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Category Archives: Retailing

RED BANK: PIANO MAN MOVES ON, CAFE OPENS, TWINS OPEN HANDBAG SHOP
Joy Martin, co-woner of June & Joy in the Galleria
RED BANK: In this edition of Retail Churn, a new Italian cafe opens, twin sisters from Tanzania open a clothing/handbag shop and a longtime Piano biz moves out.
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July 10th @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
RED BANK: DENHOLTZ AIMS FOR ‘DENSE’ TRANSIT VILLAGE
RED BANK: As the town plans a public workshop on transit village, developer says "it needs to be dense" with housing.
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July 1st @ 7am
RED BANK: INDIAN FOOD, JEWELRY AND MORE IN CHURN
RED BANK: Retail Churn includes opening of an Indian restaurant, two women's clothing boutiques, a jewelry store and a shop that aims to stimulate your senses.
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June 25th @ 7am
RED BANK: VACANT DOWNTOWN GEM GETS RESTAURANT OK
RED BANK: Downtown gem of a building gets ok for a three-story restaurant. Now owner just needs a tenant.
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June 7th @ 7am
RED BANK: THREE-STORY RESTAURANT PROPOSED
RED BANK: Plan for Broad Street building could mean the end of a glaring 12-year vacancy. But first, about those windows...
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May 15th @ 8am
MORE FALLOUT FROM SICKLES COLLAPSE
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The implosion of Sickles Market continued to echo with two bankruptcy filings, including one by the heir to the 116-year-old farm business.
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May 14th @ 11am
RED BANK: ‘YAPPY HOUR’ SET FOR BROADWALK
RED BANK: Broadwalk is slated to return next week. And it will quickly go to the dogs, event organizers hope. (Click for more.)
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May 10th @ 2pm
RED BANK: LAUNDROMAT TO WEED SHOP BID BURNS ON
RED BANK: Only three pot shops are allowed by law, but a fifth is now seeking, building approvals. What gives? (click to read more)
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May 9th @ 1pm
RED BANK: POT SHOP, RESTAURANT ON AGENDA
RED BANK: Hearing on plan to turn laundromat into cannabis shop to resume. Also on agenda: restaurant for (most of) former Coco Pari spot on Broad.
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May 7th @ 10am
RED BANK: UNDERAGE SMOKE SALES CHARGED
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RED BANK: Employees at three downtown smoke shops charged with illegal sales to under-21 buyer following special police investigation.
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May 3rd @ 3pm
RED BANK: SICKLES LIQUOR STORE FILES BANKRUPTCY
RED BANK: Liquor store taken down by the dramatic collapse of Sickles Market seeks protection from creditors following eviction.
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April 30th @ 10pm
RED BANK: BOTTLES BY SICKLES EVICTED
RED BANK: Court-ordered lockout of Bottles by Sickles caps stunning cascade of Sickles Market business failures in two towns.
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April 24th @ 8am
RED BANK: MORE GREENERY & TWINKLY LIGHTS COMING
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More mini-gardens and overhead bistro lighting are among the enhancements planned downtown thanks to a $150K grant, says RiverCenter.
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April 23rd @ 7am
RED BANK: GOING ALL-IN WITH TWO RESTAURANTS
RED BANK: A first? Bread guy takes over coffee shop on Broad Street while putting finishing touches on new restaurant at the Rail.
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April 19th @ 8am
RED BANK: JEWELER MOVING TO BROAD STREET
RED BANK: After 35 years on East Front Street, Leonardo Jewelers plans move to the "corner of Main and Main" downtown. Here's why.
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March 29th @ 8am
RED BANK: DOWNTOWN PARKLET PLAN GETS THUMBS UP
RED BANK: There will soon be a new outdoor place to chill downtown: a "parklet" at Monmouth and Broad Streets.
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March 15th @ 8am
RED BANK: WAS SICKLES SUNK BY EXPANSION?
RED BANK: A failed expansion by Sickles Market to the Anderson building here may have torpedoed its 116-year-old Little Silver business.
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March 12th @ 11am
LITTLE SILVER: SICKLES MARKET CLOSES
LITTLE SILVER: Four weeks after abruptly pulling the plug on its Red Bank expansion, 116-year-old Sickles Market here also has closed.
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March 11th @ 6pm
RED BANK: SALE CLOSES RED TANK’S TAPS
RED BANK: After five years of operation, Red Tank Brewing closed this week following sale to a Bergen County microbrewery.
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March 7th @ 8am
RED BANK: HAIR SALON CLOSES
RED BANK: A mainstay of the downtown health-and-beauty sector for a dozen years has closed its doors.
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March 5th @ 8am
Partyline
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.
PEAK COLOR ON BROAD
RED BANK: A year after they were installed, downtown mini gardens have added to "transformational" improvements, says business owner.
RED BANK: FAIRIES MOVE IN ON WHITE STREET
Red Bank: Girl scouts turns tiny parking lot plot of dirt into a "magical girls sparkle garden."
TRAINING UNDER FIRE
RED BANK: Volunteer firefighters train to cut into pitched roofs under active fire conditions.

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