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RED BANK: WAWA MEGASTORE PLAN YANKED
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RED BANK: Plan for Wawa megastore and gas station on Newman Springs Road yanked amid concerns over impact on traffic.
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June 7th, 2018 @ 8am
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RED BANK: ‘PUPPY MILL’ BILL TABLED
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RED BANK: Controversial 'puppy mill' ordinance tabled for a month in order to give stakeholders a chance to work out a compromise, Horgan says.
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May 31st, 2018 @ 12pm
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
RED BANK: DISH TO SET FINAL TABLE
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RED BANK: In Retail Churn, Dish to close after 13 years, will soon be replaced by another restaurant, according to unconfirmed reports. Also, a dance studio adds to its space downtown.
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May 22nd, 2018 @ 2pm
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: PUPPY LAW MAY END UP IN COURT
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RED BANK: Council revives proposed 'puppy mill' ordinance as Bark Avenue, the borough's only dog retailer, threatens lawsuit.
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May 10th, 2018 @ 11am
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: 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: INDIAN, WITH A MEXICAN TWIST
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, downtown finally gets an Indian restaurant — one with a twist —  and a beauty supply store puts the cap on its lipstick one last time.
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April 26th, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: HABCORE PLAN FACES HURDLES
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RED BANK: HABcore plan for four new independent living apartments behind River Street two-family faces resistance over size, maintenance.
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April 24th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: RESTAURANTS IN CHURN
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RED BANK: In Retail Churn, a celebrated chef wins restaurant approval as Readie's closes; a print shop opens, and a clothing store rebrands, again.
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April 20th, 2018 @ 7am
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
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: 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: VACANT SHOP TO GET FACELIFT
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RED BANK: A Shrewsbury Avenue retail space that's been vacant since the departure of a seafood shop decades ago is approved for a facelift.
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March 16th, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: BRITISH COTTAGE EXPANSION OK’D
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RED BANK: Furniture retailer British Cottage on Shrewsbury Avenue gets OK for latest in a series of growth moves dating back three decades in town.
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March 14th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: SIDEWALK CAFÉ, STAND ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: Agenda for Wednesday's council meeting includes tweak to sidewalk café law, designation of new ice cream vendor in Riverside Gardens Park.
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March 13th, 2018 @ 12pm
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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.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...