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RIVERCENTER GOES MOBILE
The home page of the new Only One Red Bank app. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank RiverCenter, the downtown business-promotion entity, has gone mobile with theContinue reading "RIVERCENTER GOES MOBILE"
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
By JOHN T. WARD Planning board testimony about a proposed 72-room hotel at the foot of Cooper Bridge in Red Bank was put off until mid-January Monday night after a lawyerContinue reading "HOTEL HEARING DELAYED ANOTHER MONTH"
RED BANK PUTS PARKING DECK IN GEAR
The White Street lot is an “underutilized” asset and needs a garage, says Mayor Pasquale Menna. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A year after reopening of one ofContinue reading "RED BANK PUTS PARKING DECK IN GEAR"
The Oceanic Bridge will get a new drawbridge, replacing a 72-year-old segment that’s heavily corroded, officials say. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Work to replace the steel drawbridgeContinue reading "SEVEN-MONTH DETOUR STARTS MONDAY"
REPORT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AT SANDY HOOK
A police car searched for a suspect near the entrance to Gateway National Recreation Area at Sandy Hook shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday night after a report of a sexualContinue reading "REPORT OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AT SANDY HOOK"
With a plethora of restaurants, Red Bank is a diner’s delight year-round. But in summer, it takes on a casual and unhurried demeanor as the doors are thrown open andContinue reading "TABLE UNDER THE STREETLIGHT, PLEASE"
YOUNG SHOPPERS PRIME DOWNTOWN PUMP
Is it just us, or are more young people shopping in downtown Red Bank than in recent years? Below, Leanne Navarette of Backward Glances. (Click to enlarge) By MOLLY MULSHINEContinue reading "YOUNG SHOPPERS PRIME DOWNTOWN PUMP"
With Hurricane Irene lumbering up the East Coast packing destructive winds of 100 miles per hour, officials in Sea Bright ordered residents and visitors off the sandbar peninsula Friday.
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
A tip of the hat – which is all that Where is wearing this week – goes to the three readers who recognized the tableau of cutesified animal statues shown inContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
LOFTS PLAN RETURNS, TRIMMED A SMIDGEN
The proposed West Side Lofts development, at the corner of West Front Street and Bridge Avenue, is again moving forward. Below, architectural drawings. (Photos by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)Continue reading "LOFTS PLAN RETURNS, TRIMMED A SMIDGEN"
KABOOMERS TOUT RETURN TO ‘FAMILY’ SHOW
Spectators watching the  2010 fireworks from outside the Red Bank Public Library. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The weekend extravaganza that is Kaboomfest kicks off Friday night, a three-dayContinue reading "KABOOMERS TOUT RETURN TO ‘FAMILY’ SHOW"
RIVERCENTER PLANS DOWNTOWN KIOSKS
RiverCenter’s first kiosk is slated for installation in English Plaza to let visitors know its new location. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Not that itContinue reading "RIVERCENTER PLANS DOWNTOWN KIOSKS"
Toeknee Bianchi created this video document of the 2010 Taste of Sea Bright tour, which returns Saturday. Think of it as a buffet — a great, big, sumptuous, surprising, eclectic,Continue reading "GOOD TASTE IS A TROLLEY HOP AWAY"
KABOOM GETS A BOOST FROM THE BANK
Kaboom! Executive Director Charles Moran, right, looks on as Brenda Ross-Dulan of Wells Fargo announces the bank’s donation to the fireworks show. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "KABOOM GETS A BOOST FROM THE BANK"
Red Bank’s KaBoomFest kicked off its 2011 fundraising season Thursday night with a tent party on the lawn of Hovnanian Enterprises’ HQ, followed by a sample pyrotechnics show on theContinue reading "POPPING OFF AT MAPLE COVE"
WHEN HARRY SALLIES FORTH IN RED BANK
A renaissance guy in Red Bank: Harry Connick Jr. makes his first-ever two night stand at the Count Basie this week — and the man from NOLA might stand aContinue reading "WHEN HARRY SALLIES FORTH IN RED BANK"
WANTED: STREETLIFE PERFORMERS
Buskers, like this unidentified trio from Streetlife 2009, are warming up their pipes for the 2011. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Dust off yer geetar, groom your rabbit andContinue reading "WANTED: STREETLIFE PERFORMERS"
SAY CHEESE! LOMBARDI GRAVE A SUPER DRAW
Famed football coach Vince Lombardi’s headstone at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Middletown. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Step into the main office of Middletown’s MountContinue reading "SAY CHEESE! LOMBARDI GRAVE A SUPER DRAW"
CBS DROPS IN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF JERSEY
Mo Rocca interviewed Rumson Mayor John Ekdahl back during shorts weather for an upcoming piece for CBS Sunday Morning. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI New Jersey, it seems, isContinue reading "CBS DROPS IN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF JERSEY"
RED BANK’S A GHOST TOWN FRIDAY NIGHTS
Shroud of tourin’: Lantern and staff in hand, Red Bank Ghost Tours guide Bill Normyle leads his group through the streets of downtown. By TOM CHESEK The packed and popular publicContinue reading "RED BANK’S A GHOST TOWN FRIDAY NIGHTS"
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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 ...