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RED BANK: THRIVE PLAN GETS BOARD OK
A rendering of the proposed Thrive Red Bank project, as seen from Shrewsbury Avenue. (Rendering by CPA Architecture. Click to enlarge.) Advocates called the approval historic, and said it would allow them to create a model for desperately needed housing for neuro-diverse adults. Thrive Red Bank would replace a vacant...
RED BANK: PARK WORK STARTS WITH MISHAP
A backhoe en route to start work on a park makeover project tipped off a trailer in Red Bank Wednesday morning. The backhoe, with a cracked engine cowling, was onsite at the park early Thursday, where removal of the tennis court surface was underway. (Photos by Red Bank Fire Department (top) and John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
RED BANK: LUNCH BREAK SEEKS MURALIST
Attention would-be Gulley Jimsons: a large wall beckons at Red Bank’s Lunch Break, awaiting your artistic vision. Specs for the mural, which will grace the northeast corner of the building on Drs. James Parker Boulevard. (Lunch Break image. Click to enlarge.) The nonprofit food security and social service agency...
RED BANK: DIVERSION PROGRAM LAUNCHED
Press release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. By the end of next month, nearly one in every five Monmouth County residents will live in a municipality participating in an innovative program designed to shepherd individuals battling substance abuse and mental health disorders into recovery – and that ratio will only continue to grow in the years to come, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Tuesday.
RED BANK: STIFLING HEAT IN FORECAST
Visitors to the pier in Red Bank’s Marine Park fished, crabbed and sought out relief from stifling heat Monday afternoon. The discomfort across the Greater Red Bank Green on Labor Day will continue Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. With “feels like” temperatures expected to reach 102 in parts of Monmouth County, the agency issued a heat advisory in effect from Tuesday morning until 8 p.m. Wednesday.
RED BANK: RESTAURANTS IN CHURN
Catch 19 will close and a new restaurant will replace it, its owner says. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Though one is closing and the other is newly opened, for the owners of both, the appeal of the Broadwalk seasonal dining and shopping plaza remains strong four years in.
RED BANK: SUSPECT CHARGED IN SHOOTING
Red Bank police arrested a 24-year-old suspect wanted in a shooting at a hair salon in which no one was injured three months ago, they said Thursday. According to a statement by Captain Mike Frazee, police arrested Oliver Romero-Nava Wednesday in Long Branch and charged him with aggravated assault and weapons charges stemming from an incident that occurred May 19.
RED BANK: BRUSH PICKUP REMINDER
With summer 2023 nearing its end, Red Bank’s public utilities department is reminding residents that there are only two remaining brush pickups scheduled for the year. West of Broad Street: the second Thursday of the month (September 14 and October 12) East of Broad Street: the third Thursday of...
RED BANK: SINKING BOAT PULLED FROM RIVER
A boat that was sinking in the horsehoe-shaped municipal marina in Red Bank’s Marine Park was pulled from the water Tuesday night. According to police Captain Mike Frazee, Lieutenant Beau Broadley and Patrolwoman Kristin Altimari responded to the 10:19 p.m. report. They found a a 21-foot Moriah sports boat docked and three-quarters submerged in the Navesink River, he said.
RED BANK: OPEN-AIR OKTOBERFEST SLATED
The event will take place in Edmund Wilson Plaza, between Triumph Brewing Company and the Two River Theater. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) To be held in Edmund Wilson Plaza between Triumph Brewing Company and the Two River Theater on Bridge Avenue, the September 24 event will spotlight product samples from Monmouth County breweries, wineries and distilleries.
RED BANK: BOLLARDS WITHSTAND FIRST HIT
One of downtown Red Bank’s traffic bollards survived its first real-world test when it was struck by an SUV early Monday. Top, a view of the scene moments after the crash; below, the bollard Monday morning. (Reader photo, top; by John T. Ward, above. Click to enlarge.) According to...
RED BANK: 800 ENJOY LUNCH BREAK PICNIC
Gwen Love, center, with the Defined Logic team the Lunch Break picnic. Below, nearly 600 children received backpacks and school supplies. (Photos by Millie Jeter/Lunch Break. Click to enlarge.) Press release from Lunch Break. More than 800 people came to enjoy a perfect summer day, delicious food, fun and games,...
RED BANK: COUNCIL VOWS HPC RESTART
Historic Preservation Commission attorney Michele Donato addressing the council Thursday night. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) But the council will first have to adopt design standards to establish which types of renovation work require HPC perusal and which can be fast-tracked, Portman said. The HPC was the...
RED BANK: SETTLEMENT FORCES LOT RE-DO
Workers laying the sidewalk that blocked access to White Street from the Better Housekeeping Shop, the beige building visible at far right, in October, 2020. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) See UPDATE below. By JOHN T. WARD. Less than three years after a complete makeover, downtown Red...
RED BANK: PRESERVATION PANEL ON AGENDA
Historic Preservation Commission attorney Michele Donato, left, with Chairman Chris Fabricant in March. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Also on the agenda: proposed height limits on new construction along the Navesink River waterfront, and the settlement of a lawsuit over a parking lot issue.When the governing body launched the “council-manager” era with a raft of appointments in early July, one advisory committee was missing: the HPC.
RED BANK: NEW HOUSE LOT APPROVED
Red Bank’s planning board approved a subdivision at 27 Locust Avenue Monday night. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) Owners Florence and M. Basheer Hoosein proposed dividing their 75-foot-wide property in two, with plans for a new house on the vacant westerly portion. The existing 1,800-square-foot hours would remain.
RED BANK: LUNCH BREAK TO BUY CHURCH
The purchase includes the Mt. Zion House of Prayer and its parking lot on Tilton Avenue. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Red Bank-based Lunch Break, already in the midst of a massive facilities expansion, may build a residential project on the site of a West Side church.
RED BANK: THRIVE PARKING PLAN QUESTIONED
Seen on a monitor, an architect discusses the design of the proposed Shrewsbury Avenue project. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) A proposed apartment project for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities would be the first of its kind in New Jersey, which has a critical need for it, sponsors told the Red Bank zoning board Thursday night.
RED BANK: SIDEWALK SALE TURNS 69
Helping sustain downtown businesses since 1954, the ageless Red Bank Sidewalk Sale returns for its annual three-day run starting Friday. Shoppers sorting through sale items at last year’s Sidewalk Sale. (. Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Presented by Red Bank Rivercenter, the curbside shop-a-thon features bargain...
RED BANK: SPECIAL-NEEDS HOUSING PLANNED
Rendering shows the Shrewsbury Avenue side of the proposed building. Access to an interior garage would be at the far left. (Rendering by CPA Architecture.Click to enlarge.) “I had to make the choice as a parent, to leave my 19-year-old son, my only child, in Arizona,” she said. “I had to make the choice between the right program and being near family. And no parent should have to make that choice.”
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