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

RED BANK: RIVERVIEW TOP EXEC RESIGNS
tim-hogan-102618-500x375-6883915
RED BANK: Riverview's top executive has resigned and been replaced on an interim basis by a familiar face, redbankgreen has learned.
Post a comment
October 30th, 2020 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
redbankgreen Classics
RED BANK: PIZZERIA & JUICE BAR CHURN IN
red-bank-362-white-street-101920-220x146-9023715
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a pizza chain and a juice bar announce plans to open, and a giant downtown building changes hands.
Post a comment
October 30th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: CONCERT OFF, LIGHT-UP STILL ON
red-bank-holiday-express-town-lighting-2019-220x146-7679684
RED BANK: Annual night-after-Thanksgiving Holiday Express concert cancelled, but downtown light-up still planned, says RiverCenter.
Post a comment
October 29th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: BALLARD, ZIPPRICH DUCK Q&A
horgan-zipprich-ballard-010118-500x375-7115865
RED BANK: Ballard and Zipprich, unopposed incumbents seeking re-election as Red Bank council members, duck customary question and answer.
Post a comment
October 29th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: HEAVY RAIN IN FORECAST
weather-102920-2-500x375-8957934
RED BANK: Remnants of Tropical Storm Zeta expected to soak the Greater Green into Friday. Here's the extended weather forecast.
Post a comment
October 29th, 2020 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: RODRIGUEZ Q&A
election_2020_qa-220x189-1310176
FAIR HAVEN: Q&A with borough council candidate Christopher Rodriguez, one of three contenders in this year's race for two seats.
Post a comment
October 28th, 2020 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: SORENSEN Q&A
susan-sorensen-102720-500x419-3299115
FAIR HAVEN: Q&A with borough council candidate Susan Sorensen, one of three contenders in this year's race for two seats.
Post a comment
October 28th, 2020 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: NEFF Q&A
laline-neff-500x421-2801630
FAIR HAVEN: Q&A with borough council candidate Laline Neff, one of three contenders in this year's race for two seats.
Post a comment
October 28th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: SUIT SEEKS $5.3M FROM RIVERVIEW
red-bank-riverview-0320201-500x375-9126838
RED BANK: Borough seeks $5.3M from Riverview in lawsuit claiming hospital "concealed" a water meter that allowed it to use half a billion gallons without payment.
Post a comment
October 27th, 2020 @ 12pm
LITTLE SILVER: BRENNAN Q&A
kevin-brennan-102120-2-500x391-8933103
LITTLE SILVER: Q&A with council candidate Kevin Brennan one of four contenders for two seats on the governing body in the November 3 election.
Post a comment
October 27th, 2020 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: GOTTI Q&A
joan-gotti-101520-500x391-6264488
LITTLE SILVER: Q&A with council candidate Joan Gotti, one of four contenders for two seats on the governing body in the November 3 election.
Post a comment
October 27th, 2020 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: HOLZAPFEL Q&A
mike-holzapfel-102120-500x391-2211150
LITTLE SILVER: Q&A with council candidate Michael Holzapfel, one of four contenders for two seats on the governing body in the November 3 election.
Post a comment
October 27th, 2020 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: KEENAN Q&A
stephanie-keenan-101520-500x391-8107213
LITTLE SILVER: Q&A with council candidate Stephanie Keenan, one of four contenders for two seats on the governing body in the November 3 election.
Post a comment
October 27th, 2020 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: WITCHES’ WHIMSY ON THE WATER
fair-haven-water-witches-102420-9-500x332-8389056
FAIR HAVEN: A coven of witches trade their brooms for paddleboards and kayaks in a whimsical outing on the Navesink. Check out the photos.
Post a comment
October 26th, 2020 @ 10am
RED BANK: HALLOWEEN PARADE DELIGHTS
red-bank-halloween-parade-102520-4-500x332-4510314
RED BANK: The 73rd annual Red Bank Halloween Parade held Sunday was a delight for hundreds of kids and kids at heart. Check out the photos.
Post a comment
October 26th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: After months of hearings, rent board awards four tenants at Grandville Towers $37 each for being deprived pool and gym access this summer.
Post a comment
October 23rd, 2020 @ 9am
RED BANK: BASIE DEBUTS NEW STAGE
red-bank-basie-vogel-102220-1-220x146-3919190
RED BANK: With temperature checks at the door and well-spaced tables, Basie reopens and debuts new theater, a "small step" toward recovery, says CEO.
Post a comment
October 22nd, 2020 @ 8pm
RED BANK: BREAD-BASED CAFÉ TO OPEN
red-bank-great-harvest-092820-500x332-9682254
RED BANK: The restaurant industry has been hammered by the pandemic, but the owner of one opening this week says its lessons are baked into her plan.
Post a comment
October 21st, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: DEMOLITION DAY
red-bank-38-42-west-street-101920-500x332-3280175
RED BANK: Monday was demolition day as two developments advanced, one just getting started and the other nearing completion.
Post a comment
October 20th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: PARTLY THIS AND MOSTLY THAT
weather-102020-500x331-8823846
RED BANK: "Mostly" this and "partly" that, the weather in coming days is neither here nor there in the extended forecast for the Greater Green.
Post a comment
October 20th, 2020 @ 6am
Partyline
(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!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.