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RED BANK: A SAVE, AND THEN A SWEARING-IN
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Chris Soden gives his oath as Red Bank fire chief at the Union Hose Company. Behind Soden are deputies Pete DeFazio, left, and Stu Jensen, partly obscured. (Photo by John T. Ward.Continue reading "RED BANK: A SAVE, AND THEN A SWEARING-IN"
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January 4th, 2016 @ 5am
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RED BANK: BACKYARD BBQ GRILL EXPLODES
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A pair of explosions audible from blocks away brought out the Red Bank Volunteer Fire Department shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday night. Deputy fire chief Pete DeFazio, responding to a reportContinue reading "RED BANK: BACKYARD BBQ GRILL EXPLODES"
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December 22nd, 2015 @ 11pm
LITTLE SILVER: BLAZE LINKED TO FIREPLACE
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The scene at 19 Azalea Court as firefighters began to cut an opening in the roof, below. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD A fireContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: BLAZE LINKED TO FIREPLACE"
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November 22nd, 2015 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: FIRE AT AZALEA COURT HOME
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Volunteer firefighters from Little Silver and nearby towns were on the scene of a house fire at 19 Azalea Court in Little Silver Saturday night. The occupants of the house,Continue reading "LITTLE SILVER: FIRE AT AZALEA COURT HOME"
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November 21st, 2015 @ 9pm
RED BANK: BURNED BREAKFAST
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A reported structure fire with an entrapped resident at the recently opened West Side Lofts luxury apartments in Red Bank turned out to be an unattended frying pan (seen atContinue reading "RED BANK: BURNED BREAKFAST"
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November 21st, 2015 @ 6am
SEA BRIGHT, RUMSON: SEEKING TOYS FOR TOTS
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With an eye toward Christmas, volunteers in Sea Bright and Rumson are planning “toys for tots” drives in coming weeks. Picking up an effort previously spearheaded by the borough police,Continue reading "SEA BRIGHT, RUMSON: SEEKING TOYS FOR TOTS"
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November 19th, 2015 @ 10am
RED BANK: SMALL FIRE EMPTIES SCHOOL
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The fire occurred in a transformer room, officials said. Below, the affected transformer. (Photo above by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Students at the Red BankContinue reading "RED BANK: SMALL FIRE EMPTIES SCHOOL"
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November 17th, 2015 @ 2pm
CHURN: FAST GREEK AND EASY WEDDINGS
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Brothers George, Charlie and Taso Lyristis plan to open Greek Eats on the Shrewsbury side of Newman Springs Road Tuesday. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARDContinue reading "CHURN: FAST GREEK AND EASY WEDDINGS"
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November 17th, 2015 @ 8am
RUMSON: BLITHEWALD RAZED
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Five months after a devastating fire, the Rumson mansion known as Blithewald was demolished Monday. The 132-year-old home, on Buena Vista Avenue, was undergoing extensive redecoration for use as a designer showcase forContinue reading "RUMSON: BLITHEWALD RAZED"
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August 18th, 2015 @ 2pm
RUMSON: FIRE DESTROYS BACKYARD PLAY SET
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Rumson firefighters, slowed somewhat by a Cat construction vehicle parked in the driveway, quickly doused a fire that fully engulfed a custom-designed wooden play set in the backyard of a newlyContinue reading "RUMSON: FIRE DESTROYS BACKYARD PLAY SET"
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July 29th, 2015 @ 9am
RED BANK: BACK IN THE ARMS OF SAMARITANS
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Bucky Moran at home earlier this week. Below, Moran gets a hug from one of his saviors, Paramedic Lori Corson. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHNContinue reading "RED BANK: BACK IN THE ARMS OF SAMARITANS"
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May 28th, 2015 @ 11am
LITTLE SILVER: FIRE DAMAGES HOME
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The fire as it appeared on arrival by borough volunteers, above, and from the same angle about 35 minutes later, below. (Photo above by Chief Peter Giblin, below by JohnContinue reading "LITTLE SILVER: FIRE DAMAGES HOME"
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May 15th, 2015 @ 7am
RUMSON: BLITHEWALD GARDEN IN PHOTOS
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The April 20 fire at the Rumson mansion known as Blithewald, which was undergoing extensive redecoration for use as a designer showcase in the monthlong VNA Stately Homes by theContinue reading "RUMSON: BLITHEWALD GARDEN IN PHOTOS"
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April 28th, 2015 @ 7am
RUMSON: FIRE RULED AN ACCIDENT
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Monday’s fire at the Rumson mansion known as Blithewald appears to have been accidental, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s office. Spokesman Charlie Webster told redbankgreen on Thursday that investigatorsContinue reading "RUMSON: FIRE RULED AN ACCIDENT"
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April 23rd, 2015 @ 2pm
Here’s a Sea Bright firefighter’s view, courtesy of a helmet-mounted camera, of Monday’s fire at the Rumson mansion known as Blithewald. A message on the Sea Bright Fire Rescue FacebookContinue reading "RUMSON: FIREFIGHTER’S VIEW OF BLAZE"
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April 22nd, 2015 @ 3pm
RUMSON: ‘TOUGH SPOTS’ MADE FIRE DAUNTING
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Blithewald as seen Tuesday morning. An area of the roof between two dormers showed heavy damaged, as seen below. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T.Continue reading "RUMSON: ‘TOUGH SPOTS’ MADE FIRE DAUNTING"
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April 21st, 2015 @ 10am
RUMSON: FIRE RIPS SHOWCASE MANSION
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Fire caused extensive damage Monday afternoon to a Rumson home slated as the showcase for the monthlong VNA Stately Homes by the Sea fundraiser. No one was injured in theContinue reading "RUMSON: FIRE RIPS SHOWCASE MANSION"
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April 20th, 2015 @ 4pm
CHURN: SHREWSBURY TO GET FAST GREEK EATS
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Greek Eats has signed to take the corner space, at right above, at the three-store 89 Newman Springs Road, now under construction. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)Continue reading "CHURN: SHREWSBURY TO GET FAST GREEK EATS"
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March 31st, 2015 @ 10am
RED BANK: BURNED HOME TO BE REPLACED
Five months after she was awakened by a smoke alarm and escaped to see her house go up in a ball of flame, a Red Bank woman won approval toContinue reading "RED BANK: BURNED HOME TO BE REPLACED"
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March 20th, 2015 @ 7am
RED BANK: BLAZE DAMAGES HOME
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The fire did heavy damage to the house at 93 River Street. The roof at the rear corner of 95 River, at right above and left below, also briefly caughtContinue reading "RED BANK: BLAZE DAMAGES HOME"
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March 19th, 2015 @ 12pm
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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 ...