RED BANK: SENIOR CENTER LOBBY DEDICATED

Apr 12, 2023

Tom Hintelmann addresses attendees at the event in his late father’s honor. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

See note below

By JOHN T. WARD

The lobby at Red Bank’s long-closed Senior Center now has a name, in honor of the late Thomas E. Hintelmann, the borough’s longest-serving council member.

Several dozen attendees crowded into the foyer of the Shrewsbury Avenue facility Tuesday evening to memorialize Hintelmann, who served on the borough council from 1975 through 2004.

April 12, 2023 - 6:50 am |

RED BANK: EVENT SLATED AT SENIOR CENTER

Apr 10, 2023

Repair work continued at the Shrewsbury Avenue facility last month. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank officials have scheduled a dedication ceremony this week at the borough’s long-closed Senior Center.

But not, it turns out, to reopen the facility, which still isn’t quite ready for prime time, according to the interim borough Administrator Darren McConnell.

April 10, 2023 - 11:40 am |

RED BANK: POT LAW DRAWS FIRE BUT ADVANCES

Mar 31, 2023

A long-vacant gas station at the foot of Cooper’s Bridge was left out of the new law by mistake, proponents said. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

The Red Bank council advanced a rewrite of the borough pot law Wednesday night, undeterred by cannabis business owners warning of lawsuits.

The proposed changes, which include a ban on marijuana retailing within 1,000 feet of schools, “please no one,” but must be adopted, their lead sponsor told a sharply divided audience at a special legislative session.

March 31, 2023 - 8:59 am |

RED BANK: SESSION ON CANNABIS LAW SLATED

Mar 27, 2023

A proposed change to Red Bank’s cannabis law would ban sales within 1,000 feet of schools, playgrounds and public housing, except in one zone, under a draft that’s up for discussion at a special session this week.

March 27, 2023 - 4:35 pm |

RED BANK: BASIE ADDS TO FOOTPRINT

Mar 15, 2023

The Basie acquired this onetime residence in the professional office zone. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Less than two years after completing a $25 million expansion, the Count Basie Center for the Arts has added to its Red Bank real estate holdings.

But the nonprofit theater has no plans to seek an exemption from property taxes on the newly acquired site, a spokesman told redbankgreen.

March 15, 2023 - 7:30 am |

RED BANK: POT LAW OVERHAUL PROPOSED

Feb 21, 2023

Cannabis proponent Andy Zeitlin testifying at the special session. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Expecting to hear about proposed tweaks to Red Bank’s pot law, attendees at a special council session Monday night instead learned that it may be completely rewritten to make it more restrictive.

Councilwoman Angela Mirandi fiercely defended the proposed changes, calling the original 2021 ordinance “reckless.”

February 21, 2023 - 2:00 pm |

RED BANK: CANNABIS SITINGS ON AGENDA

Feb 15, 2023

The Red Bank council has scheduled a special session next week to consider easing limits on cannabis shop sitings.

February 15, 2023 - 7:55 am |

RED BANK: SENIOR CENTER WORK DELAYED

Jan 3, 2023

Red Bank residents begin their fifth year without access to the borough’s Senior Center this month.

What’s up with the repairs to the long-closed facility?

January 3, 2023 - 3:00 pm |

RED BANK: EX-COP TO BECOME SCHOOL SRO

Dec 19, 2022

Joey Fields at a ceremony marking his promotion to police sergeant in 2014. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A retired Red Bank police officer who’s a product of borough schools will be returning to work as a school resource officer, following action by the council last week.

In other RBPD news, the ranks of retired officers is slated to grow by two.

December 19, 2022 - 2:00 pm |

RED BANK: ADMINISTRATOR HIRING PAUSED

Dec 9, 2022

Interim Business Administrator Darren McConnell at a meeting in June. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank’s council has hit the brakes in its search for a new borough administrator, redbankgreen has learned.

The unexplained pause comes two months after majority Democrats dispatched borough Attorney Dan Antonelli to negotiate a deal with the leading candidate for the town’s top unelected job.

December 9, 2022 - 7:00 am |

RED BANK: AUTO STOLEN FROM CAR WASH

Nov 16, 2022

In yet another brazen auto theft, a thief stole a freshly cleaned luxury vehicle from a Red Bank car wash Monday, police confirmed.

November 16, 2022 - 11:30 am |

RED BANK: BIDEN TO BYPASS TOWN & MENNA

Oct 5, 2022

Mayor Pasquale Menna, left, with First Lady Tammy Murphy and Governor Phil Murphy in Red Bank in 2018. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Contrary to a TV news report, President Joe Biden is not scheduled to stop in Red Bank Thursday, according to Mayor Pasquale Menna.

Instead, as previously reported, Biden will visit the Middletown home of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy for a fundraiser, Menna told redbankgreen Wednesday.

Menna, however, was not invited.

October 5, 2022 - 1:45 pm |

RED BANK: CHARGES FILED IN HIT-AND-RUN

Sep 27, 2022

The August 31 crash occurred on Newman Springs Road at the intersection of Hance Road, as indicated by the star. (Image from Google Maps. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A Red Bank man was charged Monday with multiple offenses arising from a hit-and-run crash in which a bicyclist was seriously injured last month, according to police Chief Darren McConnell.

September 27, 2022 - 12:50 pm |

RED BANK: SENIOR CENTER UPDATE

Sep 8, 2022

A contractor carries building materials into the Red Bank Senior Center last month.

What’s up with the repairs to the long-closed facility?

September 8, 2022 - 7:00 am |

RED BANK: CYCLIST INJURED IN HIT-AND-RUN

Aug 31, 2022

See UPDATE below

By JOHN T. WARD

A bicyclist was struck and seriously injured in a hit-and-run in Red Bank Wednesday morning, according to police Chief Darren McConnell.

August 31, 2022 - 10:56 am |

RED BANK: SPRING STREET PROJECT ADVANCING

Aug 29, 2022

Parking is prohibited this week on the southern half of Spring Street in Red Bank as “minor concrete work and fire hydrant replacement” is scheduled to begin Monday, acting borough administrator and police Chief Darren McConnell tells redbankgreen.

August 29, 2022 - 7:10 am |

RED BANK: SCHOOL COPS ON HOLD

Jul 28, 2022

Councilman Michael Ballard, seen here at a June 29 forum, cited . (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

The Red Bank council tabled a plan to put armed police in the borough’s primary and middle schools Wednesday night.

The council’s second session of the month ended with quarreling among members over a requested change to the meeting schedule.

July 28, 2022 - 7:55 am |

RED BANK: BROADWALK SET FOR RETURN

Jul 22, 2022

An employee of Catch 19 setting up tables Friday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

With borough workers and contractors putting finishing touches on an eight-month-long streetscape project, a handful of restaurants hastily set up for a return of Red Bank’s Broadwalk plaza Friday.

Outside the traffic-free zone, however, none of the parking-space streateries used over the past two summers have returned, following a sixfold increase in fees by the borough council.

July 22, 2022 - 2:00 pm |

RED BANK: BROADWALK RELAUNCH “ON TRACK”

Jul 21, 2022

Gleaming new retractable security bollards are expected make their debut on Broad Street in downtown Red Bank with the return of Broadwalk Friday.

But will businesses be ready for the late-starting third season of the dining and shopping plaza?

July 21, 2022 - 11:30 am |

RED BANK: BROADWALK CURTAILED, FEES UPPED

Jul 15, 2022

Businesses readied for the second year of Broadwalk in May, 2021. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Delayed by months, the third season of Red Bank’s Broadwalk shopping-and-dining plaza may finally get going July 22.

This year’s edition, however, is slated to run only through Labor Day. And new fees for in-street dining will cost restaurateurs twice what they paid over the past two summers, said Bob Zuckerman, executive director of the downtown promotion agency Red Bank RiverCenter.

July 15, 2022 - 7:00 am |

RED BANK: BROADWALK ACTION EXPECTED

Jul 13, 2022

Newly installed retractable bollards will allow for upper Broad Street to be converted quickly to a vehicle-free Broadwalk. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank’s council is scheduled to hold two meetings Wednesday night, its only sessions in July.

Though not on the agenda for either the workshop or regular meeting, action to enable a third season of Broadwalk is anticipated by the downtown business community.

July 13, 2022 - 7:45 am |

RED BANK: BROADWALK CONCERNS AIRED

Jun 30, 2022

A view of Broadwalk at lunchtime last October. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank merchants and residents pressed officials with concerns regarding a third season of Broadwalk at a community forum Wednesday night.

With less than a month to go before a disruptive streetscape makeover project wraps up, they called for efforts to address litter, traffic, speeding on residential streets and more.

June 30, 2022 - 12:15 pm |

RED BANK: BROAD STREET PROJECT NEARS END

Jun 24, 2022

Retractable bollards were installed on Mechanic Street near Broad Street Wednesday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

See UPDATE below

By JOHN T. WARD

A messy, overdue and over-budget makeover of upper Broad Street in Red Bank is expected to conclude in late July, acting borough Administrator Darren McConnell said Wednesday.

The project, which began last November, marked a milestone with the installation this week of retractable hydraulic bollards that will enable quick closure of the street to vehicular traffic.

Still to be determined is when the Broadwalk dining promenade will return for a third, if abbreviated, season.

June 24, 2022 - 7:37 am |

RED BANK: SINKHOLE OPENS ON BROAD

May 31, 2022

A sinkhole opened on Broad Street in downtown Red Bank Monday night, caused a parked vehicle to sink about a foot.

May 31, 2022 - 11:05 am |

RED BANK: BROADWALK PANEL FORMED

May 13, 2022

Navigating sidewalks on Broad Street in downtown Red Bank is a bit of a challenge these days.

What’s the latest on the streetscape project that’s been underway since November in the streets northernmost blocks? Read on.

May 13, 2022 - 7:00 am |

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