RED BANK: BOARD RESISTS DENSITY BONUSES

The former VNA building sits on 2.7 acres at the corner of Riverside Avenue and Bodman Place. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

hot topic red bank nj A recommended new overlay zone that would allow generous density bonuses won’t be on the Red Bank council’s agenda for its next meeting Wednesday night.

That’s because members of the planning board, which was tasked with reviewing the proposal, think it gives too much away to the affected site’s new owner.

October 23, 2018 - 10:00 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: REDEVELOPMENT MOVES ADVANCE

The former VNA headquarters, at Riverside Avenue and Bodman Place, is on track to designation for special redevelopment rights. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank’s elected officials were in redevelopment mode Wednesday night, advancing two measures that could reshape the landscape.

One tapped a consulting firm to set up a redevelopment agency to oversee downtown projects. The other initiated a process under which the former VNA Health Group headquarters could be replaced with high-density housing.

October 11, 2018 - 10:17 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: COURT NIXES TAX ACTION

The borough’s attempt to revoke Riverview’s tax exemption for two years amounted to a “fishing expedition” in search of justification, the court ruled. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank can’t retroactively revoke the tax-exemption for Riverview Medical Center, New Jersey’s tax court ruled last week.

In attempting to do so, the borough was improperly hoping that a “fishing expedition” in the form of legal action would turn up evidence that the hospital, owned by Hackensack Meridian Health, was being used as a for-profit facility, the court ruled. Read More »

August 2, 2018 - 2:40 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: VNA SITE UP FOR NEW HOUSING

The former VNA headquarters building on Riverside Avenue, with the Colony House apartments at right. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

The massive former VNA Health Group headquarters in Red Bank would be demolished and replaced with multifamily residential housing under a plan in the works, redbankgreen has learned.

June 14, 2018 - 2:30 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: PROPERTY TAX UP 4.7 PERCENT

Michael Ballard, who heads the finance committee, with Mayor Pasquale Menna at left, on election night last November. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank property owners may see a 4.7-percent increase in the local portion of their tax bill this year under a budget introduced Wednesday night.

The hike was driven by a drop in revenue, said Councilman Michael Ballard, including a halt by Riverview Medical Center of its customary payment in lieu of taxes.

May 11, 2018 - 3:30 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: SALE PUTS BUILDING ON TAX ROLLS

The former VNA headquarters building on Riverside Avenue has been acquired by an office developer. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank’s municipal coffers are about to be bolstered by the addition to the tax rolls of a major office building.

“It is now taxable,” Mayor Pasquale Menna said Wednesday about the former VNA Health Group headquarters, following a report by app.com that the property had been acquired by a private developer for $7.4 million.

January 25, 2018 - 6:00 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: NOW TAKING TAX PREPAYMENTS

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank has joined Belmar, Jersey City and other New Jersey municipalities in encouraging residents to consider reducing the impact of the newly adopted federal tax plan on their wallets.

How? By prepaying local property taxes before the end of 2018.

December 22, 2017 - 2:30 pm | Comments ()

PRESS: TAX LEVY EDGES UP IN LITTLE SILVER

Property taxes are set to rise “a fraction of a percent” in Little Silver this year, the Asbury Park Press reports Tuesday.

The owner of a home assessed at a borough-average $500,000 will see a $35 increase for the local portion of the overall levy, excluding school, Monmouth County and Open Spaces taxes, the Press reports.

March 6, 2012 - 8:53 am | Comments ()

CHRISTIE PLANS MIDDLETOWN TOWN HALL

By DUSTIN RACIOPPI

Governor Chris Christie‘s made-for-YouTube roadshow is pulling into Middletown next week.

The pugnacious darling of the GOP is planning a pit stop at the Veteran’s of Foreign Wars post in the Port Monmouth section of town Wednesday morning, Mayor Anthony Fiore tells redbankgreen.

January 21, 2011 - 8:58 am | Comments ()

AFTER TWO DROPS, RUMSON TAX RISES

The Rumson Borough Council met at a special meeting Tuesday afternoon to finalize the budget. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)

By DUSTIN RACIOPPI

Unlike its neighbors to the west, Little Silver and Fair Haven, Rumson won’t be able to pull off one of those improbable shrinking New Jersey budgets in 2010.

After two years of holding the line on taxes, Rumson officials, faced with declines in revenues and increased costs, moved forward on passing a $15.2 million budget that includes a 6.9-percent spike in property tax bills.

June 30, 2010 - 5:22 am | Comments ()

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RED BANK: BOARD RESISTS DENSITY BONUSES

RED BANK: REDEVELOPMENT MOVES ADVANCE

RED BANK: COURT NIXES TAX ACTION

RED BANK: VNA SITE UP FOR NEW HOUSING

RED BANK: PROPERTY TAX UP 4.7 PERCENT

RED BANK: SALE PUTS BUILDING ON TAX ROLLS

RED BANK: NOW TAKING TAX PREPAYMENTS

PRESS: TAX LEVY EDGES UP IN LITTLE SILVER

CHRISTIE PLANS MIDDLETOWN TOWN HALL

AFTER TWO DROPS, RUMSON TAX RISES