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RED BANK: DOC HOLIDAY CAR SHOW SHINES

Jul 10, 2017

With 370 vehicles on display, there wasn’t enough room for “one more Volkswagen” at the 15th annual Doc Holiday Classic Car Show in Red Bank Sunday, according to firefighter Bobby Holiday, son of the late volunteer for whom the event is named.

Blue skies and tolerable summer temperatures drew a large crowd to the event, which featured blinding chrome, vivid color and a wide array of automotive designs. Pop the hood for more pix below. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

July 10, 2017 - 6:22 am |

RED BANK: HOLIDAY SHOWS ROCK THE BASIE

Dec 12, 2016

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Darlene Love, above, and not-so-secret Santa Brian Kirk, below, return to the Count Basie stage for their respective holiday shows this Friday and Saturday.

A holiday tradition bit the fake-snow dust in 2014, when a retiring David Letterman hosted musical guest Darlene Love in her umpteenth and final annual performance of the soaring “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).”

But Red Bank audiences can vouch that Ms. Love and her Christmas-pop signature are alive and well. And when the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer returns to the Count Basie Theatre stage this Friday, she’ll bring along some special friends with a Jersey Shore connection — while kicking off a weekend that boasts another special sleighride from a locally homegrown Santa: Brian Kirk.

December 12, 2016 - 12:00 pm |

A SOLD-OUT STOP FOR HOLIDAY EXPRESS

Dec 13, 2011

Onstage guest The Grinch makes like The Boss as Tim McLoone and Holiday Express perform at a recent Town Lighting ceremony in Red Bank. The all-volunteer musical force returns to Count Basie’s place on Thursday night for a sold-out annual Christmastime concert.

Ask Tim McLoone about the magnificent music machine that is Holiday Express, and he’ll tell you that the big-hearted big band is an attention getter merely because it “makes the most noise,” an engine that pulls or is it propelled by? an all-volunteer, non-sectarian force of goodwill that exists largely behind the scenes.

As the founder and highly visible frontman of the homegrown Express, however, the regionally legendary renaissance guy has a threefold task to fulfill in the role of conductor. Not just conductor of the orchestra, or conductor of the train, but a conductor of electricity the man who (at least figuratively) flips the switch that illuminates a new season of holiday happenings.

When Mr. Mac and his musical force of nature and nurture return to the Count Basie Theatre for their 19th annual concert appearance on Thursday, they’ll bring a set list that ranges from the sacred and serene (“O Little Town of Bethlehem,” “Silent Night”) to the secular and silly (“Run Rudolph Run,” “Disco Santa”) for one very public performance in the middle of a run that brings light to the darkest corners of our neighborhoods this time of year. To quote (ahem, cannibalize) a previous article on the subject:

December 13, 2011 - 7:25 am |

THE EXPRESS TRACK TO HOLIDAY TIME

Nov 25, 2010

As usual, several thousand people are expected to pack Red Bank’s Broad Street for a Holiday Express concert and overall merriment Friday night. These pix are from 2009. (Click to enlarge)

Even hardcore humbugs and web-shopping wetblankets can agree that there’s no better time for a bit of light therapy than Black Friday.

This Friday evening, for the 17th consecutive year, Holiday Express the all-volunteer force of musical goodwill pulls into station stop Red Bank to perform a free outdoor concert that sounds the keynote to the annual Town Lighting ceremony.

If you’ve spent at least a year of your life in the area, you’ll know the event as the “real” kickoff to the holidays not just in Red Bank but all around the greater ‘green. And it’s just the tip of the icicle for a sleighload slate of activities that begins in earnest this weekend.

November 25, 2010 - 11:49 am |

WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?

Jan 3, 2008

Three observant readers were able to identify the newly re-exposed bit of architectural detail featured in last week’s ‘Where.’

As noted by the Colmorgen Kids, Cathi Swett and Bobby Holiday, the photo shows a semi-circular window at 157 Broad Street, at the corner of Harding Road. It’s on the western side of the building, above the entrance to the Bank America branch.

A couple of pieces of siding appear to have been removed from the building, including a section that covered over the window and its opulent stone framing, exposing some wonders lost to modern passersby.

January 3, 2008 - 8:24 am |

WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?

Dec 6, 2007

Though the little man shown in last week’s ‘Where’ has many clones (or more likely, is himself a clone), three readers had no problem identifying where he hangs his cap at night.

December 6, 2007 - 10:06 am |

RED BANK: FIRE DAMAGES APARTMENT

Mar 9, 2023

Volunteer firefighters battling the blaze, as seen from the north side of the building. (Video by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

See UPDATE below

By JOHN T. WARD

Fire in a third-floor unit briefly emptied a seven-story apartment building overlooking the Navesink River in Red Bank Thursday afternoon.

March 9, 2023 - 7:20 pm |

RED BANK: PORTMAN TAKES MAYOR’S SEAT

Jan 5, 2023

Mayor Billy Portman opens the reorganization meeting as Attorney Dan Antonelli looks on, above; new fire chiefs were sworn in, below. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank entered into a period of transition Wednesday night, as a new mayor took the helm of a government that’s slated to vanish in seven months.

Billy Portman, a political neophyte who helped dismantle the local Democratic machine last year, was sworn into the town’s highest elected position pledging he’ll “keep the ship running smoothly” in the interim.

January 5, 2023 - 1:50 am |

RED BANK: THIRD TIME AS CHIEF FOR HARTMAN

Dec 30, 2022

Wayne Hartman at the start of his last stint as fire chief in 2019. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Just three years after he concluded his last term, Wayne Hartman is slated to return as chief of the Red Bank’s fire department next week.

This will be his third time heading the all-volunteer department.

December 30, 2022 - 7:57 am |

RED BANK: EARLY SPLIT AT REORGANIZATION

Jan 3, 2022

Jacqueline Sturdivant arrives for her swearing-in, with fellow council members Ed Zipprich at left and Erik Yngstrom at right. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

hot topic red bank nj Amid calls for comity, three Red Bank council members tried but failed to derail the appointment of a fourth to a ceremonial post Saturday.

The New Year also began with a resident accusing a council member of “lying” about his place of residence.

January 3, 2022 - 12:15 pm |

RED BANK: WASTE IN GARAGE FUELS FIRE

Nov 8, 2021

(See UPDATE below)

No injuries occurred as Red Bank volunteer firefighters extinguished a garage fire early Monday morning.

November 8, 2021 - 10:35 am |

RED BANK: RESCUE TRUCK ADDED TO FLEET

Nov 5, 2021

Red Bank Fire Chief Bobby Holiday, right, and First Deputy Nick Ferraro with the new rescue truck at Union Hose Company last week. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank’s volunteer firefighters have a new truck to help them rescue individuals trapped in cars or on the Navesink River.

And though it’s a used, 28-year-old vehicle, its $35,000 acquisition last month is being praised by officials as “huge” bargain.

November 5, 2021 - 7:58 am |

RED BANK: SPRINKLER DOUSES UNIT FIRE

Oct 7, 2021

[See UPDATE below]

The sprinkler system at the River Street Commons senior housing complex in Red Bank prevented possible tragedy Thursday afternoon.

October 7, 2021 - 1:36 pm |

RED BANK: CAR STRIKES HOME

Sep 23, 2021

[See UPDATE below]

No injuries were reported after a car struck a home on Branch Avenue in Red Bank shortly before 4 a.m Thursday.

September 23, 2021 - 5:16 am |

RED BANK: REFLECTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 11

Sep 13, 2021

Former Red Bank fire chief Wayne Hartman tolled a bell in memory of 343 New York City fireighters who who died at the World Trade Center. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

On a swath of Riverside Gardens Park lawn emblazoned with a temporary memorial, Red Bank residents and others gathered Saturday morning to remember the 2,996 lives taken on American soil on September 11, 2001.

September 13, 2021 - 7:30 am |

RED BANK: TWIN PUMPERS DELIVERED

Jun 22, 2021

Red Bank’s volunteer fire department took delivery of a new firetruck Tuesday morning, the second in four days.

June 22, 2021 - 1:45 pm |

FAIR HAVEN: SEARCH LAUNCHED FOR KAYAKER

Mar 26, 2021

Choppy waters on the wind-driven Navesink as seen from Grange Avenue in Fair Haven Friday afternoon. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

Local emergency personnel were out on the choppy, wind-driven Navesink River following a report of a missing kayaker Friday, according to Fair Haven police Chief Joe McGovern.

March 26, 2021 - 4:16 pm |

RED BANK: YASSIN MOVES TO COUNCIL FORE

Jan 4, 2021

Councilman Hazim Yassin at a council meeting in February, 2019. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

hot topic red bank nj After a year of butting heads with most of his fellow Democrats, Red Bank Councilman Michael Ballard lost his seat on the budget-shaping finance committee Friday.

He was displaced by first-term Councilman Hazim Yassin at the borough government’s annual New Year’s Day reorganization meeting. More →

January 4, 2021 - 7:50 am |

RED BANK: MENNA OFFERS PROTOCOL FIX

Jan 2, 2020

New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy with Mayor Pasquale Menna prior to the start of Wednesday’s reorganization meeting. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna proposed a workaround Wednesday to a year-old protocol covering comments and questions at council meetings: he says he’ll show up an hour early to field them.

At the borough government’s annual New Year’s Day reorganization meeting, attendees also heard Menna heap thanks on Governor Phil Murphy, whose wife, Tammy Murphy, attended the ceremonial session.

January 2, 2020 - 7:30 am |

MIDDLETOWN: BOATER PULLED FROM MUD

Sep 24, 2019

Members of the Red Bank volunteer fire department’s dive team helped a boater on the Swimming River shortly before noon Tuesday. (Photo by Carl Colmorgen. Click to enlarge)

September 24, 2019 - 1:30 pm |

RED BANK: WIRE SNIP SNAPS UTILITY POLE

Sep 12, 2019

No injuries were reported, and power was not immediately affected, after a utility pole snapped and fell against a building on English Plaza in Red Bank Thursday afternoon.

September 12, 2019 - 2:09 pm |

RED BANK: “TENACIOUS’ INSPECTOR CITED

Apr 12, 2019

Fire inspector Frank Woods, flanked by Mayor Pasquale Menna and Councilman Hazim Yassin, was honored for averting possible catastrophe at an apartment complex. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A “tenacious” Red Bank employee won recognition from the borough council Wednesday night for efforts that officials said headed off a possible disaster at an apartment complex last month.

April 12, 2019 - 1:00 pm |

RED BANK: DEMS GLIDE INTO NEW YEAR

Jan 2, 2019

Mayor Pasquale Menna prepares to swear in new fire Chief Wayne Hartman, center, and deputies Scott Calabrese and Bobby Holiday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank’s government turned the calendar page to 2019 with a friction-free reorganization meeting Tuesday that kicked off the fourth term of Mayor Pasquale Menna and gave Democrats unfettered control of borough hall.

Here are some highlights:

January 2, 2019 - 7:30 am |

RED BANK: DOG AND CAT INJURED IN FIRE

Jul 19, 2018

First Aiders tending to dog in the front yard of 316 Shrewsbury Avenue. (Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Fire in the basement of a Red Bank home left a dog and a cat injured Wednesday evening.

July 19, 2018 - 5:58 am |

RED BANK: EXPLOSIONS ROCK BROAD STREET

Jan 4, 2015

Smoke billows from one of two manholes on Broad Street Sunday afternoon. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

A series of explosions in underground electrical boxes rocked Broad Street in Red Bank Sunday afternoon.

No injuries were reported as the eruptions, in front of the St. James Church/Red Bank Catholic High School complex, sent steel covers and bricks flying from two manholes shortly after 3 p.m.

January 4, 2015 - 4:50 pm |

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