RED BANK: WORKER EXTRICATED FROM BOAT
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A worker at Red Bank Marina was extricated from a boat after becoming stuck in its engine well Monday afternoon.
RED BANK: FIREFIGHTERS PRESS FOR RENT HIKE
Volunteer firefighters heading into borough hall for Wednesday night’s council session. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
Red Bank’s volunteer firefighters derailed the planned introduction of a borough budget they said would scuttle a negotiated funding plan for their firehouses Wednesday night.
RED BANK: FIRE DAMAGES HOTEL LAUNDRY
A volunteer during Saturday’s firefighting effort in the hotel’s laundry room. (Photo courtesy of Red Bank Fire Department. Click to enlarge.)
A fire in the basement laundry room prompted a brief evacuation of Red Bank’s Molly Pitcher Inn Saturday afternoon.
RED BANK: FIRE DAMAGES APARTMENT
Volunteer firefighters battling the blaze, as seen from the north side of the building. (Video by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
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By JOHN T. WARD
Fire in a third-floor unit briefly emptied a seven-story apartment building overlooking the Navesink River in Red Bank Thursday afternoon.
RED BANK: CAR FIRE DOUSED NEAR SCHOOL
Red Bank volunteer firefighters quickly extinguished a car fire that occurred near St. James School shortly before the start of classes Wednesday morning.
RED BANK: SYSTEM STOPS DUBLIN HOUSE FIRE
The fire suppression system “did its job,” stopping a blaze in Red Bank’s Dublin House Pub early Wednesday morning, a fire official said.
LITTLE SILVER: FIRE DAMAGES DRY CLEANER
Customers of a Little Silver dry cleaning business may have an extra wait for their orders following a fire early Saturday morning.
Volunteer firefighters stopped the blaze before it could spread to the structure, Chief Tom Smith told redbankgreen.
FAIR HAVEN: TWO FAMILIES LOSE HOMES IN FIRE
Fire destroyed a two-family home in Fair Haven Wednesday afternoon.
RED BANK: FUNDRAISER FLOATS RESCUE BOAT
Red Bank Marine 1 in transit recently for installation of a new motor. (RBFD photo. Click to enlarge.)
Press release from the Red Bank Volunteer Fire Department
Thanks to the generous support of over 20 local businesses and nearly 80 individual contributors, the Red Bank Fire Department Marine 1 Fundraiser is a success. While contributions are still needed for the installation of the new fire pump, a new motor has already been installed, the GPS unit is ordered, and wiring is underway. The membership of the department continue to go above the call of duty in terms of contributing their time and are grateful for the public support – every contribution was noticed and appreciated.
RED BANK: COP LEADS FAMILIES TO SAFETY
A Red Bank police officer helped two families escape from a fire in their attached homes in Middletown last week.
Sergeant Heather Kovar (right) was driving in the township on police business shortly after noon Friday when she noticed gray smoke rising behind a fence alongside what appeared to be a single-family house at 81 Twin Brooks Avenue.
RED BANK: FIRE RESCUE VESSEL NEARLY READY
Red Bank’s volunteer fire department is nearing completion on an overhaul of a multi-use boat it recently obtained for free. But it needs a hand from the public.
LITTLE SILVER: FIRE DAMAGES HOME
Fire damaged a home on Breezy Point Road in Little Silver early Thursday.
RED BANK: FIRE DESTROYS DELI MART
Volunteer firefighters on the roof of the Town & Country Deli. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
By JOHN T. WARD
Red Bank’s second fire in 36 hours destroyed a Red Bank convenience store and deli early Saturday.
RED BANK: NO INJURIES IN YACHT BLAZE
Volunteer firefighters battled the blaze in close quarters on a dock and ramp. Below, onlookers at Riverview Medical Center. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
No one was injured in the dramatic waterfront blaze that destroyed and sank a yacht docked at a Navesink River marina Thursday night, Red Bank Fire Chief Nick Ferraro told redbankgreen.
RED BANK: HOSPITAL ENVELOPED IN SMOKE
A dockside boat fire blanketed Red Bank’s Riverview Medical Center in smoke Thursday evening.
RED BANK: FIRE DAMAGES TWO-FAMILY HOUSE
A view of the blaze from the backyard of a neighboring property. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
By JOHN T. WARD
Fire tore through the second floor of a Red Bank two-family home early Monday afternoon, displacing its occupants two days after Christmas.
RED BANK: WASTE IN GARAGE FUELS FIRE
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No injuries occurred as Red Bank volunteer firefighters extinguished a garage fire early Monday morning.
RED BANK: RESCUE TRUCK ADDED TO FLEET
Red Bank Fire Chief Bobby Holiday, right, and First Deputy Nick Ferraro with the new rescue truck at Union Hose Company last week. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
Red Bank’s volunteer firefighters have a new truck to help them rescue individuals trapped in cars or on the Navesink River.
And though it’s a used, 28-year-old vehicle, its $35,000 acquisition last month is being praised by officials as “huge” bargain.
RED BANK: FIRE DESTROYS BOAT IN MARINA
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Fire destroyed at least one boat and damaged another in a predawn blaze at the Molly Pitcher Inn marina in Red Bank Saturday.
RED BANK: SPRINKLER DOUSES UNIT FIRE
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The sprinkler system at the River Street Commons senior housing complex in Red Bank prevented possible tragedy Thursday afternoon.
RED BANK: CAR STRIKES HOME
No injuries were reported after a car struck a home on Branch Avenue in Red Bank shortly before 4 a.m Thursday.
RED BANK: STREET FAIR RETURNS
Sunday’s Street Fair in downtown Red Bank, a fundraiser for the borough’s volunteer fire department, drew thousands of attendees to Monmouth and Broad streets.
RED BANK: A NEIGHBOR’S 9/11 STORY
John Grandits’ account of his neighbor’s escape from the World Trade Center is for sale at River Road Books for $1, with proceeds going to volunteer fire and first aid. Below, Drew Irving. (Photo above by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Red Bank resident and children’s author John Grandits could see his neighbor Louise Irving in an agitated state on her back porch, her sister’s arms wrapped around her.
Then he learned what was happening in New York City, and immediately remembered: Louise’s husband, Drew, worked at the World Trade Center.
RED BANK: STORMS TO CLEAR WILDFIRE HAZE
Devastating wildfires in Oregon have cast a blanket of haze that’s impacting even the Greater Red Bank Green, as seen in Tuesday’s unusual sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank, above, and sunset viewed from the GooseNeck Bridge over the Shrewsbury, at right.
The haze is expected to linger until about noon Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. “Severe” evening thunderstorms, which may bring damaging wind gusts and large hail, will help further rid the atmosphere of smoke, the agency reported early Wednesday.
Check out the extended forecast below. (Photos by Trish Russoniello.  Click to enlarge.)
RED BANK: TWIN PUMPERS DELIVERED
Red Bank’s volunteer fire department took delivery of a new firetruck Tuesday morning, the second in four days.