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TRAINING UNDER FIRE
RED BANK: Volunteer firefighters train to cut into pitched roofs under active fire conditions.
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June 10th, 2024 @ 5am
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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RED BANK: PORTMAN PAINTS ROSY OUTLOOK
RED BANK: Mayor outlines plans for "amazing" makeover of Marine Park and other "long overdue" projects for 2024.
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January 2nd, 2024 @ 8am
RED BANK: TRANSIT VILLAGE, RBFD ON AGENDA
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: ‘CLINICIAN’ ON COUNCIL AGENDA
RED BANK: On Thursday's council agenda: hiring a "clinician" for police department; an update on parks; honoring two 50-year RBFD volunteers.
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August 9th, 2023 @ 12pm
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: THIRD TIME AS CHIEF FOR HARTMAN
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RED BANK: Hartman returning for third term as fire chief as department "recycles" ex-officers, with new generation nearing eligibility.
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December 30th, 2022 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: FAIR TO CLOSE OUT SUMMER
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FAIR HAVEN: The firemen's fair, a tradition since 1906, returns to celebrate the end of another summer with eight nights of fun.
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August 26th, 2022 @ 5am
LINCROFT: CLOTHING DRIVE
LINCROFT: Ladies auxiliary of volunteer fire company holds clothing drive.
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October 26th, 2021 @ 10am
RED BANK: STREET FAIR RETURNS
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RED BANK: Scenes from Sunday's Street Fair, a volunteer fire department fundraiser that drew thousands with craft and food stands.
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September 13th, 2021 @ 10am
RED BANK: A NEIGHBOR’S 9/11 STORY
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RED BANK: Twenty years later, a writer captures the story of his neighbor's escape from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
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September 8th, 2021 @ 12pm
FAIR HAVEN: FIREMEN’S FAIR RUMBLES BACK
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FAIR HAVEN: Weeklong firemen's fair, a tradition since 1906, rumbles back into town after a year off. Here's what you need to know if you plan to attend.
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August 27th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: ORPHANED RACCOONS GET TLC
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RED BANK: For the second day in a row, an animal control officer responded to a call of a raccoon pup falling from high in a tree.
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May 5th, 2021 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: FIREFIGHTERS RESCUE TREED CAT
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FAIR HAVEN: Rumson fire volunteers bring ladder truck to rescue cat stuck high up in a tree. Clingy kitty appears thankful.
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November 25th, 2020 @ 10am
RED BANK: EX-FIRE CHIEF MEGO DIES
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RED BANK: Former fire chief, school maintenance worker and crossing guard John Mego has died, according to an announcement by Mayor Menna.
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February 28th, 2020 @ 9am
MIDDLETOWN: BOATER PULLED FROM MUD
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MIDDLETOWN: Red Bank volunteers extricate boater after his feet become stuck in river mud off former Chris' Landing site on Swimming River.
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September 24th, 2019 @ 1pm
LITTLE SILVER: BRANDT PHOTOBOMBS AGAIN
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LITTLE SILVER: A Republican contender for mayor is in more hot water over improper use of photos and videos in his campaign.
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May 22nd, 2019 @ 5pm
LITTLE SILVER: BRANDT ON THE OUTS WITH FD
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LITTLE SILVER: A Republican candidate for mayor has been suspended by the volunteer fire department for violating its bylaws regarding the use of imagery.
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March 13th, 2019 @ 2pm
RED BANK: DEMS GLIDE INTO NEW YEAR
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RED BANK: Democrats glide into New Year with unfettered control as Menna begins fourth term as mayor. Highlights from the reorganization meeting.
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January 2nd, 2019 @ 7am
LINCROFT: Volunteer fire company holds blood drive.
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December 13th, 2017 @ 4pm
FAIR HAVEN: ELECTION DAY 2016
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A message from the Fair Haven Volunteer Fire Department. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge)
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November 8th, 2016 @ 7am
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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 ...
LITTERBUGS HIT MARINE PARK
Partyline PSA: Please don't leave your trash in our nice new park!
PARKING SUCCESS AT RED ROCK
All these people found parking for the Cliffs at Red Rock!
SHO AND TELL
A peak inside Sho Asian Table a new restaurant still under construction and slated to open later this summer at 8 West Front Street in Red B ...
“Night of the Living Nick” Halloween Car Turns Heads
Nick Brown, a special effects artist from the Atlantic Highlands, was seen driving his creatively decorated Halloween car around Red Bank th ...
“HOLY F***!” LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM WASHINGTON STREET BACKYARD
Lightning struck during Saturday’s storms in the backyard of Washington Street resident Kimberly Johnson. The strike obviously caught ever ...
SMOKY NAVESINK SUNRISE
redbankgreen's partyline photographer Karly Swaim captured the sun rising through hazy, smoky skies above the Navesink River from NJ Transit ...
MAGGIE’S HEAT WAVE HAIRCUT
Maggie, a golden doodle who belongs to Sara Horan, shows off her new shorter-for-summer hair cut outside Fins & Feathers on Monmouth Street ...
PEACE, LOVE AND JUGGLING
Music and flow arts filled Riverside Gardens Park Friday night at the free flow arts meetup hosted by Cirque de Peace, with guest band Sweet ...
IMMIGRATION PROTESTS CONTINUE
Protests against a wave of immigration arrests in Red Bank and nationwide continued for a third and fourth straight day on Shrewsbury Avenue ...
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.