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The Fifth Estate…

The problem with hyper-local media… FYI Offered without comment: Red Bank Green, 24 January 2024: COUNCIL STEERS CLEAR OF GAZA REZO (sic)… © 2024 redbankgreen.com – copied without permission… The mayor’s letter as published on the Borough of Red Bank’s…

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Red Bank where The Car Is The Star…

When trying to remedy Red Bank’s traffic woes, remember, that it was never built for cars… Broad St, c.1905. People strolling and chatting in the street, kids riding bicycles, a 19thC tram system which stretched from the Bayshore to AC……

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How Stuff Works in Red Bank Town Hall Pt.1

Looking after your interests? Sure, no problem in Ready Bank… A recent incident demonstrated, in a nutshell, just how this council and its dedicated followers work and are, in some cases rewarded for services rendered, or just by being pally…

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Transit? It’s so last century…

… or is it? If all New Jersey’s railroads still existed, it would make one hell of a transit map, looking like some small European country. And this doesn’t even include the tramlines…

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Ghost Town… Kastin’s Drugs

This memorial to Kastin’s Drugs stands as a reminder of the time before national chains and when neighbourhoods still had a degree of self-sufficiency and cohesion. Kastin’s succumbed to the invasion of the national drugstore chains in 2004 after 86…

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Bigger & Better Buildings

The community of Red Bank and their “consultants” may be working on a new Master Plan, but speculators and investors already have theirs… Cram in as much inappropriate and unsustainable development as possible just in case the new plan isn’t…

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