RED BANK: HOLIDAY EXPRESS TO LIGHT IT UP
The Red Bank Holiday Express concert and Town Lighting is on for its 27th annual showing under what appear to be seasonally ideal conditions Friday night.
Details are below.
LINCROFT: CURCHIN ADDS TO 15-YEAR TALLY
Lincroft-based CPA firm Curchin Group held its annual mini-golf tournament in its offices on November 6, pushing its 15-year fundraising total for local charities above $200,000.
RED BANK: NEW NAME FOR MERGED YMCAs
Laurie Goganzer, below, will lead the merge operations.
Press release from The Community YMCA
The Community YMCA and YMCA of Western Monmouth County are uniting on Sept. 1 to become the “YMCA of Greater Monmouth County” with funding from the Jay & Linda Grunin Foundation and the state of New Jersey.
LINCROFT: CURCHIN TAPS 2019 BENEFICIARIES
Lincroft-based CPA firm Curchin Group has chosen the beneficiaries of it 14th annual indoor golf tournament, to be held this fall.
RED BANK: CONSERVATORY AT HOME AT LAST
The Monmouth Conservatory of Music’s new home, at 65 Chestnut Street, features a giant mural on the facade. Below, violin teacher Bettina Forbes in the new building. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
Having completed its absorption of the Monmouth Conservatory of Music, the Count Basie Center for the Arts gave the classical-music school its own home in Red Bank Monday.
RED BANK: TRIO GUILTY OF TEACHER’S MURDER
Red Bank teacher Jonelle Melton was slain in her Netpune City apartment in 2009.
By JOHN T. WARD
Almost a decade after the death of Red Bank Middle School teacher Jonelle Melton, three men were found guilty Tuesday of her vicious torture and murder.
A jury in Freehold found the trio guilty of all charges in the case, according to a Twitter announcement early Tuesday afternoon from the office of Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni.
LINCROFT: CURCHIN ADDS TO TOURNEY TOTAL
Continuing one of the Greater Red Bank Green’s most unusual fundraising traditions, the Lincroft-based CPA firm Curchin Group raised another $17,500 for charity with its indoor golf tournament earlier this month.
RED BANK: ‘NIGHT OUT’ DRAWS A CROWD
Under threatening skies on a sultry evening, police in Red Bank hosted a National Night Out event that drew hundreds of residents to borough hall Tuesday. There, they were treated to free food, games, fire and crimefighting demonstrations and more.
ON THE GREEN: COP SHOPS HOST ‘NIGHT OUT’
Police in Red Bank, Fair Haven and Little Silver plan to host National Night Out events Tuesday evening, offering residents and police an opportunity to meet in a casual setting while kids get to play and pick up some safety tips.
Details below.
RED BANK: INDIE FILMS TO LIGHT UP SCREENS
The trailer for ‘I Am Another You,’ a documentary about a young man who chooses to live on the streets, screens as a free, community-welcome entry at this week’s Indie Street Film Festival. Below, artist Ron Haywood Jones‘s mural for the festival at 97 Broad Street remained unfinished Tuesday morning because of rain interruptions. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
Its community mural may still need some finishing touches, thanks to uncooperative weather. Still, the third annual Indie Street Film Festival kicks off in Red Bank Wednesday evening, ushering in a five-day rush of innovative cinema, movie talk and parties.
A project of the filmmaker cooperative Indie Street (working in partnership with Red Bank RiverCenter), the festival spreads decidedly non-Hollywood magic across the borough’s theaters, restaurants, night spots, and even the middle school auditorium. And there’s a free, community-welcome screening mixed in among the orange-pass-only fare.
Check out the festival schedule below; information about passes and tickets can be found here.
RED BANK: PUPPY MILL LAW WITHDRAWN
The owner of Bark Avenue Puppies on West Front Street had threatened to sue the borough if it enacted the proposed ban on dogs supplied by breeders. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
After seven months of controversy, Red Bank’s proposed ban on the sale of “puppy mill” pets was withdrawn over a failure to win council backing Wednesday night.
RED BANK: ‘FAMILIES’ MARCH DRAWS 2,000
A march to protest the Trump Administration’s treatment of southern-border immigrants and asylum seekers drew some 2,000 participants to downtown Red Bank Saturday, borough police estimated.
RED BANK: RALLY FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES
A young participant in a march for immigrant rights held in Red Bank last December. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
Supporters of immigrant protections plan to rally for the second time in six months in Red Bank Saturday morning.
RED BANK: PUPPY MILL BILL RETURNS… MAYBE
Amanda Hager of Bark Avenue Puppies with one of the shop’s French bulldogs in 2016. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
A month after it was tabled to allow for a possible compromise, a controversial proposal to regulate puppy sales may return to the Red Bank council Wednesday night.
RED BANK: ‘PUPPY MILL’ BILL TABLED
Bark Avenue owner Gary Hager listens as Vyolet Jean Savage speaks in favor of a puppy mill ordinance in January. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
The Red Bank council averted, for now, a showdown over a controversial proposed ordinance that would ban the retail sale of puppies and kittens unless they come from animal shelters and rescue organizations.
At its semimonthly meeting Wednesday night, the council postponed a vote on the measure until June 27 to allow for a possible “compromise,” Councilwoman Kathy Horgan told redbankgreen.
RED BANK: BASIE AWARDS FOR H.S. THESPIANS
Christian Brothers Academy’s ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ presentation at the Basie Awards Wednesday night.
Winners were announced [Wednesday] evening at the 13th annual BASIE AWARDS, honoring excellence in high school theater in Monmouth County.
RED BANK: PUPPY LAW MAY END UP IN COURT
Toy poodle pups at Bark Avenue Puppies in February, 2016. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
Red Bank’s only puppy retailer threatened to sue the borough Wednesday night if the council passes an anti-puppy-mill law that he said will put him out of business.
“I must ask how much of our taxpayer money are you willing to spend on this unconstitutional ordinance?” Bark Avenue Puppies owner Gary Hager asked the council at its semimonthly meeting. “I’m willing to spend a lot, because I have right on my side.”
RED BANK/FAIR HAVEN: BARGAINS OUT FRONT
Saturday is a day for hunting bargains on Greater Green as Red Bank and Fair Haven host townwide yard sales.
RED BANK: ‘PUPPY MILL’ LAW ON AGENDA
A proposed ordinance that Red Bank’s only puppy store claims will kill its business is up for adoption by the borough council Wednesday night. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
RED BANK: BASIE LANDS $100K NEA GRANT
Press release from Count Basie Theatre
National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $25 million in grants as part of the NEA’s first major funding announcement for fiscal year 2018. Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $100,000 to the nonprofit Count Basie Theatre for its mindALIGNED collective impact initiative. Read More
RED BANK: ‘PUPPY MILL’ BILL DEBATED
Bark Avenue owner Gary Hager cuddles Winston, a puppy brought to the council meeting by one of Hager’s customers. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
An effort to limit the sale of dogs sourced from so-called puppy mills sparked extended debate at the Red Bank council’s first regular meeting of 2018 Wednesday night.
For nearly 90 minutes, supporters of the town’s only puppy retailer, Bark Avenue Puppies, argued that the proposed ordinance would kill the shop and reduce consumer choice while having no impact on the underside of the industry.
Proponents of the bill, however, said such concerns were overstated.
RED BANK: JENSEN ELECTED FIRE CHIEF
Chief-elect Stu Jensen arrives at the Navesink Hook & Ladder house on Mechanic Street following his election Tuesday night. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
By JOHN T. WARD
Amid flashing red lights and sounding horns, Red Bank’s volunteer firefighters marked the election of Stu Jensen as 2018 borough fire chief with a celebration Tuesday night.
RED BANK: HABCORE RAISES $55K
Past HABcore presidents Marilyn Pearlman, Rolf Marganeau and Sue Harbison with Board of Trustees President Kathleen Mullarkey and Executive Director Steve Heisman.
Press release from HABcore
On Friday, October 6, over 150 guests attended the HABcore Home Sweet Home Gala held at the beautiful Navesink Country Club in Middletown. HABcore is proud to announce they raised $55,000 at the gala for the services HABcore provides each day to residents in their expanding programs.
RED BANK: DANCING FOR KINDNESS
Flash mob dancers took over a portion of Broad Street in Red Bank for the worldwide ‘Dance for Kindness.’
Press release from Dance for Kindness
Over 200 dancers took to the streets of Red Bank on November 12th to promote kindness during World Kindness Week, uniting with over 120 cities, 50 countries and 15,000 participants.
RED BANK: CHARTER SCHOOL EYES THE WORLD
Red Bank Charter School S students with Principal Meredith Pennotti on International Day.
Classrooms at Red Bank Charter School were transformed into disaster zones as students immersed themselves in a learning experience that combined performance art with history, culture, science and cuisine as part of the school’s annual International Day.