Three firefighters in a Long Branch FD cherry picker pour water on the smoldering remains of the Shrewsbury blaze late this afternoon. (Click to enlarge)
Some updates from today's Memory Bowling fire in Shrewsbury:
• The fire is under control but there are numerous 'hot spots' [...]
A Red Bank fireman backs down a ladder as flames erupt through the roof where he'd been standing just seconds before. (Click to enlarge)
Firefighters from Shrewsbury and Red Bank are battling a blaze at Memory Bowling alley on Newman Springs Road in Shrewsbury late this [...]
One of the largest festivals of its kind in the northeastern U.S. kicks off today — weather gods permitting, of course — with the 23rd edition of the Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival, and Red Bank oRBit has the details.
(If you missed [...]
Do that sundance thing: a scene from the 2008 edition of the Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival in Marine Park.
Not for the first time, the Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival kicks off this weekend in a staredown with Mother Nature.
And [...]
John Tyler of Leighton Avenue sent us this photo of a snapping turtle, one of a pair he found laying eggs in a neighbor's yard Wednesday. Red Bank animal control officer Henry Perez advised the homeowner not to disturb the area.
According to one source, snapping [...]
A hoops squad from the Red Bank Police Department took on all comers yesterday, facing down teams of students, teachers and alumni on the hardwood at the Red Bank Middle School in a two-hour basketball marathon.
The seventh annual event was the culmination of the yearlong Drug Abuse Resistance [...]
NAACP Red Bank chapter president Rev. Henry P. Davis quotes Jefferson to Mayor Pasquale Menna.
Red Bank's governing body recently honored what Mayor Pasquale Menna called "one of our anchor institutions," the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
The [...]
Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit turns its sky-eye on an event that brings together a short shelf of New Jersey writers for a night of readings and book signings.
Saturday's program — dubbed "Beach Reads: Take Us With You" — promises a four-hour block of [...]
Thanks to Trish DePonti, Jen Hussey, Melanie Stewart, Carl Colmorgen, Guy Johnson and Jay Smith for writing in about last week's 'Where, which showed a little rocking horse with a big dream.
Jay guessed the photo was taken at Red Bank Recycling, but the others [...]
Christine McKenna with her daughter, Kayla, and Mayor-elect Pasquale Menna on election night 2006, at left; at right, with Kayla at a sendoff for her husband the following month.
Christine McKenna, the wife of former Red Bank Mayor Ed McKenna, died this morning after a [...]
Last year's show, as seen from Maple Avenue and West Front Street.
First, there will be fireworks in Red Bank this year.
Though organizers of the July 3 KaBoom Fireworks on the Navesink recently expressed concern about the future of the event because of a sharp [...]
Red Bank oRBit's coverage of this weekend's Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival continues today with a big interview with Jersey Shore barband bard (and guitar-guy god) Sonny Kenn, who's scheduled to headline opening night on Friday.
Those who've followed [...]
Hovnanian's headquarters on West Front Street.
Red Bank-based Hovnanian Enterprises sharply cut its net loss in the quarter ended April 30, compared to year-prior levels.
But the publicly traded homebuilder continued to slash prices in the face of contract cancellations and write-downs on the value of [...]
Nine-year-old Sean Goldman won't be returning to his Tinton Falls home today, following a stay issued by a Brazilian Supreme Court justice yesterday, according to multiple news reports.
The judge suspended a lower court order granting custody of the boy to his father, David Goldman, [...]
Here's the latest video posting on Red Bank resident Bill Day's YouTube channel, Red Bank TV1.
The subject: a fashion show put on last week by students at Red Bank Regional. The show featured both the offerings of local boutiques as well as outfits the students [...]
The summer reading list continues on our satellite site Red Bank oRBit, where today's edition uncorks an exclusive interview with best-selling nonfiction writer Benjamin Wallace (right).
The author of The Billionaire’s Vinegar: The Mystery of the World’s Most Expensive Bottle of Wine is making' [...]
Will Dunham, bassist with the Middletown-area band Call Me Geppetto, draws some puzzled looks as he and bandmate Bill Deyback play on Broad Street in Red Bank last Saturday night.
Expect to see more instrument-mounting musicians out on the streets every weekend of the [...]
A 22-year-old Red Bank man was sentenced to 12 years in prison last week following his recent conviction on charges of robbing the Little Diamond jewelry store on Shrewsbury Avenue in 2007.
That's according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Luis Valetin, who announced the sentence last [...]
David Goldman of Tinton Falls has won court approval to regain custody of his only child, who was taken to Brazil by the boy's mother nearly five years ago, according to published reports.
"They've been ordered to deliver Sean to the U.S. Consulate at 2 o'clock [...]
English teacher Andrew Forrest, left, and guidance counselor
Chris Desiere are stabilized after the roof of their vehicle was cut
off around them.
Red Bank Regional seniors got a graphic demonstration this morning of what can go wrong when people drink and drive.
Emergency personnel from Little Silver [...]
Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit kicks off our coverage of the 23rd annual Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival with a preview of what to expect this weekend as the early-season attraction takes over Marine Park with a bill that features, among many others, veteran saxman [...]
The eastern flank of the Oceanic Bridge.
Looking down the road at a $75 million bill, Monmouth County officials have begun angling for federal funds to defray some of the costs of replacing the Oceanic Bridge between Middletown and Rumson, today's Asbury Park Press [...]
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the week of May 22 to May 29, 2009. This information appears here unedited.
Criminal Mischief occurring on 5-22-09 at Riverside Ave.—Parking Garage. Unknown person(s) scratched side of parked vehicle with sharp object. Ptl. Deron Ilarraza.
Criminal Mischief [...]
Seen over the weekend at Ambiance, an antiques and home furnishings shop on West Front Street in Red Bank.
[...]'The Godfather,' a chicken dish from the low-carb section of the menu.
Stores and other businesses may still be slinking out of Red Bank in the dead of night, but there are signs of economic strength, too.
The latest is the bizarrely-named Muscle Maker Grill, [...]
The proposed line would link Lakehurst with the North Jersey Coast Line at the Red Bank train station, above.
Just a day after the announcement of a so-called compromise transit plan that would have directed a new commuter rail line into Red Bank, the Monmouth County Freeholders [...]
The garden, the result of work and materials donated by Siciliano Landscaping, Molzon Garden Center and the Navesink Garden Club, is irrigated by the library's rain gutters.
A new rain garden at the Red Bank Public Library could be in for a good soaking [...]
Among the six stops on the tour: Linda Vaccaro's garden at the corner of Lake Avenue and Harvard Road. (Click photos to enlarge)
As noted below, today's edition of Red Bank oRBit has a feature about the Two Rivers Garden Tour and its return [...]
Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit gets a jump on the weekend via an interview with a performer we call The Hardest Working Woman in Shore Business.
That would be Jody Joseph — cousin to both Jon Bon Jovi and Mario Lanza, [...]
Much to our surprise, last week's 'Where Have I Seen This?' attracted just two guesses.
They both came from the same reader. And both were wrong.
We were surprised because the subject of the photo is so prominent: The Galleria building in Red Bank. [...]
The Red Bank station would be the northern terminus of a new commuter line from Lakehurst, linking central Ocean County to the North Jersey Coast Line.
Over the vehement objections of Red Bank officials, proponents of a new commuter rail line that would link [...]
About 400 friends and family members gathered at the 6th Motor Transport Battallion reserve center in Lincroft yesterday to say goodbye to 137 Marine reservists headed to Iraq.
Some of the Marines were embarking on their third tour.
Brian Donohue of the Star-Ledger's Ledger Live was there with his video [...]
Over on our satellite site Red Bank oRBit, we've vowed to give you a little
culture if it kills you. Fortunately, what we've scouted out for you in
today's edition is a range of options that are, well, downright
fun.
We've known the ladies from Book It!' [...]
Ever wondered what would happen if the soil under your home or yard suddenly became contaminated with heating oil? And how much worse it would be if it wasn't even your oil?
Today's Asbury Park Press has a story about the travails of John & Pam Ross' [...]
Looks like downtown Red Bank is about to get a little bit more green — New York Jets green.
Wayne Chrebet, a former receiver famous for making third-and-long catches in heavy traffic, has joined the Linden Place office of Morgan Stanley, the firm announced today.
Chrebet, [...]
Contractors working on improvements to a nearby intersection are using the borough-owned lot as a staging area. A wooden form for making concrete slabs was built at center, and a load of stone was dropped closer to the river.
A publicly owned parcel of riverfront property that redbankgreen [...]
Fashionistas with creations in the show include, from left, juniors Megan Norton and Marcella Schepp of Little Silver and freshman Azharia Damian of Red Bank.
Outre is in this Thursday when members of the Red Bank Regional High fashion club put on their [...]
Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit offers a preview of something that's become a summertime staple: the return of Red Bank Street Life, the series of free outdoor mini-musicfests that take place at the sidewalks and storefronts each Saturday night.
We'll give you the rundown on the featured talent [...]
Do you see green everywhere you go? As in money flying out the windows of poorly insulated buildings? Opportunities to improve energy efficiency at nearly every turn?
Then it may be time for you to suit up.
The Red Bank Environmental Commission is putting together [...]
Photographer Bobbie Kingsley spotted this foursome clustered together opposite her Monmouth Street studio last week and "couldn't resist" taking their picture, she tells redbankgreen. The women asked that they be identified by the headline above. (Photo courtesy of Bobbie Kingsley)
[...]Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the
week of May 8 to May 15, 2009. This information appears here
unedited.
Theft occurring at Broad St. and reported on 5-15-09. Owner reported that two former employees had stolen numerous items ranging from furniture, blankets and lamps from the [...]
Navy vet Rich Ardolino of West Long Branch cuts new names into the war veteran's monument at RBR. (Click to enlarge)
An engraver was busy Friday adding names to a war monument on the grounds of Red Bank Regional High School in preparation for a Memorial [...]
Rumson police and the Monmouth County Prosecutor's office say they are still investigating a report of gunshots on Ridge Road early this morning, but don't have anyone in custody.
Investigator Richard Incremona of the prosecutor's office tells redbankgreen that he cannot disclose whether the occurrence of [...]
It's Memorial Day weekend, in case you haven't heard, and already the first tentative notes of the warm-weather music season are wafting out over the greater Red Bank oRBit.
Police on the scene at 7 Ridge Road this morning.
A SWAT team was mobilized and at least one Rumson home was evacuated this morning after reports of shots being fired in a residential neighborhood of Rumson.Pizza Fusion plans to take over the vacant space at left and the storefront now being vacated by Sole Solution, right.
A Florida-based organic pizza chain that uses recycled Coke bottles in countertops and makes deliveries by hybrid car is planning to open in Red Bank.Red Bank police are investigating a report by two men who said they were robbed at gunpoint on Shrewsbury Avenue early Wednesday morning.
The victims, borough residents 21 and 17 years old, told police that while walking on Shrewsbury between River Street and Bank [...]
If you were planning to see a live stage show this Memorial weekend, today's edition of Red Bank oRBit has the details on what we're not too timid to call three of the best shows we've seen all season. There's the tango-tini cocktail of Private Lives at Red' [...]
The future home of Urban Outfitters, as seen in late February.
In signing Urban Outfitters to take over the ground floor of a prominent Red Bank address, building owner Keith Alliotts has finally bagged what many retailers have long said is most needed downtown: [...]"Where the turtles sunbathe. Shhh. Don’t tell anyone."
Count Basie Theatre board member (and Basie Awards host) Siobhan Fallon-Hogan, Education Director Yvonne Lamb Scudiery, and CEO Numa Saisselin at April's announcement of this year's nominees.
By Tom ChesekWhen the wraps come off, the retailer is expected to occupy all the street-level space formerly divided among four businesses.
After months of speculation, it's official: Urban Outfitters is coming to Red Bank, delivering what retailers hope will be a caffeine jolt of foot traffic to [...]
Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit, our always hyper-current arts and entertainment web companion, takes a little quantum leap into the future, with a look to the months ahead at Red Bank's own Two River Theater.
The powers that be at Two River [...]
Memorial Day weekend is nigh, which means it is time for the annual return of the palm trees to the sands at Chapel Beach Club in Sea Bright.
A crew was out giving the club a tropical air under sparkling skies Tuesday. [...]
A crew from Guaranteed Plants & Florist in Locust began pulling weeds Tuesday at the traffic island at Bridge Avenue and Monmouth Street in Red Bank on Tuesday.
The island will planted with flowers in time for the Memorial Day weekend, crew [...]
Northbound Maple Avenue traffic was backed up approaching the intersection of West Front Street Tuesday afternoon.
More than two months later than expected, work got underway this week on an effort to smooth the flow of traffic past a key Red Bank bottleneck.
In the latest edition of Ledger Live, vodcaster Brian Donohue turns his lens on Sea Bright, which he nominates the "worst beach in New Jersey" because of access issues.
In an off-the-news take on the announcement yesterday by the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium of the Top Ten [...]
Here's a tasty slice from last Saturday's appearance by A Love Like Pi (featured last Thursday on our companion site, Red Bank oRBit) at Jack’s Music Shoppe in Red Bank.
The show drew more than 100 fans.
Video is by BiPolarBear8816.
Up next at Jack's: Autumn Hour, [...]
Notices have been left in recent weeks on cars parked on streets covered by permit rules, including Broad Street in the vicinity of the post office, above.
Red Bank's Parking Utility is putting motorists on notice: lax or non-existent enforcement of two-hour limits is about [...]
Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit features an exclusive interview with a performer who will play the magnificently made-over Count Basie Theatre with an act that represents a major makeover to her own public persona.
You may know Linda Eder as the coolly [...]
The Oceanic Bridge as seen from the Navesink last summer.
Nighttime users of the Oceanic Bridge between Middletown and Rumson are in for a doozie of detour this week.
Monmouth County last night began closing the bridge for repairs between 8p and 5a. The work is expected to [...]
High school rowers from the Navesink River Rowing return a scull to the clubhouse at the foot of Maple Avenue, Red Bank, on Monday following a weekend meet in Massachusetts. (Click to enlarge)
Looks to be smooth sailing weatherwise for the rest of the week, though the [...]
Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit rolls out the red carpet for a preview of this week's Count Basie Theatre Awards, the annual event that honors the best of Monmouth County's high school performing arts productions.
We'll give you the local color, including the names of' [...]
Maria Rodriguez of Rumson works out on the new equipment at Meadow Ridge Park.
Here's a recession-busting idea for people who want to get in better physical shape but don't want to drop a load of cash at a gym:
Check out the new outdoor gym that' [...]
A mix of pix from some of Saturday's events: the Nathan J. Williams Craftsmen Club's motorcycle rally on Drs. Parker Boulevard; Red Bank Community Day at Count Basie Fields; and the Relay for Life overnight fundraiser at Red Bank Regional.
Also, here's some video from Red [...]
Crime reports provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the
week of May 8 to May 15, 2009. This information appears here
unedited.
Theft occurring at Broad St. on 5-8-09. Unknown subject(s) stole 6 leather and wood chairs which were outside the rear of the business. [...]
What: 'Sounds of Motown,' a dance program performed by dance majors in Red Bank Regional's Visual and Performing Arts Academy.
Where:
Red Bank Regional High, 101 Ridge Road, Little Silver.
When: Friday, May 15th, at 7p, with an encore performance on Saturday, May 16, at 2p.
Need to know: [...]
The event was born of last year's centennial event and picnic at Count Basie Fields.
What: Second annual Red Bank Day, four hours of food, music and neighborliness, followed Sunday by tours of historic homes in the borough.
Where: Count Basie Field, entrance at Henry Street and [...]
Billy Steers, his tractor, and an unidentified dog.
What: 'Tractor Mac' author/illustrator Billy Steers visits Fair Haven in an event complete with haywagon rides.
Where: River Road Books
When: Saturday, 1 to 3p.
Need to know: He's a hardworking machine who's learned some valuable life lessons in his [...]
Rowers take to the water at the 2008 edition of the club's open house.
What: Navesink River Rowing's annual open house.
Where: Foot of Maple Avenue, Red Bank.
When: Saturday, 9a to 1p.
Need to know: A chance to get your feet wet and settle into a shell for a [...]
Freddie Boynton, center, and pals show off their chrome Saturday.
What: The second annual Nathan J. Williams Craftsmen Club motorcycle rally to raise scholarship money.
Where: Celestial Lodge 36 of the Free & Accepted Masons, 141 Drs. Parker Boulevard, Red Bank.
When:11a to 6p Saturday.
Need to know: Organizers expect to [...]
Students will walk their hearts out to raise money for cancer research.
What: Third annual Relay For Life of the Two Rivers walkathon to benefit the American Cancer Society, with live entertainment, movies, contests and games throughout the night.
Where: Red Bank Regional High School football field and [...]
The Monmouth Rugby men's and the women's squads both play Saturday. No, not each other — don't be daft.
What: The annual Monmouth Rugby Football Club's homecoming matches.
Where: Thompson Park, Lincroft.
When: According to club secretary Rob Morello, it goes like so:
What: The annual Fair Haven Fishing Derby.
Where: McCarter Pond, Fair Haven Road.
When:
Saturday, 8:30a registration, 9a start.
Need to know: Admission is free. Please bring a pole, bait and tackle. Prizes will be given in two categories: 8-year-olds and up and 7-and-unders.
For more information, call borough hall [...]
Co-authors Candace Sandy,left and Dawn Marie Daniels make an afternoon appearance at Frank Talk Art & Bistro Books.
What: Dawn Marie Daniels and Candace Sandy, co-authors of "Soul of My Sisters: Black Women Break Their Silence, Tell Their Stories and Heal Their Spirit," present an afternoon [...]
Friday marks the second night of the four-night event.
What: Second annual Sea Bright Firemen's Fair.
Where: The former Peninsula House parking lot, 1099 Ocean Ave.
When: Began Thursday and runs through Sunday. Hours [...]
A print by Giorgio Sommer of a casting of a dog that died in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in year A.D. 79 is part of the display.
What: Opening night of exhibition "The Albumen Photographs of Giorgio Sommer."
Where: McKay Gallery, 12 Monmouth [...]
The library as seen from the foot of Maple Avenue.
Ending tradition, the Red Bank Public Library will be open on Saturdays this summer, its board of trustees announced Thursday night.
The added hours, from 9a to 1p, will be partly offset by trimming three hours from the [...]
Gary Watson, in blue shirt at center, met with residents at the River Street Commons.
About a dozen Red Bankers turned out Thursday night to hear borough public works director Gary Watson discuss the whys and wherefores of rules governing garbage, bulk waste and brush, animal control [...]
"Too easy," Alicia Woods says of last week's Where Have I Seen This? "Covered sign on the closed Exxon station on Branch Ave. across from the train station in Little Silver."
Indeed it is, as readers Memone Crystian, Jenn Woods, Bob & Debbie Colmorgen, Lindsey [...]
Now rubbing elbows in oRBit: a buzz-generating band of twentysomething musical talents and a favorite local artist who marks her 90th birthday this weekend.
Hailing from Middletown and Highlands, A Love Like Pi celebrates the release of its ambitious debut disc Atlas and [...]
Lenny, er, Stew Goldstein of Monmouth Meats.
There are only so many old-style, independent butchers left in Red Bank.
There's Ralph 'Johnny Jazz' Gatta on Shrewsbury Avenue, of course, working the chopping block for some 60 years. The guys at Citarella's' [...]
Mayor-elect Mike Skudera, right, with Red Bank Mayor Pasquale Menna at the KaBoom Fireworks fundraiser last month.
Four years after winning a spot on the borough council, 32-year-old Mike Skudera was elected mayor of Tinton Falls yesterday in an upset of incumbent Mayor Peter Maclearie.
Skudera's' [...]
Sale prices on existing homes in the area that includes Monmouth County plunged 11.3 percent in the first quarter, today's Absury Park Press reports.
The National Association of Realtors pegged the median home price in the Central Jersey region at $320,900 in the first quarter, down' [...]
The City Centre strip mall at Maple Avenue and West Front Street is one of five properties under common ownership that will see lower tax bills.
The Red Bank Council last night greenlighted settlements of five tax appeal lawsuits, but only after a lengthy closed-door session [...]
A now-disbarred Red Bank lawyer faces up to seven years in state prison after pleading guilty yesterday to stealing $300,000 from trust accounts for clients, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor's office.
Gary Edelson, 48, formerly of Red Bank, entered his plea to second-degree [...]
Today's Red Bank oRBit tourbus offers up an exclusive chat — yes, it's a talking bus — with a true living legend of show business: Uncle Floyd Vivino, fabled farouk of local cable and UHF broadcasts, and a man who will famously perform everywhere from a Bar Mitzvah [...]
At last night's borough council meeting, Human Relations Committee chairman David Pascale showed off t-shirts that the committee plans to sell at the second annual Red Bank Day celebration this Saturday.
The shirts are available in a handful of designs and will sell [...]
