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RED BANK: SAXUM TRAFFIC Q&A DELAYED
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RED BANK: With traffic the biggest issue surrounding Saxum's plan for old VNA site, many questions are deferred to next planning board session.
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July 16th, 2019 @ 9am
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RED BANK: JAZZ BAR/OPEN MARKET PLAN OK’D
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RED BANK: A combo food market/basement jazz club proposed for Broad Street wins praise from business owners and zoning board approval.
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June 7th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: SPEAKEASY ON ZONING AGENDA
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RED BANK: Zoning board agenda Thursday includes downtown speakeasy/ food market; changes to theater plaza; and new home where last one burned down.
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June 5th, 2019 @ 10am
RED BANK: DOWNTOWN APARTMENTS DEBUT
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RED BANK: After 12 years, two development plans and a pitched zoning battle, a vacant downtown lot yields 35 new luxury apartments.
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May 29th, 2019 @ 4pm
RED BANK: PLAN WITH MICROBREWERY OK’D
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RED BANK: Zoning board approves plan for microbrewery after building owner trims proposal for two new floors in half to address parking concerns.
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May 17th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: MASSIVE SAXUM PLAN FILED
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RED BANK: redbankgreen has the scoop on what could be the largest development in borough history: 210 apartments and more on the former VNA site.
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May 16th, 2019 @ 12pm
RED BANK: EXPANSION & BREWERY ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: A plan to triple the size of a downtown building, and install a microbrewery on the first floor, returns to the zoning board Thursday.
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May 15th, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: RED ROCK, SECRET STASH WIN OKS
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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.
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May 7th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: HOUSING & MORE PACKS AGENDA
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RED BANK: On council agenda: affordable housing deal; parking change for dicey corner; small-bore zoning tweaks; new fines for false alarms; and more.
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April 23rd, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: HOTEL DELAY REQUEST REJECTED
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RED BANK: In a stunner, planning board rejects developer's request for an additional year to start building Hampton Inn, throwing project into uncertainty.
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April 16th, 2019 @ 7am
RED BANK: DUNKIN’ CONTINUES SLOW DRIP
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RED BANK: Hearing resumes on proposed Dunkin' at Shell station as revised plan is unveiled and tempers flare over McKenna questions.
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March 22nd, 2019 @ 9am
RED BANK: THREE NEW HOMES APPROVED
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RED BANK: Planning board approves three new homes on West Westside Avenue property over objections that builder is "squeezing in" too much.
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February 7th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: DUNKIN’ PLAN RAISES CONCERNS
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RED BANK: Hearing on proposed addition of Dunkin' Donuts to Shell station begins with a looming traffic question: what if it's really popular?
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January 4th, 2019 @ 8am
RED BANK: ZONERS OPEN WITH BIG AGENDA
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RED BANK: Zoning board begins 2019 with two big projects: proposed expansion of a downtown building and the addition of a Dunkin' Donuts to the Shell station.
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January 3rd, 2019 @ 6am
RED BANK: STUDENTS RETHINK MONMOUTH ST.
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RED BANK: Sixteen urban planning students at Rutgers take on the challenge of redesigning a stretch of Monmouth Street. Here's what they came up with.
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December 18th, 2018 @ 11am
RED BANK: DUBLIN HOUSE TO ADD BANDSHELL
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RED BANK: A plan by the Dublin House Pub to erect a patio bandshell made for one of the quickest planning board meetings in memory Monday night.
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December 4th, 2018 @ 8am
RED BANK: HIGHER VNA SITE DENSITY URGED
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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.
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November 29th, 2018 @ 9am
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.
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November 20th, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: VNA, BANK ST. LOT ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: New zoning for the former VNA site, and a plan to build two new homes on Bank Street, are on Monday night's planning board agenda.
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November 5th, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: BREWERY PLAN UP IN THE AIR
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RED BANK: Plan for microbrewery and takeout restaurant in former Fameabilia space up in the air. The issue? The two floors of apartments the owner wants to add.
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September 20th, 2018 @ 10pm
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SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.