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FAKE WRECK FOR TRAINING IN SEA BRIGHT
Local firefighters trained in Sea Bright yesterday using extrication tools and methods. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI One car t-boned another. A third car wasContinue reading "FAKE WRECK FOR TRAINING IN SEA BRIGHT"
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April 19th, 2011 @ 1pm
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PROBE INTO DEADLY FIRE CONTINUES
The scene at 135 Statesir Place Tuesday morning. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office continues to investigate the deadly fire that ripped through a StatesirContinue reading "PROBE INTO DEADLY FIRE CONTINUES"
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April 19th, 2011 @ 10am
GAS LINE DUG UP AT MIDDLETOWN FIRE SCENE
Four people are reported to have died in a fire that destroyed the house at 135 Statesir Place. Below, a gas meter removed by a crew from New Jersey NaturalContinue reading "GAS LINE DUG UP AT MIDDLETOWN FIRE SCENE"
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April 19th, 2011 @ 10am
Four people have died in a house fire in Middletown, the Asbury Park Press reports on its website Tuesday. The fire occurred on Statesir Place, between Pine and Chestnut Streets,Continue reading "PRESS: FOUR DEAD IN MIDDLETOWN FIRE"
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April 19th, 2011 @ 8am
RED BANK LANDS NEW FIRE BOAT – FREE
Soon to be churning up the waters of the Navesink: a former U.S. Coast Guard vessel, now getting a sprucing-up at the Red Bank public works garage. (Click to enlarge)Continue reading "RED BANK LANDS NEW FIRE BOAT – FREE"
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April 8th, 2011 @ 1pm
RBFD PUTS OUT FRIDAY MORNING FIRE
Red Bank Fire Department put out a McLaren Street fire this morning. The cause of the fire, which was called in at around 11:10a Friday at 105 McLaren, was unknownContinue reading "RBFD PUTS OUT FRIDAY MORNING FIRE"
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April 8th, 2011 @ 11am
AFTER 50 YEARS, STILL AFLAME FOR DUTY
Fifty of Bill Stratz’s 80 years have been with the Red Bank Fire Department. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI It’s an unlikely warm Saturday afternoonContinue reading "AFTER 50 YEARS, STILL AFLAME FOR DUTY"
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March 23rd, 2011 @ 1pm
LITTLE SILVER FD PUTS OUT BACKHOE FIRE
Little Silver firefighters had to lay about 800 feet of hose to reach a fire on Little Silver Point Road Wednesday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTINContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER FD PUTS OUT BACKHOE FIRE"
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March 2nd, 2011 @ 3pm
DOWNED WIRES KNOCK OUT POWER
Downed utility wires in front of Westside Hose Company in Red Bank knocked out power to a block of homes on Leighton Avenue and forced the closure of the streetContinue reading "DOWNED WIRES KNOCK OUT POWER"
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February 8th, 2011 @ 3pm
A ROOF LEAKS, AND BITTERNESS FLOWS
Youssef Bahket with pails of water collected beneath a hole in the ceiling at Brownstone Cleaners. (Click to enlarge) A roof leak at a Red Bank laundry shop early TuesdayContinue reading "A ROOF LEAKS, AND BITTERNESS FLOWS"
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January 18th, 2011 @ 12pm
MEET YOUR FIRE CHIEFS
Six Little Silver Volunteer Fire Department officers were sworn in to their posts Monday. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) [Editor’s Note: This story is updated to include theContinue reading "MEET YOUR FIRE CHIEFS"
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January 5th, 2011 @ 9am
FIRE DAMAGES LITTLE SILVER HOME
With two firefighters manning Shrewsbury’s aerial ladder, a fireman knocks down the last of the flames under the eaves of a Little Silver home Friday night. (Click to enlarge) FireContinue reading "FIRE DAMAGES LITTLE SILVER HOME"
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December 11th, 2010 @ 12am
POLES DOWN, WOMAN INJURED
High winds knocked down six utility poles on New Street in Sea Bright, forcing the closure of Ocean Avenue. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI AContinue reading "POLES DOWN, WOMAN INJURED"
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December 1st, 2010 @ 1pm
SECOND FIRE DISPLACES TWO FAMILIES
Smoke pours from the windows at 97 Linden Place Friday evening. (Click to enlarge) A second house fire in Red Bank in less than six hours displaced two families earlyContinue reading "SECOND FIRE DISPLACES TWO FAMILIES"
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November 26th, 2010 @ 7pm
HOT SEAT: MAN ESCAPES BURNING HOUSE
The fire was fully involved when firefighters arrived on the scene. (Photos supplied by a redbankgreen reader. Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI The timing of Friday afternoon’s two-alarm houseContinue reading "HOT SEAT: MAN ESCAPES BURNING HOUSE"
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November 26th, 2010 @ 2pm
BLAZE DESTROYS RED BANK HOME
Firefighters in the rear of the Bank Street resident shortly after the blaze was brought under control. (Click to enlarge) A fast-moving fire tore through a Red Bank house earlyContinue reading "BLAZE DESTROYS RED BANK HOME"
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November 26th, 2010 @ 2pm
FORMER RBFD CHIEF CARHART PASSES AWAY
A plaque outside the Navesink Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1’s building on Mechanic Street announces the death of Calvin Carhart, who had been the oldest living past chief. (PhotoContinue reading "FORMER RBFD CHIEF CARHART PASSES AWAY"
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November 22nd, 2010 @ 7am
SEARCH FOR KAYAKER HALTED OVERNIGHT
Rumson firefighters shine floodlights on the Shrewsbury River from the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge in search of a missing kayaker Wednesday night. (Click to enlarge) Helicopters and emergency personnel from LittleContinue reading "SEARCH FOR KAYAKER HALTED OVERNIGHT"
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November 17th, 2010 @ 11pm
PRESS: BOROUGH & Y SETTLE A LAWSUIT
A proposed sale of the former borough hall by the Community YMCA has been tied up in litigation for nearly three years. (Click to enlarge) One of two lawsuits pittingContinue reading "PRESS: BOROUGH & Y SETTLE A LAWSUIT"
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November 17th, 2010 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN FIRE SPOTLIGHTS TEEN HANGOUT
Officials intend to keep a closer eye on this vacant River Road property after a group of teenagers is suspected of starting a fire there last week. (Photo by DustinContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN FIRE SPOTLIGHTS TEEN HANGOUT"
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November 9th, 2010 @ 5am
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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 ...