RED BANK: SCAVONE TO LEAVE RIVERCENTER

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.

December 31, 2019 - 9:00 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: HOLIDAY SEASON GOES LIVE

Crisp weather provided an ideal setting for the unofficial start of the Christmas season in downtown Red Bank Friday night.

With Tim McLoone-led Holiday Express working its musical magic for the 27th time, several thousand kids and kids-at-heart crowded a stretch of Broad Street, singing along and counting down to the light-up of downtown trees.

Check out redbankgreen‘s photos below to see if you recognize any smiling faces underneath all those fun hats. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

December 2, 2019 - 7:30 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: HOLIDAY EXPRESS TO LIGHT IT UP

The Red Bank Holiday Express concert and Town Lighting is on for its 27th annual showing under what appear to be seasonally ideal conditions Friday night.

Details are below.

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November 28, 2019 - 9:00 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: WRECKING BALL FOR BIG MAN’S?

The onetime home of Big Man’s West would be razed accommodate a proposed apartment building. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

hot topic red bank nj Plans for a proposed 62-unit apartment project in Red Bank call for razing a building that holds a place in rock ‘n roll history: the former Big Man’s West, a concert venue owned by late saxophonist Clarence Clemons.

October 7, 2019 - 9:54 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: APARTMENT PROJECTS PLANNED

A rendering of the Monmouth Street side of the project proposed by Michael Salerno. (Rendering by SOME Architects. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

hot topic red bank nj Sixty-nine new apartments would be built on the edge of downtown Red Bank if two projects pending before the planning and zoning boards win approval.

One would replace a building that holds a place in rock ‘n roll history as the home of Big Man’s West, a club owned by late saxophonist Clarence Clemons.

October 7, 2019 - 9:53 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: TENTH OYSTERFEST ROCKS THE LOT

Sunshine and feels-like temperatures around 80 degrees put thousands of visitors in a dancing, eating and drinking mood at the 10th annual Guinness Oyster Festival in Red Bank Sunday.

This year’s event, held as always in the White Street parking lot, raised funds for three Red Bank-based benefactors: Monmouth Day Care Center, T. Thomas Fortune House, and Red Bank RiverCenter, the event sponsor.

Were you there? Look for yourself and your friends in redbankgreen‘s photos. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

September 30, 2019 - 7:00 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: REMEMBERING VICTIMS OF ‘MALICE’

Eighteen years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America, Red Bank Police Chief Darren McConnell led a pledge of allegiance for about two dozen participants in a memorial service held in Riverside Gardens Park Wednesday morning.

September 11, 2019 - 10:07 am | Comments ()

SANDY HOOK: PLOVERS PROLIFERATE

Music-lovers may have had to sacrifice their summer beach concerts at Sandy Hook this year to safeguard piping plovers, but the interruption helped ensure “another successful breeding season” for the endangered birds, park officials said Monday.

August 19, 2019 - 5:15 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: SUNSET CONCERT PICTURE-PERFECT

A golden sunset on the Navesink River, pillow-soft breezes and the soaring sounds of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra combined to create a picture-perfect summer’s evening in Marine Park in Red Bank Sunday.

Were you there? Check out redbankgreen‘s photos below to spot familiar faces, and let us know what you thought of the event, which was organized for the third consecutive year by Red Bank RiverCenter. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

July 1, 2019 - 5:20 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: ‘SACK & SYMPHONY IN THE PARK

For the past two summers, it’s been a post-solstice peak in Red Bank: the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra making gorgeous music on the banks of our beautiful Navesink River at sunset.

This Sunday, the NJSO again brings its mobile stage to Marine Park. And this year, there’s an opening act of sorts: Kül d’Sack, a local bluergrassy/pop quartet.

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June 28, 2019 - 6:45 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: SPREAD YOUR WINGS THIS SUMMER

Red Bank Charter School art instructor Michelle Sciria put the final touches Thursday on an “interactive mural” she created with students at the School of Rock on Monmouth Street in Red Bank.

June 27, 2019 - 5:20 pm | Comments ()

SANDY HOOK: BIRDS DISPLACE CONCERTS

First came a ban on booze. Now, the entire series of summer beach concerts at Sandy Hook has been cancelled to protect the piping plovers. And no, that’s not the name of a band. Read More »

June 13, 2019 - 11:00 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: A FAREWELL TO ‘GAME OF THRONES’

<span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span>Strings students at the Count Basie Center’s Monmouth Conservatory of Music gathered last weekend to pay a final farewell to Westeros with a student-and-instructor performance of the theme to HBO’s “Game Of Thrones.”

May 17, 2019 - 5:00 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: CONSERVATORY AT HOME AT LAST

The Monmouth Conservatory of Music’s new home, at 65 Chestnut Street, features a giant mural on the facade. Below, violin teacher Bettina Forbes in the new building. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Having completed its absorption of the Monmouth Conservatory of Music, the Count Basie Center for the Arts gave the classical-music school its own home in Red Bank Monday.

March 18, 2019 - 3:45 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: A SUPERLATIVE COUNCIL SESSION

<span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span>Red Bank Primary School students, reprising a recent performance at the borough Senior Citizens’ Center, regaled the audience at Wednesday night’s council meeting with four songs, including ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” from the Disney musical ‘Mary Poppins.’

February 14, 2019 - 5:40 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: HOPE CONCERT RAISED $224,000

The 10th and final Hope Concert at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank on December 23 raised $224,000 for two charities, the venue announced Tuesday.

January 22, 2019 - 11:11 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: DUBLIN HOUSE TO ADD BANDSHELL

A proposal by the Dublin House Pub to erect a bandshell made for one of the quickest Red Bank planning board meetings in recent memory Monday night.

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December 4, 2018 - 8:30 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: BRISK START TO HOLIDAY SEASON

Brisk weather in Red Bank once again made for an ideal Holiday Express start to the Christmas season Friday night.

With the Tim McLoone-led band working its musical magic for the 26th time, several thousand kids and kids-at-heart crowded a stretch of Broad Street, singing along and counting down to the light-up of downtown trees.

Check out redbankgreen‘s photos below to see if you recognize any smiling faces underneath all those fun hats. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

November 26, 2018 - 11:00 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: BON JOVI WARMS UP CENTER

Jon Bon Jovi at the ribbon cutting for the Hope & Comfort Warming Center, at 166 Shrewsbury Avenue, below. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

With a surprise snowstorm hinting at the need, a new ‘warming center’ for homeless men opened in Red Bank Thursday.

The warmup act for the ribbon cutting? None other than pop superstar Jon Bon Jovi.

November 16, 2018 - 8:00 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: HOSPITALS CLAIM BASIE MARQUEE

The new name, Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre, applies to the historic performance space, officials said. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

It may always be best known to locals as ‘the Basie,’ but Red Bank’s oldest and most prominent entertainment venue is nothing if not prolific with monikers.

On Friday, yet another new one went up on the Monmouth Street marquee that bears the name of the town’s most famous son.

October 26, 2018 - 3:30 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: SUNSHINE, OYSTERS & MELANIE

An ideal day of sunshine and early-autumn temperatures drew thousands of foodies and music lovers — including fans of folk singer Melanie, at right — to downtown Red Bank for the ninth annual Guinness Oyster Festival Sunday.

An alumnus of both Red Bank Regional and Woodstock, Melanie played a short set and signed autographs.

As usual, the roving camera of redbankgreen was there to document the merriment. Check out our photos below to see if you or anyone you caught our eye. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

October 1, 2018 - 9:00 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: O’REE & ROCKIT ROCK OUT SUMMER

The Matt O’Ree Band, above, and a teen band from the Rockit program at the Count Basie Center for the Arts, below, performed for about 1,000 concertgoers in a free show at Riverside Gardens Park Friday night.

Check out the photos below from a delightful late-summer evening beside our beautiful Navesink River. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

August 27, 2018 - 8:00 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: ROCKIN’ THE PARK… AND THE RIVER

Matt O’Ree, seen above in 2013, and his band are scheduled to rock Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank Friday night.

There’s a treat in store for boaters, too.

August 22, 2018 - 1:00 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: MONMOUTH MUSIC TO CLOSE

Monmouth Music owner Mario DiBartolo plans to open the STEM Music Academy in the space. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Even as he was buying Monmouth Music two years ago, Mario DiBartolo knew he was swimming against the current that has swamped so many small retailers in the past two decades.

Yes, he hoped to retain the Red Bank store’s loyal customers and continue selling guitars and other musical instruments, he told redbankgreen last year. But his investment was really in the Monmouth Street real estate that housed the 30-year-old business, he said.

Now, he’s throwing in the towel on retail.

August 8, 2018 - 2:00 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: FINAL FADEOUT FOR GUITAR PLANT

Now being developed for townhomes, the lot between Catherine and River streets was once home to the Danelectro guitar factory. Below, a Danelectro with the distinctive “coke bottle” headstock. (Photo above by John T. Ward, below courtesy of Lorie Mouklas. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Without fanfare, a half-dozen factory buildings on Red Bank’s West Side were leveled last month, making way for new homes.

Among the structures razed was one that deserves a final flick of the lighter from rock music fans. In the early days of rock ‘n roll, the building at 10 River Street churned out low-priced but distinctive-sounding electric guitars, some of which helped launch the careers of rock superstars such as Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page.

July 27, 2018 - 5:00 am | Comments ()

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RED BANK: SCAVONE TO LEAVE RIVERCENTER

RED BANK: HOLIDAY SEASON GOES LIVE

RED BANK: HOLIDAY EXPRESS TO LIGHT IT UP

RED BANK: WRECKING BALL FOR BIG MAN’S?

RED BANK: APARTMENT PROJECTS PLANNED

RED BANK: TENTH OYSTERFEST ROCKS THE LOT

RED BANK: REMEMBERING VICTIMS OF ‘MALICE’

SANDY HOOK: PLOVERS PROLIFERATE

RED BANK: SUNSET CONCERT PICTURE-PERFECT

RED BANK: ‘SACK & SYMPHONY IN THE PARK

RED BANK: SPREAD YOUR WINGS THIS SUMMER

SANDY HOOK: BIRDS DISPLACE CONCERTS

RED BANK: A FAREWELL TO ‘GAME OF THRONES’

RED BANK: CONSERVATORY AT HOME AT LAST

RED BANK: A SUPERLATIVE COUNCIL SESSION

RED BANK: HOPE CONCERT RAISED $224,000

RED BANK: DUBLIN HOUSE TO ADD BANDSHELL

RED BANK: BRISK START TO HOLIDAY SEASON

RED BANK: BON JOVI WARMS UP CENTER

RED BANK: HOSPITALS CLAIM BASIE MARQUEE

RED BANK: SUNSHINE, OYSTERS & MELANIE

RED BANK: O’REE & ROCKIT ROCK OUT SUMMER

RED BANK: ROCKIN’ THE PARK… AND THE RIVER

RED BANK: MONMOUTH MUSIC TO CLOSE

RED BANK: FINAL FADEOUT FOR GUITAR PLANT