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.

Author Archives: John T. Ward

We’re back with a wide shot this week. Do you know where it was taken? If you’d like to guess, send us an email with the words ‘Where Have IContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
Post a comment
July 28th, 2011 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
redbankgreen Classics
WELL, SHUCKS, IT’S NOT FAIR – YET
There’s still a month to go before the Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair kicks off its annual eight-day swirl of food and rides, but preparation of more than 150 gallons ofContinue reading "WELL, SHUCKS, IT’S NOT FAIR – YET"
Post a comment
July 26th, 2011 @ 10am
JAZZ & BLUES TOO HOT TO HANDLE
Torrid heat and humidity, with temperatures hovering around 100 degrees, made the early hours of the Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Festival at the Middletown Arts Center a hard sellContinue reading "JAZZ & BLUES TOO HOT TO HANDLE"
Post a comment
July 25th, 2011 @ 9am
A DATE IN RED BANK, MTV CAMERAS IN TOW
Crews from MTV have been seen trailing an unidentified young couple around downtown Red Bank recently, shooting on White Street earlier this month, above, and at Funk and Standard onContinue reading "A DATE IN RED BANK, MTV CAMERAS IN TOW"
Post a comment
July 25th, 2011 @ 9am
RUMSON: SCENES FROM A WELCOME HOME
Twenty-two-year-old Sean MacDonald, a lance corporal in the U.S. Marines, returned home on leave after a seven-month tour in Afghanistan to a bustling welcome on Blackpoint Horseshoe Street in RumsonContinue reading "RUMSON: SCENES FROM A WELCOME HOME"
Post a comment
July 25th, 2011 @ 8am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of July 15 to July 22, 2011. This information is unedited. Auto Theft occurring onContinue reading "RED BANK BLOTTER: CAR HOODS SCRATCHED"
Post a comment
July 25th, 2011 @ 6am
COPS: BODY FOUND, BOAT DRIVER WAS DRUNK
The command center in front of the mansion at 36 Northover Place in Middletown, where the victims of the boating accident came ashore, as seen at about 5 a.m. Sunday.Continue reading "COPS: BODY FOUND, BOAT DRIVER WAS DRUNK"
Post a comment
July 24th, 2011 @ 12pm
BOATER MISSING, MAN ARRESTED AFTER LATE-NIGHT BOAT CRASH ON NAVESINK
A State Police officer frisks an unidentified man early Sunday morning while another shines a flashlight on him. Below, a woman who had been on one of the boats sitsContinue reading "BOATER MISSING, MAN ARRESTED AFTER LATE-NIGHT BOAT CRASH ON NAVESINK"
Post a comment
July 24th, 2011 @ 6am
To enlarge the photo display, start it, then click the embiggen symbol in the lower right corner. To get back to redbankgreen, hit your escape key. By EVAN SOLTAS WhileContinue reading "UNEASY PEACE LIVES ON IN OLD GRAVEYARD"
Post a comment
July 22nd, 2011 @ 11am
The following reports of recent activity were provided by the Middletown Township Police Department and are presented here unedited. • On July 15, 2011 at approximately 11:10 pm Patrolman AntonioContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN POLICE BLOTTER"
Post a comment
July 22nd, 2011 @ 9am
BALLEW BUILDING GOES FOR $1.5M
The three-story structure changed hands on July 1, records show. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The former home of Ballew Jewelers at has been sold, officially severing a relationshipContinue reading "BALLEW BUILDING GOES FOR $1.5M"
Post a comment
July 22nd, 2011 @ 7am
HOOPS UNDER A SLANTING SUN, THEN LIGHTS
Under the aegis of Rumson-Fair Haven boys basketball coach Chris Champeau, ‘Thursday Night Lights‘ hoops action is back at Rumson’s Victory Park for the second summer, with fivesomes that featureContinue reading "HOOPS UNDER A SLANTING SUN, THEN LIGHTS"
Post a comment
July 21st, 2011 @ 1pm
IN DETAIL: ‘BLOWN AWAY’ BY A SHINY CAR
Shawn Gatta applies some elbow grease to a car at Detail Doctor in Shrewsbury. (Photo by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge) By EVAN SOLTAS Shawn Gatta has spent more thanContinue reading "IN DETAIL: ‘BLOWN AWAY’ BY A SHINY CAR"
Post a comment
July 21st, 2011 @ 11am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Last week’s query proved no real challenge for more than two dozen redbankgreen readers.
Post a comment
July 21st, 2011 @ 9am
STEAMY
A fishing party takes shelter in the shade of the Cooper Bridge between Red Bank and Middletown Wednesday. (Photo by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge.) The National Weather Service hasContinue reading "STEAMY"
Post a comment
July 21st, 2011 @ 7am
HIGH FASHION
Since the recent demise of her Red Bank fashion shop, Bella Mystique, Rosa Davis – famous hereabouts for staging outdoor swimsuit shows featuring local women as models – has pickedContinue reading "HIGH FASHION"
Post a comment
July 20th, 2011 @ 5pm
SCAT SIGNING
A Red Bank employee updates the borough message board at Shrewsbury Avenue and Drs. James Parker Boulevard on Monday to tout the free Comcast Jazz in the Park series atContinue reading "SCAT SIGNING"
Post a comment
July 19th, 2011 @ 2pm
MERCURY RISING: DON’T BE CRABBY
A crabber keeps cool on the pier at Marine Park in Red Bank Monday. (Photo by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge) We’ve got a series of increasingly scorching days aheadContinue reading "MERCURY RISING: DON’T BE CRABBY"
Post a comment
July 19th, 2011 @ 8am
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of July 8 to July 15, 2011. This information is unedited. Attempted Burglary occurring onContinue reading "AC UNITS STOLEN FROM CONSTRUCTION SITE"
Post a comment
July 19th, 2011 @ 8am
Volunteer firefighters in Little Silver made quick work of a residential basement fire Monday night. No injuries were reported as a result of the fire, reported at about 11 p.m.,Continue reading "BASEMENT FIRE DOUSED IN LITTLE SILVER"
Post a comment
July 19th, 2011 @ 6am
Partyline
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 ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!