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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Mayor & Council: April 27, 2022

Let us go in; the fog is rising – Emily Dickinson New councillors, new clerk. Things are starting to look a bit different on Red Bank Borough Council. Whether that is a matter for relief or here we go again…

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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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Mayor & Council: April 13, 2022 @6.30pm

Lots of intrigue bubbling under this month, and a few interesting items on the agenda. The long knives take care of the Red Bank Redevelopment Agency – RBRA, the boro’ takes remedial action over its accounting methods, Tesla Town has…

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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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Planning: 176 Riverside… What happened?

Well, Red Bank Planning Board. What happened? What possible reason could there be for agreeing to make an already bad decision even worse? What possible reason for once again putting speculators’ demands before the wishes and needs of this cool…

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Planning: 176 Riverside Avenue…

The prospects for the site of the former Visiting Nurse Association HQ on Riverside are looking to be shaken up once again. The developers, Saxum, have come up with a revision to their last successful application for planning permission eighteen…

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