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RED BANK: COUNCIL WRAPS UP 2021
RED BANK: Council wraps 2021 with PBA contract, a plan to recombine workshop and regular sessions, a new used Tesla, and praise for a departing colleague.
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RED BANK: COUNCIL ‘NO’ TO CHARTER SCHOOL
RED BANK: After three hours of divided comments, council unanimously endorses measure calling for end of charter school.
RED BANK: MASTER PLAN OUTREACH PLEDGED
RED BANK: Planning board approves Master Plan consultant on pledge of public outreach "head and tails above" four other proposals, says board member.
RED BANK: MASTER PLAN IN SPOTLIGHT
RED BANK: After Ballard demand for greater transparency, planning board expected to air its process for selecting Master Plan consultant.
RED BANK: HURDLES FOR SKATEBOARD EVENT
RED BANK: Proposed skateboarding event encounters hurdles as officials raise concerns about liability and potential damage to parking lot.
RED BANK: WHAT’S ON COUNCIL AGENDA
RED BANK: On the council agenda this week: paying for the master plan rewrite, selling a never-used animal control van and more.
RED BANK: CENTER REPAIR FORUM(S) POSSIBLE
RED BANK: Council moves to hold public forums on planned repairs and changes to Senior Center, closed almost three years since a leak.
RED BANK: BROADWALK BEGINS EXTRA MONTH
RED BANK: Amid a mix of praise and misgivings, Broadwalk begins an extension month, to be followed by major construction project.
RED BANK: ADMINISTRATOR SEARCH ON PAUSE
RED BANK: Ballard says he was kept in the dark as "select group" paused search for new borough administrator. Meantime, majority likes McConnell as interim.
RED BANK: Search for a new borough administrator has "stalled," say two council members, with a looming vacancy in the borough's finance office, too.
RED BANK: TOP TWO JOBS OPEN AS CFO QUITS
RED BANK: O'Reilly resigns as chief financial officer after just two and half years, leaving top two jobs in borough government open.
RED BANK: SAXUM HEARING POSTPONED
RED BANK: Hearing on Saxum's request for a rezoning of VNA site, which could lead to controversial tax deal, postponed until October 2.
RED BANK: TREES BOOST TAB FOR ROADWORK
RED BANK: "Unanticipated" need to save large trees on Hudson Avenue contributed to $227,000 change order this summer, officials say.
RED BANK: Eight months after he was hired to offer guidance on what to do about a leak of explosive emails, an attorney has yet to deliver a report.
RED BANK: BALLARD TOUTS NEW FEE LAW
RED BANK: Ballard touts new development fee law as countering impact of "explosive growth," though Menna sees it as ripe for legal challenge.
RED BANK: Labor settlements, cannabis zoning, a fireworks ban, memorial plaques and more fill out a busy council agenda Wednesday night.
RED BANK: DAL PRA PUTS ‘OUR KIDS’ FIRST
RED BANK: New parks and rec director Dal Pra sets priority for teams using Count Basie Park fields: those with borough kids get first dibs.
RED BANK: MEMORIAL POLICY DEBATED
RED BANK: Council takes up issue of naming streets, buildings and other public facilities as "memorials" for living honorees.
RED BANK: BALLARD OPPOSES SURPLUS USE
RED BANK: Ballard challenges fellow Democrats on council's use of $3.5 million surplus "just to say we didn't raise taxes."
RED BANK: "Soft" costs associated with repairs to water-damaged Senior Center add $96,000 to budget. Public presentation scheduled for Tuesday.
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 ...
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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.