Monthly Archives: August 2006

Ten quick questions for Eric Auerbach of Clearview Window Cleaners, Long Branch. He's shown here at Bain's Hardware, Sea Bright. How long have you been a window-washer? About 13 years. I started off working for another company and then I...

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Jenn Woods of Red Bank, who was narrowly edged out by David Prown in the e-mail race of correct answers to 'Where' no. 13, is the clear winner of contest no. 14. Having grown up in Little Silver and lived...

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Councilman and mayoral wannabe John P. Curley was booted from his post overseeing the borough's finance department last night, according to Larry Higgs in today's Asbury Park Press. Mayor Ed McKenna initiated the ouster, repeating his claim that lax oversight...

Well, Judy Barnaby and the folks at the Antique Center of Red Bank are looking like pretty good judges of character right now, contrary to the cynical intepretations by some regarding events at the store last Friday. Judy and her...

A Trenton lawmaker is proposing a ban on foie gras, the cracker-meat that comes from, well, read for yourself, from the story in the Atlantic City Press: "To produce the delicacy, poultry farmers force-feed ducks or geese through metal tubes...

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John Six of Mayo Auto Service on Monmouth Street lends an arm at Saturday's 'Rock 'n Roll Up Your Sleeves' blood drive at the Two River Theater. The event, which featured live music in the lobby, was held to help...

Good god, how did we get sucked into this celebrity coverage all of a sudden? First Kittie, then the Springsteens, and now this. Will it never end? Anyway, we feel it is our duty to report that Sheryl Crow just...

You've got to feel for the folks at the Antique Center of Red Bank. Up until now, the story that Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa were as lovey-dovey as they've ever been when they shopped and gave an impromptu concert...

Here's an update to the story below. redbankgreen spoke tonight with Judy Barnaby, the Antique Center employee who waited on Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa on Friday afternoon. Barnaby echoes what Guy Johnson told us earlier: that the couple was...

By now, everyone in the eight-planet solar system has probably heard some version of the New York Post's gossip item claiming a Bruce Springsteen-Patti Scialfa split is in the works. The story, sexed-up with tantalizing hints of another redhead—this one...

The acrimony between departing Mayor Ed McKenna and mayoral candidate John Curley spilled over into the business of the Monmouth County Freeholders last night. Today's Asbury Park Press reports that Curley and other Republicans were, um, displeased with the Freeholders'...

The Hub is reporting today that Red Bank Parking Director Neil Burnip is on leave from his post pending completion of an investigation into a sexual harrassment complaint lodged against him by another Borough Hall employee. The name of the...

Kittie, an all-female heavy metal band from Canada that has sold more than 1.2 million records, is wrapping up a month of recording at RetroMedia Studios in Red Bank this week. Though redbankgreen is eternally stupefied by heavy metal—and not...

David Prown, who is as deserving of the title of Mr. Red Bank as anyone in this town (see Tom Chesek's profile of him in the current issue of Red Bank Red Hot, if you need more info), is the...

Maybe Red Bank-based Navesink River Rowing, which is always looking for a good strong back, should give Bruce Springsteen a call. The Star-Ledger's MaryAnn Spoto has a story on Springsteen taking a stab at rowing a lifeguard boat in the...

The owner of a jewelry store in The Grove was sentenced to federal prison earlier this week for tax evasion that a judge called an example of "appalling" greed. The Asbury Park Press has the story about Lincinio Neves, owner...

Red Bank Middle School and Red Bank Regional High School were among the 643 schools statewide that failed to make “adequate yearly progress” under the federal No Child Left Behind law, the state Department of Education disclosed today. The results...