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Category Archives: Fire

RED BANK: SECOND FIREHOUSE REDO PLANNED
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RED BANK: With one former firehouse's conversion to a brewery about to begin, its virtual twin could become retail space under a plan up for approval.
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February 9th, 2018 @ 11am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: FREEZE BRINGS BURST PIPES
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RED BANK: A residential high-rise is on 24/7 fire watch after sprinkler pipes burst. Chief says volunteers busy answering frozen-pipe calls.
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January 3rd, 2018 @ 9am
RED BANK: NEW EMT SERVICE TAKES OVER
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RED BANK: After a proposed tenfold increase in the fee it paid MONOC, borough contracts with new 911 ambulance service starting January 1.
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December 29th, 2017 @ 8am
RED BANK: GAS LEAK DELAYS OPENING
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RED BANK: Volunteer firefighters responded to a report of a gas leak that was expected to delay the opening of the Monmouth Day Care Center Monday morning.
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December 18th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: JENSEN ELECTED FIRE CHIEF
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RED BANK: Firefighters mark election of Stu Jensen as 2018 chief as he pledges to try to give volunteers training and gear they need.
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December 6th, 2017 @ 7am
SEA BRIGHT: RIVER WATER IN THE AIR
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SEA BRIGHT: Local firefighters created pretty arcs of water in the air over the Shrewsbury River during training here Saturday.
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October 10th, 2017 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: WIRING BLAMED IN ATTIC FIRE
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LITTLE SILVER: Volunteer firefighters quickly doused an attic fire said to have been caused by faulty wiring Sunday evening.
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October 9th, 2017 @ 2pm
RED BANK: FIRE DAMAGES RECTOR PLACE HOME
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RED BANK: A woman escaped as fire damaged her Rector Place home early Friday morning.
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September 22nd, 2017 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN: FIREMEN’S FAIR TURNS 58
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FAIR HAVEN: The sights, sounds and smells of a great summer tradition return to River Road this weekend with the 58th annual Fair Haven Firemen's Fair.
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August 23rd, 2017 @ 12pm
RED BANK: LIGHTNING HITS HOME
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RED BANK: Lightning strike shears chimney from home's rooftop.
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August 23rd, 2017 @ 1am
RUMSON: TEN ESCAPE BOAT FIRE
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RUMSON: Ten boaters safely escaped when their vessel caught fire in the Shrewsbury River off Rumson Country Club early Sunday afternoon
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August 14th, 2017 @ 6am
RED BANK: CRAFT BREWERY LEASES FIREHOUSE
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RED BANK: In another sign of a possible tsunami of craft beer coming to downtown, the former firehouse on White Street has been leased to a startup brewery,
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August 3rd, 2017 @ 12pm
LINCROFT: FIRE DAMAGES HOME
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LINCROFT: Fire caused extensive damage to a home on Dogwood Lane Thursday afternoon.
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July 13th, 2017 @ 3pm
LITTLE SILVER: A QUICK STOP TO A FAST FIRE
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LITTLE SILVER: Quick action on a fast-moving fire on the hottest day of the year limits loss to a one unit in a four-condo building.
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June 13th, 2017 @ 11am
LITTLE SILVER: BLAZE DESTROYS CONDO UNIT
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LITTLE SILVER: A fire first seen coming from an outdoor wall fixture destroyed a condo on Birch Avenue. No injuries were reported.
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June 12th, 2017 @ 5pm
RED BANK: EMERGENCY PATH PLAN ADVANCES
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RED BANK: Plans for new emergency access to primary school, along with some water pressure upgrades for nearby residents, advanced last week.
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May 4th, 2017 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: CAR SMACKS HYDRANT
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LITTLE SILVER: Motorist taken to hospital after accident takes out fire hydrant.
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April 25th, 2017 @ 9am
RED BANK: FUND APPEAL FOR FIRE VICTIMS
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RED BANK: Daughter of fire victims who lost everything in last week's blaze starts GoFundMe drive to help them back on their feet.
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April 7th, 2017 @ 7am
RED BANK: PREPARING FOR THE NEXT ONE
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RED BANK: Three days after a raging blaze, emergency responders conduct a training exercise on a house one block away.
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April 3rd, 2017 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: FAMILY DISPLACED BY GYM FIRE
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FAIR HAVEN: A family was displaced from home after an early-morning fire Sunday, according to a report.
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April 3rd, 2017 @ 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 ...