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.

Category Archives: Featured

Recent crime and arrest reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. Alexandra Sarna, age 24, from Carr Avenue in Keansburg, NJ, arrested on July 24, 2014 byContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: POLICE BLOTTER"
Post a comment
August 5th, 2014 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
redbankgreen Classics
RED BANK: BACK TO THE FEATURES
News jaws-1975-001-bathers-running-sea-00m-eod-4349358
It’s “everybody out of the water” and up onto the lawn, as ‘Jaws’ returns to Riverside Gardens for a Tuesday night showing. The original ‘Back to the Future’ materializes onContinue reading "RED BANK: BACK TO THE FEATURES"
Post a comment
August 5th, 2014 @ 11am
Liz Stahl, Mary Ellen Dowd, Chris Lombino and Tom Smith – friends who met in a theater group –  were all set for the July 8, 2014 movie screening inContinue reading "CLIPPINGS: MOVIE IN THE ROUND"
Post a comment
August 5th, 2014 @ 9am
LITTLE SILVER PIVOTS ON $1.5M TURF PLAN
News ls-sickles-park-080414-4-500x375-5910704
The ballfields at Sickles Farm Park will remain grass for now. Below, audience members passed around a turf sample.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Little Silver isn’t readyContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER PIVOTS ON $1.5M TURF PLAN"
Post a comment
August 5th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: RALLO REPOSITIONING BASIL T’S
News basil-t-073014-500x375-6173033
The exterior’s already gotten a facelift and one is underway inside at Basil T’s, soon to reopen as Birravino, says owner Vic Rallo Jr., below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: RALLO REPOSITIONING BASIL T’S"
Post a comment
August 4th, 2014 @ 3pm
RB, FH: A NIGHT OUT, A BITE OUT OF CRIME
News night-out-4887789
A demonstration of driving with “Drunk Goggles” is part of the programming in Red Bank, as police departments in two local boroughs invite kids to take part in the NationalContinue reading "RB, FH: A NIGHT OUT, A BITE OUT OF CRIME"
Post a comment
August 4th, 2014 @ 12pm
Coming up at Monday night’s meeting of the Little Silver borough council: a presentation on the possibility of installing artificial turf at Sickles Field. The recreation committee is slated toContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER MULLS ARTIFICIAL TURF"
Post a comment
August 4th, 2014 @ 9am
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of July 24 to July 31, 2014. This information is unedited. CRIMES TheftContinue reading "RED BANK: CAR BURGLARIZED, THEN STOLEN"
Post a comment
August 4th, 2014 @ 6am
MIDDLETOWN: MONUMENTAL MOVIE MONDAYS
News monuments-5778565
John Goodman, Matt Damon, George Clooney, Bob Balaban and Bill Murray ARE The Expen…check that, THE MONUMENTS MEN, as Middletown Township Public Library hosts a month-of-Mondays worth of recent HollywoodContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN: MONUMENTAL MOVIE MONDAYS"
Post a comment
August 3rd, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MORE ON THE MENU AT ‘APPETITE’
News 080214-appetite8-500x369-2970914
They came for the wine with local restaurateur Vic Rallo and stayed for the food trucks, beer and make-your-own bloody Mary’s Saturday at Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre, hosting itsContinue reading "RED BANK: MORE ON THE MENU AT ‘APPETITE’"
Post a comment
August 3rd, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF…
News beatlemanialuciennocelli-500x233-1530953
The Beatlemania Stage Show — featuring Lucien Nocelli, Lincroft’s answer to Lennon— returns for its annual benefit concert at Two River Theater this Sunday afternoon, August 3. The original LadsContinue reading "RED BANK: BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF…"
Post a comment
August 2nd, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BACK ON THE BLOCK
News block-party-8759132
The Red Bank Community Block Party returns for the annual West Side neighborhood reunion with a slate of events that include a Friday night preview and a Saturday night after-party.Continue reading "RED BANK: BACK ON THE BLOCK"
Post a comment
August 1st, 2014 @ 1pm
RED BANK: ‘KITCH ORGANIC’ EYES LEIGHTON
News best-grocery-500x375-7822849
Vacant for four years, the shop would get an interior and exterior sprucing up, with a raised-bed vegetable and herb garden out back. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "RED BANK: ‘KITCH ORGANIC’ EYES LEIGHTON"
Post a comment
August 1st, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: CHOCOLATIER SIGNS FOR BROAD
News 65-broad-073014-500x375-4321979
A Chocolate Works franchise has leased 65 Broad Street. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The rapid transformation of downtown Red Bank into an epicurean destination continues with theContinue reading "RED BANK: CHOCOLATIER SIGNS FOR BROAD"
Post a comment
July 31st, 2014 @ 3pm
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
News where_073114-500x377-5556416
Last week’s Where Have I Seen This? showed two fire hydrants just feet apart on an apparent slope of large stones.
Post a comment
July 31st, 2014 @ 12pm
RED BANK: WHIZ KIDS BELLY UP TO THE BAR
News 073014-jamians-500x375-7946658
 Rick Norman is Jamian’s quizmaster on Tuesday nights.(Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge) By SUSAN ERICSON For the second week in a row, thirsty brainiacs packed the patio barContinue reading "RED BANK: WHIZ KIDS BELLY UP TO THE BAR"
Post a comment
July 31st, 2014 @ 9am
NAVESINK RIVER: SHOVE OFF, MATEY
News hubbards-073014-1-500x375-3464790
A rowboater used an oar to push off from a floating boom as he struggled to turn a rented boat around underneath the new Hubbards Bridge under construction between Red Bank andContinue reading "NAVESINK RIVER: SHOVE OFF, MATEY"
Post a comment
July 31st, 2014 @ 9am
A “different dynamic” than that of the regular season pervades the Maroon & White girls’ basketball team camp now underway at Red Bank Regional High, one of the participating coachesContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: SPOTLIGHTING H.S. HOOPSTERS"
Post a comment
July 30th, 2014 @ 5pm
RED BANK: EXIT YOGA, ENTER BALLET
News 16-monmouth-072914-220x165-2245862
Ellen Gunn in the stairwell at 16 Monmouth Street, where her new ballet studio is set to take the space being vacated by Dancing Foot Yoga. (Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK: EXIT YOGA, ENTER BALLET"
Post a comment
July 30th, 2014 @ 1pm
Post by Bon Jovi. Pop music hearththrob Jon Bon Jovi brings his side project, Kings of Suburbia, to the stage of the Count Basie Theatre in a benefit performance forContinue reading "RED BANK: BIG NIGHT FOR BON JOVIALS"
Post a comment
July 30th, 2014 @ 8am
Partyline
PAINT IT PURPLE?
Caption: ‘Should it be done purple?’ Perfect day. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris Havens)  
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
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 ...