Author: Alan E Hill

Stranger in a strange land

Yeah… I’m back…

Red Bank Rising is coming back, and some people aren’t going to like it…

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Now… About Helmet Hair…

A few notes about bicycle helmets. These also apply to skateboarding and similar activities: A bicycle helmet is a single-use device. One crash, even just dropping it on the floor drastically affects its ability to protect. Most modern helmets are…

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Lost Horizon

Red Bank may be about to lose its potential as an expanded transit hub Red Bank is about to lose its weekly southbound rail freight movement from Sayreville, over NJT lines through to the old CNJ link and onwards towards…

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Watch the birdie…

Twitter and beyond: I have never been part of the Twitterverse. Some friends are and still have commendably large rosters of followers. All have been hit by the shenanigans over the last few months or so, enabling vile racists, sociopaths…

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On ‘yer bike…

More greenwashing? When the town has more public eV charging points than bike parking racks… NB: There are four eV charging spots. A reminder of what a bike rack looks like:

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Red Bank where the car is the star…

But for how much longer? The draft of the 2023 Master Plan is now available, and anyone with a .pdf reader can pore through its 166 or so pages before its official presentation to the community at the Red Bank…

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Now. Where were we? Oh yes…

2023 Master Plan up for discussion It has been a while, but here we are, on the cusp of a new form of government and a new era, that of the 2023 Master Plan. Whether “non-partisan” elections illuminate the machinations…

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Normal service is resumed

Sorry about that… just a minor blip. Now where was I? Oh yes…

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Broadwalk Broadcast

Red Bank Borough is holding a hybrid “in-the-room” and Zoom “Broadwalk Round Table” meeting this Wednesday, 29 June @6.00pm. Attendees will be “invited to discuss the potential upcoming Broadwalk season“. How much this will just be a platform for some…

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