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RED BANK: SENIOR CENTER STILL ON ICE
RED BANK: The Senior Center, which has been closed since a leak almost two years ago, is not for sale, officials say. But will it ever reopen?
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RED BANK: MANSION RAZED; MORE LAND EYED
RED BANK: Ignoring pleas by preservationists, Riverview razes 19th-century riverfront mansion, and moves to acquire more property.
RED BANK: FRICTION OVER WEST FRONT PLAN
RED BANK: Hearing on PRC plan to add nine stories above Pazzo resumes with testimony on parking, friction over building height.
RED BANK: A plan to add seven stories of apartments and parking above Pazzo restaurant returns to the zoning board after a pandemic interruption.
RED BANK: HOSPITAL PLAN DRAWS HPC IRE
RED BANK: Frustration erupts at Historic Preservation Commission over hospital plan to raze riverfront Victorian mansion.
RED BANK: AZALEA GARDENS TO RESTART
RED BANK: Azalea Gardens plan for 18 homes on the edge of downtown wins approval extension, plans to start foundations this year, developer says.
LITTLE SILVER: ODD LOT TO GET NEW USE
LITTLE SILVER: Oddly shaped lot with tricky access wins planning board approval for use as vehicle storage yard for a local landscaping business.
RED BANK: Historic Preservation Commission to discuss East Front Street Victorian structure slated for demolition by Hackensack Meridian.
RED BANK: MENNA ADMITS FOOD TRUCK ERROR
RED BANK: Following redbankgreen questions about conflict of interest, Menna acknowledges he should not have participated in council food truck discussion.
RED BANK: PROJECT REVIEW GETS UNDERWAY
RED BANK: Hearing on massive development proposed for West Front Street block gets underway with hints of concern about size, height and traffic impacts.
RED BANK: MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT ON DECK
RED BANK: A nine-story, 150-apartment addition that would shatter the borough's height limits goes to the zoning board this week. Here's what you need to know.
RED BANK: CORNER PLAN GETS THUMBS DOWN
RED BANK: Developer to revise plans after neighbors and board members call proposed apartment project too much for a busy intersection.
RED BANK: APARTMENTS AND STORES PLANNED
RED BANK: Builder proposes to replace building at Shrewsbury Avenue and Drs. Parker Boulevard with 16 apartments, plus retail and underground parking.
RED BANK: MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED
RED BANK: A proposed nine-story development atop Pazzo would add 150 apartments downtown and shatter the borough's limits on building height and density.
FAIR HAVEN: PARK OPENS ON OLD HOUSE SITE
FAIR HAVEN: After more than a decade of work, borough opens passive park where generations of an African-American family lived overlooking the Navesink.
RED BANK: FOURTH-GENERATION BIZ CLOSING
RED BANK: An auto body shop that's been in the same family for four generations, and three locations in town, is headed to scrap heap.
RED BANK: HPC AIMS TO SAVE DOOMED HOUSE
RED BANK: Five months after planning board OKs demolition of hospital-owned Victorian house, historic commission proposes an alternative.
RED BANK: BROAD TO THE RIVER? ‘WE’LL SEE…’
RED BANK: Is a Broad-to-the-river plan finally in the works? redbankgreen checks out some intriguing clues among property deals.
FAIR HAVEN: CONSOLIDATION COMPLICATION?
FAIR HAVEN: The vacant Sunoco site has a new owner who wants to build 24 townhouses there, which could complicate an ambitious borough consolidation plan.
RED BANK: THREE NEW HOMES APPROVED
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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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 ...
SPRING IS SPRUNG
RED BANK: Spring 2024 arrives on the Greater Red Bank Green with the vernal equinox at 11:06 p.m. Tuesday.
RED BANK’S FINEST – AND NEWEST
Red Bank Police Officer Eliot Ramos was sworn in as the force’s newest patrolman Thursday, and if you’re doing a double take thinkin ...
EASTER EGG MAYHEM AT THE PARK
An errant whistle spurred an unexpectedly early start to the Spring Egg Hunt on Sunday, which had been scheduled to begin at eggsactly 11am ...