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Category Archives: Land Use & Zoning

RED BANK: THREE NEW HOMES APPROVED
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RED BANK: Planning board approves three new homes on West Westside Avenue property over objections that builder is "squeezing in" too much.
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February 7th, 2019 @ 8am
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RED BANK: Rejecting pleas that it be saved, planning board approves demolition of hospital-owned Victorian home on East Front Street.
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February 5th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: PASTRY, PIZZA AND MORE
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RED BANK: A new pastry shop has opened in the space vacated by Carlo's Bakery, of 'Cake Boss' fame. This one offers some savory along with the sweet.
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January 31st, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: To wean, or not to wean? Mayor and council walk back characterization of key parking study recommendation Menna had said was potentially "catastrophic."
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January 29th, 2019 @ 11am
RED BANK: VICTORIAN IN CROSSHAIRS
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RED BANK: A prominent Victorian home on East Front Street is on the next planning board agenda. What's Going On Here? Answer here.
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January 29th, 2019 @ 5am
RED BANK: COUNCIL AGENDA
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RED BANK: Affordable housing, snow shoveling and what was said at the CFO's firing are on the council's agenda Wednesday night.
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January 23rd, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: DOWNTOWN GETS FIRST TATTOOS
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RED BANK: Just three months after zone change allows tattoo parlors downtown, one has inked its first biceps and bellies with skulls and butterflies.
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January 17th, 2019 @ 5pm
RED BANK: PLANS CLEARS HISTORICAL REVIEW
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RED BANK: With Historic Preservation Commission flexing new muscle, developer scraps modernist office building for Victorian and gets thumbs-up.
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January 17th, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: PARKING SYSTEM FOUND ‘BROKEN’
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RED BANK: Forget a new parking garage for now. A study finds the borough's parking operation "broken" and says that needs to be fixed first.
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January 11th, 2019 @ 2am
FAIR HAVEN: CURTAIN TO RISE ON BORO PLAN
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FAIR HAVEN: Residents will get their first look Thursday at a concept plan for for a new borough hall and police station. Here's what to expect.
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January 9th, 2019 @ 3pm
RED BANK: A parking study commissioned in the aftermath of an aborted redevelopment of the White Street lot is to be unveiled Thursday evening.
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January 9th, 2019 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: DUNKIN’ DONUTS BREWS DEBATE
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FAIR HAVEN: What's going on at the Acme shopping center that's got locals residents so stirred up? Plans for a Dunkin Donuts.
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January 8th, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: Another food truck-turned-restaurant business gets a green light to open downtown, this one offering tacos and burritos.
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January 8th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: DUNKIN’ PLAN RAISES CONCERNS
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RED BANK: Hearing on proposed addition of Dunkin' Donuts to Shell station begins with a looming traffic question: what if it's really popular?
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January 4th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: ZONERS OPEN WITH BIG AGENDA
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RED BANK: Zoning board begins 2019 with two big projects: proposed expansion of a downtown building and the addition of a Dunkin' Donuts to the Shell station.
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January 3rd, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: DEMS GLIDE INTO NEW YEAR
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RED BANK: Democrats glide into New Year with unfettered control as Menna begins fourth term as mayor. Highlights from the reorganization meeting.
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January 2nd, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: CORNER BUILDING SOLD
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a high-visibility, long-vacant downtown building changes hands, and a jewelry store opens.
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December 21st, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: BUILDING DESIGN TO BE REVISED
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RED BANK: Modernist building won't fly in historic district, preservation commissioners tell developer. Architect says he'll revise design again.
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December 20th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: STUDENTS RETHINK MONMOUTH ST.
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RED BANK: Sixteen urban planning students at Rutgers take on the challenge of redesigning a stretch of Monmouth Street. Here's what they came up with.
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December 18th, 2018 @ 11am
RED BANK: BANK CHURNS OUT, STATIONERY IN
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a new neighborhood grocery opens on the West Side and a vape shop opens downtown.
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December 14th, 2018 @ 9am
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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 ...