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Category Archives: Land Use & Zoning

RED BANK: TOWNHOMES PLAN GETS SPLASH OF COLD WATER
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A "concept plan" for townhomes on the Wells Fargo tract gets some cold water from Red Bank's mayor. (click to read)
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October 13th, 2025 @ 10am
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RED BANK: BUILDER EYES FORMER BANK SITE ON BROAD STREET FOR TOWNHOMES
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The former Wells Fargo building on Broad Street once eyed as possible borough hall is being sold, with a developer planning townhomes on the site. (click to read)
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October 6th, 2025 @ 7am
VIDEO: RED BANK’S CREEPY ABANDONED EXXON, WITH A GORGEOUS VIEW
Video: The old abandoned Exxon station at Red Bank's northern gateway is both creepy and beautiful. It's high profile and a near total secret. Take a tour to see what's at stake as the borough council tags the area for a rehabilitation.
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September 29th, 2025 @ 7am
RED BANK: INSOMNIA COOKIES, “STREET” EATS AND MORE FILL BIZ VACANCIES
RED BANK: Mexican eatery Toro Rojo closes, while Insomnia cookies and a flurry of other new arrivals are filling fill a string of vacant storefronts along Broad Street. The latest in Retail Churn. (click to read)
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September 18th, 2025 @ 7am
RED BANK’S ANDERSON MARKET OPENS: TAKE A TOUR
From Nashville-Pakistani hot chicken to seafood caught by clammers right up the road, a video and photo tour of the offerings at the new Anderson Market. (click to read)
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September 8th, 2025 @ 3pm
RED BANK: BUILDER PLANS TOWNHOMES FOR ATLANTIC CLUB TRACT
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Developer says he's under contract to buy Red Bank's Atlantic Club and 13 other properties with a plan to build new townhomes on the site.(click to read)
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September 7th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: BORO HOPES TO SPUR WALKWAY, CLEANUP ON RIVERFRONT SITES
14 townhomes and two cottages on the block bounded by Harding and Hudson Avenues and Clay Street.
Red Bank Borough Council advances plan aimed at spurring development - and a public river walk - on two prominent waterfront properties. (click to read)
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August 29th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: EATERY OWNERS ROAST BROADWALK
A group of Red Bank restaurant owners tell the Borough Council that turning Broad Street into a seasonal pedestrian plaza is killing their business. (click to read)
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August 15th, 2025 @ 5pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL SEEKS TO BORROW $4.6M FOR DPU REBUILD
Vanlife may be popular on Instagram, but Red Bank DPU workers would prefer not to be working in decades-old trailers. The borough is finally moving forward to build a new multimillion dollar facility. (click to read)
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August 12th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: TRAIN STATION, LOCUST LANDING PLANS SAIL THROUGH COUNCIL
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Two big votes on an emotional night as Red Bank council approves a pair of major housing initiatives: Locust Landing rehab plan and 400-apartment train station redevelopment plan. (click to read)
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July 11th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL TO VOTE ON TRAIN STATION REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
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Final council vote on massive Red Bank train station redevelopment plan set for Thursday. (click to read)
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July 9th, 2025 @ 2pm
RED BANK CHURN: LIQUOR STORE PLANS BROAD STREET OPENING
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a liquor store plans to open inside long vacant shop on Broad Street, and Nashville-Pakistani chicken and make-your-own candles spots prep to open. (click to read)
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June 25th, 2025 @ 3pm
HOME RUNS EQUAL HEADACHES FOR RED BANK AUTO SHOP
From dingers to dings: Red Bank auto shop says home runs are wreaking havoc on cars parked on its lot. (click to read)
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June 11th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: TRAIN STATION PLAN SHAVES ONE FLOOR OFF BUILDING HEIGHT
RED BANK: TRAIN STATION PLAN SHAVES ONE FLOOR OFF BUILDING HEIGHT
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Red Bank planners shave one floor off the maximum building height and make other tweaks to the massive train station redevelopment plan. (click to read)
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June 9th, 2025 @ 3pm
AS LUXURY BUILDINGS RISE, RED BANK’S “MISSING MIDDLE” DISAPPEARS
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As Red Bank builds more affordable housing and luxury units/million-dollar condos rise by the hundreds, where will people in the middle live? (click to read)
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June 2nd, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK: COOKIES, BUBBLE TEA, CANDLES AND COFFEE SHOPS OPEN
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RED BANK: A coffee and sandwich shop, a coffee and candle shop, and a bubble tea shop open up. Oh and Danny's Steak House booze license gets sold, all that and more in Retail Churn. (click to read)
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May 27th, 2025 @ 1pm
RED BANK: CONDO BUILD PAUSES, BUT JUST FOR QUALITY, BUILDER SAYS
West Front Street condo project pauses construction, but developer promises Shore's "most luxurious" building will soon be done. (click to read)
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May 21st, 2025 @ 5pm
RED BANK: “BROADWALK,” BROAD STREET TRAFFIC CLOSURE BEGINS
Red Bank's annual closure of the northermost section of Broad Street to vehicles begins Monday. (click to read)
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May 12th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: MONMOUTH BOAT CLUB ON “MOST ENDANGERED” LIST
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Red Bank's 145- year-old Monmouth Boat Club has been put on Preservations NJ's annual "Ten Most Endangered" historic places. (click to read)
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May 6th, 2025 @ 10am
RED BANK CHURN: FUNERAL HOME FOR SALE, NEW MENSWEAR SHOP VANISHES AND MORE
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a Rolex dealer and a toy shop move to bigger digs, while a "comfy chic" boutique opens and a menswear shop disappears after a fiery five-month run. (click to read)
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April 17th, 2025 @ 7am
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CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.