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Contributions on the day of the show put the 2009 KaBoom fireworks barely into the black, but this year’s edition needs more public support, organizers say. (Click to enlarge) IndependenceContinue reading "KABOOM NEEDS BIG BUCKS, BUT WILL GO ON"
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ROWERS RESCUED AFTER SQUALL FLIPS SHELLS
One of two shells manned by teen rowers arrives at a residential dock on Fisher Place after flipping in the Navesink. Below, a distraught woman, said to be a coach,Continue reading "ROWERS RESCUED AFTER SQUALL FLIPS SHELLS"
KaPOP
Wednesday night’s mini fireworks show at the Monmouth Boat Club, as seen from the Molly Pitcher Inn. (Click to enlarge) No, they weren’t testing the fireworks, as one out-of-towner speculatedContinue reading "KaPOP"
NICE, WHILE IT LASTS…
Fiona Abrahamsen takes to the river on foot for the first time outside the Monmouth Boat Club, along with her husband, Harry, and children Connor and Cordelia. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "NICE, WHILE IT LASTS…"
A NICE AFTERNOON ON ICE
Avid ice men Rick Pier, left, and Peter Wright prep Wright’s ice boat Tuesday afternoon for a little  frolicking on the frozen Navesink River in Red Bank. (Photo by DustinContinue reading "A NICE AFTERNOON ON ICE"
BASIE WINS NATIONAL HISTORY DESIGNATION
A time-lapse video captured the interior renovation work on the Count Basie Theatre in 2008. Below, a detail of an organ loft grille. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI More than a yearContinue reading "BASIE WINS NATIONAL HISTORY DESIGNATION"
redbankgreen was there Saturday for the annual haul-in day at the Monmouth Boat Club in Red Bank. That’s the day club members pull in the floating docks for the seasonContinue reading "DOCKS UNDOCKED: BRING ON THE ICE!"
WILL THE JAZZ & BLUES FEST RETURN IN 2010?
Large crowds turned out Saturday and Sunday after Friday night’s rainout. But construction of a new Marine Park bulkhead, below, could force the festival to relocate next year. Really, inContinue reading "WILL THE JAZZ & BLUES FEST RETURN IN 2010?"
Last year's show, as seen from Maple Avenue and West Front Street. First, there will be fireworks in Red Bank this year. Though organizers of the July 3 KaBoom Fireworks on the Navesink recently expressed concern about the future of...
It’s Theater Week of sorts in Red Bank oRBit! It just sort of works out that way, as the coming days see the openings of no fewer than five new productions in the area — all of them worth checking...
The Marine Park bulkhead as seen Sunday from the frozen Navesink. Skaters (and sledders) used a makeshift ladder to access the ice. We've heard this before, but the state of New Jersey is moving forward with plans to rebuild the...
Here's a recap of Monday night's Red Bank Borough Council meeting. (Follow along with the agenda, if you like.) • Mayor Pasquale Menna accepted a $162,975 dividend payment to the borough from the Central Jersey Health Insurance Fund, the shared-services...
A glimpse of the 2007 show via an alley on West Front Street. For some reason, clicking on the KaBoom fireworks website starts a song that features "let it rain" as a refrain. There wasn't some other middling Springsteen anthem-to-partying...
The kind of parade George Bowden dreams of: scads of bunting throughout town, with perhaps a giant balloon strapped to the roof of a motorcar, as seen in this undated photo from Helen C. Phillips' "Red Bank on the Navesink."...
The 2007 closing blasts, that is. Brace yourselves for a bit of window-rattling pyrotechnics over the Navesink tonight. Better yet, leave the sofa and television behind for a couple of hours and see for yourself as the night sky blooms...
A year after Democrats predicted Red Bank taxes would go down in 2007, the Borough Council last night finalized this year's budget. Taxes went up. As the Borough Council majority sees it, though, the local bite was made as painless...
By LINDA G. RASTELLI One recent morning at the tennis courts in Marine Park, the air was crisp, the clouds distant, and the sun's rays subdued. In short, the kind of morning tennis players dream about, in a setting that's...
Today's Asbury Park Press reports that the home of the North Shrewsbury Ice Boat and Yacht Club is close to winning state designation as an historic structure. The building is in Red Bank on the Navesink River (known as the...
RED BANK: April police blotter includes a spate of graffiti incidents, four DWI arrests and sexual assault charges.
RED BANK: August crime blotter includes four arrests for DWI, plus reported theft of $7,000 from trunk of parked car.
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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 ...