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BREAKING THROUGH TO SUNSHINE
The sky got all iffy over the Navesink River late Monday afternoon, as seen from Red Bank’s Marine Park, but the rain held off. The forecast from the National WeatherContinue reading "BREAKING THROUGH TO SUNSHINE"
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REALTOR PLANS RETAIL SHOWCASE
Corinthian Cove’s one unsold unit will display merchandise from Red Bank retailers for two months. (Photo courtesy of Susan McLaughlin) She’s got a big, empty house on the Navesink she’dContinue reading "REALTOR PLANS RETAIL SHOWCASE"
TWO WEEKS WORTH OF MISCHIEF
This installment of our regular Red Bank crime wrapup includes two weeks of police reports instead of the usual one. As always, the information below was supplied by the RedContinue reading "TWO WEEKS WORTH OF MISCHIEF"
IN oRBit: STILL TALKIN’ WITH HIS TONGUE
Today’s edition of Red Bank oRBit takes it to the river, even halfway around the world, to introduce you to a couple of guys — one an old familiar face, theContinue reading "IN oRBit: STILL TALKIN’ WITH HIS TONGUE"
Indicted in the February 10 slayings were, from left, alleged gunman Antonio  ‘Mingo’ Suarez-Perez; Samson Theodore ‘Freedom’ Hearn; and Eric Joel ‘Pun’ Figueras. Three men were indicted by a  grandContinue reading "TRIO INDICTED IN RED BANK DOUBLE MURDER"
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"
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 toContinue reading "PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED"
KABOOM! BUDGET GAP GONE
Yellow-shirted KaBoom volunteers making their way through the crowd at Riverside Gardens Park last Friday evening. That’s KaBoom vice chairman Charles Moran at left. Visitors to the latest Kaboom FireworksContinue reading "KABOOM! BUDGET GAP GONE"
A worker loads a portable toilet onto a flatbed on Monmouth Street Monday morning as part of the final post-Kaboom Fireworks on the Navesink cleanup. George Lynch, a supervisor inContinue reading "OFFICIALS SAY KABOOM CLEANUP WAS SWIFT"
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"
KOUNTDOWN TO KABOOM: IT’S ON
A shot from last year’s show. Red Bank Fire Marshal Stanley Sickels, who decides whether the fireworks are safe to go or not, tells redbankgreen that the Kaboom Fireworks onContinue reading "KOUNTDOWN TO KABOOM: IT’S ON"
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"
Star-Ledger ‘vodcast’ maven Brian Donohue, leveraging his hometown ties to Red Bank to avoid the ride to Newark this morning, shot today’s edition of Ledger Live on the banks ofContinue reading "MEDIA KaBOOM"
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"
GRANT WILL BOOST ROAD ENFORCEMENT
The state funds will pay overtime for additional traffic enforcement for one month. Red Bank police expect to roll about 20 additional street patrol shifts this month under a stateContinue reading "GRANT WILL BOOST ROAD ENFORCEMENT"
CRIME WATCH
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of June 19 to June 26, 2009. This information appears here unedited. Criminal Mischief was reported on 6-19-09.Continue reading "CRIME WATCH"
CAR FLIPS ON SHREWSBURY
At least two people were taken away in ambulances after an accident left a car overturned in front of the Wilde Rover rugby clubhouse on Shrewsbury Avenue in Red BankContinue reading "CAR FLIPS ON SHREWSBURY"
CORZINE TAPS LOCAL BACKERS
Yeah, this one has to be among the blurriest photos redbankgreen has ever published. But it’s the best shot we got as Gov. Jon Corzine headed back to his awaitingContinue reading "CORZINE TAPS LOCAL BACKERS"
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YAPPY TOGETHER
RED BANK: Look for this cutie pie, named Sacramento, at Yappy Hour on Broadwalk Saturday. He's looking for a new home.
YELLOW RAINCOAT DAY
On a rainy May morning, the only golden sight on Broad Street this morning were the matching raincoats of Eileen and her dog Benny.
STOP. JUST STOP.
RED BANK: For those who don't get the meaning of a stop sign, crossing guard Diane Johnson amplifies the message with some colorful outfits. ...
RECORDS SKIP INTO TOWN
RED BANK: Devotees of vinyl records expected to drop needle at Broad and Mechanic Saturday. Here's why.
Feline fortunes on Monmouth Street
Christopher Russell and feline pal Princess take in some fresh air on a warm May night Thursday in the doorway of Gina’s Psychic Bouti ...
GOING UP?
RED BANK: Public Library will be closed Friday for the start of elevator construction. (Click for more.)
TREEBIRTH
RED BANK: Replacement of nine trees gets underway on South Street, where a wholesale removal angered residents last September. (Click for mo ...
RIVERSIDE FLOW
New Jersey Flow Arts brings together jugglers, poi spinners, hoopers and more weekly in Riverside Gardens Park.
Honeybee swarm carted away
Beekeeper Tanya Ptak of Ptak’s Apiary inspects a swarm of honeybees that chose a flower pot in the courtyard of Red Bank Primary Schoo ...
BELOVED POISONED DOG PHOTO SURFACES
   
THREE ON TOUR
RED BANK: Three borough sites will participate in a weekend of self-guided tours of 52 historic locations in Monmouth County May 4 & 5.
VOLUNTEERS GET INTO THE WEEDS
Toting plastic trash bags, 51 volunteers conducted a walking litter cleanup on Red Bank's West Side Saturday.
“IT’S A PARTY AT WAWA!”
You wish you could vibe like Brian, who lives on the other side of Hubbard’s Bridge. He caught redbankgreen’s attention in Red B ...
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 ...