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Category Archives: Land Use & Zoning

RED BANK: Six months after parking reform efforts stalled, RiverCenter ponies up $25k as council nears selection of consultant.
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May 23rd, 2018 @ 3pm
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RED BANK: DOUBTS ON PRESERVATION LAW
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RED BANK: An effort to give teeth to the Historic Preservation Commission leaves a bad taste for some planning board members.
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May 22nd, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: BASIE NOW ‘CENTER FOR THE ARTS’
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RED BANK: Count Basie Theatre is now the Count Basie Center for the Arts, a change made to reflect the venue's transformation into an an arts 'campus,' officials said.
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May 15th, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: The local tax rate is going up 4.7 percent this year, in part because Riverview is withholding a voluntary payment it made in the past, officials said.
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May 11th, 2018 @ 3pm
LITTLE SILVER: LAW TARGETS 5G CELL TECH
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LITTLE SILVER: A year after a backlash over a new cell tower, two first-term council members proposed an ordinance targeting 5G cellular equipment installations.
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May 9th, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: COFFEE CORRAL PLAN OK’D
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RED BANK: Planning board OKs Coffee Corral expansion and creation of new deli on West Side; news ticker on OceanFirst HQ.
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May 8th, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: LUXURY UNITS, OFFICE PLANNED
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RED BANK: Builder plans office and luxury units with underground parking at West Front and Maple, current site of a "really terrible" gateway to downtown.
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May 3rd, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: MARINE PARK CONCEPTS UNVEILED
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RED BANK: Residents click to indicate their design preferences as planner unveils Marine Park concept plans, including kayak launch.
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May 3rd, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: LOOKING UPSTAIRS FOR PARKING
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RED BANK: Taylor spearheads effort to get a handle on how spaces above retail stores are utilized for incorporation into parking study.
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May 2nd, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BIG PLANS FOR HUMBLE PROPERTY
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RED BANK: A humble residential property could become the latest addition to booming redevelopment along Shrewsbury Avenue if a builder's plans are OK'd.
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May 1st, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: COFFEE CORRAL LOOKS TO EXPAND
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RED BANK: After six years in business, the Coffee Corral is ready to bust out of its pen with expansion plan that calls for new home and adjoining deli.
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April 27th, 2018 @ 6am
RED BANK: NO PLANS FOR LUNCH BREAK LOT
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RED BANK: Lunch Break razes a house on Drs. Parker Boulevard. What's Going On Here?
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April 26th, 2018 @ 2pm
RED BANK: ROUND THREE FOR MEGA WAWA
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RED BANK: A controversial plan for a mega Wawa store and gas station at one of the busiest intersections in town returns to the borough zoning board Thursday night.
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April 5th, 2018 @ 5am
RED BANK: FOOD, CLOTHES & MORE IN CHURN
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RED BANK: New food and women's clothing businesses open. Also in Churn: about a 24-hour gym, a deep-freeze therapy place and a new Good Karma takeout spot in the West Side Lofts.
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April 3rd, 2018 @ 9am
RUMSON: NAVESINK QUALITY IMPROVES
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RUMSON: After a bacteria crisis, Navesink is showing "rapid" improvement in water quality, with possible reopening of shellfish beds a year earlier than expected, state DEP says.
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April 2nd, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: CONCESSION LEASE TO BE RE-BID
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RED BANK: The council has to find a new vendor for the concession stand in Riverside Gardens Park after the last successful bidder pulls out.
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March 29th, 2018 @ 12pm
RED BANK: COUNCIL OKS ‘REVERSE’ APPEALS
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RED BANK: Going "aggressive" at Menna's urging, council OKs 'reverse' tax appeals on commercial properties. Also, Menna gets a surprise tax bill in the mail.
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March 29th, 2018 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN: COUNCIL TAKES AIM AT POT, GUNS
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FAIR HAVEN: Council takes action on two hot issues, calling for zoning ban on recreational pot sales and demanding action on assault weapons.
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March 27th, 2018 @ 1pm
RED BANK: RAYRAP PROJECT GETS UNDERWAY
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RED BANK: House fire? Quick demolition? What's Going Here? Here's the scoop about recent activity at Harding and Hudson, the site of RayRap's long-awaited project.
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March 21st, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: TWO NEW HOME LOTS APPROVED
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RED BANK: Zoning board approves creation of two new homes on West Side riverfront estate where attorney says owner could theoretically build nine.
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March 19th, 2018 @ 8am
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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 ...