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RED BANK: WILL LONG-CLOSED ‘VAULT’ OPEN?
RED BANK: After a seven-year vacancy, Saxum Real Estate had finally landed a tenant for the building it calls 'the Vault' on Broad Street. And then, COVID-19 hit.
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RED BANK: RIVERCENTER TAPS KIRKPATRICK
RED BANK: RiverCenter board names Laura Kirkpatrick to lead the downtown promotion agency where she's worked in marketing and promotion for two years.
RED BANK: HOMEWARES SHOP MOVES RIGHT IN
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a homewares store relocates from Bellworks after one of the downtown's quickest deals in recent memory.
RED BANK: HOBBYMASTERS CLOSING
RED BANK: Hobbymasters closing after 40-year run selling electric trains and wide variety of games. So what's next for this primo site?
RED BANK: BRUNCH, AND MORE, IN CHURN
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a new breakfast and lunch spot called, um, Brunch, opens. Read about that and other comings and goings downtown.
RED BANK: CHURNING OUT A THIRD VENTURE
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a pair of accidental restaurateurs now own three eateries within steps of one another downtown.
RED BANK: SCAVONE TO LEAVE RIVERCENTER
RED BANK: RiverCenter, the quasi-governmental agency that oversees the downtown district, is losing its executive director of the past six years.
RED BANK: ROOFTOP DINING PLAN APPROVED
RED BANK: New owners of prominent downtown address get planning board OK for rooftop dining despite board chairman's objections.
RED BANK: New owners of former Belmonte space propose rooftop dining and third-floor dining space. Planning board to review Monday night.
RED BANK: DISCOUNT-HUNTING VIA DRONE
RED BANK: Mini drone shop opens with aim of promoting downtown shopping. Get the bird's-eye view in this edition of Retail Churn.
RED BANK: WATCH YOUR VEGGIES GROW
RED BANK: Shoppers at the planned Sickles Market Provisions will be able to watch produce growing in a shipping container in the parking lot.
RED BANK: COFFEE AND CORDUROY IN CHURN
RED BANK: In this especially churny edition of Retail Churn, a new "coffee shop and general store" opens and a pilates studio relocates.
RED BANK: RESTAURANTS IN CHURN
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a restaurant reopens with a new name, and two others close.
RED BANK: TACOS & SUSHI SLIDE INTO TOWN
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, new restaurants serving sushi and tacos open on Broad Street.
RED BANK: FLOWERS & PHONES IN, PIZZA OUT
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, one restaurant closes, another plans to expand, a flower shop opens and a phone store clones itself.
RED BANK: THAI, MINI-DRONES, TACOS & MORE
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.
RED BANK: LADLE HANDOFF FOR SOUP MAVEN
RED BANK: After a ladle-handoff, That Hot Dog Place will reopen next month with a new name but the same slate of popular soups. What's Going on Here?
RED BANK: HEMP-BASED CBD SHOP OK’D
RED BANK: Borough OKs shop selling CBD products derived from hemp for a Shrewsbury Avenue storefront that's been vacant for 15 years.
RED BANK: TACO & CLOTHING SHOPS SLATED
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.
RED BANK: RESTAURANTS FEED THE CHURN
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, two new restaurants prepare to open, two others close their doors and five shops get a new landlord.
Partyline
THEY’RE BACK!
Ospreys returned to the skies over Red Bank this week for the first time since they migrated to warmer climes in late fall. With temperature ...
SPRING IS SPRUNG
RED BANK: Spring 2024 arrives on the Greater Red Bank Green with the vernal equinox at 11:06 p.m. Tuesday.
RED BANK’S FINEST – AND NEWEST
Red Bank Police Officer Eliot Ramos was sworn in as the force’s newest patrolman Thursday, and if you’re doing a double take thinkin ...
EASTER EGG MAYHEM AT THE PARK
An errant whistle spurred an unexpectedly early start to the Spring Egg Hunt on Sunday, which had been scheduled to begin at eggsactly 11am ...
PRESEASON DOCKWORK
RED BANK: With winter winding down, marina gets ready for boating season with some dockwork on our beautiful Navesink River.
CORNED BEEF AND DISCO FRIES?
It’s Friday, and smart Lent-observing Leprechauns know the pot of gold at the end of Red Bank’s rainbow is actually the deliciou ...
SURFBOARD DITCHED
It’s a violation of etiquette in surfing to ditch your board.  (it could hit another surfer and hurt them). But someone appears to ha ...
ELSIE, TAKE ME WITH YOU!
Soaked by pouring rain with the temperature hovering in the low 40’s, this sign in the window of Elsie’s Subs on Monmouth Street ...
WALK THIS WAY
PARTYLINE: Before-and-afters of a sidewalk cleanup on West Street.
SOGGY NOTION
RED BANK: Breezeway sculpture captured the mood downtown as heavy rains fell Saturday morning.
HOME DELIVERY
RED BANK: After a subdivision, an instant house rises on a new Catherine Street lot.
COMMUNITY PROFILES
For Black History Month, Red Bank's Community Engagement and Equity Advisory Committee has been running a series of local profiles on Facebo ...
HEARTY FAREWELL FOR HARDY
RED BANK: Council to honor DPU supervisor Rich Hardy, who retired recently after almost 39 years of keeping things running.
HOMEBOUND? READ ON…
RED BANK: Can't get to the public library? It's now offering free delivery and pickups for homebound borough residents.
TAMING A BEAST OF A WEEK
RED BANK: After the second snowfall of the week, a borough family finds the perfect use for it – a Godzilla snow sculpture.
RED BANK: LIBRARY CLOSED, BUT THE HILL’S OPEN
RED BANK: Though the library was closed by a snowstorm, kids got to enjoy the riverfront property's steep slope Tuesday.
LIGHT(HOUSE) MAKEOVER
This year, getting ready for spring means a midwinter makeover for Strollo's Lighthouse in Red Bank.
TODAY: LOCAL PUPPY COMPETES ON ANIMAL PLANET’S “PUPPY BOWL”
Red Bank’s very own rescue puppy, Biscuit, is set to compete in Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl this Sunday, February 11, at 2 PM. Th ...
WHAT? NO redbankgreen NEWSLETTER?
Apologies to redbankgreen newsletter subscribers: the daily email hasn’t gone out for two days because of technical issues.
RED BANK: TIRED OF SKEETERS?
RED BANK: Tired of mosquito bites every summer? Monmouth County has a free program to help eliminate skeeter breeding grounds.