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Category Archives: Taxes

RED BANK: REPORT DOMINATES FACE-OFF
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RED BANK: Against backdrop of critical management report, two mayoral and five council candidates face off before a full house.
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October 24th, 2018 @ 11am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: BOARD RESISTS DENSITY BONUSES
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RED BANK: The planning board tapped the brakes last week on a proposed zoning change for the former VNA HQ site, calling it a density giveaway.
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October 23rd, 2018 @ 10am
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
RBR: REFERENDUM INFO PUSH LAUNCHED
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RED BANK REGIONAL: Taxpayers in Red Bank, Little Silver, and Shrewsbury face 'drastic' impact if referendum on $17.3M upgrade plan fails, school officials say.
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October 5th, 2018 @ 6am
RBR, LOCAL DISTRICT TO HOST FORUMS
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RED BANK: Both RBR and the local school district plan forums in coming days, one on a $17.9 million referendum, the other on a strategic plan.
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October 2nd, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: BRANCH AVENUE DETOURS BEGIN
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RED BANK: Detours to accommodate road work on East Bergen Place means most of Branch Avenue will be closed for three days.
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September 27th, 2018 @ 10am
RED BANK: GOP TO RUN MAYORAL CANDIDATE
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RED BANK: Political newcomer Pearl Lee makes it official: she's running for mayor as the first GOP candidate for the post since 2006.
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September 26th, 2018 @ 8am
FAIR HAVEN: Police blotter for August, 2018 is a reminder that marijuana possession is still against the law in New Jersey.
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September 25th, 2018 @ 2pm
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: ROAD AND PARK WORK UPDATED
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RED BANK: Water main issues add to cost and timeline of East Bergen Place road project; engineer details proposed park upgrades.
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September 17th, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK REGIONAL: $17.9M PLAN ON BALLOT
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RED BANK REGIONAL: Three towns will vote in December on a $17.9 million capital plan driven in large part by a need to save a cash cow: academy tuition.
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August 16th, 2018 @ 10am
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
FAIR HAVEN: May and June police blotter reports six arrests, five of them on outstanding warrants during traffic stops.
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July 27th, 2018 @ 11am
RED BANK: With a 55-percent boost in state funding, school administrators rush to reverse cuts to jobs and services. But the tax hike remains, superintendent says.
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July 18th, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: SAXUM SPREE CONTINUES
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RED BANK: Real estate investment firm Saxum continues its recent buying spree with acquisition of Urban Outfitters building.
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July 13th, 2018 @ 12am
RED BANK: AFTER SCATHING REPORT, WHAT?
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RED BANK: What's next after scathing report on borough operations? It won't end up on shelf gathering dust, says the new official tasked with implementing its recommendations.
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July 10th, 2018 @ 11am
RED BANK: VNA SITE UP FOR NEW HOUSING
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RED BANK: Owner of VNA site plans demolition of existing building for new housing, mayor says as council begins redevelopment review.
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June 14th, 2018 @ 2pm
FAIR HAVEN: Police blotter for March and April includes three motorists charged with DWI.
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May 16th, 2018 @ 12pm
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
RED BANK: SCHOOL TAX HIKE, JOB CUTS LOOM
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RED BANK: Local school taxes set to rise almost 4 percent, with teacher jobs and programs on the cutting board, as district awaits more funding from Trenton.
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April 25th, 2018 @ 8am
Partyline
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 ...