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Category Archives: Land Use & Zoning

RED BANK: Council OKs creation of redevelopment agency, advances possible transformation of former VNA site for large housing project.
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October 11th, 2018 @ 10am
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FAIR HAVEN: PLAN ELICITS VARIED CONCERNS
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FAIR HAVEN: Residents pepper council with questions about ambitious plan for new borough hall, police station relocation, DPW changes and more.
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October 10th, 2018 @ 11am
RED BANK: REDEVELOPMENT WORK ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: The consultants who suggested the borough set up redevelopment agency are expected to get the contract to run it.
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October 9th, 2018 @ 6pm
RED BANK: WHITE STREET FIXES OUTLINED
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RED BANK: English Plaza and a stretch of White Street are in for changes that improve pedestrian use and offer spaces for public events, says engineer.
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September 27th, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: PARKING GRIPES, IDEAS ECHOED
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RED BANK: Consultant begins work on parking study with a forum that elicits familiar complaints and suggestions from merchants and residents.
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September 25th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: FRESH “JAM” AT PARK STAND
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RED BANK: The concession stand in Riverside Gardens Park has gotten a radical makeover, offering fresh, locally sourced gourmet takeout dishes.
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September 24th, 2018 @ 11am
RED BANK: BREWERY PLAN UP IN THE AIR
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RED BANK: Plan for microbrewery and takeout restaurant in former Fameabilia space up in the air. The issue? The two floors of apartments the owner wants to add.
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September 20th, 2018 @ 10pm
RED BANK: RAMPING UP CODE ENFORCEMENT
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RED BANK: Borough ramps up code enforcement, business administrator says in response to complaint about homeowners being "threatened" with summonses.
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September 20th, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: PORK ROLL, FRESH OFF THE TRUCK
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, Johnny's Pork Roll truck finds a spot downtown. Plus, a barbershop moves in and a dance studio jetes out.
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September 14th, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: TATTOO & POT ZONING MULLED
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RED BANK: Tattoo parlors and marijuana dispensaries could soon be allowed downtown under proposed zoning amendments.
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September 13th, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: SAN REMO SITE ADDED TO PLAN
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RED BANK: San Remo to close as planned train station project gets more ambitious, with additional apartments and retail space.
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September 7th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: RESTAURANT, BOUTIQUE IN CHURN
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RED BANK: No summer doldrums for Retail Churn. We've got scoops on a new Vietnamese restaurant, a women's boutique, a vacuum store departure and more.
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August 23rd, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: POKU CLAIMS RACIAL PREJUDICE
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RED BANK: Junk-filled yard draws attention of TV news crew and helicopter as property owner defends "hobbies" and claims racial prejudice.
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August 22nd, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: PUBLIC INPUT ON PARKING SOUGHT
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RED BANK: A public-input session on downtown parking issues has been scheduled as part of a study of parking needs now underway.
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August 21st, 2018 @ 1pm
RED BANK: JUNK-FILLED YARD IRKS NEIGHBORS
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RED BANK: Neighbors complain about a West Side house where the yard is filled with junk and vehicles parked out front never get moved.
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August 21st, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: A SECOND CAREER IN OLD JEANS
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RED BANK: There's money in 'crotch rot.' In this edition of Retail Churn, a woman finds a new career in repairing old jeans customers just can't part with.
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August 10th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: MONMOUTH MUSIC TO CLOSE
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RED BANK: After 31 years in business, Monmouth Music is closing, unable to compete with online sales, and will reopen as a STEM-based music academy.
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August 8th, 2018 @ 2pm
SHREWSBURY: SUPERMARKET MARKETS JOBS
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SHREWSBURY: What's Going On Here? A new supermarket under construction needs to fill some 300 jobs by the end of the year.
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August 7th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: NEWS TICKER FLICKERS TO LIFE
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RED BANK: News ticker flickers to life on the OceanFirst headquarters building (formerly Hovnanian HQ). What do we think about this?
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August 6th, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: COURT NIXES TAX ACTION
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RED BANK: Tax court nixes borough attempt to revoke Riverview Medical Center's tax-exempt status as "fishing expedition."
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August 2nd, 2018 @ 2pm
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(G&G) DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
A solid lunchtime line at the G&G hot dogs truck on Shrewsbury Avenue on Monday afternoon. Driving this stretch of road when  G&G i ...
RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.