Monthly Archives: August 2008

You never know what you'll find. From the Navesink River to Newman Springs Road, Red Bank will transform itself into a bazaar on Saturday, September 20, with its first-ever Townwide Yard Sale. Today, redbankgreen launches a webpage dedicated to the...

Red Bank police will be out on Newman Springs Road Saturday night and Sunday morning looking for drunk drivers. A press release from the department says the 11p-to-3a stationary crackdown, funded by a state grant, will be supplemented by mobile...

Fortunately, we had file art on hand to save us another trip out to Hudson. Remember those two-hour parking signs that replaced the ones put up just a few months ago? Of course you do; it happened just yesterday. Well,...

Paul Ashton and his pet ferret, Flower, greet animal control guy Henry Perez. By COLLEEN CURRY Henry Perez doesn’t give up easily. After repeatedly knocking on an unassuming front door on Red Bank's West Side, he takes an investigative look...

The folks at Dunkin' Donuts HQ will eat this one up: redbankgreen readers apparently love their DDs. We received a record 18 responses to last week's 'Where,' and 17 of them were verifiably correct. The image was of the brand-new...

Authorities say they have arrested a suspect in the robbery of the Two Rivers Community Bank in Red Bank two weeks ago and four other area bank robberies. And he's local. Monmouth County Prosecutor Luis Valentin says in a statement...

Nick Piscitelli of the Red Bank DPW re-installs a two-hour parking sign on Hudson Avenue this morning. Here's the latest twist in the tug-of-war for parking between Hudson Avenue residents and employees of the nearby Broad Street post office: The...

Merchants say the tarry road gunk is being tracked into their stores. By SUE MORGAN Whatever it is that's holding together the pavement on River Road's north side, Gourmet Picnic co-owner Michael O'Brien doesn't like seeing it tracked into his...

Of 316 public high schools in New Jersey, Rumson-Fair Haven ranks 30th in overall quality and Red Bank Regional is 64th, according to a Monmouth University analysis reported in this month's issue of New Jersey Monthly magazine. R-FH moved up...

Bruce Springsteen's people are denying the Rumsonian rock star will alight on Denver's Invesco Field before or after Sen. Barack Obama's acceptance speech Thursday night. The Rocky Mountain News, which cited "multiple sources" in reporting yesterday on Springsteen's purported plan...

"A disgrace," Councilman Art Murphy says of the morning-after conditions on the sidewalk alongside Ashes. Led by Councilman Art Murphy, the Red Bank Borough Council last came down with both feet on Ashes Cigar Club on Broad Street, refusing to...

James Giannell took his place at the council table, and a free-range plastic bag blew around out on Monmouth Street. Notes from last night's bimonthly meeting of the Red Bank Borough Council: • An ordinance to ban plastic bags commonly...

A serial burglar who authorities say preyed on the homes of young women on the East Side of Red Bank and photographed some as they slept has taken a plea deal that could put him in state prison for eight...

Bruce Springsteen signs autographs outside the Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank in May. Report outta Denver today says Shore-based popstars Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi will play at the Democratic National Convention Thursday, bookending Sen. Barack Obama's nomination acceptance...

Hudson Avenue residents won't have to plead a parking hardship to get permits under an ordinance up for adoption tonight — not that the requirement has ever kept anyone from getting one. At least one aspect of a pending lawsuit...

From the Red Bank Police Department, covering the week of August 15 to August 22. Entries are unedited. Criminal Mischief reported on 8-15-08 in parking lot at Bodman Place. Victim reported that parked vehicle had been scratched by unknown subject(s)...

Sen. Barack Obama Prepare for a traffic jam in the vicinity of Navesink River Road next week. Democratic presidential nominee-apparent Barack Obama will visit Middletown on Friday, September 5 for a two-stop lovefest that wraps up at the riverfront chateau...

Fishing in the Navesink River just east of the Oceanic Bridge Friday morning. Yes, the dolphins are still feeding on the other side of the bridge. Productivity schmoductivity. Have you opened a window today? It's gorgeous out there, and the...

Sea Bright's ready to talk with the seller of 3 Church Street. By SUE MORGAN It's spacious, filled with big windows, move-in ready and now, officially, on Sea Bright's wish list. The borough council this week authorized Borough Attorney Scott...

OK, early birds. The first-ever Red Bank Townwide Yard Sale, scheduled for September 20, is coming together. And for those who plan ahead, here's some helpful starter info. There are some rules. The borough of Red Bank is asking that...