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RED BANK: Six months after parking reform efforts stalled, RiverCenter ponies up $25k as council nears selection of consultant.
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RED BANK: LOOKING UPSTAIRS FOR PARKING
RED BANK: Taylor spearheads effort to get a handle on how spaces above retail stores are utilized for incorporation into parking study.
RED BANK: RAYRAP PROJECT GETS UNDERWAY
RED BANK: House fire? Quick demolition? What's Going Here? Here's the scoop about recent activity at Harding and Hudson, the site of RayRap's long-awaited project.
RED BANK: SICKLES ENTERING LIQUOR BIZ
RED BANK: The Sickles Market Provisions planned for the long-vacant Anderson Storage building will feature a liquor store, redbankgreen has learned.
RED BANK: Ticket sales rose for the fourth straight year at the Count Basie in 2017, making it the state's top venue of its size once again.
RED BANK: HOVNANIAN HQ GOES FOR $42.5M
RED BANK: OceanFirst's $42.5 million purchase of Hovnanian HQ may be a record price for the borough.
RED BANK: OceanFirst plans to buy headquarters of homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises on West Front Street, redbankgreen has learned.
RED BANK: HOVNANIAN SELLING HOME OFFICE
RED BANK: Homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises, its output shrunken, plans to sell its gleaming headquarters here and move to Matawan.
RED BANK: RAYRAP HOME PLAN WINS FINAL OK
RED BANK: Developer Ray Rapcavage wins final approval for 18 homes with a huge garden plan at the Five Corners on the edge of downtown.
RED BANK: CRAFT BREWERY LEASES FIREHOUSE
RED BANK: In another sign of a possible tsunami of craft beer coming to downtown, the former firehouse on White Street has been leased to a startup brewery,
RED BANK: The median police salary in New Jersey crossed the $100,000 mark in 2016, and most of the towns on the Greater Green were in step.
RED BANK: SICKLES BREWS BOOSKERDOO DEAL
RED BANK: The 'Sickles Market Provisions' planned for the long-vacant Anderson Storage building will feature a Booskerdoo coffee kiosk.
FAIR HAVEN: ACME CENTER MAKEOVER OK’D
FAIR HAVEN: Acme shopping center makeover approved, minus a large sign that board members said raised pedestrian safety concerns.
FAIR HAVEN: ACME CENTER CHANGES DETAILED
FAIR HAVEN: Acme center owner details plan to keep it as a "neighborhood shopping center" but with more accessible parking.
RED BANK: Homebuilding giant Hovnanian Enterprises very nearly posted a net profit in its most recent quarter.
RED BANK: OPEN-AIR STAIR MAY BE ENCLOSED
RED BANK: Changes to a distinctive downtown building with an open-air staircase will go before the zoning board this week.
RED BANK: BASIE SHINES ON GLOBAL STAGE
RED BANK: Ticket sales soared 76 percent at the Count Basie in 2016, making it the top-grossing theater in New Jersey and 24th globally, Pollstar reports.
FAIR HAVEN: ACME CENTER TO GET MAKEOVER
FAIR HAVEN: As another tenant departs, the new owners of the Acme shopping center file renovation plans amid buzz about store turnover.
RED BANK: RAYRAP CLEARS FIRST HURDLE
RED BANK: A year after defeat, developer Ray Rapcavage wins key approval for townhouse-and-garden plan at the Five Corners on the edge of downtown.
RED BANK: LATEST RAYRAP PLAN IN SPOTLIGHT
RED BANK: A year after being stopped cold, RayRap returns to the zoning board this week with a plan for townhouses on the edge of downtown.
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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.
FAWNING OVER HER BABY
A mother deer and her fawn were spotted between a row of garages on Hudson Avenue and some trees alongside the Broad Street parking lots. Re ...
EVENING ESCAPE
RED BANK: Sailors in Monmouth Boat Club's weekly racing series found tranquil conditions on the Navesink River Tuesday evening.