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Category Archives: Land Use & Zoning

RED BANK: DEMOLITION DAY
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RED BANK: Monday was demolition day as two developments advanced, one just getting started and the other nearing completion.
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October 20th, 2020 @ 7am
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FAIR HAVEN: PD, DPW CONCEPTS UNVEILED
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FAIR HAVEN: Borough unveils concept plans for new police station, rec center and public works facility, with first hint of possible cost.
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October 14th, 2020 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: Brush disposal, bike lanes and police and public works facilities pack a busy agenda for Tuesday night's council session.
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October 13th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: GYM PLANNED FOR CORNER SITE
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RED BANK: In Retail Churn, a gym plans to occupy a high-visibility building; movies return to downtown; and an insurance agency sets up shop.
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October 9th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: SIGN OF PROGRESS AT ‘THE VAULT’?
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RED BANK: There's a small new sign on the facade at 55 Broad Street, aka 'The Vault.' But is it a sign of things to come? What's Going On Here checks in.
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October 6th, 2020 @ 5pm
RED BANK: COVID-19 CLAIMS TWO BUSINESSES
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RED BANK: In this 400th edition of Retail Churn, two more businesses fall to the pandemic: the restaurant Via45 and Paint A Tee, a children's event space.
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September 30th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: DOWNTOWN SOLD
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RED BANK: The Downtown restaurant and bar has new owners. Filings indicate no immediate plans for changes to the West Front Street building.
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September 28th, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: Four tenants at Grandville Towers win a point as rent board decides they were deprived of value with pool closure this summer. Up next: so what's that worth in dollars?
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September 25th, 2020 @ 12am
RED BANK: COUNCIL AGENDA
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RED BANK: What's on the council agenda, and, once again, what's not: dueling resolutions calling investigations into leaked emails.
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September 21st, 2020 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: PD, DPW, PLANS IN REVISION
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FAIR HAVEN: It's back to the drawing board for two major projects following the council's decision to abandon controversial purchase of River Road property.
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September 18th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: Historic Preservation Commission to discuss East Front Street Victorian structure slated for demolition by Hackensack Meridian.
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September 16th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: CHANGES EYED AT BASIE FIELDS
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RED BANK: Count Basie Fields playground would be relocated to Mohawk Pond and street closed to traffic under Open Spaces application OK'd by council.
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September 10th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: POOL CLOSURE PROMPTS RENT CASE
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RED BANK: With the pool and gym closed by COVID-19, some Grandville Towers tenants want a rent reduction under borough ordinance.
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August 28th, 2020 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: One month after plan to buy River Road site was killed, council sets special meeting to lay out new options for police station and DPW.
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August 20th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: ANDERSON ‘EVOLUTION’ ROLLS ON
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RED BANK: Decades in the works, the revival of the long-vacant Anderson Storage building is all but complete with the opening of Sickles Market and Booskerdoo.
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August 12th, 2020 @ 11am
RED BANK: ZONING BOARD RESUMES WORK
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RED BANK: Sidelined for five months by the pandemic, the zoning board gets back to hearing variance requests Thursday night.
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August 6th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: NEW LOT, HOURS ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: On the council workshop agenda this week: new paid-parking hours; a new lot for Marine Park; and new downtown meters going live Thursday.
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August 3rd, 2020 @ 11am
FAIR HAVEN: PURCHASE PLAN SCRAPPED
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FAIR HAVEN: Borough scraps proposed $3.4M purchase of River Road site, explores building new police station at current location.
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July 15th, 2020 @ 2pm
RED BANK: LATIN-FLAVORED CAFÉ OPENS
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RED BANK: Hit hard by the pandemic a father and two sons finally open their new restaurant, one that includes a "Latin touch" on its menu.
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July 8th, 2020 @ 6am
RED BANK: NEARLY NEW CALLS IT QUITS
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RED BANK: In Retail Churn, Nearly New Shop, started by an former Pan Am stewardess in 1993, joins parade of closings downtown.
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June 29th, 2020 @ 6am
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner films praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...