Skip to content
Brian Donohue
Editor Brian Donohue
Long Live Local News
Get "The Blast" Newsletter

A town square for an unsquare town

redbankgreen

Standing for the vitality of Red Bank, its community, and the fun we have together.

Monthly Archives: August 2012

UP A LAZY RIVER OR TWO WITH LEON REDBONE
News
Master of back-porch blues, song-sheet pop and hobo-camp folk music Leon Redbone pulls up a stool the Two River Theater Red Bank Sunday. By TOM CHESEK The seersucker suit andContinue reading "UP A LAZY RIVER OR TWO WITH LEON REDBONE"
Post a comment
August 17th, 2012 @ 9am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
redbankgreen Classics
POST: ASHLEY DUPRÉ IS PRÉGGERS
News
Ashley Dupré on Broad Street, Red Bank in early July. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The post-courtesanship makeover of the once-infamous Ashley Dupré continues. Confirming for the NewContinue reading "POST: ASHLEY DUPRÉ IS PRÉGGERS"
Post a comment
August 17th, 2012 @ 8am
UPSTAIRS AT BASIE, A LITTLE TOUGH ‘LOVE’
News
Dunbar Repertory Company presents Gail Wynn Huland El’s “dark comedy” GREEN HONEY LOVE in the Count Basie Theatre’s second-floor rehearsal space beginning tonight. By TOM CHESEK In a cubby ofContinue reading "UPSTAIRS AT BASIE, A LITTLE TOUGH ‘LOVE’"
Post a comment
August 17th, 2012 @ 6am
A federal judge in Trenton has ordered the owners of the ‘Girls Gone Wild‘ pixelated-flesh empire to pay $3 million to a 27-year-old woman whose identity was misused in aContinue reading "WOMAN DEFAMED IN DUPRÉ VIDEO WINS $3M"
Post a comment
August 16th, 2012 @ 4pm
MAN ARRESTED FOR FIGHT, HIT & RUN
News
The unidentified suspect being taken into custody by Little Silver police at Rumson Road and Riverside Drive in Rumson. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Little Silver police arrestedContinue reading "MAN ARRESTED FOR FIGHT, HIT & RUN"
Post a comment
August 16th, 2012 @ 11am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Little Silver Police Department. July 3- Robert Meyer, 26, of Red Bank, NJ, was arrested following a motor vehicle stop for aContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: FOUR BURGLARIES REPORTED"
Post a comment
August 16th, 2012 @ 6am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
News
Last week’s photo: the former Douglas Auto Electric shop at the corner of Maple Avenue and West Bergen Place/Drs. James Parker Boulevard in Red Bank, which was in the processContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
Post a comment
August 16th, 2012 @ 6am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Fair Haven Police Department. • 7/4/12 -Cpl. Waltz and Ptl. Reevey arrested Francis Luby, 19, Rumson, and charged him with Disorderly Conduct.Continue reading "NO FARE! CABBIE GETS STIFFED IN FAIR HAVEN"
Post a comment
August 15th, 2012 @ 3pm
BANDIERA & BAND TAKE ON ‘SOLO’ BEATLES
News
Bandiera on the Run: Guitarist Bob Bandiera (at right) assembles the Jersey Shore Rock ‘N Soul Revue at the Basie Friday for a tribute to the post-Beatle careers of theContinue reading "BANDIERA & BAND TAKE ON ‘SOLO’ BEATLES"
Post a comment
August 15th, 2012 @ 8am
DON’T TELL THEM THEY’RE NOT KIDS ANYMORE
News
At the top of the fifth, it was Rumson 13, Oceanport 11 at an over-40 slow-pitch playoff game Tuesday night at Patterson Park in Shrewsbury. (Click to enlarge)
Post a comment
August 15th, 2012 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN BACKSTOPS OPEN-SPACE BID
News
Borough officials are eyeing this Third Avenue property as a potential parking lot for Fair Haven Fields, which is accessible via the backyard. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN BACKSTOPS OPEN-SPACE BID"
Post a comment
August 14th, 2012 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN RINGS ITS BELLS FOR BIKERS
News
The annual Tour de Fair Haven raced into that century-old town Sunday, complete with tailgating spectators, a bike-themed house decorating contest and hard-charging professional cyclists. redbankgreen‘s Stacie Fanelli was there withContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN RINGS ITS BELLS FOR BIKERS"
Post a comment
August 13th, 2012 @ 3pm
Two drivers were injured and traffic around the Little Silver train station was tied up for about an hour after two cars collided at rush hour Monday morning, police said.Continue reading "TWO INJURED IN LITTLE SILVER CRASH"
Post a comment
August 13th, 2012 @ 12pm
TURNING HEADS, WITH THE TOWN AS CANVAS
News
Shay Guiod prepared to hang one of  Dumitru Gorzo’s paintings at the Two River Theater on Sunday, above, having installed another at Space Interiors on White Street, below. By TOMContinue reading "TURNING HEADS, WITH THE TOWN AS CANVAS"
Post a comment
August 13th, 2012 @ 9am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of August 3 to August 10, 2012. This information is unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring onContinue reading "VANDALS EPOXY DOOR LOCK, DAMAGE BOAT"
Post a comment
August 13th, 2012 @ 7am
OLD FRIENDS ROCK THE BLOCK
News
Generations of  former and present Red Bank residents gathered on Drs. James Parker Boulevard over Saturday for a block-party style “family reunion,” complete with street fair food, jewelry for sale andContinue reading "OLD FRIENDS ROCK THE BLOCK"
Post a comment
August 13th, 2012 @ 5am
MORE SUMMER RAIN EXPECTED
News
Doomy clouds loomed over Fair Haven and Red Bank Friday afternoon as weather forecasts called for possible thunderstorms Friday night and Saturday, followed by sunshine on Sunday. (Click to enlarge)
Post a comment
August 10th, 2012 @ 5pm
MAGAZINE SPOTLIGHTS RED BANK EATERIES
News
A screen grab of the article posted Friday. (Click to enlarge) Inside Jersey, the monthly magazine of the Star-Ledger, calls out Red Bank as one of ‘Jersey’s Dining Dozen’ inContinue reading "MAGAZINE SPOTLIGHTS RED BANK EATERIES"
Post a comment
August 10th, 2012 @ 4pm
Antonio ‘Mingo’ Suarez-Perez, left, will not be eligible for parole. Co-defendants Samson Theodore ‘Freedom’ Hearn, center, and Eric Joel ‘Pun’ Figueras testified against him. The triggerman in 2009’s vicious double homicideContinue reading "KILLER OF TWO G ...
Post a comment
August 10th, 2012 @ 12pm
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • JD Rockafellow, age 23, from South Avenue in Atlantic Highlands, NJ, arrested on August 7, 2012 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
Post a comment
August 10th, 2012 @ 10am
Partyline
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.
PORTA POTTY X-ING
redbankgreen Partyline captures porta johns moving down the railroad tracks.
(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...