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RED BANK: DOWNTOWN APARTMENTS DEBUT
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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RED BANK: COUNCIL RECAP
RED BANK: Council hires interim parking director, introduces bond, welcomes new police officer and more. Here's a recap of last week's action.
RED BANK: REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY NAMED
RED BANK: By 4-1 vote, council approves members of new redevelopment agency, along with a second group to serve as technical advisors.
RED BANK: COUNCIL AGENDA
RED BANK: Green Acres grant applications for two parks, and appointments to the new redevelopment agency are on the council's agenda Wednesday night.
RED BANK: OFFICES WITH CAR LIFTS OK’D
RED BANK: Board OKs office building designed to fit into historic district with a modern touch: underground parking served by valets and elevators.
RED BANK: HARASSMENT REPORT ON AGENDA
RED BANK: Report on investigation into harassment claim against Shehady by former borough employee on Wednesday's council agenda.
RED BANK: REDEVELOPMENT ON AGENDA
RED BANK: What's on the council's agenda this week? The creation of a redevelopment agency; the closing of an alleyway to vehicles; a smoking ban and more.
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: PLANS CLEARS HISTORICAL REVIEW
RED BANK: With Historic Preservation Commission flexing new muscle, developer scraps modernist office building for Victorian and gets thumbs-up.
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: BUILDING DESIGN TO BE REVISED
RED BANK: Modernist building won't fly in historic district, preservation commissioners tell developer. Architect says he'll revise design again.
RED BANK: CORNER OVERHAUL PROPOSED
RED BANK: A dowdy corner in the town's historic district could get some big and bold architecture, if a proposed medical office building wins approval.
RED BANK: REDEVELOPMENT WORK ON AGENDA
RED BANK: The consultants who suggested the borough set up redevelopment agency are expected to get the contract to run it.
RED BANK: PARKING GRIPES, IDEAS ECHOED
RED BANK: Consultant begins work on parking study with a forum that elicits familiar complaints and suggestions from merchants and residents.
RED BANK: The authors of a report calling for the creation of a downtown redevelopment agency appear on the verge of winning a contract to make it happen.
RED BANK: MIXED-USE BUILDING WINS OK
RED BANK: A mixed-use building would replace a house on Shrewsbury Avenue under a development plan OK'd by the planning board.
RED BANK: BIG PLANS FOR HUMBLE PROPERTY
RED BANK: A humble residential property could become the latest addition to booming redevelopment along Shrewsbury Avenue if a builder's plans are OK'd.
RED BANK: PARKING STUDY GETS IN GEAR
RED BANK: Democrats issue request for parking study bids while wrapping up a move of some permits from White Street to east side lots.
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SNEAKERS OVER BROAD
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sneakers hanging from the overhead wires on Broad Street.
PIANO TRASHED
Left out to take at 83 River Street. Property owner is a touring musician. Studio and home. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris H ...
FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
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