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RED BANK: PLAZA FOCUS OF SAXUM HEARING
RED BANK: At fourth hearing on Saxum plan for 210 apartments, questions focus on proposed plaza at what some consider a dangerous location.
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RED BANK: POOP & MORE DELAY SAXUM VOTE
RED BANK: Questions about dog poop, sight lines and a tree delay vote on massive plan for VNA site as board member rebukes Saxum attorney.
RED BANK: SAXUM CONFRONTS TRAFFIC ISSUE
RED BANK: Traffic consultant defends Saxum's plan for former VNA site, offers suggestions for improvement, including big one repeatedly shot down by NJDOT.
RED BANK: RED ROCK, SECRET STASH WIN OKS
RED BANK: Red Rock Tap + Grill can add year-round dining space, and Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash can keep its window signage, planning board says.
RED BANK: POWER SWITCH IN THE WORKS
RED BANK: Borough kicks off public awareness effort after council begins transition to electricity program said to reduce bills from JCP&L level.
RED BANK: COUNCIL DROPS REVERSE APPEALS
RED BANK: After business owners and landlords blast reverse tax appeals, council votes to withdraw 2019 suits. But older cases continue.
RED BANK: ELECTRICITY DEAL IN THE WORKS
RED BANK: Council moves to create energy aggregation program, under which electricity customers would get rates lower than JCP&L's.
RED BANK: SILENCE BY ALL ON HARASSMENT
RED BANK: There's silence all around as council ends a harassment case filed against Shehady five months into his job as business administrator.
RED BANK: To wean, or not to wean? Mayor and council walk back characterization of key parking study recommendation Menna had said was potentially "catastrophic."
RED BANK: ‘WEANING’ FROM METERS UNLIKELY
RED BANK: Council appears unlikely to adopt a key recommendation of bombshell parking report: 'weaning' itself of using meter revenue to keep taxes down.
RED BANK: BOYNTON ENTERING BOXING HALL
RED BANK: Long before he started sparring with the council, gadfly Freddie Boynton was an actual boxer. Now he's headed to the NJ amateur hall of fame.
RED BANK: PARKING SYSTEM FOUND ‘BROKEN’
RED BANK: Forget a new parking garage for now. A study finds the borough's parking operation "broken" and says that needs to be fixed first.
RED BANK: A parking study commissioned in the aftermath of an aborted redevelopment of the White Street lot is to be unveiled Thursday evening.
RED BANK: DEMS GLIDE INTO NEW YEAR
RED BANK: Democrats glide into New Year with unfettered control as Menna begins fourth term as mayor. Highlights from the reorganization meeting.
RED BANK: DEMS OUST POULOS AS CFO
RED BANK: In an otherwise empty borough hall on New Year's Eve, the council convenes a special meeting to fire the CFO, hours before she was due to reach tenure.
RED BANK: HIGHER VNA SITE DENSITY URGED
RED BANK: Council moves to boost allowable density of VNA site to 90 units per acre, which would negate a planning board compromise reached last week.
RED BANK: Planning board OKs up to 80 units per acre at VNA site; Menna says high density is critical to town meeting its affordable housing obligation.
RED BANK: COUNCIL MULLS STREET ISSUES
RED BANK: Council takes up snow and leaf-removal, stop signs and streetsweeping issues at its latest workshop session, with new ordinances coming.
RED BANK: DEMS ROMP TO FULL CONTROL
RED BANK: Borough Democrats cruise to victory as incumbent mayor and two new council members give the party full control of local government.
RED BANK: PEARL LEE Q&A
RED BANK: redbankgreen's Q&A with Republican Pearl Lee, who's challenging incumbent Pasquale Menna for mayor in the November 6 election.
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RIVERSIDE FLOW
New Jersey Flow Arts brings together jugglers, poi spinners, hoopers and more weekly in Riverside Gardens Park.
Honeybee swarm carted away
Beekeeper Tanya Ptak of Ptak’s Apiary inspects a swarm of honeybees that chose a flower pot in the courtyard of Red Bank Primary Schoo ...
BELOVED POISONED DOG PHOTO SURFACES
   
THREE ON TOUR
RED BANK: Three borough sites will participate in a weekend of self-guided tours of 52 historic locations in Monmouth County May 4 & 5.
VOLUNTEERS GET INTO THE WEEDS
Toting plastic trash bags, 51 volunteers conducted a walking litter cleanup on Red Bank's West Side Saturday.
“IT’S A PARTY AT WAWA!”
You wish you could vibe like Brian, who lives on the other side of Hubbard’s Bridge. He caught redbankgreen’s attention in Red B ...
POPE OKS ORATORY
RED BANK: St. Anthony of Padua obtains papal approval to establish Oratory of St. Philip Neri, a community of priests and brothers devoted t ...
RED BANK: NEW MURAL BRIGHTENS CORNER
RED BANK: Lunch Break founder Norma Todd is depicted in a mural painted this week on the front of the newly renovated social service agency.
TULIPS TOGETHER
Spring tulips taking in the sunset outside the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank Monday evening.
RIVER RANGERS RETURN
River Rangers, a summer canoeing program offered by the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association, returns this summer for up to 20 participa ...
DOUBLE DYLAN IN RED BANK
Trucks for a production company filming what one worker said was a Bob Dylan biography have lined Monmouth Street the past two days with cre ...
AFTER THE RAIN
A pear tree branch brought down by a brief overnight storm left a lovely tableau on the sidewalk in front of Red Bank's Riverside Gardens Pa ...
CONE OF UNCERTAINTY
Asked by a redbankgreen reporter why these cones were on top of cars, the owner of the car in the foreground responded: “That’s ...
RAIL RIDER’S VIEW
A commuter's view of Cooper's Bridge and the Navesink River from North Jersey Coast Line train 3320 out of Red Bank Tuesday morning.
PUT ME IN COACH!
Red Bank T-Ball kicked off at East Side park on Saturday morning. The brisk weather proved to be no deterrent to the young players, ranging ...
IT’S A SIGN!
Once proudly declaring its all-but-certain arrival in Spring 2019, the project previously known as Azalea Gardens springs to life again with ...
SPRINGTIME MEMORIES OF CARL
The Easter Bunny getup and St. Patrick’s Day hat that belonged to longtime Red Bank crossing guard and neighborhood smile-creator Carl ...
RED TRUCKS AT RED ROCK
A small dishwasher fire at Red Rock Tap and Grill was put out quickly by firefighters overnight, causing minimal damage. Red Bank Fire Depar ...
CREATIVE COVER UP
The windows of Pearl Street Consignment on Monmouth Street were smashed when a driver crashed their car through them injuring an employee la ...
THEY’RE BACK!
Ospreys returned to the skies over Red Bank this week for the first time since they migrated to warmer climes in late fall. With temperature ...