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NO TAX BREAK? NO PROBLEM. RED BANK BUILDER TRANSFORMS GATEWAY & SPURS REGRET
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Developers said the 212-unit Commodore project would sink without a tax break. Red Bank officials refused, but the building rises anyway, spurring regrets from the Planning Board chair who now says he "hates it." (Click to read)
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August 4th @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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SAXUM GETS WIRED
Partyline photo: Workers toil on utility lines for the new 210-unit Saxum development at 176 Riverside Avenue.
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April 30th @ 8am
RED BANK: RALLO PLANS EATERY FOR FORMER GAS STATION
Birravino owner to unveil plans for new eatery in Red Bank. (Click to read)
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April 7th @ 2pm
RALLO GETS HIS GAS STATION, PLANS NEW RED BANK “GATEWAY”
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Inspired by a gas station's 1962 Hollywood cameo, Birravino restaurant owner buys long-vacant Bridge Avenue Gas station and plans to restore existing building. (click to read)
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November 7th, 2025 @ 12pm
REDBANKGREEN PODCAST: RED BANK’S DEVELOPMENT BOOM
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Podcast: discussing Red Bank's development boom with Planning Board Chairman Dan Mancuso. (Click to listen)
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October 28th, 2025 @ 8am
RED BANK: URBAN OUTFITTERS BUILDING SOLD
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RED BANK: One of downtown's oldest and most prominent landmarks, home to an Urban Outfitters store, has new owners.
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May 12th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: BROAD STREET ‘VAULT’ SOLD
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RED BANK: After years of vacancy followed by full rehabilitation, 108-year-old bank building downtown changes hands.
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November 10th, 2022 @ 10am
RED BANK: SAXUM CHANGES APPROVED
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RED BANK: Saxum wins approval for changes to its massive, not-yet-built housing project on the former VNA headquarters site.
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April 5th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: SAXUM SEEKS MORE BEDROOMS
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RED BANK: Two years after winning approval to build 210 units, Saxum wants to increase the bedroom count while reducing density.
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April 1st, 2022 @ 11am
RED BANK: BOARD NIXES REDEVELOPMENT BID
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RED BANK: Planning board nixes Saxum's controversial request for a rezoning of VNA site, saying the firm is responsible for deterioration.
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October 18th, 2021 @ 8pm
RED BANK: MORE SIGNS OF RETAIL CHURN
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, signs of change downtown include new Greek restaurant; coal-fired pizzeria; juice bar and more.
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October 8th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: Planning board hearing on Saxum's controversial request for a rezoning of VNA site has been postponed again.
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September 28th, 2021 @ 3pm
RED BANK: SAXUM HEARING POSTPONED
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RED BANK: Hearing on Saxum's request for a rezoning of VNA site, which could lead to controversial tax deal, postponed until October 2.
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August 31st, 2021 @ 1pm
RED BANK: TAX BREAK CLOUDS SAXUM HEARING
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RED BANK: Residents, and one board member, vent about tax impact as planning board takes up Saxum request for zoning change.
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August 17th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: REDEVELOPMENT HEARING SLATED
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RED BANK: Planning board to begin review of Saxum request for zoning change that could lead to big tax breaks for already approved 210-unit project.
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August 13th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: SAXUM SEEKS TAX BREAKS
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RED BANK: Saxum seeks tax break to offset higher construction costs for 210 units at VNA site. Two vacant gas stations to be included in review.
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July 29th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: ‘GOOD LIFE’ CHURNS INTO TOWN
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RED BANK: In Churn, high school sweethearts go all in on a health-food venture; basketball school opens; a Mexican and pizza eateries near debuts, and more.
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May 21st, 2021 @ 2pm
RED BANK: SIGN OF PROGRESS AT ‘THE VAULT’?
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RED BANK: There's a small new sign on the facade at 55 Broad Street, aka 'The Vault.' But is it a sign of things to come? What's Going On Here checks in.
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October 6th, 2020 @ 5pm
RED BANK: BOARD SUED OVER TWO DECISIONS
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RED BANK: Planning board faces two lawsuits, one for denying an extension to Hampton Inn, another for approving Saxum's 210-apartment project on VNA site.
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February 12th, 2020 @ 7am
RED BANK: SAXUM PLAN APPROVED
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RED BANK: Saxum plan for 210 apartments on former VNA site wins approval. Mayor cites boost to affordable housing as neighbor says board "sold out."
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December 3rd, 2019 @ 7am
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RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...