RED BANK: DUMPED PRODUCE STUNS SHOPPERS
Customers of the Red Bank Farmer’s Market were alarmed to see good produce tossed into a dumpster Sunday.
RED BANK: WALK-THRU MARKET TO RESUME
After four weeks as a pandemic-era drive-thru, the Red Bank Farmer’s Market plans to resume walk-thru shopping Sunday, its operators announced Tuesday.
RED BANK: MARKET REOPENS AS DRIVE-THRU
The Red Bank Farmer’s Market reopened Sunday, with some changes to limit the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.
The foremost modification: the market is now temporarily a drive-thru only, with customers encouraged to pre-order their purchases.
Kurt Poehler, above, and his crew from Spring House Farms were ready with arrays of colorful fruits and vegetables.
RED BANK: MARKET RETURNING AS DRIVE-THRU
The popular Red Bank Farmer’s Market will be back sooner than expected, redbankgreen has learned.
Unfortunately, shoppers won’t be allowed out of their cars to squeeze, sniff and taste until the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer considered a threat.
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RED BANK: WALGREEN’S PLANS DRAW CONCERN
Red Bank resident Patricia Meenan asks a question as engineer Dan Dougherty and attorney Marty McGann, in white shirt, look on. Below, a rendering of the proposed store. (Click to enlarge)
By JOHN T. WARD
A long brick wall, traffic flow and merchandise deliveries emerged as early concerns as the Red Bank Planning Board took up the question of whether to allow a Walgreen’s pharmacy on Broad Street Monday night.
At the first of several expected hearings on the proposal, an engineer for he developer sought to depict the proposed 14,200-square-foot store as an improvement on what was there for decades: the now-closed Rassas Buick showroom, opposite the foot of Maple Avenue.
There will be less impervious ground cover, more greenery and better vehicular access, according to engineer Dan Dougherty.
But questions from board members and the public reflected concerns about the store’s size, placement and more.
“Garfield Place will be 137 feet of brick wall,” said nearby resident Art Ziemanis.
“A 137-foot brick wall standing 37 feet at its peak – it just doesn’t seem to fit the site,” said Monica Boscarino.
RED BANK: DRIVE-THRU CHANGE SAILS THRU
The change will not apply to a proposed Walgreen’s store at the former site of Rassas Buick, officials said. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
By JOHN T. WARD
A change to Red Bank’s law on drive-thru businesses got quick service Wednesday night.
Setting aside opposition by the lawyer for a proposed Walgreen’s pharmacy and by Coffee Corral owner Russ Crosson, the council gave unanimous approval to a zoning change that requires new drive-thrus to be located 100 feet from a residential zone.
RED BANK: WALGREEN’S PLANS OPEN HOUSE
Aaron Rassas, seen at his car dealership shortly before it closed in April, wants the public to examine plans for a Walgreen’s on the site. (Click to enlarge)
By SARAH KLEPNER
Seeking to reverse a tide of opposition, the owner of the Red Bank property slated for a giant Walgreen’s pharmacy is inviting the public to come kick the tires on the plan.
Aaron Rassas, owner of the now-closed Rassas’ Buick – and before that, Pontiac – is inviting neighbors and the public in general to an open house September 10 to inspect plans for the former dealership’s one-acre lot, and to meet the developer behind them.
The parcel, at 395 Broad Street, is under contract to developer Mark Steinberg, who plans to build a 14,200-square-foot Walgreens on it.