Packages full of Easter and Passover treats awaited customer pickup at the Red Bank Chocolate Shoppe on White Street Wednesday evening.
The holiday weekend will deliver a mixed bag, starting with gusty, cool conditions Friday and bringing warm sunshine Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. Check out the extended forecast below. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
With an assist from police and the volunteer fire department, Red Bank’s parks and rec department put on a one-vehicle ‘parade’ featuring the Easter Bunny Wednesday.
The meandering parade brought some springtime cheer to families on the West Side of town who, like most New Jerseyans, were housebound by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This item is from an announcement posted on the Red Bank borough website Tuesday evening.
In lieu of the annual Egg Hunt, the Recreation Department has scheduled a “Bunny Parade” for Wednesday, April 8 and Thursday, April 9.
While enjoying the warmth and sunshine in downtown Red Bank, a bench-sitting dog named Sasha became suddenly camera-shy when approached by redbankgreen Monday afternoon. Tuesday’s weather will be less conducive to parking one’s tail on a bench, with rain in the National Weather Service forecast through Friday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
A warm, blustery Easter Sunday turned out to be a fine day for airing out a kite in Red Bank’s Riverside Gardens Park, above, or a classic jalopy in Sea Bright, at right. Monday’s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and peak temperatures in the upper 60s, but the rest of the week looks cloudy and somewhat wet, according to the National Weather Service. (Photos by Trish Russoniello and John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
Residents of a home on River Road in Rumson home are either ready for Easter or have a serious a hankering for omelettes. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)
On a cold, wind-whipped afternoon, it took borough children all of about 90 seconds to charge through Eastside Park and collect all the eggs during Red Bank’s annual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)