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Category Archives: Fire

RED BANK: CANADA WILDFIRE SMOKE RETURNS
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RED BANK: For the second time in a month, smoke from Canadian forest fires lays a haze over the Navesink River and the Greater Green.
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June 30th, 2023 @ 6am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: WORKER EXTRICATED FROM BOAT
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RED BANK: Marina worker extricated from boat in dry dock after getting stuck "from waist to head" in engine well.
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May 8th, 2023 @ 4pm
RED BANK: FIREFIGHTERS PRESS FOR RENT HIKE
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RED BANK: Volunteer firefighters derail introduction of borough budget they say would scuttle a negotiated funding plan for their firehouses.
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April 13th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: FIRE DAMAGES HOTEL LAUNDRY
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RED BANK: Molly Pitcher Inn briefly evacuated Saturday as employees hold laundry room fire in check until firefighter arrive, says chief.
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March 26th, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: FIRE DAMAGES APARTMENT
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RED BANK: Smoky fire in third-floor unit briefly empties seven-story Colony House Apartments. No injuries reported, says Chief Hartman.
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March 9th, 2023 @ 7pm
RED BANK: CAR FIRE DOUSED NEAR SCHOOL
RED BANK: Volunteers douse car fire near St. James School shortly before start of classes. No injuries reported.
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January 18th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: SYSTEM STOPS DUBLIN HOUSE FIRE
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RED BANK: Dublin House Pub sustains light damage after fire suppression system douses early morning kitchen blaze, officials say.
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September 21st, 2022 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: FIRE DAMAGES DRY CLEANER
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LITTLE SILVER: Volunteer firefighters stop early morning fire at Branch Avenue dry cleaning shop, containing blaze to contents, says chief.
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July 16th, 2022 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: TWO FAMILIES LOSE HOMES IN FIRE
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FAIR HAVEN: Fire destroys two-family house, causes damage to two others.
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May 26th, 2022 @ 11am
RED BANK: FUNDRAISER FLOATS RESCUE BOAT
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RED BANK: A $25,000 donation enables fire department to declare fundraiser for new Marine 1 rescue boat a success.
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April 29th, 2022 @ 3am
RED BANK: COP LEADS FAMILIES TO SAFETY
RED BANK: A borough cop alerted two Middletown families to a fire in their homes and helped them escape last week.
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April 18th, 2022 @ 3pm
RED BANK: FIRE RESCUE VESSEL NEARLY READY
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RED BANK: Volunteer firefighters hope to get their latest bargain find out on the water soon as a fire and rescue vessel. But first, it needs a motor.
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March 14th, 2022 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: FIRE DAMAGES HOME
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LITTLE SILVER: Volunteer firefighters, traveling through heavy fog, quickly stopped a residential fire on Breezy Point Road early Thursday.
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February 3rd, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: FIRE DESTROYS DELI MART
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RED BANK: Predawn fire destroys Town & Country Deli, second blaze on Shrewsbury Avenue in a month.
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January 22nd, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: NO INJURIES IN YACHT BLAZE
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RED BANK: No injuries as volunteer firefighters battled a yacht blaze in freezing conditions from a dock, Chief Nick Ferraro reports.
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January 20th, 2022 @ 10pm
RED BANK: HOSPITAL ENVELOPED IN SMOKE
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RED BANK: A fire reported to involve two boats docked at Irwin Marine blanketed Riverview Medical Center in smoke Thursday evening.
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January 20th, 2022 @ 7pm
RED BANK: FIRE DAMAGES TWO-FAMILY HOUSE
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RED BANK: Fire heavily damaged a two-family home on Shrewsbury Avenue Monday, with no immediate report of injuries.
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December 27th, 2021 @ 2pm
RED BANK: WASTE IN GARAGE FUELS FIRE
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RED BANK: No injuries reported after Red Bank volunteer firefighters cut through metal door to extinguish blaze in waste-filled garage early Monday.
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November 8th, 2021 @ 10am
RED BANK: RESCUE TRUCK ADDED TO FLEET
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RED BANK: Volunteer firefighters add a new, used vehicle to the fleet: a rescue/dive team truck being hailed as a bargain find.
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November 5th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: FIRE DESTROYS BOAT IN MARINA
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RED BANK: Fire destroyed at least one boat and damaged another in a predawn blaze at the Molly Pitcher Inn marina in Red Bank Saturday.
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October 30th, 2021 @ 7am
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RBG CUB SIGHTING
A Partyline contributor positioned on the dais at Thursday's meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment captured redbankgreen reporter intern ...
DOWNPOUR STRAINS DRAIN
Partyline captures video of a flooded intersection during Tuesday's afternoon thunderstorm.
STILL ‘OPEN’ SPACE
Next to Fins and Feathers, very surprised to see an overgrown parking lot that still sits there…overgrown and with blacktop. (Photo and te ...
DARK COMEDY BY JERSEY DIRECTOR OPENS FILM FEST
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off with "In Memoriam," a dark comedy about an actor with six months to live.
Indie Street Film Festival Kicks Off
Indie Street Film Festival kicks off.
KUDOS FOR RBCS FINANCE WHIZZES
Monmouth County Board of Commissioners and Borough Council honor Red Bank Charter School students who took second place in a national financ ...
MARINE PARK HOT DOGS
Red Bank's newly remade Marine Park also has a new lunch option, a newly licensed hot dog cart.
MATCHA CLOSE UP
Partyline captures a photographer working for Aura Coffee Roaster angles for the perfect shot of two iced matcha lattes on Broad Street Mond ...
SOUTH STREET AUTHOR TO READ AT LIBRARY SATURDAY
South Street resident Scott Robertson will read selections from his book, Contents of a Curious Mind, Saturday, Aug. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 ...
EARTH SPIRIT FOUNDER DIES
Jocelyn Ruth Midose, longtime owner of Earth Spirit New Age Center has died.
A PERFECT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The annual National Night Out event organized by the Red Bank Police Department drew hundreds to frolic amid the green grass and cotton cand ...
Blackhawk Helicopter Arrives for National Night Out
The Blackhawk helicopter has arrived. Everyone’s favorite part of each National Night Out hosted by the Red Bank Police Department jus ...
PARKING METER MOMENT
Patty Bishop of Verona was halfway through her haircut at Fox & Jane when she realized she needed to feed the parking meter. After she p ...
JOIN US AT JJ’S – PLEASE!
A doe-eyed sect of sentient boba teas sweetly beseeches us to join their adorable cult outside of JJ Delicacies this sticky August Sunday!
NEIGHBORS GATHER AT TINO’S
Chris Havens of River Street gathered group of Red Bankers for dinner on Thursday night. The gathering was in the back patio of Tino’s Mex ...
TREE BRANCH VS CAR
A tree branch fell on a parked car on Chestnut Street near Pearl Street Sunday. Submitted by Brian Donohue
APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHE
As a curmudgeonly curator of terrible punctuation on public signs, I’ve seen and shaken my head at a lot of gratuitous quotation marks ...
DANE FOR DEMOCRACY
redbankgreen Partyline captures a great dane who, all signs indicate, has had enough.
SUNFLOWER GAUNTLET
On the Partyline: a sunflower guantlet on River Street.
VIGIL FOR 68 DEAD
About 100 people attended a Saturday vigil at Johnny Jazz Park in Red Bank as part of a nationwide series of events to mourn the lives of pe ...