RED BANK: COUNCIL MUM ON BODYCAM FEE

Jun 2, 2023

The borough has been “flooded” with requests for bodycam video of DWI arrests, said the police chief. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

The Red Bank council rejected, without comment, a police department request to set fees for providing bodycam videos sought by the public Wednesday night.

Adoption would have helped cops reduce a “flood” of demands from requesters who simply want to monetize footage on social media, said Chief Darren McConnell. More →

June 2, 2023 - 12:00 pm |

RED BANK: SENIOR CENTER TO REOPEN AT LAST

May 30, 2023

After a four-year closure, Red Bank’s Senior Center will formally reopen next week, the borough announced Tuesday.

May 30, 2023 - 1:04 pm |

RED BANK: BILLBOARD HEARING DELAYED AGAIN

May 17, 2023

A 40-foot-tall digital billboard would replace the existing display at 187 Riverside Avenue if approved. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

A hearing on a plan to erect a giant digital billboard at Red Bank’s northern gateway has been put off until late summer.

UPDATE: The May 18 zoning board meeting has been cancelled, according to a May 17 notice on the borough website.

May 17, 2023 - 9:15 am |

RED BANK: CANNABIS SHOP OK’D

May 16, 2023

Canopy Crossroad plans to lease 9 West Street, a portion of a building that also houses Red Bank Liquors. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A proposed Red Bank marijuana shop that’s been a focal point in a running debate over cannabis zoning won approval from the borough planning board Monday night.

With a more welcoming council set to take office July 1, Canopy Crossroad now appears to have a clearer path to opening next door to Red Bank Liquors, though hurdles remain.

May 16, 2023 - 8:00 am |

RED BANK: TWO POT SHOPS UP FOR REVIEW

May 15, 2023

Plug Naturals LLC seeks board approval to create a cannabis store in a house on West Front Street. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

An effort to tighten Red Bank’s controversial cannabis business zoning law faces a double-barreled challenge Monday night.

That’s when the owners of two proposed pot shops that would be less than 350 feet apart go to the planning board. Both are expected to argue they comply with the 2021 law.

May 15, 2023 - 7:00 am |

RED BANK: URBAN OUTFITTERS BUILDING SOLD

May 12, 2023

One of Red Bank’s landmark commercial buildings has a new owner, redbankgreen has learned.

Two other downtown buildings have also changed hands recently.

May 12, 2023 - 7:20 am |

RED BANK: MORE STATION UNITS PROPOSED

May 11, 2023

The project would replace three commercial buildings on Bridge Avenue and two houses on Oakland Street. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

UPDATE: The May 18 zoning board meeting has been cancelled, according to a notice on the borough website.

By JOHN T. WARD

A proposal for 32 new apartments across the street from the Red Bank train station is scheduled to go before the borough zoning board next week.

If approved, the project would add to a development boom around the station.

May 11, 2023 - 8:30 am |

RED BANK: SPRING STREET FLIP RETURNS

May 9, 2023

Vehicle parking would be allowed only on the east side of Spring Street for several blocks if the proposed change passes. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A plan to flip parking from one side of Spring Street to the other returns when the Red Bank council holds its semimonthly meeting Wednesday night.

Also on the agenda: a new four-way traffic stop, an expansion of a lead-pipe replacement program, and the installation of a $4-per-transaction automated teller machine in borough hall.

May 9, 2023 - 7:25 am |

RED BANK: NO DECISION ON CANNABIS SHOP

May 2, 2023

A rendering of the proposed home of Canopy Crossroad at 9 West Street, next door to Red Bank Liquors. (Rendering by Stephen Raciti Architect. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A plan for a retail cannabis shop in Red Bank ran into some of the same objections fueling an effort to rewrite where such businesses can operate in town Monday night.

Among them: that it’s too close to a school.

May 2, 2023 - 6:25 am |

RED BANK: CANNABIS SHOP ON AGENDA

May 1, 2023

An application to open a retail cannabis dispensary on West Street in Red Bank goes to the planning board Monday night – in the midst of a council effort to block it.

May 1, 2023 - 7:15 am |

MIDDLETOWN: RIVERFRONT PARK TO OPEN

Apr 28, 2023

In the works for more than eight years, Swimming River Park in the River Plaza section of Middletown is set to make its official debut Monday.

April 28, 2023 - 12:45 pm |

RED BANK: WATER LINES, CANNABIS ON AGENDA

Apr 25, 2023

A map used in a February presentation indicated that 366 properties were known to be served by lead water supply lines, with most others “unknown.” (Image by ENGenuity. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

At its final meeting before a history-making election, the Red Bank council will take up a big cost increase for removing lead water service lines.

Also on deck: adoption of a cannabis zoning law that the planning board said does not comply with the town’s Master Plan.

April 25, 2023 - 8:05 am |

RED BANK: GARDEN CONDOS TO BLOOM AT LAST?

Apr 21, 2023

Formerly known as Azalea Gardens, the project will feature townhouses and two cottages. (Renderings by Thomas J. Brennan Architects. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

In the works for more than two decades, a housing development featuring a lush garden in downtown Red Bank will finally begin construction this summer, its principals said Thursday night.

Formerly known as Azalea Gardens, with a new name to be determined, the 16-home project now pairs longtime owner Ray Rapcavage with borough-based developer Roger Mumford, who’s built more than 4,000 homes in his career.

April 21, 2023 - 8:30 am |

RED BANK: BOARD REJECTS CANNABIS LAW

Apr 18, 2023

A proposed cannabis dispensary next door to Red Bank Liquors on West Street would be barred because it is within 1,000 feet of the Red Bank Charter School. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank’s pending cannabis zoning law does not comply with the borough’s Master Plan, the planning board found Monday night.

On a unanimous vote, the board rejected the controversial law, finding that it violates the plan’s goal of furthering economic development.

April 18, 2023 - 8:40 am |

RED BANK: AZALEA GARDENS PLAN ON AGENDA

Apr 17, 2023

Azalea Gardens would be built on Harding Road, between Clay Street and Hudson Avenue. (Google Maps photo. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank may get an update on a long-pending downtown housing project this week.

Also on planning and zoning agendas: an EV charger law, and proposed zoning for cannabis businesses.

April 17, 2023 - 7:15 am |

RED BANK: SENIOR CENTER LOBBY DEDICATED

Apr 12, 2023

Tom Hintelmann addresses attendees at the event in his late father’s honor. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

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By JOHN T. WARD

The lobby at Red Bank’s long-closed Senior Center now has a name, in honor of the late Thomas E. Hintelmann, the borough’s longest-serving council member.

Several dozen attendees crowded into the foyer of the Shrewsbury Avenue facility Tuesday evening to memorialize Hintelmann, who served on the borough council from 1975 through 2004.

April 12, 2023 - 6:50 am |

RED BANK: EVENT SLATED AT SENIOR CENTER

Apr 10, 2023

Repair work continued at the Shrewsbury Avenue facility last month. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank officials have scheduled a dedication ceremony this week at the borough’s long-closed Senior Center.

But not, it turns out, to reopen the facility, which still isn’t quite ready for prime time, according to the interim borough Administrator Darren McConnell.

April 10, 2023 - 11:40 am |

RED BANK: HPC AIMS TO RAZE AND REBUILD

Mar 17, 2023

HPC Attorney Michele Donato and Chairman Chris Fabricant at Wednesday night’s meeting. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

The Red Bank Historic Preservation Commission began a teardown this week.

The target: the 2018 borough ordinance that purportedly gave the advisory body “teeth” but has proven “very wanting,” in the words of one member.

March 17, 2023 - 8:55 am |

RED BANK: SIX-MONTH BROADWALK ON HOLD

Mar 9, 2023

RiverCenter’s proposal includes plans to boost weekday activity in the Broadwalk zone. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A six-month season for Red Bank’s Broadwalk dining plaza would feature enhanced efforts to boost weekday visitors and battle litter, a business representative told the borough council Wednesday night.

The council, however, withheld an immediate decision on the request.

March 9, 2023 - 8:50 am |

RED BANK: SPARKS FLY BEFORE OVERRIDE VOTE

Mar 3, 2023

Area NAACP president William Poku addressing Councilmembers John Jackson, Michael Ballard and Ed Zippich during the special session. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Controversy over an ordinance restricting short-term residential rentals such as Airbnbs in Red Bank continued at a special hearing Friday morning on whether to override Mayor Billy Portman‘s veto of the law.

March 3, 2023 - 2:00 pm |

RED BANK: BALLARD SLAMS PORTMAN VETO

Mar 1, 2023

Councilman Michael Ballard, seen here in 2022, said the ordinance was the subject of 15 hours of “impassioned” debate. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

See UPDATE below

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank Mayor Billy Portman “blindsided” most of the borough council when he vetoed controversial limits on short-term residential rentals, Councilmember Michael Ballard said this week.

March 1, 2023 - 7:41 am |

RED BANK: CHURCH BLOCK TO BE RENAMED

Feb 26, 2023

The Red Bank council is set to answer a church’s prayers for a new address.

February 26, 2023 - 4:45 am |

RED BANK: PORTMAN VETOES RENTAL LAW

Feb 23, 2023

Mayor Billy Portman called the ordinance “an effort to appease a few people” who oppose short-term rentals. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank Mayor Billy Portman vetoed a controversial law restricting short-term, Airbnb-style residential rentals Wednesday night.

Portman, just seven weeks into his term, announced the rarely used action after the conclusion of a council meeting that ran for three and a half hours without any hint of his intention.

February 23, 2023 - 5:10 am |

RED BANK: PARK TO GET PICKLEBALL COURTS

Feb 13, 2023

The tennis courts in Red Bank’s Eastside Park will be remade into a hybrid of tennis and pickleball surfaces under plans that advanced last week.

February 13, 2023 - 7:40 am |

RED BANK: SHORT-RENTAL LAW PASSES

Feb 9, 2023

The owner of an Airbnb-listed house on Oakland Street continued his opposition to the ordinance. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank’s council adopted controversial law restricting short-term, Airbnb-style residential rentals Wednesday night.

The action followed complaints by residents and Mayor Billy Portman that, months into the issue, the council still was not “listening” to the public.

February 9, 2023 - 7:59 am |

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