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RED BANK: Here are the high school thespians named winners of 2018 Basie Awards Wednesday night.
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
MIDDLETOWN: The Stone Church Players and Monmouth Players once again warm up autumn audiences in their landmark performance venues.
MIDDLETOWN: THE WAG MOVE INDOORS
MIDDLETOWN: Locally based pop-rockers the Wag use their indoor voices for a free library concert Wednesday evening.
ON THE GREEN: TWO TICKETS ON THE AISLE
Red Bank's Phoenix Productions goes "Into the Woods" at the Basie...and Middletown's Monmouth Players go "Moon Over Buffalo" at Navesink Arts...as the fall stage season heats up on the greater Green.
MIDDLETOWN: BRUSH UP YOUR SHAKESPEARE
MIDDLETOWN: The Monmouth Players warm up for a new season with a sampler of soliloquies 'n such by Shakespeare.
ON THE GREEN: CATCH THESE OUTSIDE
ON THE GREEN: Movies in the park, music on the sands, streets and docks... all free and in the midsummer evenings ahead.
MIDDLETOWN: FREE THE WEEKLINGS
MIDDLETOWN: Glen Burtnik, Bob Burger and The Weeklings play a free Tuesday night concert, on the lawn at Middletown Arts.
MIDDLETOWN: A DOO WOP TO-DO @ THE MAC
MIDDLETOWN: 'A Tribute to Our Doo Wop Legends' channels the streetcorner soul of the 1950 Saturday at the township arts center.
MIDDLETOWN: MUSICAL VIRTUOSO AT LIBRARY
MIDDLETOWN: Elven Chern offers up a "Neo-Classical Dream Piano Concert" at the library Saturday afternoon.
MIDDLETOWN: Take a stroll through the township's historic heart, with a free guided tour of the old Village of Middletown this Saturday.
MIDDLETOWN: ‘GIANTS OF SCIENCE’ POP BY
MIDDLETOWN: Meet and interact with the American Giants of Science during a free-and-fun program at the township library.
MIDDLETOWN: An original musical dramedy asks, "is it 'gravy' or 'sauce'?" during a three-day stand at the Middletown Arts Center.
RED BANK & MIDDLETOWN: T-REX RETURNS
RED BANK: T-Rex and the traveling version of Field Station: Dinosaurs visit the libraries here and in Middletown this week.
ON THE GREEN: SEINE, CLIMB OR KAYAK
ON THE GREEN: The Monmouth County Park System has ways to get you out onto the waterways (and portable mountains) of our local parks.
MIDDLETOWN: BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE
MIDDLETOWN: Experience beautiful Deep Cut Gardens during a free guided Butterfly Walk on Friday morning.
MIDDLETOWN: The Stone Church Players tackle Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' in an abridged version.
MIDDLETOWN: A LIFE’S PASSION ON DISPLAY
MIDDLETOWN: "Bad Girl" is among the paintings by the late Alexander Goldenberg on display at the Library in June.
RED BANK: Five local schools rack up wins (and a Red Bank arts impresario gets a Lifetime Achievement honor) at the 12th annual Basie Awards.
RED BANK: High schools on the Greater Green score numerous nominations, as the 12th annual Basie Awards roll out the red carpet tonight.
MIDDLETOWN: Teens are challenged to read books, help out in the community and win some great prizes, through the Library's Summer Reading Program.
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NOT SO SCARY
Twenty times? Fifty times? How many times did we drive by this home on the corner of River Street and Shrewsbury and do a double take before ...
LOCAL 9 TAKE TROPHY
After a long hot two days of baseball, the Red Bank area-based Jersey Shore Raiders emerged as champions of the United States Amateur Baseba ...
RHAPSODY ON ICE
RED BANK: On a cool-ish summer evening, keyboardist NGXB entertained customers of Strollo's Italian Ice with renderings of 'Bohemian Rhapsod ...
PUDDLE BE GONE
A work crew was out this week attacking the site of the notoriously persistent puddle at the corner of Broad and Mechanic Streets. This phot ...
SMALLS FOR MAYOR?
We at redbankgreen remain neutral in political affairs and never make endorsements. But we have to say Borough Clerk Laura Reinertsen’ ...
CRASH ON LEIGHTON
The driver of this car was headed north on Leighton Avenue when they it hit an SUV pulling a work trailer headed in south in the opposing la ...
CAR VS STREET SIGN
The driver of this Mercedes hopped the curb and toppled the street sign at the corner of South Pearl and Drs. James Parker Boulevard Wednesd ...
SKETCHES OF RED BANK BY LOCAL ARTIST MICHAEL WHITE
Sketches of Red Bank scenes have been floating around on social media and we thought they deserved some spotlight. First appearing in our fe ...
POLE DOWN
Utility pole falls on English Plaza shop Forge after being struck by SUV shortly before noon. No injuries reported, though 86-year-old drive ...
YO, ADRIAN!
It’s a tough turn for our hero as Rocky Balboa is relegated to the curb for trash pickup on Locust Avenue. We’ll have to go back ...
“EL PALOMO” IS IN THE HOUSE
Jesus Rios, a mariachi singer who performs under the stage name “El Palomo” (The dove) pauses for a moment before entering a bac ...
CROC SPOTTED IN RIVER
Frighteningly hideous and green, a solitary Croc lurked ominously amid the flotsam and foam in the Navesink River alongside the Red Bank Fir ...
KISS ICON REFLECTS ON BROADWALK
A Swarovski crystal-bedazzled self-portrait painting of Paul Stanley, longtime singer and guitarist for the rock band Kiss peers out from a ...
CHISELIN’ AWAY
Marcelo Garcia Lopez works with hammer and chisel on a new feature for his flower garden on Shrewsbury Avenue: a hollow in a carved log in w ...
STORM CLEANUP CONTINUES
  Saturday’s storm sent a tree toppling on this house on Bank Street, damaging the roof. Workers Wednesday could be seen removing ...
SNAPPING IN THE BREEZE
RED BANK: Blustery winds had the flags in Riverside Gardens Park snapping Monday evening.
POWER LINE DOWN
Red Bank firefighters were on scene at Manor Drive dealing with a live power line Monday afternoon. There was no immediate report of fire. T ...
TAR BEACH SOLSTICE
Aldo Quiroz of Ocean Township came ready with his beach chair and found a shady spot to spend his lunch hour in a parking lot off Broad Stre ...
GOING GREY
Workers painting the stone facade of the PNC Bank at the corner of Broad and Harding Thursday morning. An upgrade? Maybe it’s just pri ...
COFFEE & WILDLIFE
RED BANK: The best wildlife show in town can be taken in from a waterfront bench outside the public library, and it's totally free.