Category Archives: Crafts

Actor-director-administrator-set decorator-artistic director Lori Renick readies the detail-intensive set of 'Blithe Spirit' for Saturday's opening at Monmouth Players. (Photos courtesy of Diana Moore) By TOM CHESEK It's a busy Monday evening at Middletown's Navesink Library, and Lori and Paul Renic ...

It's crunch time, fellow proscrastinators. But if the thought of Christmas shopping this weekend leaves you looking a little like Tootsie and Twinkle here, don't despair. A quick spin through downtown Red Bank is all it takes to start you...

William Neumann, the Fair Haven wicker-furniture dealer who was arrested in March for defrauding 83 customers out of $290,000, has been indicted, the Asbury Park Press reports. The indictment, handed up by a Monmouth County grand jury on Monday, reduced...

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Starting next month, Diney's Place/The Children's Cultural Center won't be just for kids anymore. Turns out that investing a ton of money to transform the former Red Bank municipal building and police station into a learning center full of digital...

By LINDA G. RASTELLI From "hardcore hardware" (no, it's not as kinky as it sounds) to tchotchkes, just about all the minor necessities of householding can be found at Bain's Hardware in Sea Bright, says owner Frank Bain. The aisles...

The Apparently Unstoppable Colmorgen Kids once again nailed it, being first to identify last week's image as the gate at 140 Rumson Road, at the corner of Buena Vista. Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre also recognized it. A rumor we...

Taking a lesson from art gallery openings, a Broad Street jewelry store is planning to bring a party atmosphere to nighttime shopping this summer with the addition of in-store live music, food and special events. Hamilton Jewelers is hosting a...

By LINDA G. RASTELLI Amid the scraps of one retailer's failed dream, an astonishing leap of trust took place took place on Monmouth Street Thursday, and a new business venture appears to have been born. Two women bidding for the...

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By LINDA G. RASTELLI Back when he had water rights on the Navesink, marine engineer Rik van Hemmen would paddle a homemade canoe to work in the summer, thus combining three of his many passions — engineering, wooden boats, and...

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The Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival might be forgiven for having one monster case of the blues. In recent years, it's been battered financially and encountered its fair share of literally stormy weather. Yet the people who pull it...

About 140 parents and children turned out at the Red Bank Middle School yesterday to sign up for a host of summer activities, from canoeing to soccer, at an event modeled after a trade show. The kids had a blast,...

“Why do they put clay over the eyes at a Jewish funeral?” someone at the big oak table asks. A reliable answer goes begging, so part-time employee (and 'Where Have I Seen This?' maven) Jenn Woods heads to the back...

Joel McFadden of Joel McFadden Designs on White Street talks about his use of computer-aided jewelry design during a fundraising event for the Two River Theater Company held Sunday at Teak restaurant on Monmouth Street. Ten percent of the store's...