RED BANK: LOCAL PHOTOS AT LIBRARY
The Red Bank Public Library has mounted a display of images by borough resident and photographer Allan Bass.
ON THE GREEN: ESCAPING INTO FRESH AIR
It’s a bit incongruous: beautiful spring weather amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has the Greater Red Bank Green, and parts of the world, on near-lockdown.
Of course, Governor Phil Murphy’s “stay-at-home” order issued Saturday allows for socially-distanced outdoor exercise. And a redbankgreen swing through the Greater Green Thursday found plenty of residents taking in the fresh air, including a jogger on Maple Avenue in Red Bank, above.
Check out more photos below. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
RED BANK: PHOTO BOOK AT VISITOR CENTER
A Red Bank man has self-published a book of photos taken around town that’s now available for purchase at the Red Bank Visitor Center.
Allan Bass’ collection, titled ‘Red Bank Living,’ features shots taken from the spring of 2018 through December, 2019.
It’s being sold for $15 at the Red Bank visitor center, located at 140 Broad Street. (Photos by Allan Bass.)
LITTLE SILVER DAY ENDS WITH A BANG
A spectacular fireworks show closed out a beautiful summer day of food, friends and dancing in the infield in Little Silver as the town’s residents gathered at the fields behind borough hall for Little Silver Day Saturday.
redbankgreen grabbed these photos of the merriment. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
RUMSON: BLITHEWALD GARDEN IN PHOTOS
The April 20 fire at the Rumson mansion known as Blithewald, which was undergoing extensive redecoration for use as a designer showcase in the monthlong VNA Stately Homes by the Sea fundraiser, occurred the same morning that landscapers had put the finishing touches on a yard design called the Secret Garden.
Red Bank-based Siciliano Landscape, which oversaw the project with a landscaper from Marlboro, has posted a gallery of before-and-after photos of the garden, along with a link for those wishing to donate to the VNA. The now-canceled home tour was to be the nonprofit organization’s largest fundraising event of the year. (Photos courtesy of Siciliano Landscape. Click to enlarge)
RED BANK: FACES ON PARADE
Autumn delivered a gorgeous day and the marchers brought their best scary, funny and pretty faces to Sunday’s annual Red Bank Halloween Parade.
We’ve got close to 100 photos. See anyone you know? You might want to look twice, just to be sure. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge)
RED BANK: A TWO-FISTED FOOD FESTIVAL
SEA BRIGHT: SKIMBASH STORMS THE SURF
The pro and amateur participants in SkimBash, the Jersey Shore’s premiere skimboarding competition, enjoyed nearly two full days of great skimming weather and surf in Sea Bright this weekend. Here’s a selection of photos from Saturday, before a storm rolled in late in the afternoon. (Photo by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge)
RED BANK: HALLOWEEN PARADE HITS 66
RED BANK: SCENES FROM OYSTERFEST
SEA BRIGHT: FEEDING THE LIFESAVERS
Local restaurateurs banded together on short notice Sunday to provide some gourmet chow to the firefighters, cops, first aiders, other volunteers and contractors who’ve been keeping Sea Bright safe and hustling to get it back in shape in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
Contractors dig into considerable sirloin burgers at the borough firehouse, above. At right, Ama Ristorante owner Pat Trama enjoys a laugh with David Burke of David Burke Fromagerie. Below, Chis Wood of Woody’s Ocean Grille grills up some beef.
A relief tent has now been erected next to the firehouse to give the workers a place to eat in inclement weather, Wood reports. (Click to enlarge)
POST-SANDY, A BRIGHTER SEA BRIGHT
After wading waist-deep into churning water on Ocean Avenue during the storm on Monday, photographer Peter Lindner returned to Sea Bright on Saturday, along with redbankgreen‘s John T. Ward, to document the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Here are 150 of Lindner’s shots. Some of Ward’s pix on are redbankgreen‘s Facebook page.
Lindner and Ward were permitted into town by local officials, who were in their second day of ferrying Sea Bright residents into town, by dumptruck, to give them just a few minutes to collect pets, medicines, clothing and other personal items from their homes.
GAS LEAKS, SAND KEEP SEA BRIGHT CLOSED
Residents and sightseers wait on the Rumson side of the Shrewsbury River for authorization to enter Sea Bright Wednesday morning. (Click to enlarge)
By JOHN T. WARD
Anxious residents and a steady stream of wannabe gawkers poured into eastern Rumson Wednesday, hoping to be allowed into storm-wracked Sea Bright.
But Rumson police, abetted by a Monmouth County sheriff’s officer and a handful of National Guardists, continued to bar access to the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge, citing widespread hazards in the sandbar borough.
Deep sand, building debris and natural-gas leaks make it impossible for anyone other than emergency workers to be allowed in, officials said.
“One match, and a whole block could go up,” a sheriff’s officer who asked not to be identified told redbankgreen, citing the leaks.
SEA BRIGHT: IN THE TEETH OF THE STORM
redbankgreen photographer Peter Lindner waded in up to his waist to get pictures of Hurricane Sandy smashing into Sea Bright on Monday. Our slideshow also includes some post-storm shots from the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge.
RIVER WATCH: NO TWO DAYS ARE THE SAME
Several times a week enroute to and from her day job in Eatontown, artist Gerda Liebmann would stop at the northern end of the Oceanic Bridge in Middletown to take photos of the Navesink River.
Time and again over the course of the year, she positioned her camera in pretty much the exact same way and snapped a few frames looking east toward Sea Bright.
“I always said, ‘this is so beautiful,’ until one day I said, ‘I must stop and take pictures,'” Liebmann tells redbankgreen.
‘AGREE TO DISAGREE’ ON FIRE PHOTO
This week’s Comment of the Week was posted last Tuesday by “Pat.”
Pat’s comment was part of an exchange about a photo redbangkreeen ran from the wedding of a couple who are members of the Lincroft fire and first aid squads.
The headline over the photo was “LINCROFT PAIR START A FIRE.” Did they ever.
A RANDOM WALK THROUGH A TODDLIN’ TOWN
A hot summer night, dazzling smiles, an irresistible rhythm, a bit of flesh revealed…
Saturday nights have been hopping in downtown Red Bank of late, so redbankgreen dispatched photographer Peter Lindner to the streets and bars last Saturday to capture the post-sundown vibe.
He filed this set of 102 shots, from the couple enjoying a quiet dinner to the guys and gals on the prowl to to the folks who make it all happen in an orderly, law-abiding sort of way. Enjoy!
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KABOOM: BRILLIANCE BEFORE & AFTER DARK
It seems that KaBoomfest is becoming two events in one: a night of drunken rowdiness, largely among teenagers who hang out on Red Bank’s West Front and Broad streets during the fireworks, and the traditional night of family-oriented entertainment.
These photos capture the brighter side of the event, from the smiles of festivalgoers to the gunpowder wizardry of the folks at Garden State Fireworks, who paint the sky so brilliantly.
Thanks to Peter Lindner for the barge pix and shots of the Friday night concert in Marine Park.
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SNOW DAY: CAN YOU DIG IT?
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By DUSTIN RACIOPPI
Following the utter pounding the area took on Wednesday, schools on Thursday were closed and some municipal offices had delayed openings. But the brave were out bright and early like cops, garbage trucks and, of course, dedicated journalists making sure the day’s work was tended to.
redbankgreen trudged through the slippery, sometimes slushy, streets to capture all the action from the hangover of Snowpacalypse, Snowmageddon or whatever cutesy sobriquet this wintry madness has been dubbed.
We found kids on snow tubes, adults on bikes, enough snowmen to form a football team and mountains of snow piled high by your friendly, undoubtedly exhausted, public works department. So as you dig out, dig in.
PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Reflection of Youth I
The above photo, by Diane VanLaarhoven, is the overall winner of a photo contest sponsored by the nonprofit Red Bank Education Foundation to call attention to the beauty of the 17-acre primary school property on the Navesink River.
The contest asked for entries in three categories: water, architecture and nature. The winning photos in each are here. All contest entries can be seen here.