RED BANK: JUDGE NIXES POWER LINE PLAN

Homeowners living along the line and other objectors packed a public hearing on the JCP&L proposal held at Brookdale Community College last March. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

HOT-TOPIC_03 Electrical utility JCP&L has failed to prove it needs a to build a controversial 10-mile long, high-voltage electricity transmission line that would end in Red Bank, a judge has ruled.

The decision, handed down Thursday, represents at least an interim victory for a grassroots effort led by homeowners to thwart the proposed $111 million project.

March 8, 2018 - 5:00 pm | Comments ()

SHREWSBURY: REPUBLICANS SCORE BIG WIN

Incumbent Councilman Erik Anderson and running mate Kimberly Doran Eulner claimed decisive wins in voting for two seats on the Shrewsbury council Tuesday.

They outpolled Democrats Shane Berkelaar and Dan Scaggs by a margin of 3 to 2, according to results posted online by the Monmouth County Clerk.

November 7, 2017 - 10:12 pm | Comments ()

SHREWSBURY: ANDERSON Q&A

Erik Anderson. (Click to enlarge.)

Two three-year terms on the Shrewsbury Borough Council are up for grabs in the November 7 election. On the ballot are four candidates: incumbent Republican Councilman Erik Anderson; his running mate, Kim Doran Eulner; and Democrats Shane Berkelaar and Dan Scaggs.

Here are Anderson’s written responses to questions posed to all four candidates recently by redbankgreen.

October 24, 2017 - 10:03 am | Comments ()

SHREWSBURY: BERKELAAR Q&A

Shane Berkelaar. (Click to enlarge.)

Two three-year terms on the Shrewsbury Borough Council are up for grabs in the November 7 election. On the ballot are four candidates: incumbent Councilman Erik Anderson; his running mate, Kim Doran Eulner; and Democrats Shane Berkelaar and Dan Scaggs.

Here are Berkelaar’s written responses to questions posed to all four candidates recently by redbankgreen.

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October 24, 2017 - 10:02 am | Comments ()

SHREWSBURY: DORAN EULNER Q&A

Kim Eulner. (Click to enlarge.)

Two three-year terms on the Shrewsbury Borough Council are up for grabs in the November 7 election. On the ballot are four candidates: incumbent Councilman Erik Anderson; his running mate, Kim Doran Eulner; and Democrats Shane Berkelaar and Dan Scaggs.

Here are Doran Eulner’s written responses to questions posed to all four candidates recently by redbankgreen.

October 24, 2017 - 10:01 am | Comments ()

SHREWSBURY: SCAGGS Q&A

Dan Scaggs. (Click to enlarge.)

Two three-year terms on the Shrewsbury Borough Council are up for grabs in the November 7 election. On the ballot are four candidates: incumbent Councilman Erik Anderson; his running mate, Kim Doran Eulner; and Democrats Shane Berkelaar and Dan Scaggs.

Here are Scaggs’ written responses to questions posed to all four candidates recently by redbankgreen.

October 24, 2017 - 10:00 am | Comments ()

LITTLE SILVER: RBR CYBERPATRIOTS HONORED

Press release from Red Bank Regional High School

The Air Force Association’s CyberPatriot program, the nation’s largest and fastest growing youth cyber education (STEM) program, has designated Red Bank Regional High School as a “CyberPatriot Center of Excellence” in providing leadership and support to students through their CyberPatriot program.

October 5, 2017 - 5:00 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: DOG FOUND 80 MILES FROM HOME

Wanda greets Jennifer May, center, and her children Bryn and Dennis Tibus on their reunion in Red Bank Saturday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

A dog who wandered off in Warren County on Wednesday and wound up in Red Bank later that day was reunited with her owners Saturday.

How the 15-year-old black Lab-border collie mix turned up 80 miles from home remained a mystery, however.

September 23, 2017 - 3:30 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: BASIE STARTS MASSIVE EXPANSION

Dozens of local politicians and players in the arts world turned out for the event. Below, Basie board members Steven Van Zandt and his wife, Maureen Van Zandt. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

A $23 million expansion of Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre formally got underway Wednesday, beginning what’s expected to be a 20-month endeavor to turn the Vaudeville-era venue into a powerhouse for live performance and arts education.

The aim, musician and actor Steven Van Zandt told an al fresco gathering, is “to make Red Bank an example to the rest of the county of what it is possible to do” in elevating the arts.

September 20, 2017 - 3:23 pm | Comments ()

LINCROFT: RESIDENTS ZAP JCP&L LINE PLAN

Many in the crowd came with signs and wore stickers indicating the distance of their homes from the proposed power line. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Thwarted from speaking two months ago, hundreds of opponents of a proposed high-voltage electricity transmission line from Aberdeen to Red Bank came electrified with anger Tuesday night.

The occasion was a public comment session at Brookdale Community College on the Jersey Central Power & Light Company proposal, which calls for support poles as tall as 210 feet running for 10 miles along the North Jersey Coast Line railroad, ending at a substation in Red Bank.

March 29, 2017 - 10:30 pm | Comments ()

LINCROFT: SECOND JCP&L HEARING SLATED

Two months after an overflow crowd jammed a first hearing, opponents of a proposed high-voltage electricity transmission line from Aberdeen to Red Bank are expected to gather at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft Wednesday evening.

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March 29, 2017 - 6:29 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: VAN ZANDT LINEUP TO ROCK BASIE

Steven Van Zandt and Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno on stage at the Basie Monday. (Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

A four-night campaign of classic rock shows curated by E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt in coming months will help drive a $20 million expansion Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre, officials said Monday.

But the names of the acts to be spotlighted in the series remained under wraps at a press conference held on the stage of the Vaudeville-era venue.
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November 14, 2016 - 1:20 pm | Comments ()

FAIR HAVEN: ELECTION DAY 2016

A message from the Fair Haven Volunteer Fire Department. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge)

November 8, 2016 - 7:37 am | Comments ()

ON THE GREEN: BECK, KYRILLOS OPPOSE LINE

A view north along the North Jersey Coast Line from the Red Bank train station. The proposed JCP&L power line would be strong alongside the railroad right-of-way on poles as tall as 140 feet. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

HOT-TOPIC_03 A controversial 10-mile long, high-voltage electricity transmission line that would end in Red Bank is no more welcome today than it was when it was shelved more than two decades ago, two local legislators said Thursday.

State Senators Jen Beck, of Red Bank, and Joe Kyrillos, of Middletown, jointly introduced a trio of resolutions in Trenton aimed at blocking electricity provider JCP&L from building the line.

September 16, 2016 - 6:00 am | Comments ()

ON THE GREEN: JCP&L LINE PLAN FILED

An aerial view created by JCP&L shows the southern terminus of the line at a substation in Red Bank. (Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

HOT-TOPIC_03 Setting the stage for a faceoff with residents living alongside it, electricity provider JCP&L on Tuesday filed its formal request to build a controversial 10-mile long, high-voltage electricity transmission line that would end in Red Bank.

August 9, 2016 - 6:08 pm | Comments ()

FAIR HAVEN: LUCARELLI BACKS JCP&L PLAN

Fair Haven Mayor Ben Lucarelli says the controversial transmission line may help his town avoid a repeat of the long outage experienced after Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

HOT-TOPIC_03 Fair Haven Mayor Ben Lucarelli stepped onto a political third rail Tuesday, proclaiming his support for a controversial 10-mile long, high-voltage electricity transmission line that would end in Red Bank.

July 6, 2016 - 11:15 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: COUNCIL TABLES JCP&L STATEMENT

The 10-mile high-capacity power line would run above the Red Bank train station on new, taller pylons and terminate a few blocks south at a power substation, according to JCP&L. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

HOT-TOPIC_03 The Red Bank council tabled a resolution Wednesday night opposing a proposed 10-mile long, high-voltage electricity transmission line that would end in the borough.

Councilman Mark Taylor put the brakes on the measure when he said he hadn’t seen it before the start of the governing body’s semimonthly meeting and wanted a chance to do some research into the issues.

June 23, 2016 - 7:12 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: BASIE EXPANSION WINS OK

A planned expansion of Red Bank’s Count Basie Theatre, seen here in an architect’s rendering, won approval from the borough zoning board last Thursday night, according to a report by the Asbury Park Press.

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June 20, 2016 - 7:59 am | Comments ()

LINCROFT: DOUBTS ON JCP&L PLAN REMAIN

Kyle King, an environmental health consultant to JCP&L, was surrounded by questioners at the event. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

HOT-TOPIC_03 Plans for a 10-mile long, high-voltage electricity transmission line terminating in Red Bank drew dozens of concerned residents to an information session in Lincroft Tuesday night.

Dubbed the Monmouth County Reliability Project, the 230-kilovolt transmission line is needed to keep pace with demand for electricity, according to Jersey Central Power & Light.

But residents living along its path — the existing New Jersey Transit right-of-way between existing substations in Aberdeen and Red Bank — said they fear it will have harmful health effects and reduce home values.

June 8, 2016 - 8:30 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: HIPPIES STOKED FOR THE STASH

A merry band of self-described hippies get ready to reboard their bus, dubbed the Stockpot Kitchen, after a stop in downtown Red Bank Friday.

Traveling America “with the purpose of feeding and supporting everyone, everywhere,” according to their Facebook page, the collective just had to make a stop at Jay and Bob’s Secret Stash, the comic book store on Broad Street, they told redbankgreen. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge)

June 4, 2016 - 11:41 am | Comments ()

SEA BRIGHT: DONOVAN’S REBUILD BEGINS

Obliterated by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and revived last summer as an open-air bar (seen at right), Sea Bright’s Donovan’s Reef is finally on track to having a permanent home again, NJ.com reports. The oceanfront watering hole is two weeks into a construction project that’s estimated to take about 10 months, the news site reports.

“I’m looking forward to the return of a Donovan’s that, like the rest of the new Seas Bright, is built to last,” Mayor Dina Long told NJ.com. “Donovan’s is an integral piece of the Sea Bright fabric. Without Donovan’s in Sea Bright, it feels like something’s missing.” (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

June 2, 2016 - 6:52 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: JCP&L REVIVES POWER LINE PLAN

rb bridge ave 041014 A view of the North Jersey Coast Line northward from the Red Bank station in 2014. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

Jersey Central Power & Light is reviving a plan, mothballed 25 years ago, for a high-voltage electricity transmission line to Red Bank, according to a report by NJ.com.

The 230-kilovolt transmission line would run along the existing New Jersey Transit right-of-way between existing substations in Aberdeen and Red Bank. And it’s needed to keep pace with demand for electricity, the company says.

May 20, 2016 - 6:04 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: POLICE SEEK WITNESSES TO ATTACK

Red Bank police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the assailant in an attack that occurred shortly after midnight Sunday morning on Boat Club Court, between 10th Avenue Burrito and a mixed-used building on West Front Street.

Police Chief Darren tells redbankgreen that the victim, a 23-year-old Middletown man, suffered “significant” injuries in the assault, but police were not notified until long after it happened, and the victim went to a hospital with family members from home. Read More »

April 15, 2016 - 2:23 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: BIZ INCUBATOR SEEKS IDEAS

Studio Red Bank team members Gordon Forsyth, Erin Largey and Rob Arace. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Got an idea for a business, but don’t know how to bring it to life?

Defined Logic, a Red Bank company that specializes in leveraging digital technology for large and medium-sized enterprises, recently launched an incubator to help Monmouth County residents test the viability of their dream businesses, even if they’re barely a gleam in the eye.

December 7, 2015 - 7:00 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: BASIE PLANS MASSIVE EXPANSION

An architect’s rendering of the expanded Count Basie Theatre includes additions on the east and west sides of the existing structure. (Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank’s Vaudeville-era Count Basie Theatre is in for a massive, $20 milion expansion that will turn it into a “creative campus” dedicated to the performing arts in coming years, officials said Monday.

Incorporating adjoining properties acquired in recent years, theater officials plan to “move toward our longtime vision of an entire city block dedicated to the performing arts,” Tom Widener, chairman of the theater’s board of trustees, said in an announcement released Monday morning.
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October 26, 2015 - 10:00 am | Comments ()

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RED BANK: JUDGE NIXES POWER LINE PLAN

SHREWSBURY: REPUBLICANS SCORE BIG WIN

SHREWSBURY: ANDERSON Q&A

SHREWSBURY: BERKELAAR Q&A

SHREWSBURY: DORAN EULNER Q&A

SHREWSBURY: SCAGGS Q&A

LITTLE SILVER: RBR CYBERPATRIOTS HONORED

RED BANK: DOG FOUND 80 MILES FROM HOME

RED BANK: BASIE STARTS MASSIVE EXPANSION

LINCROFT: RESIDENTS ZAP JCP&L LINE PLAN

LINCROFT: SECOND JCP&L HEARING SLATED

RED BANK: VAN ZANDT LINEUP TO ROCK BASIE

FAIR HAVEN: ELECTION DAY 2016

ON THE GREEN: BECK, KYRILLOS OPPOSE LINE

ON THE GREEN: JCP&L LINE PLAN FILED

FAIR HAVEN: LUCARELLI BACKS JCP&L PLAN

RED BANK: COUNCIL TABLES JCP&L STATEMENT

RED BANK: BASIE EXPANSION WINS OK

LINCROFT: DOUBTS ON JCP&L PLAN REMAIN

RED BANK: HIPPIES STOKED FOR THE STASH

SEA BRIGHT: DONOVAN’S REBUILD BEGINS

RED BANK: JCP&L REVIVES POWER LINE PLAN

RED BANK: POLICE SEEK WITNESSES TO ATTACK

RED BANK: BIZ INCUBATOR SEEKS IDEAS

RED BANK: BASIE PLANS MASSIVE EXPANSION