Skip to content
Brian Donohue
Editor Brian Donohue
Long Live Local News
Get "The Blast" Newsletter

A town square for an unsquare town

redbankgreen

Standing for the vitality of Red Bank, its community, and the fun we have together.

Category Archives: Land Use & Zoning

RED BANK: FOURTH-GENERATION BIZ CLOSING
News red-bank-17-21-west-st-091119-500x332-2252031
RED BANK: An auto body shop that's been in the same family for four generations, and three locations in town, is headed to scrap heap.
Post a comment
September 13th, 2019 @ 12pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
redbankgreen Classics
FAIR HAVEN: NEW RESTAURANT LAW TABLED
News fair-haven-peters-lucarelli-090919-500x332-6258397
FAIR HAVEN: Three weeks after planning board allows Dunkin' to open, steam continues to rise over how to deal with prospect of more fast-food restaurants.
Post a comment
September 10th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: POOP & MORE DELAY SAXUM VOTE
News red-bank-saxum-plan-090419-2-500x332-9827465
RED BANK: Questions about dog poop, sight lines and a tree delay vote on massive plan for VNA site as board member rebukes Saxum attorney.
Post a comment
September 4th, 2019 @ 11pm
RED BANK: STREETSCAPE PROJECT NEARS END
News english-plaza-site-plan-052019-220x149-7590218
RED BANK: What's Going On Here with the English Plaza makeover? A three-month, $1.53M project nears completion, with one last disruption planned.
Post a comment
September 4th, 2019 @ 3pm
RED BANK: THAI, MINI-DRONES, TACOS & MORE
News red-bank-siam-garden-071119-500x332-5746140
RED BANK: Thai fans who miss Siam Gardens will have a new place to try, in the same space, run by a familiar chef. Plus drones, tacos and windows in Churn.
Post a comment
August 30th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: PUSHBACK OVER REDEV CONTRACT
News deroberts-massey-082719-500x332-6573825
RED BANK: Price difference prompts Redevelopment Agency commissioner to tap the brakes on its first contract with planning firm.
Post a comment
August 28th, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: With no opposition, and support from the town's only supermarket, council adopts ban on single-use plastic ban and styrofoam food containers.
Post a comment
August 23rd, 2019 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: RIVER RATS LOSES TAX CASE
News fair-haven-river-rats-082119-500x332-5381746
FAIR HAVEN: River Rats can't claim property tax exemption, even though it's an IRS-recognized nonprofit run by volunteers, court finds.
Post a comment
August 22nd, 2019 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: DUNKIN’ WINS BOARD APPROVAL
News fair-haven-shopping-center-062019-2-500x332-7880020
FAIR HAVEN: After a year of controversy, Dunkin' shop wins planning board approval to open in River Road shopping center.
Post a comment
August 21st, 2019 @ 1am
RED BANK: RIVERWALK BACK ON TRACK?
News red-bank-24-mechanic-081919-500x375-9347584
RED BANK: Two years after the borough stopped work on a luxury apartment project, there are new signs of life. What's Going On Here?
Post a comment
August 20th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: HEMP-BASED CBD SHOP OK’D
News red-bank-192-shrewsbury-cbd-life-081019-2-500x375-3145339
RED BANK: Borough OKs shop selling CBD products derived from hemp for a Shrewsbury Avenue storefront that's been vacant for 15 years.
Post a comment
August 13th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: SAXUM CONFRONTS TRAFFIC ISSUE
News red-bank-176-riverside-080519-3-500x332-7555874
RED BANK: Traffic consultant defends Saxum's plan for former VNA site, offers suggestions for improvement, including big one repeatedly shot down by NJDOT.
Post a comment
August 6th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: TACO & CLOTHING SHOPS SLATED
News red-bank-1-broad-080519-500x332-3830537
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, downtown could soon have a new, two-story taco restaurant as well as a men's clothing shop.
Post a comment
August 5th, 2019 @ 3pm
FAIR HAVEN: DUNKIN’ TRAFFIC FIXES OFFERED
News fair-haven-dunkin-amendment-080119-220x165-3887420
FAIR HAVEN: Planning board expected to hear several suggestions for improving pedestrian safety at its next hearing on controversial Dunkin' proposal.
Post a comment
August 2nd, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: SHELL YANKS DUNKIN’ PLAN
News red-bank-shell-073119-500x375-7125089
RED BANK: After months of sporadic, and contentious hearings, plan for Dunkin shop at Shell station is being withdrawn, redbankgreen has learned.
Post a comment
August 1st, 2019 @ 1pm
RED BANK: Journalists spotlight former home of one of their predecessors, T. Thomas Fortune, as a story "that needs to be told.''
Post a comment
July 30th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: COUNCIL KILLS PARKING PLAN
News red-bank-brush-071619-500x332-7713284
RED BANK: After getting an earful about proposed alternate-side parking law, council votes to kill it. Menna says a "reasonable" alternative will be sought.
Post a comment
July 25th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: REDEV AGENCY INCHES AHEAD
News wilson-beebe-072319-500x332-5744439
RED BANK: New Redevelopment Agency, with potential to exert enormous power over borough's future, inches toward goal of fixing municipal facilities.
Post a comment
July 24th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: WHAT’S ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA?
News plastic-bag-072219-500x375-3577528
RED BANK: The borough council has street-sweeping, green roofs, single-use plastics and cranes on its plate when it meets this week. Details here.
Post a comment
July 22nd, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: HPC AIMS TO SAVE DOOMED HOUSE
News red-bank-historic-map-1878-500x356-2179660
RED BANK: Five months after planning board OKs demolition of hospital-owned Victorian house, historic commission proposes an alternative.
Post a comment
July 18th, 2019 @ 8am
Partyline
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 ...