Skip to content

A town square for an unsquare town

redbankgreen

Standing for the vitality of Red Bank, its community, and the fun we have together.

The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of May 18 to May 25, 2012. This information is unedited. Theft occurring at 60Continue reading "THREE WOMEN CHARGED WITH PROSTITUTION"
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
redbankgreen Classics
STOLEN LAPTOP HELD CHERISHED PHOTOS
Shakira Johnson with her son, Jakir, earlier this week. (Click to enlarge) By DANIELLE TEPPER Unlike most parents, Red Bank resident Shakira Johnson does not have the luxury of flippingContinue reading "STOLEN LAPTOP HELD CHERISHED PHOTOS"
DUPRÉ PLUGS FEMME IN POST SWAN SONG
A screen grab of Ashley Dupré’s final sex-and-relationship advice column, which ran Saturday. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Moving on to what she calls “the next chapter inContinue reading "DUPRÉ PLUGS FEMME IN POST SWAN SONG"
FIREFIGHTERS DEDICATE 9/11 MEMORIAL
Red Bank volunteer firefighters and officials dedicated a new 9/11 monument outside borough hall Monday. Beginning and ending in prayer, the Memorial Day ceremony included speeches from those who hadContinue reading "FIREFIGHTERS DEDICATE 9/11 MEMORIAL"
TURNING THEIR ATTENTION TO SUMMER…
Not everyone’s thinking about the beach. (Click to enlarge) Summer rolls in this weekend. “Unofficially,” as they say, though there’s no mistaking the change of gears, outerwear and mindsets thatContinue reading "TURNING THEIR ATTENTION TO SUMMER…"
GAY PRIDE TO PLANT A RED BANK FLAG
The June 20 event, at the Two River Theater, will feature an open mic for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youths to tell their stories. (Click to enlarge) By DANIELLEContinue reading "GAY PRIDE TO PLANT A RED BANK FLAG"
EURASIAN EATERY CLOSING
Owner Joe Kriete says he’s closing for personal, not economic reasons. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank’s Eurasian Eatery, a mecca for vegetarians and foodies with globe-hoppingContinue reading "EURASIAN EATERY CLOSING"
A 19-year-old man said to be a resident of Red Bank was sentenced to six years in state prison Thursday following his guilty plea in February to vehicular homicide whileContinue reading "TEEN GET SIX YEARS FOR AUTO DEATH"
FIREFIGHTERS TO DEDICATE 9/11 MONUMENT
A twisted piece of steel from the wreckage of the World Trade Center, along with a sculpture reminiscent of the twin towers, was installed next to the firefighter memorial outsideContinue reading "FIREFIGHTERS TO DEDICATE 9/11 MONUMENT"
DAYS ARE NUMBERED FOR RED BANK METERS
Red Bank’s council introduced an ordinance Wednesday night that will allow it to spend up to $350,000 from a dedicated parking fund on new pay stations. The stations, expected toContinue reading "DAYS ARE NUMBERED FOR RED BANK METERS"
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Last week’s Where generated no responses. Where was everybody?
A volunteer Red Bank firefighter shot this video with a camera attached to his helmet during the blaze that destroyed a two-family house on Hudson Avenue in the early morningContinue reading "HELMETCAM VIDEO OF HUDSON AVENUE FIRE"
DONE GOOD: HELPING VETS FIND JOBS
Done Good is a periodic rundown of charitable outreach efforts and fundraisers on the The Green. To submit items for consideration, please send an email with the words ‘Done Good’Continue reading "DONE GOOD: HELPING VETS FIND JOBS"
FIRE VICTIM RECOUNTS ESCAPE
A worker boards up windows of the burned-out house on Friday. Below, Ryan Howard talks to a policeman during the fire. (Photo above by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "FIRE VICTIM RECOUNTS ESCAPE"
PLANNERS DEEP-SIX EAST SIDE 7-ELEVEN
The Welsh Farms store, which now closes at 10 p.m., would have become an all-day 7-Eleven if the plan had gone through. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD RedContinue reading "PLANNERS DEEP-SIX EAST SIDE 7-ELEVEN"
The Monmouth Renegades women’s rugby football team took on the Village Lions of NYC Saturday at the annual Monmouth Day event, a day of youth, women’s and men’s rugby atContinue reading "A WILDE TIME FOR RED BANK RUGGERS"
OPENING NIGHT FOR ‘MY WONDERFUL DAY’
‘My Wonderful Day‘ star Susan Heyward, above, plays a 9-year-girl in Alan Ayckbourn that debuted at the Two River Theater in Red Bank Saturday night. Turner Classic Movies host RobertContinue reading "OPENING NIGHT FOR ‘MY WONDERFUL DAY’"
The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of May 11 to May 18, 2012. This information is unedited. Criminal Mischief occurring onContinue reading "RED BANK: THE WEEK IN CRIME"
One of Red Bank’s culinary gems, the Farmers’ Market at the Galleria at Red Bank, returns for its second outing of the season this Sunday with more vendors than atContinue reading "FARM MARKET BACK IN BIZ"
NEW PRINCIPAL NAMED AT RED BANK PRIMARY
By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank Primary School will have a new principal in September, and she’s a tweeter. The district board of ed approved the selection of Erin Mulligan-Pierre,Continue reading "NEW PRINCIPAL NAMED AT RED BANK PRIMARY"
Partyline
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...