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NORTHERN LIGHTS OVER RED BANK
A beautiful display of light over the Navesink. A geomagnetic storm produced a stunning aurora. (Photo by Partyline contributor Jenna Reed) Partyline is an experimental way to let readers text message news stories to redbankgreen to get posted — for all of the things that are fun, unusual, or important but might otherwise get missed. Click here to learn more and join the party.
RED BANK: NEW APARTMENTS FILL IN A FLASH
Shrewsbury Manor at Allen Place. (Photo by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.) A ten-apartment building that rose last year on the sight of an old Victorian structure at the corner of Allen Place and Riverside Avenue is up, running and fully rented, the builder says. Shrewsbury Manor at Allen Place...
IMPRESSIONISM BY NJ TRANSIT
“View” from NJ Transit train 3320 window continues to be foggy, with nothing to do with the weather. Beyond the window is the sunrise over the Navesink River. Media reports this week indicate the view from NJ Transit trains may soon be getting clearer with a plan to spend $15 million on new windows. (photo by Partyline contributor Carly Swain)
RED BANK MAN PLEADS GUILTY IN PERV VIDEO CASE
A Red Bank man charged in 2022 and 2023 with multiple instances of alleged “upskirting” women and girls in supermarkets and liquor stores pleaded guilty to multiple charges Friday, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced. Tuesday. Christopher W. Cox, 35, (right) of Red Bank faces what Santiago’s...
RED BANK: POLICE FOOT CHASE ON COOPER’S BRIDGE ENDS IN GUN/DRUG ARREST
A file photo of Cooper’s Bridge, Route 35. (Click to enlarge.) An Asbury Park man was arrested after a pair of Red Bank police officers chased him across the Route 35 bridge and found him carrying drugs and a handgun Sunday afternoon, police said. Police said Wayne Accoo, 40,...
DOWNTOWN RED BANK BUILDING PRICE JUMPS $900K IN 18 MONTHS
(Photo by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.) Igor Kapelnikov has struck gold in downtown Red Bank again. The Manalapan commercial real estate broker who last year notched a whopping 114-percent gain on his two-year investment in 14-16 Broad, home to Bistro at Red Bank, has flipped another building two blocks away for a sum far heftier than what he paid.
TESTING THE NEW SOD
A white tailed deer explores the new sod at the Red Bank Middle School, where the grounds have recently been remade as part of a $3.6 million makeover. Partyline is an experimental way to let readers text message news stories to redbankgreen to get posted — for all of the things that are fun, unusual, or important but might otherwise get missed. Click here to learn more and join the party.
THE redbankgreen PODCAST: STORMIN’ NORMAN SELDIN
It’s time (yes, finally) for another episode of the redbankgreen podcast. This time, we’re sitting down for an amazing conversation with “Stormin'” Norman Seldin, 77-year-old longtime musician, producer, songwriter, arranger, promoter, manager, music director and record label owner. His stories are Red Bank gold and his life encapsulates so many themes of life in and around Red Bank over the last seven decades. There’s tales of old Red Bank, the Asbury Park 1960’s music scene, racist nightclub owners, mobbed up Jersey shore bars and decades of sweet, sweet music. Give a listen and you won’t be disappointed.
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS? “GREEDY PIG” EDITION
(Photo by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.) Do you know where in Red Bank the above photo showing the words “Greedy Pig” written in concrete was taken?. Send your answer (or best guess) to [email protected] by noon, Thursday, October 10. We’ll reveal the location the next day.
RED BANK PORCHFEST RETURNS FOR THIRD YEAR
Photos from last year’s porchfest. (Photos by John T. Ward) Let’s be honest here, folks. Not every town can pull of what Red Bank is going to pull off this weekend. We’re talking about Porchfest, the now-annual community event in which musicians turn front porches into stages and flood the streets with music. Almost 100 acts will appear at two dozen locations playing everything from rock to jazz to folk and classical.
MR. D BRINGS THE BOOGIE
Mr. D (Dennis Daniels) keeps the music coming at the ribbon cutting for the newly expanded Parker Family Health Center Tuesday afternoon. Always on the ball, when he saw redbankgreen at the event, he queued up Count Basie’s “Red Bank Boogie” because he had seen our recent video celebrating Basie’s birthday featuring Red Bankers dancing (and, yes, not dancing) to the song. It may now be the official redbankgreen walk up song. Either that or Negasonic Teenage Warhead by Monster Magnet. Hmm. (photo by Brian Donohue)
PAINT THE TOWN PURPLE
One of many purple ribbons that appeared on light poles in downtown Red Bank Wednesday with the morning sun shining on St. James church in the background. The ribbons are part of the Domestic Violence Awareness Month events planned by the organization 180 Turning Lives Around in partnership with the Borough of Red Bank. From the organization’s social media post about its “Paint the Town Purple” events: “We have events and activities throughout the month to bring awareness and visibility to our mission of empowering survivors and families affected by domestic violence and sexual assault to find the courage and strength to turn their lives around.” (photo by Brian Donohue)
SEASON OF PICKLEBALL MADNESS WRAPS UP AT NEW RED BANK COURTS
The last Tuesday morning “open play” pickleball session of the season at the East Side Park courts. (Photo by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.) A clock to remind people when it’s time to stop pickling. Better enforcement of court time limits to avoid “awkward social interactions.” And measures to keep people who live out of town from using a bogus address to sign up to use the courts.
RED BANK: “PURE JOY” AS PARKER CENTER UNVEILS EXPANSION
(Photo by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.) Suzy Dyer looked pretty distracted. She had a few seconds before she had to take the mic as a large crowd of staff, volunteers, donors and dignitaries swirled around her in the doorway of the Parker Health Center on one of the biggest days in the history of the 24-year-old clinic. Dyer is the center’s executive director and it was no time to ask her questions.
RED BANK: BROADWALK WRAPS UP; STREET OPENS TO TRAFFIC TUESDAY
With near continuous rain Saturday and Sunday, Broadwalk’s last weekend of the season was a washout. Broad Street will re-open to traffic between Front and White Streets Tuesday morning, wrapping up another season of Red Bank’s downtown pedestrian plaza. (Photo by Brian Donohue Click to enlarge.) Broadwalk was...
RED BANK POLICE CHIEF RESIGNS, SETTLING ETHICS CHARGES
Chief Darren McConnell (right) next to former Mayor Pasquale Manna. (Photo by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.) Red Bank Police Chief Darren McConnell has agreed to resign his post and forfeit four months of sick/vacation pay to settle misconduct allegations against him, officials said. McConnell has been suspended with pay...
RED BANK: COUNCIL OK’S SECURITY CAMS
Vandals, graffiti scrawlers and other miscreants, look out. Parks, parking lots and other public spaces could be watched over by a new system of security cameras by the end of the year after the Red Bank Borough Council approved the purchased Thursday night. Mayor Billy Portman presented a proclamation for...
RISE OF THE SKELETONS
Watch out, it looks like the skeletons are coming out on River Rd! (photo courtesy of Partyline contributor Nicole Taetsch) Partyline is an experimental way to let readers text message news stories to redbankgreen to get posted — for all of the things that are fun, unusual, or important but might otherwise get missed. Click here to learn more and join the party.
RED BANK CHURN: VINTAGE SHOP SPLITS FOR ASBURY; RUG SHOP IN LIMBO
Shedhead vintage during the store’s next to last day open in Red Bank. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) A vintage/consignment store finds a dirth of funky, eclectic customers in Red Bank and moves to Asbury Park to find them. Also, a rug shop owner whose family has run the biz for 79 years puts a “for sale” sign up in the window. All that and more in the latest edition of redbankgreen‘s Retail Churn.
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