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BROADWALK MARKET DEBUTS
Scenes from the first night of the Broadwalk market. (Photos by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.) The pop up market along the Broadwalk pedestrian plaza made its debut under crisp crepuscular skies Thursday night. The debut was delayed a week because of a dodgy weather forecast last Thursday. The fresh...
RED BANK: “LIFE CHANGING” GYM FLEXES BODIES AND SOULS
Zack Ritchie grew up with a brother with autism. Stacey Ritchie, his wife, spent her childhood watching her mother work at a school for kids with disabilities. The experiences shaped them both, moving them to take up careers serving people with special needs. And when hundreds of athletes move through...
RED BANK CRIME AND ARREST REPORTS
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for May, 2024. This information is unedited; see below for additional information. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) CRIMES:. Theft: On 05/12/2024 a patrol unit took a report of theft. In the area of...
GOING GREY
Workers painting the stone facade of the PNC Bank at the corner of Broad and Harding Thursday morning. An upgrade? Maybe it’s just primer and a burst of color awaits with the next coat? We wait and see. Partyline is an experimental way to let readers text message news...
RED BANK WRITES NEW RULES FOR COPS
(Photo by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.) Three months after placing the town’s police chief on paid leave over bombshell allegations of misconduct levied against him by the state attorney general, Red Bank officials are updating the rules and regulations overseeing the department. Chief Darren McConnell above and Capt....
COFFEE & WILDLIFE
For a nice little getaway from the hubbub, redbankgreen recommends grabbing a cup of coffee and a taking it down to the Navesink River waterfront outside the Red Bank Public Library. There, a wildlife display on the edge of the business district seems never to end. From a bench on...
RED BANK: RESTAURANT LOOKS TO EXPAND UP AND DOWN
26 West on the Navesink, front, and a rear view, below. (Photo by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.) Want a better view with your lobster roll? The owners of 26 West on the Navesink restaurant are seeking borough approvals to turn the basement into a speakeasy and build a small roof deck, according to this week’s Red Bank planning board agenda.
FAWNING OVER HER BABY
(Photo by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.) A mother deer and her spotted fawn were seen Tuesday morning among some trees behind a row of garages on Hudson Avenue adjacent to Broad Street Parking lots and the Verizon Building. Here’s a video of her slathering her newborn with love.
EVENING ESCAPE
Participants in the Monmouth Boat Club‘s weekly racing series found tranquil conditions on the Navesink River Tuesday evening. “Typically, the race committee runs as many races as they can between the first start at 6:30 and the approach of sundown,” the MBC says on its website. “The wind has usually quieted to a gentle breeze by this time of day, so novice sailors find this a good opportunity to try their hands at racing.”
RED BANK: SHREWSBURY AVE BUILDING PLAN BACK ON TRACK
(Photo by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.) A Shrewsbury Avenue construction project which has sat as a big quiet hole in the ground for almost a year is moving again after the builder says he addressed officials’ concerns that it could cave in. Howell-based developer Bekim Kosovrasti is erecting...
PEAK COLOR ON BROAD
One of the mini gardens on Broad Street in Red Bank getting some TLC last week. Funded by Red Bank RiverCenter, the gardens were planted a year ago in a handful of beds between White Street and Linden Place, adding vibrant colors to the downtown streetscape. In fact, the business...
RED BANK: FAIRIES MOVE IN ON WHITE STREET
Few passersby notice the tiny inhabitants of the magical sparkly girls garden made by Girl Scout Troop 625. (Photo by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.) All those girl scout cookies you bought recently may have made your waistline a little larger, but here’s some good news: you may have also helped make the world a bit more flowery and sparkly.
TRAINING UNDER FIRE
Firefighters with Red Bank’s Navesink Hook & Ladder Company went in for some training with live fire at the Monmouth County Fire Academy in Howell Township last week. The session was focused on “pitched-roof cut and ventilation” tactics. The all-volunteer fire department “does hands-on training with live...
PRIDE FEST, FARMERS MARKET, STREET MUSIC TOP RED BANK WEEKEND PICKS
Drag bingo? A saxophone quartet? As usual, there’s a myriad, a cornucopia, a plethora of things to do in Red Bank this weekend. Here’s a rundown:. Saturday from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Red Bank Parks & Recreation hosts Pride in the Park, featuring music, family activities and more in celebration of LGBTQ pride.
RED BANK: VACANT DOWNTOWN GEM GETS RESTAURANT OK
The Doremus building has been vacant since 2012. Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Red Bank’s zoning board of adjustment gave its final, formal stamp of approval to a plan for a three-story restaurant with a rooftop deck in a long vacant downtown Red Bank building – although the applicant conceded the restaurant is “hypothetical’ because there is no actual tenant as of yet.
RED BANK THROWBACK: PRAYERS, WEEPING AND NEWS OF WAR DEAD ON D-DAY
A story on page 1 of the first edition published after D-Day and (below) and ad sponsored by local businesses encouraging readers to buy war bonds. (Photo by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.) Thousands gathered in churches and synagogues. Factory floors quieted as workers paused in prayer and “wept unashamedly.”...
VOTE FOR RED BANK’S “SUPERMOM”
Business owner. Dyed in the wool, lifelong Red Banker. Mother of six. Yup, seems like Anita Pierce does it all. In other words, she’s kind of a supermom. And she’s actually in the running for the official title. Pierce is competing in Women’s World Magazine Super Mom Contest,...
SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS
Work began on the Pride in the Park lawn art in Red Bank’s Riverside Gardens Park Wednesday morning. This will be the 10th annual lawn art design (below) by public works supervisor and fire Chief Bobby Holiday (above center), who also designs in-grass displays for the annual 9/11 commemoration and other events.
MOVIES VIA LIBRARY
The Red Bank Public Library is now offering members home access to streaming movies via Kanopy. The service carries some 30,000 titles, plus Kanopy Kids – movies, TV shows, and learning videos made for children. Partyline is an experimental way to let readers text message news stories to redbankgreen...
RED BANK: AS BLEACHERS PROJECT ADVANCES, QUESTIONS LINGER
The home-side grandstand at Count Basie Fields. (Photo by John Ward. Click to enlarge.) A $1.1 million plan to replace the depression-era bleachers at Count Basie Fields sailed through introduction at the Borough Council last month, but state officials and members of a borough recreation committee continue to raise questions about the project.
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