Category Archives: History

RED BANK: Hearing on 59-unit apartment project on Monmouth Street begins with focus on other density variances near the train station.

RED BANK: Fifty-nine apartments would be built alongside the charter school if a plan up for review Thursday night wins zoning board approval.

RED BANK: Library trustees embark on five-year strategic plan update, starting with public survey of attitudes and input on services.

RED BANK: Once again, council moves quickly through a light agenda, this time after Menna holds a last-minute informal session. Here's a wrap.

RED BANK: A long-vacant house on Shrewsbury Avenue is getting a major makeover. What's Going On Here? Read on for the answer...

MIDDLETOWN: George Bowden, longtime Red Bank resident and champion of historic preservation, died Sunday. He was 92 years old.

RED BANK: Two red brick buildings with deep histories have gotten new leases on life in recent days – with assists from Brooklyn and Seattle.

FAIR HAVEN: After more than a decade of work, borough opens passive park where generations of an African-American family lived overlooking the Navesink.

RED BANK: In its 18 months of existence, Big Man's West, owned by the late Clarence Clemons, laid claim to rock history. It's now facing the wrecking ball.

RED BANK: Two proposed projects would add 69 new apartments to the edge of downtown, with 59 on Monmouth Street and 10 on Riverside Avenue.

RED BANK: Veterans' activist Mark Otto, AKA 'the flag man,' carries flag bearing names of September 11, 2001 victims 11 miles in their honor.

RED BANK: Locals gather in Riverside Gardens Park to remember the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

RED BANK: Remembering those from the Greater Green who were killed in the attacks on America on the morning of September 11, 2001.

ON THE GREEN: Local memorial events slated to remember to area residents killed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America.

FAIR HAVEN: A genteel yacht club with unlikely roots in the bawdy days of vaudeville is now on the New Jersey and National Historic registers.

RED BANK: Journalists spotlight former home of one of their predecessors, T. Thomas Fortune, as a story "that needs to be told.''

RED BANK: Five months after planning board OKs demolition of hospital-owned Victorian house, historic commission proposes an alternative.

RED BANK: A long-vacant building that might be key to a Broad-to-the-river project is suddenly getting some TLC. What's Going On Here?

RED BANK: Eighty years ago today, the Greater Red Bank Green was seized by Anglomania as British King George VI and Queen Elizabeth paid a quick visit.

RED BANK: After a long absence, the Memorial Day parade marches back to life under brilliant spring skies. Check out redbankgreen's 50-photo slideshow.