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Six months after it was all but obliterated by Hurricane Sandy, Sea Bright is gradually getting back on its feet, as evident in the extensive repair and rebuilding underway. redbankgreenContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: SHAKING OFF SANDY"
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A recently enacted state law aimed at culling ‘fake farmer‘ landowners “will eventually give local tax officials the power to force out fakers,” but doesn’t go far enough, the Star-LedgerContinue reading "SLEDGER: FAKE-FARMER LAW NEEDS TEETH"
By WIL FULTON It was a tale of two tax plans in Red Bank Wednesday night as the mayor and council advanced the 2013 budgets for both the municipality andContinue reading "RED BANK: A QUIET NIGHT WITH THE BUDGETS"
A plan to remove an exterior staircase and enclose the facade in glass was approved after changes requested by the zoning board.  (Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER Another buildingContinue reading "RED BANK: LOOKING GLASSY, 7 BROAD"
RED BANK ZONERS NIX TRAINING OFFICE
Shore House consultant Pauline Nicholls, board president Susan Sandlass and attorney Phillip San Filippo at the zoning board hearing. (Photo by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER Red BankContinue reading "RED BANK ZONERS NIX TRAINING OFFICE"
One of two spans will remain open throughout the duration of the project, but with just one lane in each direction. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A taxingContinue reading "SIX-MONTH ROUTE 520 BOTTLENECK TO BEGIN"
A Matawan man admitted he posed as the nephew of a terminally ill Red Bank woman to steal nearly $1 million and her home from her, Acting Monmouth County ProsecutorContinue reading "FAKE NEPHEW ADMITS RED BANK SENIOR SCAM"
RED BANK: VALET PARKING GOES WEST
Curbside valet service is expected to ease parking pressures resulting from the construction of the West Side Lofts. (Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON Like Broad Street, Bridge Avenue inContinue reading "RED BANK: VALET PARKING GOES WEST"
RED BANK: NEW RESTAURANT PLANNED
Plans filed with the borough call for the creation of a restaurant at the long-vacant former home of Fameabilia. A deal to sell the property is in the works. (ClickContinue reading "RED BANK: NEW RESTAURANT PLANNED"
RED BANK: AFTER 83 YEARS, RASSAS TO CLOSE
Aaron Rassas outside his Red Bank auto dealership. Below, the original location, at 21 Mechanic Street, in 1934. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Born in the Great Depression,Continue reading "RED BANK: AFTER 83 YEARS, RASSAS TO CLOSE"
By WIL FULTON Post-Sandy challenges continue to pile up for the ravaged beach community of Sea Bright, this time in the form of a school tax hike via the ShoreContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT FACES ‘UNBEARABLE’ TAX HIT"
RED BANK: WHAT, NO PONY RIDES?
Coming soon, if Coffee Corral has its way: bocce and horseshoe courts and a fire pit. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Nobody can say Russ Crosson isn’t adaptable.Continue reading "RED BANK: WHAT, NO PONY RIDES?"
TEXT ALERT: TIME RUNNING OUT FOR METERS
The centralized pay stations replaced coin-operated meters in several downtown lots last summer, and could displace all remaining meters in a few months, the Press reports. (Click to enlarge) Tuesday’sContinue reading "TEXT ALERT: TIME RUNNING OUT FOR METERS"
RED BANK: GARDENERS FINALLY DIG IN
Members of Junior Girl Scout Troop 1556 working the soil on the first day of planting Saturday. Below, Linda Mulhausen stakes a plot. (Photo by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK: GARDENERS FINALLY DIG IN"
CHOWDA HOUSE TAKES RED BANK DOWN EAST
Chef Glenn Kovacs at work in the new Chowda House, set to open Saturday. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD It’s been almost a year and a half sinceContinue reading "CHOWDA HOUSE TAKES RED BANK DOWN EAST"
SEA BRIGHT: DCA’S NUMBERS COME UP SHORT
A Sea Bright home as seen from the sea wall five days after Hurricane Sandy. Borough officials contend the number of severely damaged homes is being underestimated by a stateContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: DCA’S NUMBERS COME UP SHORT"
LITTLE SILVER BOOSTS ELEVATION LAW
A home on Town Creek, as seen from Paag Circle Monday. (Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON Like Rumson and Sea Bright before it, Little Silver adopted new federal elevationContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER BOOSTS ELEVATION LAW"
R-FH BUDGET: R TAX UP, FH, DOWN
Rumson resident Joe Kopel raises a few questions with the R-FH board Tuesday night. (Photo by Sarah Klepner. Click to enlarge) By SARAH KLEPNER With six residents in the audience,Continue reading "R-FH BUDGET: R TAX UP, FH, DOWN"
A new video on the FEMA website features a two-family townhouse on Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright that emerged from Hurricane Sandy will almost no damage. (Click to enlarge) WhatContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: FEMA TOUTS UPLIFTING STORY"
RBR BUDGET SAILS TO PASSAGE
By SARAH KLEPNER Red Bank Regional’s board of education unanimously passed the district’s 2013-2014 budget last week, with no comment from the public. The 50-minute meeting Thursday night was sparselyContinue reading "RBR BUDGET SAILS TO PASSAGE"
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RED TRUCKS AT RED ROCK
A small dishwasher fire at Red Rock Tap and Grill was put out quickly by firefighters overnight, causing minimal damage. Red Bank Fire Depar ...
CREATIVE COVER UP
The windows of Pearl Street Consignment on Monmouth Street were smashed when a driver crashed their car through them injuring an employee la ...
THEY’RE BACK!
Ospreys returned to the skies over Red Bank this week for the first time since they migrated to warmer climes in late fall. With temperature ...
SPRING IS SPRUNG
RED BANK: Spring 2024 arrives on the Greater Red Bank Green with the vernal equinox at 11:06 p.m. Tuesday.
RED BANK’S FINEST – AND NEWEST
Red Bank Police Officer Eliot Ramos was sworn in as the force’s newest patrolman Thursday, and if you’re doing a double take thinkin ...
EASTER EGG MAYHEM AT THE PARK
An errant whistle spurred an unexpectedly early start to the Spring Egg Hunt on Sunday, which had been scheduled to begin at eggsactly 11am ...
PRESEASON DOCKWORK
RED BANK: With winter winding down, marina gets ready for boating season with some dockwork on our beautiful Navesink River.
CORNED BEEF AND DISCO FRIES?
It’s Friday, and smart Lent-observing Leprechauns know the pot of gold at the end of Red Bank’s rainbow is actually the deliciou ...
SURFBOARD DITCHED
It’s a violation of etiquette in surfing to ditch your board.  (it could hit another surfer and hurt them). But someone appears to ha ...
ELSIE, TAKE ME WITH YOU!
Soaked by pouring rain with the temperature hovering in the low 40’s, this sign in the window of Elsie’s Subs on Monmouth Street ...
WALK THIS WAY
PARTYLINE: Before-and-afters of a sidewalk cleanup on West Street.
SOGGY NOTION
RED BANK: Breezeway sculpture captured the mood downtown as heavy rains fell Saturday morning.
HOME DELIVERY
RED BANK: After a subdivision, an instant house rises on a new Catherine Street lot.
COMMUNITY PROFILES
For Black History Month, Red Bank's Community Engagement and Equity Advisory Committee has been running a series of local profiles on Facebo ...
HEARTY FAREWELL FOR HARDY
RED BANK: Council to honor DPU supervisor Rich Hardy, who retired recently after almost 39 years of keeping things running.
HOMEBOUND? READ ON…
RED BANK: Can't get to the public library? It's now offering free delivery and pickups for homebound borough residents.
TAMING A BEAST OF A WEEK
RED BANK: After the second snowfall of the week, a borough family finds the perfect use for it – a Godzilla snow sculpture.
RED BANK: LIBRARY CLOSED, BUT THE HILL’S OPEN
RED BANK: Though the library was closed by a snowstorm, kids got to enjoy the riverfront property's steep slope Tuesday.
LIGHT(HOUSE) MAKEOVER
This year, getting ready for spring means a midwinter makeover for Strollo's Lighthouse in Red Bank.
TODAY: LOCAL PUPPY COMPETES ON ANIMAL PLANET’S “PUPPY BOWL”
Red Bank’s very own rescue puppy, Biscuit, is set to compete in Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl this Sunday, February 11, at 2 PM. Th ...