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RED BANK: SPARKS FLY BEFORE OVERRIDE VOTE
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RED BANK: Controversy continues at special council session called to override Portman veto of Airbnb-style rental law .
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March 3rd, 2023 @ 2pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: BALLARD SLAMS PORTMAN VETO
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RED BANK: Ballard criticizes Portman veto of short-term rental law as a "political stunt aimed to slow down Borough operations."
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March 1st, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: PORTMAN VETOES RENTAL LAW
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RED BANK: In surprise move, Portman vetoes short-term rental law, saying council "ignored the simple and widely acceptable solution."
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February 23rd, 2023 @ 5am
RED BANK: SHORT-RENTAL LAW PASSES
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RED BANK: Amid complaints that it is still "not listening," council adopts short-term law barring short-term rentals in residential-only zone.
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February 9th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: PIPES, RENTALS, VOTING ON DECK
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RED BANK: On a heavy council agenda Wednesday: lead pipes, cannabis zoning, water rates, special election and gender-neutral language.
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February 7th, 2023 @ 2pm
RED BANK: BILLBOARD QUESTIONS LOOM
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RED BANK: Company pushing for giant digital billboard at town's northern gateway also a state permit for one at the southern gateway.
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February 3rd, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: OK FOR GIANT BILLBOARD SOUGHT
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RED BANK: Long-vacant eyesore gas station at town's northern gateway seeks variance for giant digital billboard this week.
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January 30th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: NEW EATERIES WALTZ INTO TOWN
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RED BANK: In Retail Churn, tiny new sandwich shop stakes out night crowd; ice cream shop, pizzeria, French-bread baker plan openings.
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December 16th, 2022 @ 1pm
RED BANK: PIZZERIA PLAN GOES COLD
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RED BANK: Two years after announcing imminent opening, Artichoke Basille's Pizza unveils a "for sale" sign on partially renovated space.
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December 8th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: MEN’S CLOTHING, EATERIES IN CHURN
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RED BANK: In Retail Churn, a jeweler doubles down on Broad Street with a men's clothing shop; also, restaurants coming and going.
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November 18th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: DOWNTOWN APARTMENTS OK’D
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RED BANK: After developer lops off a floor, plan for 40-unit apartment building downtown gets unanimous zoning board approval.
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October 21st, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: APARTMENT PLAN SHRINKS
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RED BANK: Developer of proposed apartment building lops off a floor, eliminating need for height and parking variances.
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October 17th, 2022 @ 12pm
RED BANK: FIVE-STORY PLAN CHALLENGED
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RED BANK: Questions about the need for a fifth floor surround plan for 50 new downtown apartments as zoning board commences review.
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September 2nd, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: FIFTY-UNIT PLAN UP FOR REVIEW
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RED BANK: A plan for 50 new downtown apartments is scheduled for review by the borough zoning board Thursday night.
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August 30th, 2022 @ 5pm
RED BANK: CLOTHING, SALADS, SHAKES & MORE
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RED BANK: New shops selling vintage clothing, healthy beverages, fresh salads and more debut. Meet the owners.
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July 19th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: DONUTS, TOYS AND MORE IN CHURN
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RED BANK: Boom in new shops brings donuts, cameras, housewares and soul-soothing crystals downtown.
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June 17th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: FLURRY OF NEW SHOP APPROVALS
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RED BANK: In Retail Churn, flurry of approvals includes art gallery/podcast studio; toy store; camera shop; pet-treats retailer and more.
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May 6th, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: FIFTY APARTMENTS PROPOSED
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RED BANK: Fresh off completion of 24 downtown apartments, a developer proposes building 50 more across the street.
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May 3rd, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: FOUR BUSINESSES EXPAND
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RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, three established retailers and a restaurant plan expansions downtown.
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April 22nd, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: NEW BUSINESSES SET THE TABLE
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RED BANK: This edition of Retail Churn reports on three new restaurants downtown, with an update on a much-anticipated donut shop.
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April 20th, 2022 @ 7am
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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 ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.