RED BANK: Story Walk, a three-year-old summer feature in Riverside Gardens Park, gets an upgrade to permanent displays in its latest edition.
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July 24th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: LIBRARY DIRECTOR CHECKS OUT
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RED BANK: Elizabeth McDermott checks out as library director and gets a proclamation; Barbara Pickell named interim director.
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July 3rd, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: LIBRARY DIRECTOR TO RETIRE
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RED BANK: After a career pivot, a tumultuous chapter and the restoration of calm, library director McDermott announces plan to retire.
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May 11th, 2018 @ 12pm
RBR TEACHER NOTED FOR LITERARY BLOG
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LITTLE SILVER: RBR teacher Gretna Wilkinson honored for literary blog, the Raven's Perch.
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August 30th, 2017 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN: BEACH READ ON RIVER ROAD
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FAIR HAVEN: Best-selling novelist Patti Callahan Henry pays a Wednesday visit to a fave local bookshop with her latest beach read in her beach bag.
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August 1st, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: BOOKMARKS MARK FAVORITES
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RED BANK: More than 500 kids submitted drawings of their favorite things about the town for the library's bookmark contest. Here are the winners.
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June 16th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: SCHOOL TO GET 500 BOOKS
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RED BANK: As part of an effort to prevent educational "summer slide," the Primary School is to receive 500 books.
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June 14th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: ‘BOBFEST’ OF DYLAN, WAR & PEACE
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RED BANK: Pat Guadagno's annual 'Bobfest' returns to the Count Basie Theatre with an edition that packs the heft of "War and Peace."
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May 23rd, 2017 @ 6am
LITTLE SILVER: LIBRARY BOOK SALE RETURNS
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LITTLE SILVER: Friends of the Library plan their annual book sale fundraiser over two days next week. Stock up on your summer reading.
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May 12th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: ADD SOME LOVE TO ‘EPIC’ POEM
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RED BANK: Community members invited to share a few words about what they love, and see their responses woven into an "epic" poem.
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February 9th, 2017 @ 8am
RUMSON: ACTOR HELPS MAKE A BOOK ‘SCENE’
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RUMSON: Busy actor Siobhan Fallon Hogan adds 'co-author' to her résumé. She and collaborator Lori Oakes will debut their new kid's book at the Oceanic Library.
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December 8th, 2016 @ 6am
RED BANK: TIME TO REMEMBER IS WRITE NOW
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RED BANK: Project Write Now hosts a Night to Remember fundraiser at the Two River Theater Tuesday, with readings and art by local luminaries.
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November 25th, 2016 @ 4am
RED BANK: THIRD NOVEL FOR BARTENDER
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RED BANK: Bartender-slash-author serves up his third novel in two years.
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August 9th, 2016 @ 10am
SHREWSBURY: “GAS MONEY” GETS HIM HERE
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Author Troy Lewis makes a GAS MONEY pitstop at the county library's Eastern Branch, in a Saturday afternoon appearance.
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May 20th, 2016 @ 12pm
RED BANK: YOUNG READER’S A WORLD-BEATER
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Red Bank Middle School seventh-grader Karina Linares Huerta Karina was honoroed by the Red Bank council Wednesday night for finishing first among 1.7 million students around the globe in theContinue reading "RED BANK: YOUNG READER’S A WORLD-BEATER"
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May 12th, 2016 @ 11am
RED BANK: A LITTLE BOOK-LABELING PARTY
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Kate Triggiano, who had a custom-built “little library” built and installed outside her Red Bank home for neighborhood kids last October, plans a book labeling party Thursday from 7 toContinue reading "RED BANK: A LITTLE BOOK-LABELING PARTY"
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February 3rd, 2016 @ 3pm
FAIR HAVEN: MIMI AT THE CROSSROADS
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Singer-songwriter-novelist Mimi Cross makes an appearance in Fair Haven Thursday to promote her new work of fiction, “Before Goodbye.”  (Click to enlarge) By TOM CHESEK “It was great to see everybody,”Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN: MIMI AT THE CROSSROADS"
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January 20th, 2016 @ 12pm
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THREE ON TOUR
RED BANK: Three borough sites will participate in a weekend of self-guided tours of 52 historic locations in Monmouth County May 4 & 5.
VOLUNTEERS GET INTO THE WEEDS
Toting plastic trash bags, 51 volunteers conducted a walking litter cleanup on Red Bank's West Side Saturday.
“IT’S A PARTY AT WAWA!”
You wish you could vibe like Brian, who lives on the other side of Hubbard’s Bridge. He caught redbankgreen’s attention in Red B ...
POPE OKS ORATORY
RED BANK: St. Anthony of Padua obtains papal approval to establish Oratory of St. Philip Neri, a community of priests and brothers devoted t ...
RED BANK: NEW MURAL BRIGHTENS CORNER
RED BANK: Lunch Break founder Norma Todd is depicted in a mural painted this week on the front of the newly renovated social service agency.
TULIPS TOGETHER
Spring tulips taking in the sunset outside the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank Monday evening.
RIVER RANGERS RETURN
River Rangers, a summer canoeing program offered by the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association, returns this summer for up to 20 participa ...
DOUBLE DYLAN IN RED BANK
Trucks for a production company filming what one worker said was a Bob Dylan biography have lined Monmouth Street the past two days with cre ...
AFTER THE RAIN
A pear tree branch brought down by a brief overnight storm left a lovely tableau on the sidewalk in front of Red Bank's Riverside Gardens Pa ...
CONE OF UNCERTAINTY
Asked by a redbankgreen reporter why these cones were on top of cars, the owner of the car in the foreground responded: “That’s ...
RAIL RIDER’S VIEW
A commuter's view of Cooper's Bridge and the Navesink River from North Jersey Coast Line train 3320 out of Red Bank Tuesday morning.
PUT ME IN COACH!
Red Bank T-Ball kicked off at East Side park on Saturday morning. The brisk weather proved to be no deterrent to the young players, ranging ...
IT’S A SIGN!
Once proudly declaring its all-but-certain arrival in Spring 2019, the project previously known as Azalea Gardens springs to life again with ...
SPRINGTIME MEMORIES OF CARL
The Easter Bunny getup and St. Patrick’s Day hat that belonged to longtime Red Bank crossing guard and neighborhood smile-creator Carl ...
RED TRUCKS AT RED ROCK
A small dishwasher fire at Red Rock Tap and Grill was put out quickly by firefighters overnight, causing minimal damage. Red Bank Fire Depar ...
CREATIVE COVER UP
The windows of Pearl Street Consignment on Monmouth Street were smashed when a driver crashed their car through them injuring an employee la ...
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 ...

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