redbankgreen: NEW COMMENTS POLICY
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ON THE GREEN: ECSTATIC LEAPS INTO SUMMER
Summer arrived on the Greater Red Bank Green (and, possibly, elsewhere) with the solstice Saturday evening, and redbankgreen found no shortage of local folks ready to demonstrate their joy with an ecstatic jump.
Among them, as you’ll see if you scroll all the way to the end, was an infant and her family with something special to celebrate. (Photos by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge. Jump to feel young.)
PUBLISHER’S NOTE
Dear redbankgreen reader:
You are no doubt aware that the local-news industry is collapsing, and understand what that might mean for the future of an informed public and for democracy itself.
And yet, redbankgreen has somehow managed to provide original and intensely local coverage of the Red Bank area for 14 years, at no charge.
Yeah, so how’s that work?
PUBLISHER’S APOLOGY
Dear redbankgreen reader:
In haste and without consideration about how it would affect those named, I posted a news article on Sunday that contained information I should have known would cause great pain across the community I cover, and in particular, to a family already suffering an unspeakable shock.
I apologize.
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And while we’re on the topic of social media, we’ve also got a new share tool on the right side of this page. It offers a quick way to repost news and features to your Facebook page or Twitter account, or email them to your friends.
Thank you to all who follow this site, advertise, send us news and comment. We’d be zero without you!
RED BANK: GOODBYE TO SUMMER
The final installment of our Summer Scenes series finds photographer Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado down on the banks of the Navesink River once again. He shot this photo through the boat storage racks of Irwin Marine at Union Street and Boat Club Court in Red Bank.
“Yes, I am drawn to the river,” says Luis, who spent part of the summer rowing with Navesink River Rowing. “The river is just an open space, like there’s no trees or, most of the time, people. And sunsets look great because you can kind of see the reflection of the sunset or what’s on the other side of the river on the water.”
redbankgreen thanks Luis for his wonderful photos, and wishes him the best as he enters eighth grade at Red Bank Middle School. His other Summer Scenes photos may be viewed here. (Photo by Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado. Click to enlarge)
RED BANK: A SUMMER MOMENT BY THE RIVER
As the lazy days of summer 2016 wind down, Summer Scenes brings you this placid view of the Navesink River lapping softly at the shore at the home of Navesink River Rowing in Red Bank.
The photo is the latest in the Summer Scenes series. The others may be viewed here. (Photo by Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado. Click to enlarge)
RED BANK: OUT BACK AND UP ABOVE
The billboard-topped backsides of buildings familiar to Red Bank regulars caught the eye of Summer Scenes photographer Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado last week.
His photo shows the rear of 2 East Front Street — known for its pedestrian passageway linking the downtown with Union Street and Marine Park — and the shingled rear of Seldin’s Trinkets and Jewelry, at 2 West Front. Brick, wood, delicate clouds and a vapor trail combine to create a visually engaging scene.
The photo is the six in the Summer Scenes series. The others may be viewed here. (Photo by Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado. Click to enlarge)
RED BANK: RIVER OF LIGHT
The latest photo in our Summer Scenes series by Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado captures a spectacular interplay of sunlight and clouds above our beautiful Navesink River, as seen from Marine Park in Red Bank.
The photo is the fifth in the series. The others may be viewed here. (Photo by Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado. Click to enlarge)
RED BANK: LIGHTING THE WAY
Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado was on his way to soccer practice at Count Basie Fields in Red Bank when he came up this luminous fence and shaded path last week.
“I liked how everything was looking, like how bright it was,” he says. “It seemed to me like it will be a great photo.”
This shot is the fourth in Luis’s series of Summer Scenes. If you missed the others, you can catch up here. (Photo by Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado. Click to enlarge)
RED BANK: BEE IN THE MOMENT
In this week’s Summer Scenes photo, Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado captures a bee just being a bee on a flower outside Childs Funeral Home on Shrewsbury Avenue in Red Bank.
This shot is the third in the series. If you missed the others, you can catch up here. (Photo by Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado. Click to enlarge)
RED BANK: SUMMER SCENE AT THE STATION
Trains didn’t look like this, or run on electricity, when the Red Bank train station was built in 1875. But while technology has evolved over the past 141 years, the station itself has maintained its Victorian charm, thanks to the efforts of preservationists and periodic refurbishment work, as in the four-year, $1.6-million facelift that concluded in 2014, when it was named for late Mayor and Supreme Court Justice Daniel J. O’Hern Sr.
In this week’s Summer Scenes photo, Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado captures the old and the new at the station, as well as the sensation of moving and staying, in beautiful light, both natural and man-made. (Photo by Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado. Click to enlarge)
RED BANK: A SUMMER STREET SCENE
As seen from the roof of the Globe Court parking deck in Red Bank: the intersection of East Front Street and Globe Court, awash in summer sunlight.
This photo marks the debut of a summer-long photography internship at redbankgreen for Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado, a Red Bank Middle School student. Luis came to our attention after his photo of baby birds in a nest won the Spring edition of the borough Parks and Rec department’s photo contest. That photo was taken with a cellphone with a cracked screen, but Luis has since graduated to a new SLR, thanks to a birthday gift from his parents.
Tune in every Monday this summer for a new photo by Luis. (Photo by Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado. Click to enlarge)
ON THE GREEN: GETTING A JUMP ON SUMMER
How happy are you that the summer of 2016 has arrived? redbankgreen photographer Trish Russoniello wandered the Greater Red Bank Green Monday morning, hours before the solstice, asking strangers to express their feelings in a jump. Not only did almost everyone she approached agree, but all — including Gabrielle and Bryan, seen above in Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank — literally leapt at the opportunity.
Click to see 16 more airborne odes to joy. (Photos by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge. Jump to feel young.)
redbankgreen: A DECADE AFTER THE QUAKE
You don’t really know a place until you’ve walked it, right?
Well, redbankgreen has had the good fortune of walking, biking and driving the streets that comprise the Greater Red Bank Green, camera and notebook in hand, for a decade now.
Yes, 10 years. This site launched on June 1, 2006.
SMOOCH 2016 SWEEPSTAKES WINNERS CHOSEN
Here are the winners of redbankgreen’s Smooch 2016 Sweepstakes drawing:
• Kelly Ronca, of Milford, New Jersey, won the $100 gift card from Red Bank RiverCenter.
• Susan Paul, of Toms River, NJ, won the $75 gift card from Red Bank RiverCenter.
• Martina Ferguson, of Middletown, New Jersey, won the $25 gift card from Red Bank RiverCenter.
Congratulations to all our winners.
GET READY FOR A SMOOCHFEST
Remember those great old Valentines that used to run each year in the classified sections of newspapers? Getting one was a thrill. But just sitting and reading them was a delight, too — a window on the ways people saw their relationships, and a great showcase of love, lust, affection, pathos and laugh-out-loud humor.
On February 14, redbankgreen will launch its first-ever Valentine’s page, which we’re calling Smooch. It’s a place where lovers, swooners and others aglow with amore can send their beloved a special message while proclaiming their love to the world.
But unlike the Valentine’s messages newspapers used to print, this one’s both mess-free and interactive, and comes with nice prizes.
WELCOME TO SMOOCH!
Welcome to Smooch, redbankgreen‘s first-ever interactive Valentine’s page!
Smooch is where lovers, swooners and others aglow with affection can send their beloved a special message for publication on this page on Valentine’s Day.
But unlike the Valentine’s messages newspapers used to print, this one’s interactive, and comes with prizes.
That’s right. It’s interactive: if the object of your affection claims your Smooch by matching his or her email address with one you’ve submitted at the time of your Smooch purchase, you’ll BOTH be entered into drawings for $200 worth of dining and shopping in downtown Red Bank, courtesy of Red Bank RiverCenter! (See complete rules below).
But even without that, a Smooch is fun way to proclaim you love, in your own words — whether your mood is tender, funny or sexy or all three at once.
So, are you ready to give somebody a great big Smooch? Scroll down and order one in seconds!
JUST PUT YOUR LIPS TOGETHER, AND… TYPE
Bob and Lisa Travis of Little Silver share a recent smooch at Jamian’s. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge)
Smooches come in two sizes/orientations:
The Horizontal Smooch will be published right here in this column on Valentine’s Day, with a way for your intended recipient to claim it, instantly. And it costs just $10.
Want one? Just fill in the message box below (you’ll have 200 characters to wax poetic), and then enter your beloved’s email address. That second step is optional, but participating give you BOTH a shot at $200 worth of shopping and dining in downtown Red Bank, courtesy of Red Bank RiverCenter.
Then, click “Add to Cart,” which takes you to a page where you can pay for your Smooch with a credit card or via PayPal.
The Squarish one goes for a mere $15. It’ll appear in the far right column on Valentine’s Day, with a way for your intended recipient to claim it, instantly.
Want one? Just fill in the message box below (you’ll have 200 characters to wax poetic), and then enter your beloved’s email address. That second step is optional, but participating give you BOTH a shot at $200 worth of shopping and dining in downtown Red Bank, courtesy of Red Bank RiverCenter.
Then, click “Add to Cart,” which takes you to a page where you can pay for your Smooch with a credit card or via PayPal.
‘SMOOCH’ SWEEPSTAKES: OFFICIAL RULES
Chelsea Grasso and Miles McPherson of Red Bank lock lips at a recent trivia night at Jamian’s Food and Drink in Red Bank. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge)
In conjunction with its Smooch Valentines page, redbankgreen is conducting drawings for $200 worth gift cards from Red Bank RiverCenter. No purchase is necessary, however.
The complete rules are below.
RUMSON MAN LANDS RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
By JOHN T. WARD
A 22-year-old Rumson resident was among 32 Americans chosen Saturday for a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in England.
A senior economics major at Princeton— and former redbankgreen summer intern — Evan Soltas (seen at right) said he plans to use the two-year opportunity, worth $100,000, to refine his pursuit of economic truths and falsehoods underlying government policies.
“I’m still in shock, like, 48 hours later,” he told redbankgreen on Monday. “I’m totally thrilled, but in the moment, there was something of a panic attack. You don’t really believe it.”
redbankgreen SPORTS PAGE POWERS UP
redbankgreen is pleased to introduce a new page. Headed “redbankgreen Sports powered by Shore Sports Zone,” it’s where you’ll find local sports news, much of it in the form of highly polished video reporting by Rich Chrampanis, founder of the independent website Shore Sports Zone, which is also debuting this week.
Chrampanis, who grew up in Middletown and graduated from Christian Brothers Academy (’88), is a veteran at this. After graudating from St. Bonaventure, he spent two decades in television sports coverage as an on-air reporter, anchor and producer. After 14 years at piloting the sports desk at WPDE-TV in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Chrampanis moved his family to Little Silver earlier this year to create Shore Sports Zone. With detailed school pages and timely video coverage, Chrampanis hopes to make the site the top resource for fans of high school sports in Monmouth and Ocean Counties.
We at redbankgreen hope to help him put it across the goal line while offering our readers something we haven’t had in the eight years this site has been around. So tune in here for hyperlocal sports coverage, and get the bigger picture at Shore Sports Zone.
We hope you find both our sports page and Shore Sports Zone informative and entertaining. Let us know what you think.
What’s this all about? Just a modest little celebration in honor of redbankgreen reaching 6,000 Facebook followers is all. Would you care to join them? Please click here. (Click to ginormous-ize.)
NEW LOOK, NEW FEATURES, RIGHT HERE…
Welcome to redbankgreen 3.0.
The newest version of this seven-year-old authentically local news and information site comes with changes both cosmetic – as you’ve probably already noticed – and substantive.
The cosmetic is self-evident. The substance is hinted at above: PieHole and All Good are the names of new pages that we hope will satisfy particular needs in your life. And there’s some new fun stuff, too.