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FOR A RED BANK BUNKER, IT’S DOOMSDAY
“I’d almost rather be incinerated than have to live down here,” says Suellen Sims, below inspecting her new home’s fallout shelter, built beneath an earthen berm alongside Harris Park. (ClickContinue reading "FOR A RED BANK BUNKER, IT’S DOOMSDAY"
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March 9th, 2012 @ 11am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
BEWITCHED ON BRIDGE
A Manhattan transplant turned go-getter on the greater Green, stylist Glen Goldbaum hosts “a magical evening of fantasy, hair, art and more” at his two West Side salons. (Photo byContinue reading "BEWITCHED ON BRIDGE"
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October 14th, 2011 @ 9am
DRUG SWEEP NETS THREE RED BANKERS
Three Red Bank men were among more than 30 suspects arrested in a massive law enforcement sweep focused on the sale of heroin and assault weapons, authorities said Thursday. RussellContinue reading "DRUG SWEEP NETS THREE RED BANKERS"
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August 4th, 2011 @ 4pm
MIDDLETOWN INVENTOR EYES THE FUTURE
Andrei Provini explains one of his hundreds of inventions: headlamp spectacles. (Video by Dustin Racioppi) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Christmastime at the Provini household in Middletown is full of tradition, oneContinue reading "MIDDLETOWN INVENTOR EYES THE FUTURE"
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February 24th, 2011 @ 10am
SHOFAR SO FUN: ALL INVITED TO TOOT
The new rabbi at Congregation Beth Israel says the ponderous Jewish holidays could use some levity. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The Jewish holiday season just isn’t as muchContinue reading "SHOFAR SO FUN: ALL INVITED TO TOOT"
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September 23rd, 2009 @ 9am
ATTENTION YARD-SALE LOVERS
Are you a yard sale junkie? Do you know someone who is? Are you planning a yard sale, or to go out on a garage-sale shopping spree? redbankgreen would loveContinue reading "ATTENTION YARD-SALE LOVERS"
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July 24th, 2009 @ 9am
The streets of Red Bank will become a baragain-hunter's bazaar on Saturday, Sept. 20, if all goes according to plan. A townwide yard sale proposed by South Street's Audrey Oldoerp got the thumbs-up from the Borough Council Monday night after...
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February 13th, 2008 @ 7am
Yard-sale proponent Audrey Oldoerp. For a long time, South Street's Audrey Oldoerp wondered aloud why towns such as Belmar and Atlantic Highlands had annual or even semi-annual yard sales that embraced every street and home, but Red Bank didn't. Moreover,...
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January 29th, 2008 @ 7am
When Retromedia Sound Studios owner John Noll invited redbankgreen over to meet the wife & husband singer-songwriters Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart last month, our first reaction was, "Who?" Past visits to the studio have introduced us to the somewhat-well-known...
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January 4th, 2008 @ 11am
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November 26th, 2007 @ 3pm
That's a picture of the full lunar eclipse — full in some parts of the world, that is, but not this part — taken early Tuesday morning from an undisclosed bedroom in Red Bank. But you knew it was Red...
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August 29th, 2007 @ 11am
Tom Labetti and Eileen (nee Weller) Labetti of Elm Place got married recently at St. James Church on Broad Street. The red-haired bride beamed magnificently, the wedding party looked youthful and happy, and the newlyweds headed off for their reception...
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July 6th, 2007 @ 5pm
This week's Holmdel Independent has a delicious story about the owner of split-level house in the New Monmouth section who claims his property is entitled to a tax exemption because he has turned it into a monastery. Sixty-three-year-old Raymond Bertolette,...
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June 20th, 2007 @ 6am
— By LINDA G. RASTELLI Hitting the freebie bins downtown — and mailboxes in select neighborhooods — starting today is the premier issue of a quarterly magazine dubbed, simply, d. But make no mistake, says first-time publisher Danny Sanchez, the...
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April 5th, 2007 @ 7am
Eric Ginsberg is at it again. The tireless impressario who brought to life the Red Bank Music Community and its songwriters' workshops and open-mic nights and StreetLife concerts is now bringing the big screen to town. Through the RBMC, Ginsberg...
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December 2nd, 2006 @ 5pm
Our apologies, Shrewsbury, for thinking of you only as an uber-suburb. This is not the kind of experience we're used to having within your staid environs. But it seems you do have the capacity to surprise, you cheeky bedroom community,...
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October 18th, 2006 @ 11pm
A couple of impressions linger long after meeting West Side seamstress Milly Hoffman. One is that sheÂ’s the embodiment of self-sufficiency. The other is that sheÂ’s Martha Stewart on steroids. A visit to Milly's home-based tailor shop on Shrewsbury Avenue...
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August 17th, 2006 @ 7am
They're not likely to exit their mesh pavilion with quite the same noisy urgency as a flock of doves loosed at the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. In fact, they may have to be coaxed off the nectary flowers they've...
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August 11th, 2006 @ 9am
Partyline
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.
FAWNING OVER HER BABY
A mother deer and her fawn were spotted between a row of garages on Hudson Avenue and some trees alongside the Broad Street parking lots. Re ...
EVENING ESCAPE
RED BANK: Sailors in Monmouth Boat Club's weekly racing series found tranquil conditions on the Navesink River Tuesday evening.
PEAK COLOR ON BROAD
RED BANK: A year after they were installed, downtown mini gardens have added to "transformational" improvements, says business owner.
RED BANK: FAIRIES MOVE IN ON WHITE STREET
Red Bank: Girl scouts turns tiny parking lot plot of dirt into a "magical girls sparkle garden."
TRAINING UNDER FIRE
RED BANK: Volunteer firefighters train to cut into pitched roofs under active fire conditions.

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