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RED BANK: CASSIDY Q&A
(Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Red Bank voters will have 13 candidates to choose from when they elect six council members May 9. Here’s what candidate David Cassidy said in response to a questionnaire sent to all by redbankgreen. Name and age: David Cassidy (45) Street...
RED BANK: HILL Q&A
(Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Red Bank voters will have 13 candidates to choose from when they elect six council members May 9. Here’s what candidate Linda Hill said in response to a questionnaire sent to all by redbankgreen. Name and age: Linda Hill, 62. Street...
RED BANK: NO DECISION ON CANNABIS SHOP
A rendering of the proposed home of Canopy Crossroad at 9 West Street, next door to Red Bank Liquors. (Rendering by Stephen Raciti Architect. Click to enlarge.) A plan for a retail cannabis shop in Red Bank ran into some of the same objections fueling an effort to rewrite where such businesses can operate in town Monday night.
RED BANK: CANNABIS SHOP ON AGENDA
An application to open a retail cannabis dispensary on West Street in Red Bank goes to the planning board Monday night – in the midst of a council effort to block it. Canopy Crossroad owners Andy Zeitlin and Caryn Cohen at a council meeting in March. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
RED BANK: APRIL ENDS WITH A SOAKING
Cars splashed along East Bergen Place in Red Bank Sunday afternoon during a soaking of the Greater Green that closed out the month of April. According to the National Weather Service, more than 2.7 inches of rain fell Saturday and Sunday, as measured in Long Branch. That’s 10 times the normal for the two-day period.
RED BANK: STOP LEADS TO WEAPONS CHARGES
A traffic stop led to the arrest of 22-year-old Red Bank man for possession of a handgun loaded with highly lethal ammunition earlier this week, borough police said Friday. A juvenile was also arrested in the incident. From a press release by Captain Mike Frazee:. On Tuesday, April 25, 2023,...
MIDDLETOWN: RIVERFRONT PARK TO OPEN
In the works for more than eight years, Swimming River Park in the River Plaza section of Middletown is set to make its official debut Monday. Monmouth County officials have scheduled a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the park, on West Front Street next to the Senator Joseph Kyrillos Bridge, for 10:30 a.m.
RED BANK: STREETLIFE GIGS AVAILABLE
It’s not quite the mainstage at the Basie, but the sidewalks of downtown Red Bank offer a platform for singers, musicians and other entertainers to share their talents in the open air this summer. Past StreetLife participants have included the Kilkenny Cats, seen in 2017 at top, and Phred...
RED BANK: POSSIBLE GRENADE FOUND IN SEWER
A member of the State Police bomb squad emerging from a Red Bank storm sewer with a possible hand grenade Tuesday afternoon. Police closed the intersection while awaiting the arrival of the bomb squad, above; the suspect item as seen in the sewer, below. (Photos by John T. Ward and RBPD. Click to enlarge.)
RED BANK: WATER LINES, CANNABIS ON AGENDA
A map used in a February presentation indicated that 366 properties were known to be served by lead water supply lines, with most others “unknown.”. (Image by ENGenuity. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD. Also on deck: adoption of a cannabis zoning law that the planning board said...
RED BANK: REPORT RIPS DPU CONDITIONS
A “temporary” office trailer has been in use at the public utilities yard on Chestnut Street for 20 years and is now “separating and shifting,” a report says. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) By JOHN T. WARD. A detailed review of Red Bank’s...
RED BANK: WEEKLONG DETOUR FOR WATER JOB
Avoid it if you can: access to a busy Red Bank intersection will be shut down for a week starting early Monday morning. According to a notice posted on the borough website Friday, the westbound lane of Newman Springs Road between Broad Street and Laurel Street (marked in red above) will be closed beginning 4 a.m. to allow for water main replacement work by New Jersey America Water.
RED BANK: GARDEN CONDOS TO BLOOM AT LAST?
(Renderings by Thomas J. Brennan Architects. Click to enlarge.) In the works for more than two decades, a housing development featuring a lush garden in downtown Red Bank will finally begin construction this summer, its principals said Thursday night. Formerly known as Azalea Gardens, with a new name to be...
RED BANK: COMMISSION HOSTS EARTH DAY FAIR
Two days early, the Red Bank Environmental Commission hosts an Earth Day Green Fair at the borough middle school Thursday evening. The free event will feature workshops, interactive displays on sustainable products, information about the Bellhaven Terrapin Project and a tree-seeding giveaway, among other attractions. Middle school students will show...
RED BANK: ELBOW-TO-ELBOW AT ‘FACEOFF’
The crowded race includes 13 candidates for council and two for mayor, all of whom participated (one via phone link). A combined in-person and online audience of more than 230 heard the candidates lay out their visions and positions on issues at the event, which was organized by redbankgreen and moderated by site founder John T. Ward. The complete video is above. (Click to enlarge.)
RED BANK: BOARD REJECTS CANNABIS LAW
A proposed cannabis dispensary next door to Red Bank Liquors on West Street would be barred because it is within 1,000 feet of the Red Bank Charter School. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) By JOHN T. WARD. On a unanimous vote, the board rejected the controversial law,...
RED BANK: HOGAN, PORTMAN SPLIT ON ‘DEBATE’
Mayoral candidates Tim Hogan, left and Billy Portman, right, at last week’s dedication ceremony at the Senior Center. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Red Bank’s two mayoral candidates disagreed Monday on whether one of them has “refused” a call for a one-on-one debate.
RED BANK: AZALEA GARDENS PLAN ON AGENDA
Azalea Gardens would be built on Harding Road, between Clay Street and Hudson Avenue. (Google Maps photo. Click to enlarge.) Red Bank may get an update on a long-pending downtown housing project this week. Also on planning and zoning agendas: an EV charger law, and proposed zoning for cannabis businesses.
RED BANK: WALTON TAKES OVER DPU
New public utilities director Terrence Walton addressing the audience at borough hall Wednesday night. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Red Bank’s council appointed a new department head, authorized another season of in-street dining downtown, took action on the long-closed town dump and gave a thumbs-up to a plan for gardens on Broad Street Wednesday night.
RED BANK: FIREFIGHTERS PRESS FOR RENT HIKE
Volunteer firefighters heading into borough hall for Wednesday night’s council session. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.) Red Bank’s volunteer firefighters derailed the planned introduction of a borough budget they said would scuttle a negotiated funding plan for their firehouses Wednesday night. Men and women in...
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