RED BANK: BOARD OKS NEW HEIGHT LIMITS

Oct 3, 2023

Navesink Riverside Residences and Marina (formerly Riverview Towers), center, and the Atrium at Navesink Harbor, to its right, are in the waterfront zone. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank’s planning board made quick work of approving two pending ordinances Monday night.

At a meeting that lasted just 13 minutes, the board found proposed changes to maximum building heights, and fees paid by developers in lieu of planting trees, did not conflict with the borough’s Master Plan.

October 3, 2023 - 10:20 am |

RED BANK: TREE REMOVALS AT ISSUE

Sep 15, 2023

A view down South Street on August 3, above, and a century-old tree being removed Monday. (Photos by John T. Ward, above, and Kenny Katzgrau. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

The abrupt removal of nine trees along South Street in Red Bank this week was “unavoidable,” according to interim borough Manager Darren McConnell.

Residents, though, said they were in the dark about the plan until it was too late to change it.

September 15, 2023 - 8:10 am |

RED BANK: BRUSH PICKUP REMINDER

Aug 31, 2023

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. More →

August 31, 2023 - 7:40 am |

RED BANK: PLASTIC FILM PICKUPS CONTINUE

Jul 4, 2023

Though a vendor contract ended eight months ago, Red Bank’s public utilities department is continuing to collect plastic film waste for recycling, said Councilperson Nancy Facey-Blackwood.

That means Wednesday morning’s monthly pickup is still on, she told redbankgreen Saturday.

July 4, 2023 - 8:20 am |

RED BANK: CANADA WILDFIRE SMOKE RETURNS

Jun 30, 2023

Smoke from forest fires raging in Canada affected the Greater Red Bank Green for the second time in a month, laying a haze over the Navesink River early Friday morning.

The smoke, which has traveled as far as Europe, is expected to be less intense than the local smothering of June 7, but air quality still “may approach or exceed unhealthy standards,” according to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Combined with high temperatures, that could make for especially uncomfortable conditions outdoors.

Here’s the weather forecast for the weekend and beyond from the National Weather Service. (Reader photo. Click to enlarge.)

June 30, 2023 - 6:35 am |

MIDDLETOWN: RIVERFRONT PARK TO OPEN

Apr 28, 2023

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.

April 28, 2023 - 12:45 pm |

RED BANK: COMMISSION HOSTS EARTH DAY FAIR

Apr 20, 2023

Two days early, the Red Bank Environmental Commission hosts an Earth Day Green Fair at the borough middle school Thursday evening.

April 20, 2023 - 8:10 am |

RED BANK: PARKING, EV CHARGING ON AGENDA

Mar 21, 2023

The council is eyeing requirements for electric vehicle charging in new multifamily projects and parking lots. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

See UPDATE below

By JOHN T. WARD

On the Red Bank mayor and council’s agenda for Wednesday night: rules requiring electric vehicle chargers at new developments, and a change in the parking law for a stretch of Spring Street.

Not on the agenda: the burning issue of how to rewrite the town’s cannabis law.

March 21, 2023 - 8:30 am |

RED BANK: ICELESS WINTER FOILS ICEBOATERS

Feb 16, 2023

In decades past, members of Red Bank’s North Shrewsbury Ice Boat & Yacht Club, the oldest organization of its kind in America, could count on winters packed with racing and casual sailing.

No more. What’s now called the Navesink River has not frozen well enough for iceboating for five years straight, sending the club’s members, including Mark Petersen and Steve Foster, right, north in search of ice elsewhere. And even that hunt is often futile, as borough resident Brian Donohue reports in his latest ‘Positively Jersey’ video essay for News12. Watch the short video here.

There’s no hope of ice crystals forming Thursday, when local daytime temperatures are expected to crack 60 degrees again (following Wednesday’s peak of 69), according to the National Weather Service. Check out the extended forecast below.

February 16, 2023 - 7:35 am |

RED BANK: FILM RECYCLING STILL ON, FOR NOW

Jan 31, 2023

White pails for the program were distributed in 2021. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Yes, Red Bank will collect plastic film for recycling Wednesday, despite the recent end of a one-year pilot program, a borough official told redbankgreen.

January 31, 2023 - 3:00 pm |

RED BANK: OK FOR GIANT BILLBOARD SOUGHT

Jan 30, 2023

A plan for a giant digital billboard at the northern gateway to Red Bank is the subject of a proposal before the zoning board Thursday night.

January 30, 2023 - 7:15 am |

RED BANK: DPU HEAD OUSTED

Jan 12, 2023

Cliff Keen on Broad Street last June. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

At its first working session of 2023, the Red Bank council fired public utilities director Cliff Keen Wednesday night.

Unmentioned at the meeting: he was replaced on an interim basis, at a cost of $16,500 per month, by Gary Watson Sr., whom Keen succeeded in 2016.

January 12, 2023 - 7:30 am |

RED BANK: SUNSETS ON AGENDA

Dec 13, 2022

Mayor Pasquale Menna and Councilwoman Kathy Horgan are slated to attend their final session as elected officials. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank may inch closer to turning its onetime landfill on the Swimming River into an eight-acre park under a proposed action on the agenda Wednesday night.

The session, which marks the sunset of Mayor Pasquale Menna‘s 16-year tenure, also includes potential action on short-term rentals.

December 13, 2022 - 7:58 am |

RED BANK: TREE PLANTING UNDERWAY

Nov 8, 2022

A fall planting of 75 young trees in Red Bank began with a gingko finding a home on Leonard Street Monday morning.

November 8, 2022 - 5:27 am |

RED BANK: WALKING TOURS HIT THE BRICKS

Aug 5, 2022

Temporary sidewalk decals include a QR code that offers routes for Red Bank walking tours. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank’s Environmental Commission began a rollout this week of sidewalk markers downtown aimed at enhancing walkability in the central business district and beyond.

August 5, 2022 - 7:52 am |

RED BANK: RIVER DREDGINGS PLANNED

Jun 23, 2022

An eastward view of the Navesink River from Red Bank earlier this week. (Reader photo. Click to enlarge.)

The Army Corps of Engineers plans to dredge the Navesink River from Red Bank to Sandy Hook in 2023, according to an announcement by sixth-district Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.

June 23, 2022 - 11:00 am |

RED BANK: TESLA TRYOUT UPDATED

Apr 21, 2022

The borough-owned Tesla gets recharged at a station intended for public use. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank’s borough government is not yet ready to pull the plug on a donated Tesla sedan, even though keeping the vehicle charged up has been a challenge, interim Business Administrator Darren McConnell tells redbankgreen.

April 21, 2022 - 7:45 am |

RED BANK: LEAD-TAINTED SOIL TO BE REMOVED

Feb 23, 2022

A map showing the properties where the DEP plans to do soil testing and remediation. An added arrow indicates the community garden lot. (DEP map. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Homes near Red Bank’s community garden may require heavy excavation work to remove lead-contaminated soil, New Jersey environmental officials told residents Tuesday night.

February 23, 2022 - 7:45 am |

RED BANK: GARDEN SOIL-TEST UPDATE SET

Feb 21, 2022

The Marion Street garden was shut down in 2019 after a private report of possible lead contamination. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is scheduled to update Red Bank residents Tuesday night on its investigation into a report of soil contamination at the borough’s community garden.

February 21, 2022 - 2:20 pm |

RED BANK: BOROUGH MAY GET USED TESLA

Dec 14, 2021

Nancy and Phil Blackwood with the car they’ve offered to the town. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A fire-engine red Tesla sedan may become part of the Red Bank municipal fleet this week, pending the acceptance of a proposed donation by a borough couple.

December 14, 2021 - 7:50 am |

RED BANK: FILM RECYCLING IN SPOTLIGHT

Nov 30, 2021

Dedicated pails for recycling plastic film waste are available from the public utilities department. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

A one-year pilot program to encourage the recycling of plastic film waste enters its second month in Red Bank Wednesday.

Despite some glitches, the first was “a success,” said the borough official overseeing it, as he faced questions about costs.

November 30, 2021 - 6:10 am |

RED BANK: PLASTIC FILM RECYCLING TO BEGIN

Oct 6, 2021

Pails for segregating plastic film for recycling will be available for pickup October 16. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank residents can now begin setting aside plastic film products for recycling.

Starting November 3, the borough will make monthly collections of everything from dry-cleaning bags to boat wrap.

October 6, 2021 - 4:00 pm |

RED BANK: POP STAR’S POP WINS EXTENSION

Aug 6, 2021

The zoning board approved the creation of five basement apartments at Tudor Village in 2016. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Pop star Charlie Puth‘s father obtained an extension from the Red Bank zoning board Thursday night on a five-year-old plan to create a handful of apartments on Broad Street.

It was an encore appearance.

August 6, 2021 - 6:26 am |

RED BANK: FARMER DEFENDS PRODUCE TOSS

Jul 22, 2021

Kurt Poehler at the Red Bank Farmer’s Market in May, 2020. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

The farmer who trigged a backlash over disposed produce at the Red Bank Farmer’s Market Sunday defended the practice as a normal result of sorting Wednesday.

In addition, an organization that puts surplus produce into the hands of those who need it backed him for donating carloads of fruit and vegetables weekly, including Sunday.

July 22, 2021 - 7:15 am |

RED BANK: DUMPED PRODUCE STUNS SHOPPERS

Jul 20, 2021

Customers of the Red Bank Farmer’s Market were alarmed to see good produce tossed into a dumpster Sunday.

July 20, 2021 - 7:30 am |

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