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RED BANK: THREE INJURED SLIGHTLY IN CRASH
Three people suffered minor injuries in a three-vehicle crash in Red Bank Thursday morning, police said. (Red Bank Fire Department photos. Click to enlarge.) (Red Bank Fire Department photos. Click to enlarge.) All three declined medical attention following the crash, which occurred at about 7:40 a.m. at the intersection of...
RED BANK: CRIME & ARREST REPORTS
The crime and arrest reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for September, 2023. This information is unedited; see below for additional information. Shrewsbury Av., a building was tagged with black in color spray paint. Ptl. Preston Mellaci. Theft: A patrol unit took a report of theft...
RED BANK: THREE CANNABIS SHOPS LICENSED
Redbankgreen photo. Click to enlarge.) That means three pot shops have cleared all the local licensing requirements, borough officials said Thursday night. The prospective homes of Canopy Crossroad, on West Street, above, and the Frosted Nug, on North Bridge Avenue, below. (redbankgreen photos. Click to enlarge.) • Monteverde NJ at...
RED BANK: LIBRARY TO MARK A CENTENNIAL
The library has been based in the former West Front Street home of Sigmund and Bertha Eisner since 1937. Below, the 1880 catalogue of the original Red Bank Mutual Library, started in a Broad Street clothing store, listed only 144 books. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) That...
RED BANK: COUNCIL TO TARGET IDLE TRAILERS
Unhitched trailers, like this one in front of the house at 90 Bank Street, have been the subject of complaints. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Responding to complaints, the Red Bank council plans to strengthen its law on work trailers left curbside. Under amendments on Thursday night’s...
RED BANK: NEW HPC EXPECTED ON AGENDA
The borough’s Washington Street Historic District, the location of many applications the HPC reviews, was created in 2009. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) At its semimonthly meeting scheduled for Thursday night, the council plans to appoint new and returning members to the commission, Councilperson Kristina Bonatakis, said last week.
RED BANK: NURTURING FORTUNE’S LEGACY
T. Thomas Fortune, below, and the cultural center dedicated to him in his onetime Red Bank home, above. (Above photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) When the Black newspaper editor and civil-rights activist T. Thomas Fortune moved to Red Bank in the summer of 1901, his arrival was front-page news. “Mr. Fortune is one of the most noted colored men of the country,” the Red Bank Register reported.
RED BANK: MODERN HOME PLAN APPROVED
The house at 211 River Street, above, is to be demolished and replaced with the structure below. (Photo by John T. Ward; rendering by Catherine Franco. Click to enlarge.) Meanwhile, the owner of a postage-stamp-sized lot will have to wait to find out if a neighbor makes a purchase offer before he can proceed with his plans for a new house.
RED BANK: TRIAL BIKE LANES ASSESSED
Cyclists gathered at Canal Street and Hudson Avenue, above, and pedaling along East Bergen Place, at right, during the Red Bank Porchfest townwide music festival Sunday. In addition to numerous pedestrians moving from stage to stage, the event appeared to bring out several hundred cyclists, many of whom used temporary bike lanes set up with assistance from the transportation nonprofit EZ Ride to get around town.
RED BANK: TWO HOMES ON AGENDA
Plans for two single-family homes, both needing variances, are scheduled for review by the Red Bank zoning board Thursday night. • At 1 Berry Street (seen at top) – on a short block between Central Avenue and South Pearl Street – new owner Jacob Morales proposes building a home on a vacant, undersized lot.
RED BANK: POLICE CHASE & NAB SUSPECTS
The incident began with a report of car burglaries in the parking lot at Grandville Towers, police said. ( Archive photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) At about 2:38 a.m., police responded to a report by a witness of “multiple males” wearing all black clothing and face masks burglarizing cars parked in the lot outside the Grandville Towers apartment high-rise on Morford Place, Frazee told redbankgreen in a statement.
RED BANK: BOARD OKS NEW HEIGHT LIMITS
Navesink Riverside Residences and Marina (formerly Riverview Towers), center, and the Atrium at Navesink Harbor, to its right, are in the waterfront zone. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) By JOHN T. WARD. Red Bank’s planning board made quick work of approving two pending ordinances Monday night.
RED BANK: BROAD REOPENS TO TRAFFIC
After a four-and-a-half-month closure, the northern blocks of Broad Street in downtown Red Bank were reopened to vehicular traffic Monday. The lowering of the traffic bollards at three intersections marked the season’s end of the in-street shopping and dining plaza known as Broadwalk, which this year began May 15 and ended Sunday.
RED BANK: PORCHFEST ROLLS AND SHINES
For the second year in a row, the sun shone Red Bank’s Porchfest townwide music festival Sunday. The five-hour event, a fundraiser for the housing nonprofit HABcore, offered peripatetic audiences opportunities to hear classical music, bluegrass, hard rock and more by 90-something acts (including a spotted lanternfly) performing on 25 porches, driveways, in back yards and at least one gazebo.
RED BANK: SKIES CLEAR, OKTOBERFEST ROCKS
Delayed a week by rain, and nearly drenched by more precipitation on its-rain-or-shine backup date, Red Bank Oktoberfest teemed with good cheer Saturday afternoon. The first-time event went off just as skies cleared from a morning of rain, drawing some 2,000 attendees to sip locally made beer and liquor and enjoy food and music in Edmund Wilson Plaza, between Triumph Brewing Company and the Two River Theater. Volunteer firefighters were among the volunteers helping keep sample cups filled.
RED BANK: HISPANIC FESTIVAL RAINED OUT
Wet weather has forced the cancellation of today’s Hispanic Heritage Celebration in Red Bank. “Mother nature is not on our side again… The weather has gotten worse, and it will not clear up on time for us to prepare. Not to mention the grass is really soggy therefore it will not be enjoyable for the community. We are unable to reschedule the event as this was our rain date. On behalf of the Borough of Red Bank and all the partnering Sponsors and Organizations, we truly apologize for this.”
RED BANK: STATE SLAMS PAYOUT CONTROLS
Interim borough Manager Darren McConnell disputed the state’s claim that the borough is not cooperating. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Red Bank is one of nine New Jersey municipalities that have failed to take action to prevent illegal sick leave and vacation payouts to departing employees, a state agency said Thursday.
RED BANK: YOUR GUIDE TO PORCHFEST II
Chamber music, metal, “stoner folk,” jazz, a bit of standup comedy and more: Red Bank’s second annual Porchfest townwide music festival promises a cornucopia of melody Sunday. But who’s playing, when and where? Here’s a handy guide to help you plan an itinerary. Use the...
RED BANK: RIVERVIEW REMANDATES MASKS
Red Bank’s Riverview Medical Center has revived its pandemic-era mask mandate for all staff and visitors “due to an increase in COVID-19 prevalence,” its owner announced Wednesday. Anti-masking and anti-vaccine protestors outside Riverview in August, 2021. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) In a statement...
RED BANK: SKYWATCH FOR WEEKEND EVENTS
Xol Azul Band, seen here playing last year’s Porchfest at the Fortune Cultural Center, is scheduled to reprise the gig Sunday, one day after a scheduled headline appearance at the Hispanic Heritage Celebration in Riverside Gardens Park. (. redbankgreen photo. Click to enlarge.) It’s eyes-on-the-sky time as four outdoor...
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