Monthly Archives: September 2008

A road crew laid down sand along Broad Street from Leroy Place to Bergen Place after the accident. A car struck a parked landscaper's trailer and flipped onto its roof on Broad Street Tuesday afternoon, leading police to shut down...

On tonight's Red Bank borough council agenda are measures to eliminate at least two salaried positions and boost the pay of all non-unionized employees by 3.5 percent. One job, the now-vacant position of deputy chief, would be eliminated as part...

Obama's been outraising McCain in New Jersey, thanks to events like last week's dinner at Bon Jovi's crib. A pair of events culminating with dinner at the Navesink River chateau of singer Bon Jovi last Friday generated $4.1 million for...

Tonight's council meeting has been postponed until tomorrow night, we're told, because of a schedule conflict for Mayor Pasquale Menna. Tomorrow's meeting is scheduled for 5:30p. Here's the agenda. Not shown on the agenda but slated for introduction is the...

Rumson Mayor John Ekdahl, left, and Fair Haven Councilman John Lehnert. A proposal to create a unified police department for three peninsula towns appears headed into a shallow ditch as it faces two public hearings this week. Last week, Rumson...

Some scenes from the annual Street Fair held in downtown Red Bank Sunday. Email this story

From the Red Bank Police Department desk log for the week of August 29 to September 5. Entries appear here unedited. Theft occurring on 8-29-08 at West Front St. Victim reported that an Apple I-Phone, black and silver in color...

The Asbury Park Press has a report today of a dramatic rescue of a man who appeared to be near death in the surf at Sea Bright Sunday. The victim, identified only as a large man in his 50s, was...

Jillian Rhys shows off her stuff in Asbury Park, and the so-called 'Vagina Monologues of childbirth' makes its Middletown debut. In today's edition of Red Bank oRBit: • a singer gives birth to a new identity • moms give voice...

Expecting someone? White tents were visible on Bon Jovi's riverfront property yesterday. Sen. Barack Obama arrives in the Red Bank area Friday evening in the hunt for campaign cash. He's sure to find a boatload. A cocktail party at one...

Oceanic Marina owner Pete Pawlikowski says he's never seen, or heard of, sharks in the Navesink River. Are there, or have there been, sharks in the Navesink River lately? How about shark-mangled seals? An Associated Press story earlier this week...

Two weeks ago, it was double-chocolate doughnuts and average-Joe joe. Last week: "Banana-Macadamia Nut Crusted Halibut Filet" and "Maytag Blue Cheese Crusted Angus Sirloin." Following up on our detail from the door of the newly renovated Dunkin' Donuts on Maple...

Democratic party swells who plan to rub elbows with presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama at the Navesink chateau of popstar Bon Jovi Friday evening will lay out $28,500 for the privilege, today's Star-Ledger reports. First, there's the $2,300 cocktail reception...

We came across this dripping faucet and sign last Saturday next to the basketball court at M.T. Thompson Park in Lincroft (not part of Monmouth County's Thompson Park just a few hundred yards west on Newman Springs Road). The faucet...

A Red Bank police officer tells a customer the bank is closed yesterday afternoon. A surveillance camera got a photo of the suspect in the noontime heist. Authorities released this photo of a man they say robbed the Sovereign Bank...

Homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises, based in Red Bank,posted its eighth consecutive quarter in the red, reporting a net loss of $202.5 million for the fiscal quarter ended July 31. The loss equated to $2.67 per share, compared with a loss $1.27...

The Asbury Park Press says the Sovereign Bank branch at the corner of Broad Street and East Bergen Place was robbed at about noon today. The suspect, who got away, did not show a gun, but threatened to, the Press...

Elba Vasquez gives her 4-year-old son, Axel, a goodby kiss as he boards the bus for his first day of school as a pre-K student at the Red Bank Primary School this morning. Below, Gene and Dawn Potts of Madison...

The following are entries from the Red Bank Police Department log for the week of August 22. The information, supplied by the department, is unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring between 8-21-08 and 8-22-08 at Leighton Ave. Victim reported that unknown person(s)...

You may have noticed the cryptic, vaguely erotic posters around Red Bank for "Garden of Earthly Delights" starting tonight at the Two River Theater. Well, Red Bank oRBit has not only the details, but an interview with MacArthur Award recipient...