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By TOM CHESEK It's the local, live-theater equivalent of a blockbuster movie opening. Illuminated by star power, ablaze with spectacular stage effects and drenched with enough hemoglobin to drown the lamps of Transylvania, "Macbeth" is coming to Red Bank. Shakespeare's...
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
Herbert Holzberg By LINDA G. RASTELLI The 15 minutes of fame Andy Warhol envisioned for everyone appears to have arrived, somewhat late in life, for Sea Bright resident Herbert Holzberg. A veteran of two wars and owner of a successful...
Jim Bruno, up a tree. He put up all the holiday lights and decorations that trimmed out the downtown. Yesterday, on another unseasonably warm day, Jim Bruno of Powerhouse Signworks was busy undoing his handiwork, taking down the Christmas tree...
We thought we had a big scoop when we reported back in July, 2006 (yes, newbies, redbankgreen is that old) that Ben & Jerry's was planning to open a store on White Street. The western end of the block, which...
Sold, for more than the seller ever dreamed: 25 Broad Street. Stuart Paer's request to the Red Bank Planning Board on Monday night went through like lightning. He was asking for a change of use for the second-floor space in...
State Senator Jennifer Beck and Mayor Pasquale Menna after Red Bank's government reorganization meeting last week. Her last two jobs, as a lobbyist and executive at a health insurance company, were used as cudgels against her by her opponent in...
Calvary Baptist Church on Bridge Avenue last night hosted a music-filled service last night to commemorate the ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. whose birthdate, Jan. 15, is celebrated next week. Sponsored by the Greater Red Bank Ministers Association,...
Jo-An Kalaka-Adams was all smiles as she posed today with Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno. By LINDA G. RASTELLI Stepping into the spotlight for the first time since her apparent failure to win a second term as mayor in November,...
When Retromedia Sound Studios owner John Noll invited redbankgreen over to meet the wife & husband singer-songwriters Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart last month, our first reaction was, "Who?" Past visits to the studio have introduced us to the somewhat-well-known...
Dr. Philip Eatough, the Rumson pain-management physician facing a slew of charges related to drug prescribing, should be allowed to continue operating his Middletown practice in the interim, but under strict limits, a state panel has recommended. Today's Star-Ledger reports...
Red Bank Police have arrested a suspect in the early New Year's Day stabbing on Drs. Parker Boulevard. Ruben Johnson, 40, was arrested on an unrelated contempt-of-court warrant by police, according to Capt. Steve McCarthy. Though he was already a...
Dr. Philip Eatough, the Rumson physician who faces criminal charges for alleged overprescribing painkillers, got some key support today at hearing over the fate of his medical license, the Asbury Park Press reports. At a hearing before the New Jersey...
Councilwomen Sharon Lee, Grace Cangemi and Kathy Horgan share a laugh after Tuesday's goverment reorganization in Red Bank. By LINDA G. RASTELLI For the first time in its century of existence, the Red Bank Borough Council has three women as...
Red Bank Police Chief Mark Fitzgerald confirmed yesterday that a stabbing occurred on New Year's Eve on or near Dr. Parkers Boulevard. Details of the incident will be released today, he told redbankgreen. Also over the holiday, a 20-year-old Middletown...
Charlotte Scherer, left, and Ambra Talarico prepare to load a painting from Art Forms into a car. It was late on a chilly, gray, drizzly Sunday afternoon, a quiet time on the eve of New Year's Eve. But three Monmouth...
All the same professionals hired by Red Bank last year will likely be reappointed when the borough government reorganizes tomorrow, says Mayor Pasquale Menna. But four of them currently participating in the state Public Employee Retirement System through the borough...
Nicole Atkins and the Sea at Jack's Music earlier this month. Among rising global acts such as Arcade Fire and Amy Winehouse, Neptune singer-songwriter Nicole Atkins finds her major-label debut LP "Neptune City" in the top 10 of the year...
A suspect whose escape in the Dec. 10 burglary of a Catherine Street home was said to be witnessed by neighbors has been arrested, according to police Capt. Steve McCarthy, head of the detective bureau. Milo Rainey, 28, who police...
Today's Star-Ledger takes a look at the "dismal" year that Red Bank-based Hovnanian Enterprises has had. And the coming year doesn't look at lot brighter. But to make that point, the page-one story kicks off with an an anecdote that...
Samantha 'Sam' Lee at Fair Haven borough hall By LINDA G. RASTELLI Samantha 'Sam' Lee knows from customer service. She's tended the fresh farmhouse cheeses at London luxury purveyor Harrods and assembled gift baskets at Sickles Market. But if Fair...
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RED BANK: NEW MURAL BRIGHTENS CORNER
RED BANK: Lunch Break founder Norma Todd is depicted in a mural painted this week on the front of the newly renovated social service agency.
TULIPS TOGETHER
Spring tulips taking in the sunset outside the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank Monday evening.
RIVER RANGERS RETURN
River Rangers, a summer canoeing program offered by the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association, returns this summer for up to 20 participa ...
DOUBLE DYLAN IN RED BANK
Trucks for a production company filming what one worker said was a Bob Dylan biography have lined Monmouth Street the past two days with cre ...
AFTER THE RAIN
A pear tree branch brought down by a brief overnight storm left a lovely tableau on the sidewalk in front of Red Bank's Riverside Gardens Pa ...
CONE OF UNCERTAINTY
Asked by a redbankgreen reporter why these cones were on top of cars, the owner of the car in the foreground responded: “That’s ...
RAIL RIDER’S VIEW
A commuter's view of Cooper's Bridge and the Navesink River from North Jersey Coast Line train 3320 out of Red Bank Tuesday morning.
PUT ME IN COACH!
Red Bank T-Ball kicked off at East Side park on Saturday morning. The brisk weather proved to be no deterrent to the young players, ranging ...
IT’S A SIGN!
Once proudly declaring its all-but-certain arrival in Spring 2019, the project previously known as Azalea Gardens springs to life again with ...
SPRINGTIME MEMORIES OF CARL
The Easter Bunny getup and St. Patrick’s Day hat that belonged to longtime Red Bank crossing guard and neighborhood smile-creator Carl ...
RED TRUCKS AT RED ROCK
A small dishwasher fire at Red Rock Tap and Grill was put out quickly by firefighters overnight, causing minimal damage. Red Bank Fire Depar ...
CREATIVE COVER UP
The windows of Pearl Street Consignment on Monmouth Street were smashed when a driver crashed their car through them injuring an employee la ...
THEY’RE BACK!
Ospreys returned to the skies over Red Bank this week for the first time since they migrated to warmer climes in late fall. With temperature ...
SPRING IS SPRUNG
RED BANK: Spring 2024 arrives on the Greater Red Bank Green with the vernal equinox at 11:06 p.m. Tuesday.
RED BANK’S FINEST – AND NEWEST
Red Bank Police Officer Eliot Ramos was sworn in as the force’s newest patrolman Thursday, and if you’re doing a double take thinkin ...
EASTER EGG MAYHEM AT THE PARK
An errant whistle spurred an unexpectedly early start to the Spring Egg Hunt on Sunday, which had been scheduled to begin at eggsactly 11am ...
PRESEASON DOCKWORK
RED BANK: With winter winding down, marina gets ready for boating season with some dockwork on our beautiful Navesink River.
CORNED BEEF AND DISCO FRIES?
It’s Friday, and smart Lent-observing Leprechauns know the pot of gold at the end of Red Bank’s rainbow is actually the deliciou ...
SURFBOARD DITCHED
It’s a violation of etiquette in surfing to ditch your board.  (it could hit another surfer and hurt them). But someone appears to ha ...
ELSIE, TAKE ME WITH YOU!
Soaked by pouring rain with the temperature hovering in the low 40’s, this sign in the window of Elsie’s Subs on Monmouth Street ...