RED BANK: 800 ENJOY LUNCH BREAK PICNIC

Aug 28, 2023

Gwen Love, center, with the Defined Logic team the Lunch Break picnic. Below, nearly 600 children received backpacks and school supplies. (Photos by Millie Jeter/Lunch Break. Click to enlarge.)

Press release from Lunch Break

More than 800 people came to enjoy a perfect summer day, delicious food, fun and games, receive much-needed school supplies and cheered for the winning softball team at the Lunch Break Annual Community Picnic, Softball Classic Tournament & Backpack Giveaway on August 19 at Count Basie Field.

Joining Lunch Break for the Community Picnic were our cancer survivor warriors Millie Jeter and Judith Pandi, who ushered in the softball tournament by throwing the ceremonial first pitch in honor of their heroic achievements. More →

August 28, 2023 - 7:13 am |

RED BANK: TOUCH-A-TRUCK ROLLS SATURDAY

May 26, 2023

What is it about trucks that make kids lose their minds in delight? Find out Saturday, when the 11th annual Monmouth Day Care Center Touch-a-Truck fundraiser rolls into the parking lot of the Red Bank Middle School.

Steer your way here for details. (redbankgreen archive photos. Click to enlarge.)

May 26, 2023 - 8:16 am |

RED BANK: ADOPT-A-FAMILY DRIVE BEGINS

Sep 21, 2022

 

Press release from Lunch Break

With the advent of fall nearly upon us, thoughts may turn to pumpkin-picking and the upcoming holiday season. It’s also the time of year when Red Bank-based Lunch Break relies on the generosity of compassionate community members on behalf of the food- and financially insecure – those who may never have the luxury of treating their families to the traditions of the autumn season or celebrate a Thanksgiving meal with turkey and trimmings.

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September 21, 2022 - 2:40 pm |

RED BANK: LUNCH BREAK PICNIC DRAWS 500

Aug 24, 2022

Jon Stewart, in blue shirt, at the Lunch Break picnic in Red Bank Saturday. (Photos by Millie Jeter/Lunch Break. Click to enlarge.)

Press release from Lunch Break

More than 500 people came to cheer for the winning softball team at the Lunch Break Annual Community Picnic Softball Classic Tournament & Backpack Giveaway at Count Basie Field in Red Bank Saturday.

Joining Lunch Break for the softball classic was producer, screenwriter and supporter Jon Stewart. Stewart ushered in the beginning of the tournament series by throwing the ceremonial first pitch.

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August 24, 2022 - 7:00 am |

RED BANK: RIVERCENTER TAPS DOWNTOWN PRO

May 23, 2022

Bob Zuckerman has run business-promotion organizations in South Orange, where he’s now an elected official, and Westfield. (Photo by Matt Glass. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A downtown-management professional with extensive experience in New York and New Jersey has been tapped to run Red Bank RiverCenter, the organization announced Thursday.

Bob Zuckerman replaces Glenn Carter, the onetime borough planning director who served as RiverCenter’s executive for less than a year prior to his retirement earlier this year.

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May 23, 2022 - 7:20 am |

RED BANK: AUDIT LED TO YASSIN CHARGES

May 10, 2022

Students and teachers digging into the primary school garden funded by the Red Bank Education Foundation last month. (Red Bank Borough Schools photo. Click to enlarge.)

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By JOHN T. WARD

A “housekeeping” audit led to criminal charges, disclosed Monday, that former Red Bank councilman Hazim Yassin stole $7,650 from the Red Bank Borough Education Foundation, its president told redbankgreen.

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May 10, 2022 - 7:53 am |

RED BANK: YASSIN CHARGED WITH THEFT

May 9, 2022

Then-Councilman Hazim Yassin at a Red Bank Education Foundation fundraiser at the Red Bank Elks Club in 2018. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Former Red Bank Councilman Hazim Yassin has been charged with stealing more than $7,600 from the Red Bank Borough Education Foundation, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office said Monday.

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May 9, 2022 - 5:00 pm |

LITTLE SILVER: MURPHYS IN RUN FOR SCHOOLS

Oct 4, 2021

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy, at center right, were among the nearly 600 runners and walkers who took on the Little Silver 5K Sunday.

An annual fundraiser for the borough’s public schools, the main event covered a 3.1-mile course that began and ended at Red Bank Regional High School.

redbankgreen caught the racers as they climbed Prospect Avenue past the first water station, at Rosslyn Court. Check out the photos below to see who you might know. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

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October 4, 2021 - 10:30 am |

RED BANK: SCENES FROM TOWN YARD SALE

Sep 20, 2021

A revived Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale raised $700 for the Red Bank Public Library Saturday.

It also and gave sellers and freecyclers a means of getting household goods into new hands.

Among them was Monique McSorley, who moved to River Street with husband, Brad, and their son, James, in June, bringing boxfuls of toys they kept so they might get them into the hands of other children, she said.

“We’re just so glad the town is doing this,” she said.

Above, scenes from Harrison Avenue, top, and River Road. More photos from around town are below. (Photos by Trish Russoniello and John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) 

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September 20, 2021 - 6:50 am |

RED BANK: YARD SALE SET TO SHINE

Sep 17, 2021

After five three years in some dark corner, the tarps come off the Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale Saturday.

With 62 (and counting) sellers participating and a weather forecast of sunny skies, it’s looking to be a bonanza for buyers and sellers alike.

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September 17, 2021 - 12:00 pm |

RED BANK: ZAENTZ DEPARTS DAY CARE CENTER

Aug 16, 2021

Heidi Zaentz, above left, who has led the Monmouth Day Care Center in Red Bank for the past 22 years, worked one  last, tearful day before retirement Friday.

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August 16, 2021 - 7:55 am |

RED BANK: BOARD TAPS BOWERS-CRADER

Jun 30, 2021

Samantha Bowers-Crader with her father, John Bowers, at the Mayor’s Ball in 2018. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank RiverCenter‘s new chairperson is filling a seat held three decades ago by her father.

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June 30, 2021 - 11:45 am |

RED BANK: CARTER TO LEAD RIVERCENTER

May 26, 2021

Glenn Carter and OceanFirst Bank’s Robin Fitzmaurice at the Mayor’s Ball at the Oyster Point Hotel in 2018. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

A familiar face has been hired to run Red Bank RiverCenter, the downtown promotion organization: former borough planning director Glenn Carter.

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May 26, 2021 - 3:45 pm |

RED BANK: KIRKPATRICK QUITS RIVERCENTER

May 11, 2021

Laura Kirkpatrick addressing the Red Bank council in March, 2020. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

[See UPDATE below]

By JOHN T. WARD

For the second time in just 17 months, the downtown promotion organization Red Bank RiverCenter is losing its executive director.

After just one, pandemic-filled year, Laura Kirkpatrick has resigned as operational head of the agency that manages the borough’s special improvement district, redbankgreen has learned.

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May 11, 2021 - 4:00 pm |

RUMSON: 9-11 MEMORIAL DEDICATED

Sep 23, 2020

[Press release]

A 147-pound piece of steel beam from the destroyed World Trade Center was unveiled as the centerpiece of a 9-11 Memorial in Rumson on September 12.

The monument, consisting of what’s identified as “Artifact # I-0004z,” was created by the Rumson Fire Company with the help of borough Boy Scout Griffin Volk for his Eagle Scout project.

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September 23, 2020 - 12:00 pm |

RED BANK: COMMUNITY RALLIES FOR FAMILY

Aug 13, 2020

Cesar Pacheco of Red Bank and his mother, Vicky, were reunited with their dog, Bella Thursday morning following surgery on the animal that community members helped pay for.

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August 13, 2020 - 1:00 pm |

RED BANK: FUNDS NEEDED FOR PET SURGERY

Aug 12, 2020

A Red Bank teen has launched an online campaign to raise funds for his family’s dog, who needs emergency surgery.

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August 12, 2020 - 7:44 pm |

FAIR HAVEN: FIREMEN’S FAIR CANCELED

Jun 10, 2020

The traditional summer-ending Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair has been canceled, volunteer fire company President Jim Cerruti announced Tuesday.

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June 10, 2020 - 10:30 am |

RED BANK: BASIE PLANS DRIVE-IN CONCERT

Jun 1, 2020

Jersey shore favorites Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes will play for an audience watching from parked vehicles. (Video by Basie Center. Click to enlarge.)

Darkened by the COVID-19 pandemic, Red Bank’s Count Basie Center for the Arts is taking its act to the track.

The storied venue plans to host a July 11 drive-in concert by  Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes at Monmouth Park in Oceanport on July 11.

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June 1, 2020 - 9:50 am |

RED BANK: RIVERCENTER TAPS KIRKPATRICK

Mar 6, 2020

Laura Kirkpatrick addressing the Red Bank council Wednesday night. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Laura Kirkpatrick has been named executive director of Red Bank RiverCenter, the semi-autonomous agency that manages the borough’s special improvement district.

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March 6, 2020 - 8:45 am |

RED BANK: SCAVONE TO LEAVE RIVERCENTER

Dec 31, 2019

Jim Scavone, left, with Mayor Pasquale Menna and Visitors Center director Margaret Mass at the opening of RiverCenter’s offices on Broad Street in October, 2018. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Jim Scavone, who led Red Bank RiverCenter for the past six years, is leaving the downtown promotion organization.

He won’t be going far, though: he’s taking a job at Hackensack Meridian Health at Riverview Medical Center, just on the edge of special improvement district he managed.

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December 31, 2019 - 9:00 am |

LINCROFT: CURCHIN ADDS TO 15-YEAR TALLY

Nov 13, 2019

Lincroft-based CPA firm Curchin Group held its annual mini-golf tournament in its offices on November 6, pushing its 15-year fundraising total for local charities above $200,000.

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November 13, 2019 - 1:04 pm |

LINCROFT: CURCHIN TAPS 2019 BENEFICIARIES

Jul 26, 2019

Lincroft-based CPA firm Curchin Group has chosen the beneficiaries of it 14th annual indoor golf tournament, to be held this fall. 

 

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July 26, 2019 - 10:47 am |

LITTLE SILVER: SPORTS CUTS SPARK OUTRAGE

Mar 21, 2019

Heavy turnout forced the relocation of the RBR board meeting to the media center, above. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank Regional students and parents packed a board of ed meeting Wednesday night in a bid to save the ice hockey and golf programs from a budgetary axe.

With a preliminary spending plan calling for a 6.5-percent tax increase, board members defended the cuts as necessary before parents appeared to coalesce around a plan to save the sports through outside fundraisers.

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March 21, 2019 - 12:30 pm |

RED BANK: GROWING TOURNEY RAISES $15K

Nov 27, 2018

A Fair Haven ball carrier looks for an opening against Rumson, and cheerleaders go airborne, below. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

A flag-football tournament that grew out of a pickup game in Little Silver marked its 17th anniversary last Friday with gridiron contests for kids, women and men from eight towns.

Along the way, the event, now held in Red Bank, raised $15,000 for Lunch Break, the social services organization based just a block away.

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November 27, 2018 - 12:30 pm |