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WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Last week’s Where generated no responses. Where was everybody?
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RED BANK STATION GETS NEW SLATE ROOF
Installation of a new slate roof is underway at the station, seen above in late March. (Click to enlarge) Long-overdue repairs to the Red Bank are now “hitting the expressContinue reading "RED BANK STATION GETS NEW SLATE ROOF"
LIBRARY LOVERS AT HOME IN EISNER’S HOUSE
Guests explored the second-floor New Jersey Room, above, where uniforms produced by the Eisner factory were on display.  (Photos by Stephanie Schroepfer. Click to enlarge) By STEPHANIE SCHROEPFER Seventy-five yearsContinue reading "LIBRARY LOVERS AT HOME IN EISNER’S HOUSE"
MARINA OWNER BRACES FOR BRIDGE SQUEEZE
“There’s no money for business interruption,” says Red Bank Marina owner Steve Remaley, below, who also stands to lose land on both sides of the bridge. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "MARINA OWNER BRACES FOR BRIDGE SQUEEZE"
BATTLE OVER TREE ENDS WITH REMOVAL OK
The 100-foot tulip poplar, center, became a lightning rod for opinions about Fair Haven’s tree law.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD After nearly a year of controversy, aContinue reading "BATTLE OVER TREE ENDS WITH REMOVAL OK"
OFFICIALS BLAST NJNG OVER GAS VALVES
State Senator Jennifer Beck with the offending gas pressure valve on Broad Street Wednesday. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD [SEE UPDATE TO THIS STORY AT THE BOTTOM] RedContinue reading "OFFICIALS BLAST NJNG OVER GAS VALVES"
FOR A RED BANK BUNKER, IT’S DOOMSDAY
“I’d almost rather be incinerated than have to live down here,” says Suellen Sims, below inspecting her new home’s fallout shelter, built beneath an earthen berm alongside Harris Park. (ClickContinue reading "FOR A RED BANK BUNKER, IT’S DOOMSDAY"
LIBRARY TO FETE LIFE OF SIGMUND EISNER
Local-history librarian Elizabeth McDermott, below, with a custom-branded Eisner lightbulb in the second-floor New Jersey Room of the Red Bank Public Library, once the home of industrialist Sigmund Eisner. (ClickContinue reading "LIBRARY TO FETE LIFE OF SIGMUND EISNER"
The Broad Street home of the Woman’s Club of Red Bank is in line for some spruce-up funds from Freehold. (Click to enlarge) The Woman’s Club of Red Bank andContinue reading "HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANTS DOLED OUT"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Does a particular location spring to mind at the sight of the above? Please send us an email if you think you know where it is.
BUY-IN ON NEW SEA BRIGHT BRIDGE ELUSIVE
Below, dozens of local residents turned out in Sea Bright Monday for a midday presentation of options for dealing with the “serious” condition of the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge. (Click toContinue reading "BUY-IN ON NEW SEA BRIGHT BRIDGE ELUSIVE"
IN LITTLE SILVER, A MOUNTAIN OF SADNESS
Members of Little Silver’s Loftus family, who lost their Carriage House Lane home in a December 10 fire, poke through the rubble in search of mementos after a demolition crewContinue reading "IN LITTLE SILVER, A MOUNTAIN OF SADNESS"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Last week’s image showed the architectural top of the Doremus building, now home of Agostino Antiques, at 21 Broad Street in Red Bank, a structure with a rather hazy history,Continue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
PED/BIKE RAMP PLANNED FOR NEW BRIDGE
Monmouth County Engineer Joe Ettore traces the path of the planned walkway, which continues off the proposed new bridge (in yellow) and up a series of ramps along the theContinue reading "PED/BIKE RAMP PLANNED FOR NEW BRIDGE"
The Parker house stands at an entrance to what is now the Sickles Market and remnants of the original working farm on Rumson Road. (Click to enlarge) Five months afterContinue reading "PARKER HOMESTEAD GETS HISTORIC SEAL"
BON JOVI OPENS CRIB TO TV CREW, AND YOU
Bon Jovi’s mansion on the Navesink River, as seen in 2008. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD ‘Person to Person,’ a TV program of bygone days that featured liveContinue reading "BON JOVI OPENS CRIB TO TV CREW, AND YOU"
The Oceanic Bridge as seen from Victory Park in Rumson earlier this month. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Fingers crossed, but so far, the repair job on theContinue reading "COUNTY: OCEANIC REPAIRS ON SCHEDULE"
PREFAB MANSION SNAKES ITS WAY HOME
Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna, above, checks that his property isn’t being damaged as a section of the house enters Caro Court from River Road on Thursday. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "PREFAB MANSION SNAKES ITS WAY HOME"
CARDS FEATURE OLD RED BANK BUILDINGS
Line drawings of distinctive structures by Terry McCue, below, are on display at Red Bank’s borough hall. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Here’s a stocking-stuffer idea that’s asContinue reading "CARDS FEATURE OLD RED BANK BUILDINGS"
By JOHN T. WARD Planning board testimony about a proposed 72-room hotel at the foot of Cooper Bridge in Red Bank was put off until mid-January Monday night after a lawyerContinue reading "HOTEL HEARING DELAYED ANOTHER MONTH"
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THREE ON TOUR
RED BANK: Three borough sites will participate in a weekend of self-guided tours of 52 historic locations in Monmouth County May 4 & 5.
VOLUNTEERS GET INTO THE WEEDS
Toting plastic trash bags, 51 volunteers conducted a walking litter cleanup on Red Bank's West Side Saturday.
“IT’S A PARTY AT WAWA!”
You wish you could vibe like Brian, who lives on the other side of Hubbard’s Bridge. He caught redbankgreen’s attention in Red B ...
POPE OKS ORATORY
RED BANK: St. Anthony of Padua obtains papal approval to establish Oratory of St. Philip Neri, a community of priests and brothers devoted t ...
RED BANK: NEW MURAL BRIGHTENS CORNER
RED BANK: Lunch Break founder Norma Todd is depicted in a mural painted this week on the front of the newly renovated social service agency.
TULIPS TOGETHER
Spring tulips taking in the sunset outside the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank Monday evening.
RIVER RANGERS RETURN
River Rangers, a summer canoeing program offered by the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association, returns this summer for up to 20 participa ...
DOUBLE DYLAN IN RED BANK
Trucks for a production company filming what one worker said was a Bob Dylan biography have lined Monmouth Street the past two days with cre ...
AFTER THE RAIN
A pear tree branch brought down by a brief overnight storm left a lovely tableau on the sidewalk in front of Red Bank's Riverside Gardens Pa ...
CONE OF UNCERTAINTY
Asked by a redbankgreen reporter why these cones were on top of cars, the owner of the car in the foreground responded: “That’s ...
RAIL RIDER’S VIEW
A commuter's view of Cooper's Bridge and the Navesink River from North Jersey Coast Line train 3320 out of Red Bank Tuesday morning.
PUT ME IN COACH!
Red Bank T-Ball kicked off at East Side park on Saturday morning. The brisk weather proved to be no deterrent to the young players, ranging ...
IT’S A SIGN!
Once proudly declaring its all-but-certain arrival in Spring 2019, the project previously known as Azalea Gardens springs to life again with ...
SPRINGTIME MEMORIES OF CARL
The Easter Bunny getup and St. Patrick’s Day hat that belonged to longtime Red Bank crossing guard and neighborhood smile-creator Carl ...
RED TRUCKS AT RED ROCK
A small dishwasher fire at Red Rock Tap and Grill was put out quickly by firefighters overnight, causing minimal damage. Red Bank Fire Depar ...
CREATIVE COVER UP
The windows of Pearl Street Consignment on Monmouth Street were smashed when a driver crashed their car through them injuring an employee la ...
THEY’RE BACK!
Ospreys returned to the skies over Red Bank this week for the first time since they migrated to warmer climes in late fall. With temperature ...
SPRING IS SPRUNG
RED BANK: Spring 2024 arrives on the Greater Red Bank Green with the vernal equinox at 11:06 p.m. Tuesday.
RED BANK’S FINEST – AND NEWEST
Red Bank Police Officer Eliot Ramos was sworn in as the force’s newest patrolman Thursday, and if you’re doing a double take thinkin ...
EASTER EGG MAYHEM AT THE PARK
An errant whistle spurred an unexpectedly early start to the Spring Egg Hunt on Sunday, which had been scheduled to begin at eggsactly 11am ...