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ATRIUM LOT PLAN HITS SPEED BUMP
A representative of the Atrium at Navesink holds an artist’s depiction of the proposed lot while residents listen to testimony at last night’s zoning board hearing. (Click to enlarge) QuestionsContinue reading "ATRIUM LOT PLAN HITS SPEED BUMP"
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TOWN: LOT IS TOO SOON, IF NOT TOO MUCH
The lot at the corner of Maple Avenue and Monmouth Street was paved without a permit, say borough officials. Red Bank borough employees returned to work after the Labor DayContinue reading "TOWN: LOT IS TOO SOON, IF NOT TOO MUCH"
CORZINE TO RB DEMS: SORRY, NO SEATS LEFT
Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna holds a chair for Gov. Jon Corzine prior to a radio interview at the KaBoom Fireworks on July 3. The Corzine campaign did not returnContinue reading "CORZINE TO RB DEMS: SORRY, NO SEATS LEFT"
Video of a radio interview of Gov. Jon Corzine at last week’s Kaboom Fireworks on the Navesink in Marine Park. The interview was by Q104.3’S Ken Dashow, who was joinedContinue reading "CORZINE GETS RADIO-ACTIVE"
After spotty rains earlier in the day, the skies above Red Bank cleared in time Friday for the annual Kaboom Fireworks on the Navesink display, which once again drew tensContinue reading "AN INCANDESCENT NIGHT ON THE RIVER"
GETTING AROUND FOR THE BIG SHOW
Food, fireworks, forgetting where you parked: it’s the biggest event of the year in Red Bank, drawing an estimated 100,000 people for one of the nation’s largest fireworks shows. First,Continue reading "GETTING AROUND FOR THE BIG SHOW"
BRINGING IN THE BIG GUNS
A recreational vessel speeds past the barge carrying the KaBoom Fireworks on the Navesink display as it nears the Oceanic Bridge en route to Red Bank Thursday afternoon. A secondContinue reading "BRINGING IN THE BIG GUNS"
IN oRBit: BEFORE THE FUSE GETS LIT
The pre-show crowd at Riverside Gardens Park last year. With KaBoomsday just a day away, and all concerned bravely trying to view the glass as 70 percent empty — that’sContinue reading "IN oRBit: BEFORE THE FUSE GETS LIT"
A ‘MASSIVE DISPLAY,’ WEATHER PERMITTING
Chris Santore of Garden State Fireworks overseeing the loading of the KaBoom barge at a dock in Staten Island earlier this week. The barge is scheduled to come upriver toContinue reading "A ‘MASSIVE DISPLAY,’ WEATHER PERMITTING"
WEATHER ONLY A MUSHROOM COULD LOVE
It’s got to be among the leading candidates for the official symbol of this damp summer: the literally lowly mushroom. redbankgreen‘s Accidental Photographer found this one Sunday on Eastview AvenueContinue reading "WEATHER ONLY A MUSHROOM COULD LOVE"
BOROUGH EYES LOT FOR PARKING
The former Tubby’s Shell filling station, at the corner of Maple Avenue and Monmouth Street, was razed late last week. Borough hall is visible at right. Feeling pinched for parkingContinue reading "BOROUGH EYES LOT FOR PARKING"
Christine McKenna with her daughter, Kayla, and Mayor-elect Pasquale Menna on election night 2006, at left; at right, with Kayla at a sendoff for her husband the following month. Christine McKenna, the wife of former Red Bank Mayor Ed McKenna,...
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...
A Red Bank man has been convicted of robbing one person at gunpoint, threatening a second and firing the weapon into the air nearly three years ago, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's office announced Monday. After a two-week trial in Freehold,...
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 Red Bank patrolman will lose his job but won't face jail time after pleading guilty to assault and falsifying police records, the Asbury Park Press is reporting. Officer Steven Adams, 28, was indicted in October by a Monmouth County...
The upside, from the glass-is-half-full perspective, is that the new Red Bank Parks & Rec summer guide just now hitting mailboxes contains plenty of listings for events that haven't happened yet. We're talking a full roster of concerts and movies...
It’s a grand old flag for sure, and on Sunday,its raising forms the centerpiece of the annual Liberty Extravaganza at First Presbyterian Church on Tower Hill.  Independence Day weekends inContinue reading "RED BANK: PATRIOTIC SOUNDS ON THE HILL"
NAVESINK: RIVERVIEW DELIVERS AN EYEFUL
[slideshow_deploy id=’91232′]The vantage points were harder to find, but a  fireworks show on the Navesink River off a Middletown dock Friday night was no less spectacular than the old KaBoomContinue reading "NAVESINK: RIVERVIEW DELIVERS AN EYEFUL"
JAZZFEST SETS SUMMER ON A COOL SIMMER
Les Paul’s Trio, featuring bass ace and songbird Nicki Parrott, returns to Two River Theater for Summer JazzFest. You won’t find a sign over the door. In fact, you won’tContinue reading "JAZZFEST SETS SUMMER ON A COOL SIMMER"
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POPE OKS ORATORY
RED BANK: St. Anthony of Padua obtains papal approval to establish Oratory of St. Philip Neri, a community of priests and brothers devoted t ...
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 ...