Monthly Archives: April 2009

Last week's 'Where" showed the decorative piece of stone- and brickwork atop 58-64 Broad Street in downtown Red Bank. In "Images of America: Red Bank," one of his three photo books on the history of the borough, prolific author Randall...

Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit features interviews with two photographers, women whose areas of focus could hardly be farther apart. But each is making a book-signing appearance in Red Bank this Saturday that should stir fans of their subject...

A Mercer County grand jury has indicted a Little Silver woman as part of a wide-ranging investigation into the alleged fraudulent sale of automobile titles through the state Motor Vehicle Commission. Fifty-year-old Maryleigh Barbusin was charged with conspiracy, official misconduct...

David Goldman with his son, Sean, before the boy was moved to Brazil four years ago by his mother. A Brazilian official says a federal court in that nation shouldn't give absolute custody to either party fighting over Sean Goldman,...

Plans for $8 million in new facilities at the Community YMCA on Maple Avenue in Red Bank have raised concerns about traffic safety, according to today's Asbury Park Press. The newspaper reports that the Y's expansion project would add a...

Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit pays tribute to the talented men who in turn pay tribute to some of the most iconic figures in showbiz history. First, we introduce you to Frank Ferrante, a non-household name who nonetheless has...

In today's edition of Ledger Live, host Brian Donohue sings the praises of composting and 'freecycling,' using his Red Bank home and yard as the video's setting to make a couple of points about green living. Check it out, folks......

Getting a jump on next month's Paint the Town Pink breast cancer awareness campaign is this strip of curbing between the Broadway Diner and the YMCA's Children's Cultural Center on Monmouth Street. Among the numerous other splashes of pink that...

Poll worker Elizabeth Herbert waits as a Red Bank voter casts his ballots at the new third- and seventh-district polling place at the First Church of Christ, Scientist. Area school district budgets easily passed Tuesday, according to election results available...

The cheerful looking gent with the facial tattoos and the snake on his shoulder is Jon Davies, who once upon a time led a local combo by the name of The Secret Syde. The editor of Red Bank oRBit calls...

An architectural rendering of the proposed garage and office building, as seen from the northwest corner of Shrewsbury Avenue and West Front Street. A proposal to effectively double the size of the Galleria Red Bank shopping, dining and office complex...

Today's Red Bank oRBit tackles the up-to-the-minute issue that's on everyone's minds, namely: when exactly did Monday go from mundane to action-packed? It's nowhere near summer yet, but a quick gaze at the Orb events calendar reveals a fistful of...

Members of the Nathan J. Williams Craftsmen Club gathered at the Celestial Lodge earlier this month. A Red Bank-based motorcycle club is planning its second annual rally to raise scholarship money. The event is scheduled for 11a to 6p Saturday,...

Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of April 1 to April 17, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring between 4-9-09 and 4-10-09 at West Front Street. Victim reported that unknown subject(s)...

A 2008 view of Bon Jovi's Middletown manse. For the third time in little more than two weeks, a dead dolphin has been found locally, the Associated Press reports. The discovery of a dolphin corpse outside the riverfront home of...

A pair of ducks enjoyed a puddle outside Merri-Makers at the Water's Edge in Sea Bright yesterday. We're in for three cloudy and possibly rainy days starting today, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS has also issued a...

An architect's rendering of the six-story addition, at right above, as seen from Riverside Avenue. The owner of Navesink House, a 41-year-old high-rise senior citizens' residence on Riverside Avenue, is about to blow the dust off five-year-old plans for a...

Today's Asbury Park Press takes a look at the four-candidate race for three Red Bank Board of Education seats and labels it a 'dogfight.' Huh? Hyperbole aside, the article frames the race among the candidates: board Vice President Ann Roseman;...

Theater Week of Sorts soldiers on in Red Bank oRBit as we take a look today at a new production of the hard-hitting drama A Soldier’s Play going up this weekend at the Performing Arts Center at Brookdale Community College,...

A short fireworks display was lofted from Marine Park next to the Monmouth Boat Club Thursday night. Organizers of KaBoom Fireworks, Red Bank's largest public event, are asking the public to dig deep for contributions this year. The event has...