Category: Just sayin’

Charter Commission Inaction: May 4, 2022

Well, two residents turned up and there was a reported but undisclosed number of emails plus one or two off the record phone calls, so the commission at least could continue on hearsay. Which, of course, they did. And Red…

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All Comment Is Free… May 2022

When other websites’ “Comments” don’t work, or are hogged by partisan people who think they’re politicians – yes… I know, there will always be a space for you here to make your point. If it’s a good question, who knows,…

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April 22, 2022: Earth Day

They say there’s still time to fix the planet. But is there enough time to fix Red Bank? The town administration continues to squabble and bury its head in the sand while our community hurts. Okay, they’re making a big…

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Ghost Town…

It’s okay. This isn’t another msm article about Dead Bank, although it is about the past and what is the present. And it’s about the future as well. But today, I’m going to be looking at a little bit of…

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High Maintenance…

Red Bank Rising is currently going through an upgrade. It’s going to look pretty much the same, but a couple of bugs, erm, I meant features, have been thrown up, so please bear with us as they’re sorted out. Currently,…

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Talk about Red Bank & ZOOM

The recent failure by the RB Planning Board to make their meeting accessible on ZOOM denied many of us from making an input to their recent deliberation about 176 Riverside. While it’s obviously preferable for meetings to be “real” rather…

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What on earth is Soccer?

I was born in England, in another world, another universe even. Wartime rationing was still in place. That didn’t end until 1954, so my sister was spared the ignominy of sitting in her pram while Mum queued up for the…

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Red Bank: Master Plan 2022 comments

Red Bank‘s new “Master Plan” is currently going through the first phase of community “engagement“. Obviously, this is a problem to formulate unless you’re familiar with the town and that’s understood. But many have remarked on the questionnaire’s questions, regarding…

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Soft Start, Hard Slog…

Red Bank Rising is being set out as a platform for opinion, review and comment. Any politics here will be non-aligned and will only arise as a consequence of discussing topics such as the environment, rights and culture, and not…

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Something wicked this way comes…

Art is not a mirror to hold up to society, but a hammer with which to shape it. Be seeing you…

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