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RED BANK: MOUSE OWNER SPARES NO EXPENSE FOR PET INJURED IN FIRE
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A mouse named Chris Brown is "all I have left" says fire victim trying to save her pet's life. (Click to read)
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December 9th, 2025 @ 2pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: TOWER HILL VAN FIRE
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Red Bank Fire Department extinguishes van fire as distraught driver looks on. (click to read)
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June 12th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: FIREFIGHTER RECALLS SCARE AS STORY OF COMMUNITY
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Volunteer firefighter hospitalized fighting blaze uses borough council position thank others and praise community.
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July 18th, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: FAMILY DISPLACED BY CONDO FIRE
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RED BANK: Family displaced and pet cat is killed as fire breaks out in their Ambassador Drive home. (click to read)
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July 3rd, 2024 @ 12am
CONDO FIRE FOUGHT
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RED BANK: Volunteer firefighters were on the scene of a condo fire in the Elkridge complex on Ambassador Drive Tuesday night. (Click for more.)
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July 2nd, 2024 @ 10pm
POWER LINE DOWN
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Red Bank firefighters were on scene at Manor Drive dealing with a live power line Monday afternoon. There was no immediate report of fire. The cable appears to have comeContinue reading "POWER LINE DOWN"
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June 24th, 2024 @ 3pm
TRAINING UNDER FIRE
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RED BANK: Volunteer firefighters train to cut into pitched roofs under active fire conditions.
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June 10th, 2024 @ 5am
RED BANK: DUCKLING RESCUED FROM SEWER
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RED BANK: The best 90 seconds of video you'll see today: firefighters rescue duckling from 100-foot-long storm sewer pipe.
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May 30th, 2024 @ 2pm
RED BANK: RAG FIRE DAMAGES HOME
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RED BANK: Smoke alarms awakened occupants to predawn blaze caused by spontaneous combustion of oily rags, officials said.
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May 20th, 2024 @ 5am
RED BANK: SELF-CLEANING OVEN PROMPTS ALARM
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RED BANK: Firefighters find smoking, self-cleaning oven in uninhabited Manor Drive condo unit. (Click for details)
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May 11th, 2024 @ 11am
RED BANK: SPA FLOODED OUT
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RED BANK: Towel, please: day spa closed by "unforeseen flooding incident" in its basement space on Broad Street.
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March 20th, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: RBFD RALLIES AGAIN FOR FIRE VICTIMS
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RED BANK: Fire volunteers and pet shop Fins & Feathers provide a new pet to a family who lost everything in a fire. Video.
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February 6th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: DONATIONS SOUGHT FOR FIRE VICTIMS
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RED BANK: This year's Navesink Hook & Ladder Santa Run seeks contributions to aid two families displaced by fire last week.
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December 18th, 2023 @ 11am
RED BANK: CLOSET LIGHT SPARKED FIRE
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RED BANK: Blaze that displaced two families Wednesday morning was caused by a halogen light fixture in a closet, says fire marshal.
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December 13th, 2023 @ 4pm
RED BANK: TWO FAMILIES DISPLACED BY FIRE
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RED BANK: Two families were displaced from their homes by an apartment fire that killed two pets Wednesday morning.
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December 13th, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: FIRE VICTIM MOURNED
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RED BANK: Would-be rescuer recounts fatal blaze, and community gathers to mourn its 90-year-old victim, "loving and kind" Hazel Davis.
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November 15th, 2023 @ 5pm
RED BANK: 90-YEAR-OLD KILLED IN FIRE
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RED BANK: A 90-year-old woman died in Wednesday morning's fire at Evergreen Terrace complex, said fire Chief Hartman.
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November 15th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: TRANSIT VILLAGE, RBFD ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: On Thursday's council agenda: next step towards 'transit village' label; updates to fire department ordinance.
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November 9th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: OVEN-MITT FIRE STOPPED
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RED BANK: Volunteer firefighters responded to a report of an oven fire in a unit at the Manor Drive condo complex Sunday afternoon.
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September 18th, 2023 @ 1pm
RED BANK: SMELL OF SMOKE EMPTIES TRAIN
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RED BANK: Report of train fire prompts fire department response and evacuation. No fire occurred, however, says chief.
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July 31st, 2023 @ 10am
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MANTIS (PRAYING) AT CHURCH
Partyliner films praying mantis at church.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...