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RED BANK: ITALIAN ICE, LOBSTER ROLLS COMING
The future location of Rita’s Italian Ice & Frozen Custard on West Front Street. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Red Bank’s booming food scene is in for some new additions soon: a Rita’s Italian Ice shop and a Mystic Lobster Roll. Also: a hair...
RED BANK: HOGAN ADDRESSES ‘CONFLICTS’
Mayoral candidate Tim Hogan, seen here in 2018. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Riverview Medical Center president Tim Hogan says his day job would not present a conflict of interest should he succeed in his bid to become Red Bank’s mayor. Also in borough politics: watchdog...
RED BANK: CHURCH BLOCK TO BE RENAMED
The Red Bank council is set to answer a church’s prayers for a new address. At its semimonthly meeting last week, the council introduced an ordinance to officially change the name of the easternmost block of Herbert Street, between Bridge Avenue and the railroad tracks, to Oratory Way. In...
RED BANK: MAKING SPACE FOR MAKERS
Debbie Eisenstein at the Red Bank Artisan Collective earlier this month. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Five years ago, Debbie Eisentein opened the Red Bank Artisan Collective at 43 Broad Street, following her parents into the world of retailing downtown. Though her family is an owner of...
RED BANK: HOUSING, POT DOMINATE SESSION
Evergreen Terrace is one of two apartment complexes slated for possible rehabilitation or redevelopment. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) The Red Bank Housing Authority asked the borough council for money to explore possible redevelopment of two subsidized apartment complexes Wednesday night. At its second three-plus-hour meeting in...
RED BANK: PORTMAN VETOES RENTAL LAW
Mayor Billy Portman called the ordinance “an effort to appease a few people” who oppose short-term rentals. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Portman, just seven weeks into his term, announced the rarely used action after the conclusion of a council meeting that ran for three and a half hours without any hint of his intention.
RED BANK: COUNCIL DEMS, HOGAN FORM SLATE
From left: John Jackson, Jacqueline Sturdivant, Michael Ballard, Tim Hogan, Linda Hill, Erin Fleming and Sean Murphy. (Photo by Red Bank Together. Click to enlarge.) Three incumbent council Democrats have teamed up with the president of Riverview Medical Center in a bid to form Red Bank’s new government this summer.
RED BANK: POT LAW OVERHAUL PROPOSED
Cannabis proponent Andy Zeitlin testifying at the special session. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Expecting to hear about proposed tweaks to Red Bank’s pot law, attendees at a special council session Monday night instead learned that it may be completely rewritten to make it more restrictive.
RED BANK: FREE PANTRY GETS SOME LOVE
Ethel Brandon, Michal DiMiceli, Roseann Kamin, Erin Howard, Liz DeBeer and Laura Jannone with their delivery. A group of Red Bank and Fair Haven women made a food donation to the Food Pantry & Family Services Center in Red Bank on Valentine’s Day. The donation consisted of groceries collected...
RED BANK: ZIPPRICH WON’T SEEK NEW TERM
Councilman Ed Zipprich, right, with Councilman Michael Ballard in December. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) In recent years, Zipprich has been a lightning rod for controversy as the the Democratic party, which dominates borough politics, split into warring tribes under his leadership. Zipprich with parks and rec...
RED BANK: 1980s SEX ASSAULTS ALLEGED
The victim alleges some of the 200 assaults occurred in an office at Count Basie Fields. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) UPDATE: This post has been edited to remove the name of the victim, which appeared in the original version. The court documents previously included have also been removed.
REDBANKGREEN’S NEW PARTNER: 83 YEARS TO GO
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RED BANK: ICELESS WINTER FOILS ICEBOATERS
In decades past, members of Red Bank’s North Shrewsbury Ice Boat & Yacht Club, the oldest organization of its kind in America, could count on winters packed with racing and casual sailing. No more. What’s now called the Navesink River has not frozen well enough for iceboating for five...
RED BANK: CANNABIS SITINGS ON AGENDA
The Red Bank council has scheduled a special session next week to consider easing limits on cannabis shop sitings. The ad hoc meeting, slated for Monday, is for “review and discussion of Cannabis Businesses within the Borough Code of Red Bank, including but not limited to Borough Ordinance 2021-17,” according to an announcement on the borough website.
RED BANK: COUNCIL OKS EARLY, LIVE VOTING
Voting machines at borough hall in advance of last November’s election. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Red Bank voters would be able to cast ballots in-person over the weekend prior to the upcoming special election under an ordinance introduced last week. The borough council signaled at...
RED BANK: PARK TO GET PICKLEBALL COURTS
The tennis courts in Red Bank’s Eastside Park will be remade into a hybrid of tennis and pickleball surfaces under plans that advanced last week. Parks and rec Director Oscar Salinas, seated, and engineer Michael Reiser outlined plans for the park, which include a new surface for the basketball court, below.
RED BANK: TAKE A STROLL, SWEETHEARTS
Red Bank RiverCenter unveils a new Valentine’s Day downtown event Saturday, one for lovers… of strolling, shopping and dining. Here’s what you need to know.The downtown promotion agency has put together an event dubbed “Sweet Stroll,” with special Valentine’s Day offers from retailers and restaurants three days in advance of the actual day.
RED BANK: WEST SIDE LEAD PIPE PLAN OK’D
Eighty percent of Red Bank properties have an unknown type of water service line, according to ENGenuity. (Image by ENGenuity. Click to enlarge) Red Bank’s West Side streets will soon be abuzz with street-opening backhoes as as the borough embarks on a massive, decade-long effort to identify and replace lead water lines.
RED BANK: SHORT-RENTAL LAW PASSES
(Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) The action followed complaints by residents and Mayor Billy Portman that, months into the issue, the council still was not “listening” to the public. The audience at Wednesday’s council session. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) The...
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