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RED BANK: ROSI LISTING RUSHED THROUGH
RED BANK: Ignoring planning board rejection, soon-to-be-replaced council OKs 11th-hour attempt to protect Senior Center property.
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RED BANK: After blowback, controversial new bylaws will get council review later this month, Ballard and Jackson said last week.
RED BANK: CITIZEN APPOINTMENTS 2023
RED BANK: Unpaid citizen volunteers help power local government. Here are the latest committee appointees and re-appointees.
RED BANK: Proposed regulations for Airbnbs and other short-term rentals tabled following pushback by owner-occupant operators.
RED BANK: SCHOOL COPS ON HOLD
RED BANK: Council tables plan to put armed police in the borough's primary and middle schools; quarrels over meeting-date change.
RED BANK: CHARTER REFERENDUM ADVANCES
RED BANK: Charter Study Commission agrees on "council-manager" government and other aspects of November referendum.
RED BANK: SPARKS FLY YET AGAIN
RED BANK: Yet again, sparks fly at a council session, this time over the protocol of an appointment to housing authority.
RED BANK: SIDES CLASH OVER COUNCIL SEAT
RED BANK: Dissident Democrats, seeking Mirandi's swift ouster from council, rebut what they call a "no harm, no foul" defense as two sides clash.
RED BANK: PARTY DEFENDS APPOINTMENT
RED BANK: Answering lawsuit, establishment Democrats defend Mirandi appointment by citing... their own failure to meet a nomination deadline.
RED BANK: CENTER FIXES OK’D, RE-ARGUED
RED BANK: Even as they approve spending for Senior Center repairs, Democrats split over how long it took and who should have 'found' funding sooner.
RED BANK: DEMS SUE DEMS TO OUST MIRANDI
RED BANK: It's more Dems v. Dems as two party stalwarts sue to have Mirandi removed from council seat following alleged illegal maneuver by Zipprich.
RED BANK: Angela Mirandi elected to fill Yngstrom's seat after Zipprich declines to endorse Hecht, one of three residents he proposed for consideration.
RED BANK: GOVERNMENT REVIEW LAUNCHED
RED BANK: Newly empaneled charter study commission kicks off "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to reorient town's governance, says chairwoman.
RED BANK: HURDLES FOR SKATEBOARD EVENT
RED BANK: Proposed skateboarding event encounters hurdles as officials raise concerns about liability and potential damage to parking lot.
RED BANK: CENTER DEBATE CONTINUES
RED BANK: Clashes over Senior Center continue with insults as Triggiano resolution on property review wins on another 4-2 vote.
RED BANK: BOROUGH SHUTS DOWN PARKS
RED BANK: Following Murphy shutdown of state and county parks, borough does same, citing "non-compliance with social distancing directives."
RED BANK: Council drops 'archaic' citizenship requirement for license, and commenting protocol once again is put to the test. Session recap.
RED BANK: COUNCIL DROPS REVERSE APPEALS
RED BANK: After business owners and landlords blast reverse tax appeals, council votes to withdraw 2019 suits. But older cases continue.
RED BANK: SILENCE BY ALL ON HARASSMENT
RED BANK: There's silence all around as council ends a harassment case filed against Shehady five months into his job as business administrator.
RED BANK: COUNCIL OKS ‘REVERSE’ APPEALS
RED BANK: Going "aggressive" at Menna's urging, council OKs 'reverse' tax appeals on commercial properties. Also, Menna gets a surprise tax bill in the mail.
Partyline
NOT SO SCARY
Twenty times? Fifty times? How many times did we drive by this home on the corner of River Street and Shrewsbury and do a double take before ...
LOCAL 9 TAKE TROPHY
After a long hot two days of baseball, the Red Bank area-based Jersey Shore Raiders emerged as champions of the United States Amateur Baseba ...
RHAPSODY ON ICE
RED BANK: On a cool-ish summer evening, keyboardist NGXB entertained customers of Strollo's Italian Ice with renderings of 'Bohemian Rhapsod ...
PUDDLE BE GONE
A work crew was out this week attacking the site of the notoriously persistent puddle at the corner of Broad and Mechanic Streets. This phot ...
SMALLS FOR MAYOR?
We at redbankgreen remain neutral in political affairs and never make endorsements. But we have to say Borough Clerk Laura Reinertsen’ ...
CRASH ON LEIGHTON
The driver of this car was headed north on Leighton Avenue when they it hit an SUV pulling a work trailer headed in south in the opposing la ...
CAR VS STREET SIGN
The driver of this Mercedes hopped the curb and toppled the street sign at the corner of South Pearl and Drs. James Parker Boulevard Wednesd ...
SKETCHES OF RED BANK BY LOCAL ARTIST MICHAEL WHITE
Sketches of Red Bank scenes have been floating around on social media and we thought they deserved some spotlight. First appearing in our fe ...
POLE DOWN
Utility pole falls on English Plaza shop Forge after being struck by SUV shortly before noon. No injuries reported, though 86-year-old drive ...
YO, ADRIAN!
It’s a tough turn for our hero as Rocky Balboa is relegated to the curb for trash pickup on Locust Avenue. We’ll have to go back ...
“EL PALOMO” IS IN THE HOUSE
Jesus Rios, a mariachi singer who performs under the stage name “El Palomo” (The dove) pauses for a moment before entering a bac ...
CROC SPOTTED IN RIVER
Frighteningly hideous and green, a solitary Croc lurked ominously amid the flotsam and foam in the Navesink River alongside the Red Bank Fir ...
KISS ICON REFLECTS ON BROADWALK
A Swarovski crystal-bedazzled self-portrait painting of Paul Stanley, longtime singer and guitarist for the rock band Kiss peers out from a ...
CHISELIN’ AWAY
Marcelo Garcia Lopez works with hammer and chisel on a new feature for his flower garden on Shrewsbury Avenue: a hollow in a carved log in w ...
STORM CLEANUP CONTINUES
  Saturday’s storm sent a tree toppling on this house on Bank Street, damaging the roof. Workers Wednesday could be seen removing ...
SNAPPING IN THE BREEZE
RED BANK: Blustery winds had the flags in Riverside Gardens Park snapping Monday evening.
POWER LINE DOWN
Red Bank firefighters were on scene at Manor Drive dealing with a live power line Monday afternoon. There was no immediate report of fire. T ...
TAR BEACH SOLSTICE
Aldo Quiroz of Ocean Township came ready with his beach chair and found a shady spot to spend his lunch hour in a parking lot off Broad Stre ...
GOING GREY
Workers painting the stone facade of the PNC Bank at the corner of Broad and Harding Thursday morning. An upgrade? Maybe it’s just pri ...
COFFEE & WILDLIFE
RED BANK: The best wildlife show in town can be taken in from a waterfront bench outside the public library, and it's totally free.