Monthly Archives: July 2008

Jersey girl Ashley Dupré. The company that ran into trouble for the asphalt it laid along River Road in Fair Haven last year is in the news today in connection with former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's hooker. Thomas J....

Forty years after Dieter Bornemann took his restaurant's name from an epithet, he says it's time to change both the name and the menu. It's not quite 'auf wiedersehen.' But the Little Kraut, Dieter Bornemann's accolade-winning German restaurant next to...

There may not be many one-lane gravel roads in these here parts, but our picture of one last week proved that there are at least enough of them in one patch of Middletown to confuse some 'Where' fans. A number...

A kayaker watches a dolphin off Rumson last week. Today's Star-Ledger has an Associated Press story reporting that the folks at a marine animal advocacy group are getting anxious about a federal agency's reluctance to tease our visiting dolphins out...

Former Mayor Ben Nicosia was among the spotlight guests at a cocktail party Tuesday night at the Molly Pitcher Inn, where he and three other former Red Bank mayors — Dan O'Hern, Mike Arnone and Ed McKenna — were honored...

The scene on Broad Street at the 2006 edition of the event. By TOM CHESEK There was that friend of ours who found a shrink-wrapped, never-played, original 1963 pressing ( released the day JFK was shot) of the Phil Spector...

The former Anderson storage building, seen in a file photo, where Mertrovation has approvals to build 23 condos and two stores. A pair of large-scale, long-stalled development projects near the Red Bank train station cleared legal hurdles yesterday when a...

Legendary guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli and pianist-singer Tony DeSare photographed at River's Edge Café, where they'll be returning this weekend as part of the Summer Jazz Café series. By TOM CHESEK Maybe it's that seventh string on his guitar; a custom-crafted...

Crimes reported between July 11 and July 18, as recorded by Red Bank Police Department. Entries are unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring White St. on 7-12-08. Victim reported that unknown person(s) scratched her motor vehicle on sides and hood with what...

An old-fashioned hearse waits outside Pilgrim Baptist Church in Red Bank Saturday morning during the funeral service for 77-year-old borough resident Naomi Fuller, who died last Wednesday. Horse Drawn Funerals of New Tripoli, Pa., was hired to park outside the...

The Parker house, on Rumson Road, dates to 1667 and is the borough's oldest home. Little Silver officials took steps last week in their effort to preserve the 341-year-old Parker house, home of the borough's founding family. The Asbury Park...

The big-splash events — the parade, the townwide picnic, the boat parade — may be past but the Red Bank Centennial Committee still has a few items on its dance card. One is a cocktail party in honor of the...

Just in time for another heat wave, the Library of Congress today posted this photo believed to be of old Red Bank on Flickr. Yeah, right? Who knew the LOC was a Flickr user? The photo, from a glass negative,...

The view north from Hobbymasters' roof, which gets unimpeded exposure to the sun. In what's being billed as the largest installation of its kind in the Red Bank area, game & toy retailer Hobbymasters plans to cover the roof of...

Future home of borough hall? By SUE MORGAN Maybe some day Tapestry International, a creator of original programming for the likes of MTV and Animal Planet, will make a documentary about Sea Bright's long search for a new, state-of-the-art town...

Pringle, right, in his capacity as Red Bank's borough attorney, with Mayor Pasquale Menna at a 2007 meeting. Eating crow, Belmar Mayor Ken Pringle says he'll accept an invitation to tour Staten Island for a day to make amends for...

The Asbury Park Press reports today that Terrence Wilkins could retain his certification as a school principal despite a guilty plea in an arson case last month. Because of his eligibility for pre-trial intervention, the former principal of the Red...

Whoa, flashback: John Easdale of Dramarama headlines the bill at the annual Dunesday event this Saturday at Donovan's Reef. By TOM CHESEK Less than a year ago, the mood around Donovan's Reef had a touch of doomsday about it. The...

Dolphins near the Oceanic Bridge late Wednesday afternoon. (Photo courtesy of Mary Fenton) We were just wrapping up our sixth visit to the dolphins since they moved into the Navesink River more than a week ago when we heard on...

Jenn Woods, Donald Patters, William Crooks, Fred Blumberg, Pete DeFazio, Matt Borowski and Carl Colmorgen all wrote in to correctly identify the slice of urban skyline we featured in last week's photo. It's a view looking northeast across Broad Street...