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Category Archives: MIDDLETOWN

AFTER CLEANUP GAINS, NAVESINK RIVER POLLUTION PERSISTS
marine park rally for the two rivers Madeline DePrimo and George Kwiecinski
Efforts to reduce human and animal waste pollution in the Navesink River pollution were making headway. The pandemic was a major setback. (click to read).
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May 6th, 2025 @ 8am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: POWER ISSUES
RED BANK: Transformer explosion causes brief outage at JCP&L facility; tree blown down in storm continues to block street.
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January 11th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: STORM LARGELY SPARES BOROUGH
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RED BANK: Two parked cars damaged, street closed by fallen tree, but otherwise storm that smacked Northeast spares borough.
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January 10th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: POWERFUL STORM TO HIT REGION
RED BANK: Heavy, wind-driven rain is expected to soak the Greater Green starting Tuesday night as a powerful storm hits.
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January 9th, 2024 @ 7am
RED BANK: DAMP, GRAY DAYS TO CLOSE OUT YEAR
RED BANK: There's not much sunshine expected between now and Sunday, New Year's Eve. Here's the extended forecast.
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December 27th, 2023 @ 6am
RED BANK: DOWNPOUR SOAKS REGION
RED BANK: Heavy rain drenched the region early Monday, flooding roads and leaving hundreds in the borough without electricity.
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December 18th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: POWER OUTAGE REPORT
RED BANK: JCP&L/First Energy reporting 39 borough customers (out of 6,642) without electricity as of 6 a.m. due to overnight rain and wind.
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December 18th, 2023 @ 6am
RED BANK: STIFLING HEAT IN FORECAST
RED BANK: National Weather Service issues heat advisory as "feels like" temperatures head to 102 in parts of Monmouth County.
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September 5th, 2023 @ 11am
RED BANK: SINKING BOAT PULLED FROM RIVER
RED BANK: Partly sunken boat pulled from Navesink River marina in Marine Park Tuesday night.
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August 30th, 2023 @ 3pm
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
RED BANK: LITTLE SUN AT SUMMER’S START
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RED BANK: The summer of 2023 gets off to an inauspicious start without much sunshine in the extended forecast.
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June 22nd, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: IN THE CLOUD
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RED BANK: Smoke from Canadian forest fires smothered the borough in an otherworldly haze Wednesday. Photos.
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June 8th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: SMOKY HAZE BLANKETS REGION
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RED BANK: "Avoid time outdoors," says National Weather Service, as smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets Northeastern U.S.
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June 7th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: NOT QUITE ALL-IN ON SUMMER
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RED BANK: Nature appears to be less than fully committed to providing summer sunshine this weekend. Forecast for the Greater Green.
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June 2nd, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: BASIE AWARDS DRAW PACKED HOUSE
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RED BANK: Capacity crowd turns out for 18th annual Basie Award to honor excellence and achievement in Monmouth County high school theatre.
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May 25th, 2023 @ 3pm
RED BANK: APRIL ENDS WITH A SOAKING
RED BANK: April ended with a two-day soaking of the Greater Green. Here's the weather forecast for the first week of May.
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May 1st, 2023 @ 5am
MIDDLETOWN: RIVERFRONT PARK TO OPEN
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MIDDLETOWN: Swimming River Park, in the works for eight years, debuts on former site of Chris' Landing Monday.
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April 28th, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: HOLIDAY WEEKEND OUTLOOK
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RED BANK: Below a blanket of clouds, sunset lays a fiery reflection on the Navesink. Here's the weather outlook for Passover & Easter weekend.
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April 7th, 2023 @ 6am
RED BANK: WIND, BUT LITTLE SNOW, IN OUTLOOK
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RED BANK: The Greater Green will be spared the heavy snow expected to the north, but a windy day is forecast Tuesday. Here's the outlook.
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March 14th, 2023 @ 5am
RED BANK: A LIGHT, LATE-WINTER DUSTING
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RED BANK: A rare sight these days: a dusting of snow. But it won't last. Here's the weather forecast for the Greater Green.
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March 7th, 2023 @ 6am
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CARS, BARS AND VANS
Middletown resident Rob King was cruising through the Red Bank municipal parking lot behind the Dublin House Saturday night in his 1969 Plym ...
TWO SHORTS IN FILMONEFEST
Leonardo Morales Pitalua, a 20-year-old animator who lived in Red Bank until February, will have two short films shown at FilmOneFest in Hig ...
LONG DOGGONE WAIT
Partyline photo: The driver of an e-bike and his human passenger wait at the Monmouth Street train crossing while a northbound NJ Transit tr ...
WE’RE LICHEN THIS FUNGHI!
A mushroom sprouts from the mouth-like hole in this lichen-covered tree on the grounds of Red Bank Primary School Tuesday morning.
HELL STRIP FIREWORKS
Revelers launched fireworks from the hell strip in front of a home on Drs. James Parker Boulevard on July 4, one of many impromptu and quest ...
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SWIMMING, ER, SCULLING RIVER?
Partyline photo captures a single rower working their way up the Swimming River.
SUMMER SUNRISE
A stunning Sunrise on the Navesink River in Red Bank Tuesday June 30.
BRAZEN LAWLESSNESS?
Who does this? One of those famously (and, yes apocryphally) illegal-to-remove mattress tags lies on the plaza outside the Count Basie Cente ...
SUNNY SKIES, JAZZY VIBES AT RED BANK ARTS FEST
A jazz combo comprised of current and former students of the Red Bank-based Jazz Arts Project performed at the first Red Bank Arts Festival ...
COOL JUNE BRIDE RIDE
It’s a wedding thing. (Photo and text by Rosann Dal Pra)  
RED BANK CLASSIC 5k
Runners at the starting line of the Red Bank Classic 5k Saturday morning.
WORLD CUP WATCH PARTY AT COUNT BASIE FIELD
Solid turnout, festive vibes and a huge Mexico win: Count Basie Park World Cup Watch Party photos. (Click to read)
DOUBLE RAINBOW OVER RED BANK
Partyline contributor captures stunning double rainbow over Red Bank.
RED BANK: SINKHOLE ON SHREWSBURY AVE
Emergency sinkhole repairs closed Shrewsbury Avenue northbound traffic for most of the day Wednesday.
NAVESINK SUNRISE
Partyliner captures stunning sunrise over the Navesink River in Red Bank.
DRONES SCRUB BANK BUILDING
Partyline photo: A power washing drone was used to clean the exterior of the Ocean First Bank Building at 110 West Front Street recently.
MESSAGE TO READERS
Please stand by: A quick message to readers about a pause in news coverage.
IN THE DISTANCE, NEW STATUE UNVEILED
A new monument commemorating the 250th anniversary of US Independence is unveiled in a park that only has a Red Bank mailing address.
CARPY DIEM
From the redbankgreen Partyline: A pair of large carp cruise the shallows under Hubbard's Bridge (Senator Kyrillos Bridge) on Front Street T ...
BIBS ON FOR OPENING DAY
Partyline: Two longtime neighbors re-unite for lobsters on the Boondocks Fishery opening day.