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RED BANK: STREETSCAPE UP FOR COMMENT
The session is aimed at getting input on proposed safety and aesthetic upgrades to Shrewsbury Avenue. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Red Bank’s government plans to solicit public input this month on a proposed streetscape makeover for Shrewsbury Avenue. The busy Monmouth County thoroughfare is notoriously...
RED BANK: MASSAGE SCHOOL GETS KNEADED OK
(Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) The owner of a Red Bank day spa won approval of her plan to establish a massage school a few blocks away last week. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Applicant Jennifer Clarke, who bought the Woodhouse Spa franchise at...
RED BANK: APARTMENT PLAN ‘TOO BIG’
A rendering of the Bridge Avenue facade of the building, which would feature a public space formed by a colonade. (Photo by Michael James Monroe. Click to enlarge.) A long-delayed hearing on a proposed new apartment complex at the Red Bank train station turned out to be a feedback-gathering session for the architect last week.
RED BANK: FROM GAS TO GRASS?
A pot shop could replace the long-vacant former Exxon station in Red Bank if approved by the borough planning board Monday night. The site, at the juncture of Rector Place, Bridge Avenue and Riverside Avenue, has been considered an eyesore for years. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
RED BANK: DE-ESCALATION IN ACTION
Police bodycam video of a July 11 standoff with a knife-wielding man shows de-escalation in action, says Red Bank’s chief-designate. Red Bank Police video of the incident. Click lower right corner to enlarge. The encounter with the armed subject, whom police did not identify, began shortly before 8 p.m....
RED BANK: ‘FORTUNE TELLERS’ GUIDE VISITORS
Fortune Center executive director Gilda Rogers, left, discussing assignments with ‘Fortune Tellers’ prior to the exhibit’s opening Saturday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) With the opening of a new exhibit at Red Bank’s T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center, a group of student guides dubbed...
RED BANK: CODE BLUE ALERT ISSUED
Red Bank borough issued its first ‘Code Blue‘ alert of the season effective 6 p.m. Wednesday. The designation means that temperatures will be at or below freezing. The alert is in effect through 9 a.m. Friday. The JBJ & PBC Hope & Comfort Center for men at Pilgrim...
RED BANK: IDLE-TRAILER WARNINGS BEGIN
A junk-laden, unhitched trailer has been parked in front of 90 Bank Street for years. Red Bank police have begun issuing warning notices to violators of a new law that bans unhitched trailers from borough streets, police Chief Darren McConnell said Tuesday. William Poku addressing the council Thursday night. (Photos...
RED BANK: WATER SERVICE INTERRUPTED
Residents of West Westside Avenue will see their water shut off temporarily, Red Bank officials announced Tuesday afternoon. Due to the need to make emergency water main repairs, water service on W. Westside Ave between Shrewsbury Ave and Leighton Ave will be temporarily shut down. Water pressure on Clinton Place may also be low during this time. We do not anticipate this interruption lasting beyond a half hour.
RED BANK: TINY LOT, MASSIVE PROJECT ON AGENDA
The Red Bank zoning board hearing on a proposed new single-family house on a tiny lot is scheduled to resume Thursday night. Also scheduled for review is a massive apartment project on Bridge Avenue that has been repeatedly postponed since May at the applicant’s request. In between: a massage...
RED BANK: ‘MIGHTY’ SOCIAL SERVICES IN SPOTLIGHT
First Baptist Church, seen in background, plans to open a womens’ warming center in the newly acquired house at 90 Maple Avenue. Below, Deputy Mayor Kate Triggiano speaking at Thursday’s event. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) With a winter warming center for homeless women about...
RED BANK: THREE HURT IN THREE-VEHICLE CRASH
Three people were injured in a three-vehicle crash that shut down part of a key Red Bank roadway Monday afternoon. The pickup truck struck two vehicles, a utility pole and the porch of an office building, police said. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) According to police Captain...
RED BANK: PEAK AUTUMN COLORS ABOUND
Autumn colors abounded in Red Bank over the weekend, almost as if nature was reminding us to slow down, observe and appreciate. On the final Saturday of October, 2023, peak colors were seen on Irving Place (top) and Broad Street, below. Here’s the National Weather Service forecast for the Greater...
REDBANKGREEN’S PUBLISHER: ABOUT THE NEW LOOK
You might have noticed our new look this morning. Cleaner, faster, still kinda funky and distinctly redbankgreen. Way back in February, I shared, among other things, that we’d be working on a restoration. This is phase 1 — we’re not complete yet. It’s like when the airport is partially under construction and barely functional.
RED BANK: RIVERVIEW DROPS MASK MANDATE
Reversing a policy revived a month ago, Red Bank’s Riverview Medical Center has dropped a mandate for mask-wearing to impede the spread of COVID-19, according to a published report. Riverview and two other hospitals owned by Hackensack Meridian Health – Jersey Shore Medical Center and Ocean University Medical Center...
RED BANK: WHAT’S ON COUNCIL AGENDA
(Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) At its semimonthly meeting Thursday night, the Red Bank council is expected to finalize its ban on “unhitched” trailers parked curbside throughout town. Also on the agenda:. • The award of engineering contracts in advance of three projects: repairs to...
LITTLE SILVER: RBR BOARD MEMBER INJURED
(Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Red Bank Regional High School board of ed member John Venino wound up with a black eye following a student altercation last week at a middle school where he works in Asbury Park, according to a TV news report Monday. News12 New...
RED BANK: SKATE SHOP ROLLS OUT OF TOWN
After less than three years in downtown Red Bank, Feet First Skate Shop has closed its doors. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) A decal-covered bench out front was removed, and brown paper went up on the windows of the shop at 15 Monmouth Street last week, following the announcement of shop’s closing on Instagram two weeks earlier.
RED BANK: 75TH HALLOWEEN PARADE SHINES
On an autumn afternoon of cool temperatures, the 75th annual Red Bank Halloween Parade drew hundreds of costumed celebrants for its 75th smile-provoking tromp march down Broad Street Sunday. redbankgreen‘s photos from the parade, and one longtime celebrant’s memories, below. Borough resident Barbara Boas, above, addressed parade-goers at...
RED BANK: FOOD, AND MORE, IN CHURN
Ivan Lopez and friend outside the newly opened Toro Rojo Parrilla Mexicana on Shrewsbury Avenue. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Two food-based businesses departed Red Bank last month – one after 21 years, the other after just a few days. But the shopping and dining scene...
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