RED BANK: TWO FALL FESTIVALS? MAYBE…

The annual Guinness Oyster Fest in September could be followed just three weeks later by the International Beer, Wine & Food Fest, usually held in April. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

hot topic red bank nj With a calendar decimated by the COVID-19 crisis, Red Bank appears to be in for an unusually quiet summer.

But as summer edges into autumn, two of the town’s largest annual food festivals could occur within three weeks of one another, redbankgreen has learned.

Here’s a lookahead at the pandemic’s impacts on the summer calendar.

May 29, 2020 - 11:00 am | Comments ()

FAIR HAVEN: FINE DAY FOR BARGAINHUNTERS

In conjunction with the start of the Fireman’s Fair, the shops of Fair Haven held their annual sidewalk sale over the weekend. Cloudy skies made Saturday a better day for shopping than sitting on a beach, and from one end of River Road to the other, bargainhunters combed the tables and bins for deals. What did you buy? Who walked away with the steal of the century? (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge)

August 25, 2014 - 8:14 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: A TOUCHY-FEELY SIDEWALK SALE

Downtown Red Bank is always a great people-watching scene, and that was the case when bargainhunters flooded the sidewalks for the 59th annual Red Bank Sidewalk Sale over the past weekend. redbankgreen took these photos on Saturday. (Click to enlarge)
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July 29, 2013 - 8:28 am | Comments ()

WEEKENDER: BARGAINS, BANDS AND THE BARD

Bargains line the brick walkways of downtown Red Bank for the annual Sidewalk Sale this weekend. Below, fans of the Haven find shelter at the Walt Street Pub Friday night. (Click to enlarge)

Friday, July 26:

RED BANK: Shop, rock & stroll through Red Bank for the 59^th annual sidewalk sale. The weekend-long bargainfest lets shoppers snag clearance and sale items at shops throughout the downtwon. The sale runs 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

SHREWSBURY: Learn the basics of email at the Eastern Branch of the Monmouth County Library. The session is free and begins at 7 p.m. 1001 Route 35 North.

RED BANK: Chazz Palminteri stops by Count Basie Theatre for a special one-man performance of his play-turned-big-screen-hit A Bronx Tale, about a murder Palminteri witnessed when he was young. Tickets are $55, $65, $85, and $150. VIP tickets include a meet and greet with the star. A Bronx Tale begins at 8 p.m. 99 Monmouth Street.

July 26, 2013 - 9:07 am | Comments ()

WARNING: DON’T GIVE TO ‘DUTCHESS’ OF JAZZ

Shoppers at this weekend’s Red Bank Sidewalk Sale have reported getting hit up for donations by a woman misrepresenting herself. (Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Officials are warning Red Bank shoppers and merchants not to fall for a pitch from a woman who claims to be soliciting funds for a local music foundation.

July 27, 2012 - 5:46 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK SIDEWALKS HEAT UP WITH DEALS

If it’s a sweltering weekend in late July, it must be time for the annual Red Bank Sidewalk Sale. Now in its 58th edition, the event features bargains galore from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and from 10 a.m, to 5 p.m. Sunday. Parking is free in the lots but not curbside. (Click to enlarge)

July 27, 2012 - 10:13 am | Comments ()

BARGAINHUNTING CHILD’S PLAY DOWNTOWN

Red Bank’s 2011 edition of its annual sidewalk sale got off to a sunny start Friday. Now in its 57th year, the event continues Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 10 to 5. Parking is free, and the weather forecast is favorable: sunny and hot. (Photos by Stacie Fanelli. Click to enlarge)

July 30, 2011 - 8:45 am | Comments ()

GOODS RECYCLED AT TOWNWIDE SALE

Lauren Shanks, left, tries on a ring at Saturday town-wide yard and sidewalk sale in Fair Haven. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)

By DUSTIN RACIOPPI

Lauren Shanks scanned jewelry arrayed on a display stand outside Shutters Cottage Home on River Road in Fair Haven Saturday afternoon hoping she’d spot a bargain the second, perhaps, of the day for the Lincroft resident.

Just minutes earlier, she’d come across an unlikely steal: a birdcage.

“I’m finding a lot of good stuff,” Shanks said.

Down the street in a not-so-conspicuous location, on Lake Avenue, Mike Sena marveled at how well his items were moving as he offloaded a number of vintage rugs, handmade aprons, “tchotchke stuff” and, somewhat surprisingly, birdcages.

“She probably got it here,” Sena said of Shanks’s serendipitous purchase.

In essence, that’s what Fair Haven’s town-wide yard and sidewalk sale was there for: a far-reaching rialto, where residents could set out their extras and others could drop in, hand over cash and move on to the next find in a day-long exercise in small-town retailing.

May 23, 2011 - 8:14 am | Comments ()

BARGAINS AND A BIZARRE BAZAAR SATURDAY

The second annual townwide yard sale comes to Fair Haven Saturday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)

By DUSTIN RACIOPPI

Knock the dust off the old Thighmaster and replace the batteries in Teddy Ruxpin.

Fair Haven’s one-two punch of bargains, the second-annual town-wide yard and sidewalk sale, gets going Saturday.

May 19, 2011 - 6:33 am | Comments ()

THIS WEEKEND: RED BANK SIDEWALK SALE

Shoppers on Broad Street, above, and Monmouth Street, below, hunt down bargains at the 2009 edition of the annual sidewalk sale. (Click to enlarge)

Recession-pinched consumers: this is your weekend.

The 56th annual edition of the Red Bank Sidewalk Sale opens Friday and runs through Sunday.

Racks and tables laden with clothing, footwear, housewares and other merch will offer up a smorgasbord of deals along Broad, Front, Mechanic, White, Wallace and Monmouth Streets, as well as Linden Place and Wharf Avenue.

July 28, 2010 - 11:32 am | Comments ()

BARGAIN BOROUGH

By DUSTIN RACIOPPI

Fair Haven held its first townwide yard sale on Saturday, a sunny day full of bike riders and bargain hunters flooding into the borough.

redbankgreen was there to catch the action, and found lots to catch.

May 17, 2010 - 11:09 am | Comments ()

FAIR HAVEN TO TRY ITS HAND AT YARD SALE

By DUSTIN RACIOPPI

Bargain hunters can start licking their chops, because Fair Haven is heaping a town-wide yard sale onto its already-popular semiannual sidewalk sale.

The Borough Council gave the green light Monday for the Fair Haven Business Association to spearhead the event, which will coincide with the borough sidewalk sale in May.

That means the rush is on to get all the particulars worked out beforehand making maps, promoting the sale and more than likely, talking to its neighbors in Red Bank to get tips on how that annual sale, held in September, is run.

“We’ll get an idea of what Red Bank does,” Mayor Mike Halfacre said. “But if we’re going to do it in May, we have to get on the ball.”

February 4, 2010 - 12:47 pm | Comments ()

OUT ON THE STREETS OF BARGAIN BOROUGH

Scenes from the 2008 Red Bank Sidewalk Sale. This year’s runs today through Sunday. (Click to enlarge)

The 55th annual edition of the Red Bank Sidewalk Sale opens today.

The weather forecast for the event, hosted by Red Bank RiverCenter, looks favorable, with just a hint of menace. But what would an outdoor event in Red Bank be without that?

Here’s the National Weather Service outlook:

July 24, 2009 - 7:46 am | Comments ()

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RED BANK: TWO FALL FESTIVALS? MAYBE…

FAIR HAVEN: FINE DAY FOR BARGAINHUNTERS

RED BANK: A TOUCHY-FEELY SIDEWALK SALE

WEEKENDER: BARGAINS, BANDS AND THE BARD

WARNING: DON’T GIVE TO ‘DUTCHESS’ OF JAZZ

RED BANK SIDEWALKS HEAT UP WITH DEALS

BARGAINHUNTING CHILD’S PLAY DOWNTOWN

GOODS RECYCLED AT TOWNWIDE SALE

BARGAINS AND A BIZARRE BAZAAR SATURDAY

THIS WEEKEND: RED BANK SIDEWALK SALE

BARGAIN BOROUGH

FAIR HAVEN TO TRY ITS HAND AT YARD SALE

OUT ON THE STREETS OF BARGAIN BOROUGH