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RED BANK: BON JOVI SPOTLIGHTS PORTER
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RED BANK: Rock star Jon Bon Jovi spoke with Pastor Terrence Porter of Pilgrim Baptist Church for a Christmas Eve segment on NBC's Today Show.
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December 28th, 2020 @ 7am
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RED BANK: MURPHY, BON JOVI BREAK B2 BREAD
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RED BANK: Closely watched for his own behavior under COVID-19 rules he imposed, Murphy dines outdoors at B2 with Bon Jovi.
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July 1st, 2020 @ 8pm
RED BANK: BON JOVI WARMS UP CENTER
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RED BANK: With heavy snow falling outside, Bon Jovi opens new 'warming center' for homeless men, the latest endeavor of his foundation.
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November 16th, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: BON JOVI THANKS BIZ OWNERS
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RED BANK: Bon Jovi hosts local retailers to thank them for helping out in a fundraiser.
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June 23rd, 2016 @ 5am
RED BANK: DEBBIE HARRY, BON JOVI, & MORE…
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Deborah Harry, below, and a host of pop stars join Bobby Bandiera for two jinglebell-jam spectaculars as Hope Concert 8 commandeers the Basie for two shows Wednesday night. Call him Bob Hope: aContinue reading "RED BANK: DEBBIE HARRY, BON JOVI, & MORE…"
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December 21st, 2015 @ 11am
BON JOVI PICKS O’REE FOR ASIAN LEG OF TOUR
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Matt O’Ree playing in Red Bank’s Marine Park in 2013, will share in guitar duties for the band led by Middletown’s Jon Bon Jovi, seen below at JBJ Soul Kitchen inContinue reading "BON JOVI PICKS O’REE FOR ASIAN LEG OF TOUR"
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September 9th, 2015 @ 12pm
REPORT: BON JOVI STIFFED M’TOWN ON O.T.
Bon Jovi, seen above in Red Bank in 2011. Below, a gate to his home. (Photo above by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) [See UPDATE below] By JOHN T.Continue reading "REPORT: BON JOVI STIFFED M’TOWN ON O.T."
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July 1st, 2015 @ 1pm
RED BANK: BON JOVI “SERENADES” CLINTON
Bon Jovi, seen here at the opening of Red Bank’s JBJ Soul Kitchen in 2011, was back in town to host the former first lady and secretary of state MondayContinue reading "RED BANK: BON JOVI “SERENADES” CLINTON"
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June 30th, 2015 @ 6am
Post by Bon Jovi. Pop music hearththrob Jon Bon Jovi brings his side project, Kings of Suburbia, to the stage of the Count Basie Theatre in a benefit performance forContinue reading "RED BANK: BIG NIGHT FOR BON JOVIALS"
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July 30th, 2014 @ 8am
BON JOVI AND KINGS PLAY IT FOR PARKER
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Middletown’s own Jon Bon Jovi and “his local side band,” the Kings of Suburbia, will perform at Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre in a fundraiser for the Parker Family HealthContinue reading "BON JOVI AND KINGS PLAY IT FOR PARKER"
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June 30th, 2014 @ 9am
Jon Bon Jovi and “his local side band,” the Kings of Suburbia, will perform at Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre in a fundraiser for the Parker Family Health Center onContinue reading "RED BANK: BON JOVI TO PLAY BASIE"
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June 30th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: BON JOVI TALKS UP SOUL KITCHEN
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Middletown resident Jon Bon Jovi, seen here at the opening of the pay-what-you-can-or-earn-your-meal JBJ Soul Kitchen in 2011, tells USA Today in an interview at the Red Bank eatery heContinue reading "RED BANK: BON JOVI TALKS UP SOUL KITCHEN"
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May 30th, 2014 @ 7am
RED BANK: BIG BAND HOSTS BIG TROMBONE
Conductor Joe “Mooche” Muccioli with the “freight train” that is the Red Bank Jazz Orchestra, which takes to the Count Basie Theatre boards for the first in a new seriesContinue reading "RED BANK: BIG BAND HOSTS BIG TROMBONE"
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February 19th, 2013 @ 6am
By JOHN T. WARD An Ocean County man who last month admitting burglarizing the Navesink mansion of Jon Bon Jovi  was sentenced to five years in state prison Friday, theContinue reading "BON JOVI BURGLAR GETS FIVE YEARS"
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October 12th, 2012 @ 1pm
Bon Jovi’s mansion on the Middletown side of the Navesink was one of the homes entered in the 2011 burglary spree, authorities said.  (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "BON JOVI BURGLAR PLEADS GUILTY"
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September 5th, 2012 @ 10am
BON JOVI OPENS CRIB TO TV CREW, AND YOU
Bon Jovi’s mansion on the Navesink River, as seen in 2008. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD ‘Person to Person,’ a TV program of bygone days that featured liveContinue reading "BON JOVI OPENS CRIB TO TV CREW, AND YOU"
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February 3rd, 2012 @ 9am
GOT AN ACHE FOR BON JOVI?
Jon Bon Jovi in the Advil commercial he shot in Red Bank. (Click to enlarge) Back in September, redbankgreen told you about Jon Bon Jovi shooting a commercial for AdvilContinue reading "GOT AN ACHE FOR BON JOVI?"
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December 9th, 2011 @ 8am
BON JOVI OPENS SOUL KITCHEN
Jon Bon Jovi gives his wife, Dorothea Bongiovi, an attagirl as she prepares a table at the opening of the JBJ Soul Kitchen Wednesday afternoon. The yard outside the restaurant,Continue reading "BON JOVI OPENS SOUL KITCHEN"
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October 19th, 2011 @ 3pm
In an effort to raise awareness about detectable cancers, two Red Bank shops are organizing an evening of champagne, sweets and beautiful, bare skin. Another organization is auctioning off aContinue reading "WIN A BON JOVI GUITAR. GO NAKED. OR BOTH"
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October 11th, 2011 @ 7am
A promo video for Soul Kitchen. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Plans by Jon Bon Jovi’s Soul Foundation to open a freestanding pay-what-you can community restaurant in Red Bank sailed to approvalContinue reading "RUBBER STAMP NO.1: BON JOVIAL MEALS"
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April 26th, 2011 @ 8am
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NOT SO SCARY
Twenty times? Fifty times? How many times did we drive by this home on the corner of River Street and Shrewsbury and do a double take before ...
LOCAL 9 TAKE TROPHY
After a long hot two days of baseball, the Red Bank area-based Jersey Shore Raiders emerged as champions of the United States Amateur Baseba ...
RHAPSODY ON ICE
RED BANK: On a cool-ish summer evening, keyboardist NGXB entertained customers of Strollo's Italian Ice with renderings of 'Bohemian Rhapsod ...
PUDDLE BE GONE
A work crew was out this week attacking the site of the notoriously persistent puddle at the corner of Broad and Mechanic Streets. This phot ...
SMALLS FOR MAYOR?
We at redbankgreen remain neutral in political affairs and never make endorsements. But we have to say Borough Clerk Laura Reinertsen’ ...
CRASH ON LEIGHTON
The driver of this car was headed north on Leighton Avenue when they it hit an SUV pulling a work trailer headed in south in the opposing la ...
CAR VS STREET SIGN
The driver of this Mercedes hopped the curb and toppled the street sign at the corner of South Pearl and Drs. James Parker Boulevard Wednesd ...
SKETCHES OF RED BANK BY LOCAL ARTIST MICHAEL WHITE
Sketches of Red Bank scenes have been floating around on social media and we thought they deserved some spotlight. First appearing in our fe ...
POLE DOWN
Utility pole falls on English Plaza shop Forge after being struck by SUV shortly before noon. No injuries reported, though 86-year-old drive ...
YO, ADRIAN!
It’s a tough turn for our hero as Rocky Balboa is relegated to the curb for trash pickup on Locust Avenue. We’ll have to go back ...
“EL PALOMO” IS IN THE HOUSE
Jesus Rios, a mariachi singer who performs under the stage name “El Palomo” (The dove) pauses for a moment before entering a bac ...
CROC SPOTTED IN RIVER
Frighteningly hideous and green, a solitary Croc lurked ominously amid the flotsam and foam in the Navesink River alongside the Red Bank Fir ...
KISS ICON REFLECTS ON BROADWALK
A Swarovski crystal-bedazzled self-portrait painting of Paul Stanley, longtime singer and guitarist for the rock band Kiss peers out from a ...
CHISELIN’ AWAY
Marcelo Garcia Lopez works with hammer and chisel on a new feature for his flower garden on Shrewsbury Avenue: a hollow in a carved log in w ...
STORM CLEANUP CONTINUES
  Saturday’s storm sent a tree toppling on this house on Bank Street, damaging the roof. Workers Wednesday could be seen removing ...
SNAPPING IN THE BREEZE
RED BANK: Blustery winds had the flags in Riverside Gardens Park snapping Monday evening.
POWER LINE DOWN
Red Bank firefighters were on scene at Manor Drive dealing with a live power line Monday afternoon. There was no immediate report of fire. T ...
TAR BEACH SOLSTICE
Aldo Quiroz of Ocean Township came ready with his beach chair and found a shady spot to spend his lunch hour in a parking lot off Broad Stre ...
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 pri ...
COFFEE & WILDLIFE
RED BANK: The best wildlife show in town can be taken in from a waterfront bench outside the public library, and it's totally free.

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