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RED BANK: PLANNERS PAN “DEPRESSING” TRAIN STATION PROJECT PLANS
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Red Bank planning board expresses fifty shades of dismay as builder presents "Darth Vader" grey facade for 175-unit building near train station. (Click to read)
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July 9th @ 6pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: AFTER EARFUL, BAR OWNER GETS OK
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RED BANK: Along with board OK for site changes, Red Rock owner gets an earful over "astonishing" noise and porta-potties.
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November 22nd, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: 75TH HALLOWEEN PARADE SHINES
RED BANK: We've got photos galore from the 75th annual Halloween parade, and one borough resident's memories going back to the first.
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October 23rd, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: BOARD NIXES CENTER SUBDIVISION
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RED BANK: Planning board rejects subdivision of Senior Center property as ceding control of land to New Jersey "in return for nothing."
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June 6th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: BOAS QUITS HPC, SLAMS CHAIRMAN
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RED BANK: Longtime Historic Preservation Commission member Boas quits over new chairman's "authoritarianism."
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December 22nd, 2022 @ 8am
RED BANK: MASTER PLAN INPUTS SLATED
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RED BANK: Residents to get two chances next month to weigh in on Master Plan update, with special focus on three areas of town.
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September 20th, 2022 @ 3pm
RED BANK: SAXUM CHANGES APPROVED
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RED BANK: Saxum wins approval for changes to its massive, not-yet-built housing project on the former VNA headquarters site.
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April 5th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: CENTURY HOUSE SPARED
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RED BANK: In the face of opposition, office developer kills plan to demolish century house at 26 Wallace Street. It's now back on the market.
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March 2nd, 2022 @ 10am
RED BANK: HPC SPLITS OVER CENTURY HOUSE
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RED BANK: Preservation commission debates next steps regarding plan to demolish century house for parking; approves revised Sally Boy's design.
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February 17th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: BOARD NIXES REDEVELOPMENT BID
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RED BANK: Planning board nixes Saxum's controversial request for a rezoning of VNA site, saying the firm is responsible for deterioration.
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October 18th, 2021 @ 8pm
RED BANK: BANK DIMS LIGHTING TO WIN OK
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RED BANK: Wells Fargo dims 'overkill' lighting plan and wins approval on property being reviewed as possible new town hall site.
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March 2nd, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: HOTEL DELAY REQUEST REJECTED
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RED BANK: In a stunner, planning board rejects developer's request for an additional year to start building Hampton Inn, throwing project into uncertainty.
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April 16th, 2019 @ 7am
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: DOWNTOWN APARTMENTS OK’D
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RED BANK: A controversial plan for 35 downtown apartments wins approval amid parting shots at Menna and Whelan over redevelopment zone designation.
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March 6th, 2017 @ 9pm
RED BANK: CHARTER BAILS FROM HEARING
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Charter school Principal Meredith Pennotti with Mayor Pasquale Menna on Veteran’s Day. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Hours after a public hearing on the proposedContinue reading "RED BANK: CHARTER BAILS FROM HEARING"
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January 20th, 2016 @ 10am
RED BANK: CHARTER PANEL TO HOLD HEARING
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Retired teacher Barbara Boas, center, was one of seven borough residents named to a study commission last week. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD MayorContinue reading "RED BANK: CHARTER PANEL TO HOLD HEARING"
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January 19th, 2016 @ 5pm
RED BANK: BECK WEIGHS IN ON CHARTER PLAN
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The charter school campus on Oakland Street, above, abuts a commercial building on Oakland Street in which the school recently leased space for current and possible future use. (Photo by John T.Continue reading "RED BANK: BECK WEIGHS IN ON CHARTER PLAN"
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January 15th, 2016 @ 2pm
RED BANK: MARCHERS REJECT CHARTER PLAN
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Protesters marched from the middle school to borough hall in freezing weather. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Red Bank residents hoping to slow orContinue reading "RED BANK: MARCHERS REJECT CHARTER PLAN"
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January 14th, 2016 @ 7am
Press release from Red Bank Borough Education Foundation All in the interest of science, the Red Bank Borough Education Foundation presented the Red Bank Board of Education with its secondContinue reading "RED BANK: KOPKA GRANT FUNDS SCIENCE DAY"
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June 9th, 2015 @ 6am
BIKE AND PED SAFETY PLAN ROLLS ON
Jenny Rossano reviews the soon-to-be-adopted bike and pedestrian plan in Red Bank, while Jim Willis, in the background, views it on an iPad. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)Continue reading "BIKE AND PED SAFETY PLAN ROLLS ON"
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June 7th, 2011 @ 6am
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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 ...