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TOYMASTERS HOSTS CHRISTMAS IN JULY
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This July, kids can celebrate Christmas at Toymasters in Red Bank.Voted “New Jersey’s Best Toy Store” by New Jersey Monthly magazine, Toymasters is partnering with the borough-based nonprofit Lunch BreakContinue reading "TOYMASTERS HOSTS CHRISTMAS IN JULY"
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June 25th, 2014 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
SEA BRIGHT: STORM-TOSSED TREASURES
Frank Torock scanning the beach in Sea Bright for hidden metal last month. (Photos by Dan Natale. Click to enlarge) By DAN NATALE The beaches of Sea Bright have beenContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: STORM-TOSSED TREASURES"
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May 7th, 2013 @ 6am
IN FAIR HAVEN, A FANTASY WORLD ON RAILS
Railroad gardener Michael Humphreys could easily crush a dozen buildings if he were to lie across his “grown-ups’ playground.” (Photos by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge.) By STACIE FANELLI In MichaelContinue reading "IN FAIR HAVEN, A FANTASY WORLD ON RAILS"
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September 18th, 2012 @ 7am
DING! KA-CHING!
A Red Bank patrol car had a fender-bender with a Ferrari 599 GTB (starting price: around $310,000) that was passing behind it on Broad Street during the third annual ‘RaduoContinue reading "DING! KA-CHING!"
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June 28th, 2010 @ 11am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Recognize it? Get on the stick, folks, and slap-shot us an email telling us where you think this photo was taken.
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February 11th, 2010 @ 9am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
This one enlarges, so give it a click… and if you think you know where you’ve seen it, drop us an email, please.
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February 4th, 2010 @ 9am
IN PURSUIT OF SUSTAINABILITY
Alan Placer, left, and Andres Simonson are two of the faces behind Red Bank’s effort to reduce adverse impacts on the natural environment. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Before it even meetsContinue reading "IN PURSUIT OF SUSTAINABILITY"
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December 29th, 2009 @ 5am
WEST SIDE CLEANUP, TOYS FOR SEAN & MORE
An effort to spruce up the streets of Red Bank’s West Side in April 2008, above, will be reprised this Saturday. A West Side cleanup effort, a toy drive forContinue reading "WEST SIDE CLEANUP, TOYS FOR SEAN & MORE"
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June 17th, 2009 @ 10am
Thanksgiving at Lunch Break was on Branches Catering in 2008. On Monday night, the West Long Branch facility hosts some three dozen restaurants to raise funds for the Red Bank soup kitchen. This long-overdue edition of Done Good — a...
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April 24th, 2009 @ 6am
Mathew Halfacre, 12, of Fair Haven was the first of seven readers to correctly identify last week's photo as the doorway between Hobbymasters and Toymasters, separate businesses that share a building on White Street in Red Bank. According to one...
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November 6th, 2008 @ 7am
Alan Placer on what used be called the roof but he now calls the "third floor" of Hobbymasters — the floor that makes money from the sun. The solar panels are all in, and by this time next week, Arlene...
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October 3rd, 2008 @ 2pm
Andrew Mencinsky and a brigade of sea paddlers head down the Hudson River last year. They'll be doing the same next week. In May, 2007, a two-mile-wide tornado tore through the town of Greensburg, Kansas, destroying 95 percent of its...
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August 14th, 2008 @ 10am
The view north from Hobbymasters' roof, which gets unimpeded exposure to the sun. In what's being billed as the largest installation of its kind in the Red Bank area, game & toy retailer Hobbymasters plans to cover the roof of...
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July 18th, 2008 @ 10am
Arlene Placer of Hobbymasters gets playful with packing peanuts. The roof of Hobbymasters on White Street is big, flat and unobscured by any surrounding structure. Store owner Arlene Placer and her son, Alan, hope to cover it with solar panels....
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January 22nd, 2008 @ 7am
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...
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January 10th, 2008 @ 8am
After months of rumors, it's official: Tiffany and Company, the 170-year-old icon of what was once known as the carriage trade, is ready to sprinkle some of its glitter on Broad Street. The retailer announced today that it has leased...
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March 22nd, 2007 @ 1pm
With a couple of critical days left in the holiday shopping season, it would appear that the consensus among downtown merchants is that this year's cash-register activity, while not booming, is at acceptable levels. redbankgreen hit the pavement late Wednesday...
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December 21st, 2006 @ 12am
Can an ice cream shop keep White Street from nodding off early? We'll find out starting in about a month, when Ben & Jerry's opens for business at 68 White, in the space formerly occupied by the Beacon Fine Arts...
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July 6th, 2006 @ 10pm
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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 ...

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