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SEA BRIGHT: BACK TO THE BEACH @ DONOVAN’S

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SEA BRIGHT: PieHole pays a happy hour visit to the revived Donovan's Reef, where the palms sway and the rum buckets chill.

June 23rd, 2017 @ 1pm

Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"

SEA BRIGHT: DONOVAN’S REBUILD BEGINS

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SEA BRIGHT: Construction of a permanent home for Donovan's Reef gets underway.

June 2nd, 2016 @ 6am

SEA BRIGHT: DONOVAN’S TIKI BAR REOPENS

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With new access ramps over the sea wall, the restored tiki bar at Donovan’s was back in business Friday afternoon, as co-owner Chris Bowler announced via the signboard, below. (Photos by Continue reading

July 10th, 2015 @ 4pm

SEA BRIGHT: DONOVAN’S COMEBACK DELAYED

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The site of Donovan’s Reef in April. (Photo above by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD An ambitious plan to reopen a prominent Sea Bright bar Continue reading

June 20th, 2014 @ 8am

SEA BRIGHT: DONOVAN’S TO REBUILD

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Donovan’s Reef as seen five days after Hurricane Sandy, above, and in better days, below. (Photo above by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Smashed to Continue reading

February 27th, 2014 @ 1pm

KIRK PLAYS SANTA, WITH HITMAKER HELPERS

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Bandleader Brian Kirk (center) brings his Jirks back to the Basie stage on December 23, in a Santa for Lunch Break benefit that boasts the chart-topping voices of Elliot Lurie Continue reading

December 18th, 2013 @ 8am

SEA BRIGHT: DUNESDAY BACK ON THE BEACH

The patio at the Mad Hatter becomes Dunesday Central for the daylong beach festival Saturday. (Photo by Colby Wilson. Click to enlarge) By COLBY WILSON In the months after Hurricane Continue reading

July 17th, 2013 @ 6am

FOR SEA BRIGHT, A NOT-SO-SECRET SANTA

Jersey Shore barband legend Brian Kirk (above, at the 2001 Oysterfest in Red Bank) and his band of partystarting Jirks come to the Count Basie on December 20 for a Continue reading

December 11th, 2012 @ 6am

Beach bar season is officially over, as Donovan’s Reef had its tiki bar craned off the beach in Sea Bright Thursday morning. It’ll go into winter storage. (Photo by Dustin Continue reading

October 7th, 2010 @ 1pm

SEA BRIGHT EXPLORES BEACH REPAIR OPTIONS

A view of the aftermath from last month’s northeaster at Donovan’s Reef. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The website of Donovan’s Reef urges visitors to check out the Continue reading

April 16th, 2010 @ 10am

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...