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RED BANK: SALE CLOSES RED TANK’S TAPS
The microbrewery has been acquired by Five Dimes Brewery. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Wedding photographers John and Lovina Arcara, who opened the beermaker five and half years ago, announced the sale on Facebook Wednesday evening. John Arcara at Red Tank Brewing in October, 2018. (Photo by...
RED BANK: TENNIS/PICKLEBALL COURTS SIGNUPS LAUNCHED
Tennis players enjoying last Sunday’s great weather at the new East Side Park tennis courts. (Photo by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.) Log on before you get your dink on. That’s the message from the Red Bank Department of Recreation which launched a new online booking system for East Side Park’s refurbished tennis and pickleball courts just in time for prime pickle weather.
RED BANK: SCHOOLS EYE “DEVASTATING” STATE AID CUTS
The Red Bank Borough Board of Education offices on Branch Avenue. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Red Bank could face hefty cuts to school programs and staff under a nearly 20 percent reduction in state aid announced last week, schools Superintendent Jared Rumage said Monday. Red Bank...
RED BANK: HAIR SALON CLOSES
One Blow Dry Bar began life as Glam Bar in 2012. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) A mainstay of downtown Red Bank’s health-and-beauty sector for a dozen years has closed its doors. oneblowdrybar, a hair salon at 116 Broad Street, departed with a post on Facebook...
RED BANK: GANT PUTS McCONNELL ON LEAVE
Chief Darren McConnell and his wife, Patrolwoman Kristin Altimari, at a library event in November. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Red Bank’s new borough manager put Chief Darren McConnell on administrative leave last week, eight months after union allegations of mismanagement of the police department, redbankgreen has learned.
RED BANK: POT SHOP GOING FOR LONG SHOT?
Two River Green hopes to convert the laundromat behind Strollo’s Lighthouse Italian Ice to a cannabis store. (Photo by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.) Even though Red Bank already has issued all three of the retail cannabis licenses allowed by ordinance to other sellers, a seemingly optimistic would-be pot shop owner goes before the planning board Monday to try to force a fourth.
WALK THIS WAY
A Facebook post last Friday by Red Bank Deputy Mayor Kate Triggiano showed the before-and-after of a sidewalk cleanup on West Street, between Oakland and Monmouth streets. The adjoining property is own by developer Denholtz Properties. Partyline is an experimental way to let readers text message news stories to redbankgreen...
SOGGY NOTION
A miniature sculpture by an unknown artist seemed to catch the mood in downtown Red Bank as heavy rain fell Saturday morning. The outlook for Sunday is literally sunnier: mostly sunny, with temperatures as high as 58 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. (Photo by John T. Ward)
RED BANK: CIVIC-MINDED DOG KILLED BY POISON
(Red Bank Public Library archives. Click to enlarge.) Bum was good boy. A very, very good boy. And then, all of a sudden, he was found dead. On March 5, 1924, readers of redbankgreen’s predecessor, the Red Bank Register, learned of the tragic poisoning death of “Bum,” a beloved local personality who just happened to be a St. Bernard.
HOME DELIVERY
Neighbors of a long-vacant Red Bank lot might be surprised to see a fully constructed house there today. On Wednesday, workers using a crane lifted the fourth and final living section of a modular house being erected at 162 Catherine Street. The new structure occupies a portion of a lot,...
RED BANK: PARADIDDLE SKEDADDLES?
Paradiddle Griddle and 30 Burgers were dark and empty Wednesday. (Photos by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge) Read all about the griddle gone dark, a new tattoo studio and a natural soap shop coming to town in this installment of redbankgreen‘s Retail Churn. Atelier Gallery tattoo parlor has opened...
RED BANK: FUTILE SEARCH FOR A HOUSE FOR MOM
(Photo by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.) Jacob Morales walks the streets of Red Bank like a sidewalk sleuth, scoping vacant houses, photographing oversized lots that could be divided, or tiny vacant plots buried in tax debt. Any place that maybe could fit a little house for his mom. She’s...
COMMUNITY PROFILES
To commemorate Black History Month, Red Bank’s Community Engagement and Equity Advisory Committee has been posting a series of local profiles on its Facebook page throughout February. It’s a great place to get brief bios of borough workers and community volunteers, including part-time parks and rec worker Celestine Woods...
RED BANK: COUNCIL PROMOTES SEVEN COPS
Mayor Billy Portman (left) and Borough Manager James Gant (right) flank the newly sworn officers. (Photos by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.) Seven Red Bank police officers were promoted, and one appointed, before a large gathering of friends and family at the borough council meeting Thursday night. Check out the...
RED BANK: CRIME & ARREST REPORTS
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for January, 2024. This information is unedited; see below for additional information. Criminal Mischief: On 01/02/2024 a patrol unit took a report of graffiti. In the area of Monmouth St., the owner of a business reported the rear outside wall of a building had been tagged with black in color paint. Ptl. Andrew Todd.
RED BANK: COUNCIL AVOIDS ISRAEL-HAMAS DEBATE
Supporters of Israel filled the council chamber. (Photo by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.) Red Bank’s elected found themselves Thursday in the odd position of listening to a lengthy and emotional debate over a measure they already had made clear a month ago they had no intention of considering: a call for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas.
LITTLE SILVER: RBR DREAMER GETS OVATION
Madelyn Sanchez-Berra receives a standing ovation at the RBR Board of Education meeting. (Photo by Brian Donohue. Click to enlarge.) The last time Red Bank Regional High School senior Madelyn Sanchez-Berra stood before the district board of education, she was so nervous she says she “blacked out.”. Madelyn Sanchez-Berra...
RED BANK: RESTART FOR PRESERVATIONISTS
Community planning director Shawna Ebanks distributes information Wednesday night to HPC members Paul Cagno, left, Liam Collins and Marjorie Cavalier. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) By JOHN T. WARD. Meeting for the first time in eight months Wednesday night, members of Red Bank’s Historic Preservation Commission began...
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