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Reflection #33, above, and #26, below, by Rande Johnson. Who is Rande Johnson, and is he an artist? The McKay Gallery, which is showing his photos in an exhibition that begins tonight, says that Johnson is a tradesman; that would...
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
It's been a while since our last visit to the McKay Gallery, an interval that seems to have coincided with the entirety of winter. Were Bob & Liz McKay in hibernation, or were we? Never mind: winter is over. The...
Valerie Craig of Middletown sent redbankgreen this photo she took yesterday afternoon from the Molly Pitcher Inn. The view is northeast along the Navesink River, of course. It reminded us that exactly a year ago, this part of the world...
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In recent years, photographers Bob McKay & Elisabeth Koch-McKay have been Red Bank's foremost curators of photographic work, cultivating art that's bold and demure, edgy and comforting, but always transporting. For their newest show at the McKay Imaging gallery on...
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Members of the Harford, Bender, Mortimer and O'Connor families gathered at the Red Bank Middle School yesterday for their annual touch football game, which only on occasion looks more like a tackle game. Email this photo
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Mark Kseniak of Atlantic Highlands is no purist when it comes to photography. An illustrator by trade, he has no compunction about altering images for effect. "I capture images, and with those images, I create my vision of how I...
Having developed an opposable thumb, which gave him enormous competitive advantages over other creatures, early man found that he might like to use it to make something to keep his precious digits from snapping off in the cold. Thus, gloves,...
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The seemingly unstoppable Colmorgen kids — siblings Bob, Carl and Kathy Lou — triple-teamed the latest 'Where.' This is one avid trio. Now we hear that even young Mother Colmorgen has caught 'Where' fever from her children, none of whom...
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By LISA M. McLAUGHLIN ...with voices shouting out how much times have changed, I hear echoes from the past saying much is still the same. From A.D. 19 of 41 by Trebor In Robert Hardy's Red Bank apartment, a framed...
Faces, fashions and flavors from around the world were on display last Saturday night at the Red Bank Primary School for the annual International Night, and there wasn't an empty seat in the house.
Photos from Saturday's George Sheehan Classic 2007 race. Check out the race website for results by the numbers. Email this feature item
Starting Thursday night, the McKay Gallery will offer a special two-evening exhibit of images by documentary photographer Marc Steiner. Titled "Deenbandhu: Relative of the Poor," the collection follows the work of Father George Kavukatt, a Catholic priest who has ministered...
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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 ...
WALK THIS WAY
PARTYLINE: Before-and-afters of a sidewalk cleanup on West Street.
SOGGY NOTION
RED BANK: Breezeway sculpture captured the mood downtown as heavy rains fell Saturday morning.
HOME DELIVERY
RED BANK: After a subdivision, an instant house rises on a new Catherine Street lot.
COMMUNITY PROFILES
For Black History Month, Red Bank's Community Engagement and Equity Advisory Committee has been running a series of local profiles on Facebo ...
HEARTY FAREWELL FOR HARDY
RED BANK: Council to honor DPU supervisor Rich Hardy, who retired recently after almost 39 years of keeping things running.
HOMEBOUND? READ ON…
RED BANK: Can't get to the public library? It's now offering free delivery and pickups for homebound borough residents.
TAMING A BEAST OF A WEEK
RED BANK: After the second snowfall of the week, a borough family finds the perfect use for it – a Godzilla snow sculpture.
RED BANK: LIBRARY CLOSED, BUT THE HILL’S OPEN
RED BANK: Though the library was closed by a snowstorm, kids got to enjoy the riverfront property's steep slope Tuesday.
LIGHT(HOUSE) MAKEOVER
This year, getting ready for spring means a midwinter makeover for Strollo's Lighthouse in Red Bank.
TODAY: LOCAL PUPPY COMPETES ON ANIMAL PLANET’S “PUPPY BOWL”
Red Bank’s very own rescue puppy, Biscuit, is set to compete in Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl this Sunday, February 11, at 2 PM. Th ...