Category Archives: History

The former home of African-American journalist T. Thomas Fortune is safe — for now, that is. There's demolition work underway at the historic Fortune house property on Drs. James Parker Boulevard, but no reason to be alarmed, says unofficial Red...

Former Mayor Ben Nicosia was among the spotlight guests at a cocktail party Tuesday night at the Molly Pitcher Inn, where he and three other former Red Bank mayors — Dan O'Hern, Mike Arnone and Ed McKenna — were honored...

The Parker house, on Rumson Road, dates to 1667 and is the borough's oldest home. Little Silver officials took steps last week in their effort to preserve the 341-year-old Parker house, home of the borough's founding family. The Asbury Park...

The big-splash events — the parade, the townwide picnic, the boat parade — may be past but the Red Bank Centennial Committee still has a few items on its dance card. One is a cocktail party in honor of the...

Just in time for another heat wave, the Library of Congress today posted this photo believed to be of old Red Bank on Flickr. Yeah, right? Who knew the LOC was a Flickr user? The photo, from a glass negative,...

The building has been at its location since the 1920s, says preservationist George Bowden. A link to Red Bank's past may soon fall to the bulldozer. Sourlis International, owner of the Galleria, is looking into demolishing an old red barn...

The sign bears an icon resembling the Dorn's Photo logo. The business is gone now, and with it, the giant sign in the shape of an old-time bellowed camera. Condos are going up where Daniel Dorn Sr.'s camera and film...

Rik van Hemmen, above, rough-hews a tulip tree log with a chain saw while Boris Kofman, left, begins shaping one end of what will become a canoe. A giant tulip tree log that's been lying on the ground outside the...

Rare species sighted: Rumson Dems Michael Steinhorn, left, and Fred Blumberg march in the town's Memorial Day parade. "This is history being made here," Michael Steinhorn was shouting from the middle of West River Road Monday. He was referring to...

The parade thundered; the skies didn't. Red Bank's two-day centennial celebration went off under a cloudless dome of blue Saturday and ended Sunday at 2p with just a hint of a drizzle. Fairly perfect conditions, all things considered, for the...

Michael Nitka, an experienced rower from Red Bank, gets ready to enter a scull during Navesink River Rowing's open house on Saturday. Next Sunday, as part of Red Bank's two-day centennial celebration, rowers from the the non-profit club will participate...

Residents of the proposed Washington Street historic district watched a laptop slide show featuring the 106 homes that would be included. Proponents of a new historic district that would embrace Red Bank's Washington Street neighborhood appeared to overcome the mild...

Nice old house on Washington Street. Residents of a proposed Washington Street historic district are being encouraged to attend a presentation tonight on what the designation would mean. The district includes Washington, upper Spring Street, Mount Street and parts of...

Bob Sickles Sr. riding high on his 1948 John Deere MT tractor. Eighty years old, and with a still-thick crop of hair, Bob Sickles Sr. sits at his son Bob's desk and picks through a boxful of documents in his...

Here's an event that comes this close to a naked cry for help: "Record Store Day," a nationwide effort to call attention to independent retailers of vinyl and CDs. Rejected slogan: 'Please Feed the Dinosaur.' Today's New York Times cites...

The grand reopening of the Red Bank Public Library, scheduled for Saturday at 11a, has been pushed back to 12:30p, the Asbury Park Press reports. The library will still reopen at 11, but official ceremonies will be delayed so as...

The celebration of Red Bank's centennial is little more than six weeks away, and today's Asbury Park Press checks in with one of the planning committee's two Bunting Boys for a report on how plans to bedeck the business district...

Detail of the wall and ceiling in the restored New Jersey room at the Red Bank Public Library. Two and a half months after wrapping up a major renovation job, the Red Bank Public Library is preparing for a grand...

Rumson officials last night moved closer toward replacing the town's Memorial Hall with a contract award for parking lot work, today's Asbury Park Press reports. The Borough Council also voted to bond an additional $1 million for the overall project,...

We call them the 'bunting boys' because 'The History Boys' is taken, and one of them is among the most vigorous 80-year-olds you'll ever encounter (not to mention one of the most colorful wielders of the English language). Ed Zipprich...