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RED BANK: LANE TO GO ONE-WAY, PARTWAY
RED BANK: A steep and narrow road near the Navesink River would become one-way, but not for its full length, under a change on this week's council agenda.
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RED BANK: COUNCIL PULLS U-TURN ON ALLEY
RED BANK: Council to dub downtown alleyway 'Ice Boat Lane' after former mayor Ed McKenna asks that it not be named for him.
RED BANK: DEBATE OVER ‘McKENNA WAY’
RED BANK: Proposal to name a downtown alleyway for former mayor Ed McKenna elicits both objections and support at council meeting.
RED BANK: McKENNA GETS HIS… ALLEYWAY
RED BANK: A nameless alleyway downtown is to be named for former mayor Ed McKenna, who's credited for a 1990s revival for the business district.
RED BANK: ZONING SHORTCUT TO GET DO-OVER
RED BANK: Council will try again to make it easier for builders to redevelop "underutilized" properties in the train station area.
RED BANK: LOT OWNERS CAN NOW TRY AGAIN
RED BANK: After sixth hearing and split vote requiring a tiebreaker, a key downtown lot gets rezoned, and the owner can refile a rejected apartment plan.
RED BANK: 5-4 BOARD VOTE ADVANCES PLAN
RED BANK: Once again, a measure to allow development of a downtown site in spite of a zoning board rejection proves divisive.
RED BANK: YNGSTROM BLASTED FOR COMMENTS
RED BANK: Councilman Mark Taylor demands Erik Yngstrom resign zoning board for "political" comments in which he dubbed council action "fishy."
RED BANK: VACANT LOT SPLITS COUNCIL AGAIN
RED BANK: Council splits again over special treatment for a proposed apartment building that lost a zoning case earlier this year.
RED BANK: PARKING PLAN ADVANCES, BARELY
RED BANK: A tangle of issues lead to a mayoral tiebreaker vote to advance plans for a possible parking garage downtown.
RED BANK: ZONING SHORTCUT INTRODUCED
RED BANK: Council action on redevelopment renews complaints of "spot zoning."
RED BANK: At board lawyer's urging, RayRap architect keeps it brief.
RED BANK: REDEVELOPMENT PLANS ADVANCE
RED BANK: Piggybacking on plans for a parking garage, a private property that lost a zoning case may get a second shot.
RED BANK: THREE MAJOR PROJECTS ON AGENDA
RED BANK: A potential White Street garage gets its first test as three major issues go before the planning board tonight.
SEA BRIGHT ISSUES: LIBRARY, REDEVELOPMENT
Engineer Jackie Flor of T&M Associates discusses the impact on a parking lot paving project necessitated by the demolition of the Sea Bright Public Library. The dormant borough school building,Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT ISSUES: LIBRARY, REDEVELOPMENT"
LITTLE SILVER: WORK STARTS ON CONDOS
Six years after winning its original approvals, construction of the 39-unit Carriage Gate condo project got underway with site-clearance work at Eastview and Oceanport avenues in Little Silver this week.Continue reading "LITTLE SILVER: WORK STARTS ON CONDOS"
RED BANK: STATION PLACE WORK BEGINS
After years of zoning hearings, lawsuits and aborted plans, shovels finally went into the ground last week for what’s now dubbed Station Place, 45 luxury apartments and 12 affordable unitsContinue reading "RED BANK: STATION PLACE WORK BEGINS"
RED BANK TELLS BUILDER: KNOCK ‘EM DOWN
Red Bank officials slapped developers of the River’s Edge project on Bank Street with an unsafe structure violation, which is being appealed. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) ByContinue reading "RED BANK TELLS BUILDER: KNOCK ‘EM DOWN"
GRANDVILLE CONVERSION GETS GREEN LIGHT
The owner wants to create five new units in the 91-unit building. By DUSTIN RACIOPPI Compromise sealed the deal to move forward with plans to renovate Grandville Towers from apartmentsContinue reading "GRANDVILLE CONVERSION GETS GREEN LIGHT"
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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 ...
WHAT? NO redbankgreen NEWSLETTER?
Apologies to redbankgreen newsletter subscribers: the daily email hasn’t gone out for two days because of technical issues.
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.
SEA BRIGHT: POLAR PLUNGE FOR ST. JAMES, OTHERS
Hundreds braved the wind and sea on Sunday at 1PM in support of St. James Elementary School, and other Catholic schools in the area. The eve ...
RED BANK: RBR CLAIMS TITLE
RED BANK: Watch pure joy as the RBR boys basketball team celebrates its first B North championship in 17 years.