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RED BANK: BROKEN PIPE BLAMED FOR SEWAGE
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RED BANK: Zoning board hears 'disturbing' testimony about home where residents dumped human waste in yard after sewer line collapse.
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January 22nd, 2018 @ 12pm
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RED BANK: SUPPORT GROUP’S PLAN APPROVED
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RED BANK: Family Resource Associates plans to buy the former veterinary hospital on Newman Springs Road following a zoning board approval.
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January 19th, 2018 @ 7am
RED BANK: APARTMENT PROJECT BEGINS
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RED BANK: Construction gets underway after a decade of inactivity on a vacant lot opposite Riverside Gardens Park. What's Going on Here? Click to find out.
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December 27th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: THEATER ADDITION APPROVED
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RED BANK: Two River Theater wins approval for major backstage expansion as neighbors worry about traffic impact of new driveway.
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April 21st, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: LAUNDROMAT & APARTMENTS OK’D
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RED BANK: A new laundromat with upstairs apartments wins zoning OK. But first, there's a potential bill of $562,000 for water and sewer hookups.
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March 17th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: TWO RIVER PLANS ADDITION
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RED BANK: Two River Theater files for major expansion of its backstage operations to allow for building large stage sets, costume creation and rehearsals.
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March 7th, 2017 @ 10am
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: APARTMENTS & EATERY ON DECK
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RED BANK: On Monday's planning board agenda: a controversial plan for 35 downtown apartments, and changes to the former 10th Ave. Burrito building.
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March 6th, 2017 @ 5am
RED BANK: PLAN PANNED FOR LOOKS, PARKING
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RED BANK: A controversial plan for 35 downtown apartments returns with tussles over parking and aesthetics.
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February 23rd, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: APARTMENT PLAN RETURNS
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RED BANK: A hotly disputed plan for 35 downtown apartments on West Front Street opposite Riverside Gardens Park returns next week.
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February 17th, 2017 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: WHAT RESIDENTS LIKE, OR DON’T
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A survey found general satisfaction with the older, eastern business district, above. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD There are too many street lights onContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: WHAT RESIDENTS LIKE, OR DON’T"
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April 21st, 2016 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN: INPUT WANTED ON PLANNING
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The Fair Haven Planning Board is conducting a survey as it prepares to create an updated Master Plan, asking residents whether they think downtown signs are too big, how their childrenContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: INPUT WANTED ON PLANNING"
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October 19th, 2015 @ 8am
RED BANK: AFTER 26 YEARS, BARR ZONES OUT
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Zoning officer Donna Smith Barr leaves the job this week after 26 years. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The cliches compete: it’s temptingContinue reading "RED BANK: AFTER 26 YEARS, BARR ZONES OUT"
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April 29th, 2015 @ 11am
RED BANK: BURNHAM WINS ZONING CASE
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Cindy Burnham with her attorney, Ron Gasiorowski, at Thursday night’s zoning board hearing. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The fix wasn’t in –Continue reading "RED BANK: BURNHAM WINS ZONING CASE"
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December 19th, 2014 @ 7am
RUMSON: EDGEWOOD HOME PLAN NIXED
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 A proposal to subdivide the property at 9 Edgewood Place, below, drew nearly two dozen opponents Monday night.  (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "RUMSON: EDGEWOOD HOME PLAN NIXED"
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July 8th, 2014 @ 6am
RED BANK: PATRIZIA’S, CARLO’S WIN OKS
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A rendering of the proposed Patrizia’s, which would occupy the onetime Merhant’s Trust Company at 28 Broad Street, seen at center below. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD AContinue reading "RED BANK: PATRIZIA’S, CARLO’S WIN OKS"
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December 3rd, 2013 @ 8am
WALGREEN’S MOVES; NEIGHBORS NOT SO MUCH
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Borough engineer Christine Ballard, left, of T&M Associates, answers neighbors’ questions about the Walgreen’s proposal during a break in Monday night’s hearing. Below, a plan shows the flow of deliveryContinue reading "WALGREEN’S MOVES; NEIGHBORS NOT SO MUCH"
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October 21st, 2013 @ 11pm
RED BANK: ANOTHER DRUGSTORE WANTS IN
The proposed Red Bank Family Pharmacy and two retail stores would fill the space formerly occupied by Jade Garden restaurant and Kramer Photography. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "RED BANK: ANOTHER DRUGSTORE WANTS IN"
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June 11th, 2013 @ 1pm
After months of arguing that Fair Haven’s tree ordinance is unconstitutional and needs to be put through a chipper, borough Councilman Bob Marchese is now proposing that it be dugContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN TREE LAW MAY BE TRANSPLANTED"
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May 16th, 2012 @ 7am
YMCA SUES BOROUGH OVER PLAN DENIAL
The Community YMCA says the zoning board rejection was capricious. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI As expected, the Community YMCA has filed a lawsuit againstContinue reading "YMCA SUES BOROUGH OVER PLAN DENIAL"
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June 9th, 2010 @ 2pm
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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 ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.