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RED BANK THROWBACK: 1983’s “WORST FIREWORKS EVER”
Throwbacks feature looks back at 1983, when a fireworks barge exploded in the Navesink River mid display. (click to read)
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July 4th, 2024 @ 6am
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RED BANK: Labor settlements, cannabis zoning, a fireworks ban, memorial plaques and more fill out a busy council agenda Wednesday night.
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August 18th, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: SPEED, POT & BUDGET ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: On the council's busy agenda Wednesday: annual budget; reduced speed limit; cannabis zoning; new redevelopment agency head and more.
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July 21st, 2021 @ 7am
RED BANK: COUNCIL TO HOSE FIREWORKS
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RED BANK: Days after a booming Fourth of July weekend, mayor and council say they'll act to enforce state ban on illegal fireworks.
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July 8th, 2021 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: AN UNDAMPENED DAY’S END
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LITTLE SILVER: Undampened by weather, town's biennial 'day' of food and music and ends with a spectacular fireworks display.
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June 25th, 2018 @ 9am
FAIR HAVEN: A DAY OF COMMUNITY
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FAIR HAVEN: Borough residents celebrate life in their community with a day of food, music, games and spectacular fireworks.
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June 11th, 2018 @ 11am
RED BANK: MUSICAL FIREWORKS FOR THE 4TH
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RED BANK: A free riverside concert by the NJ Symphony Orchestra and a 'Liberty Extravaganza of patriotic music on Tower Hill herald Independence Day interlude this Sunday.
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June 30th, 2017 @ 6am
In 2010, KaBoom became three-day event, increasings costs that were not matched by donations from viewers and sponsors. But it sure was fun. Here’s a replay of that year’s spectacle.Continue reading "RED BANK: DO YOU MISS THE FIREWORKS?"
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July 1st, 2015 @ 10am
FAIR HAVEN: CAPPING A SPARKLING DAY
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Hundreds of Fair Havenites spent the afternoon and evening in the open air of Fair Haven Fields Saturday, enjoying the fourth annual Fair Haven Day, an event begun in 2012Continue reading "FAIR HAVEN: CAPPING A SPARKLING DAY"
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June 15th, 2015 @ 6am
NAVESINK: RIVERVIEW DELIVERS AN EYEFUL
[slideshow_deploy id=’91232′]The vantage points were harder to find, but a  fireworks show on the Navesink River off a Middletown dock Friday night was no less spectacular than the old KaBoomContinue reading "NAVESINK: RIVERVIEW DELIVERS AN EYEFUL"
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June 30th, 2014 @ 9am
NAVESINK RIVER FIREWORKS SLATED
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Boaters, motorists on the Oceanic Bridge, patrons of two Rumson restaurants and miscellaneous others are in for a pyrotechnics treat Friday night, when DiPiero family puts on a fireworks showContinue reading "NAVESINK RIVER FIREWORKS SLATED"
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June 27th, 2014 @ 6am
FAIR HAVEN DOES IT AGAIN
[slideshow_deploy id=’90915′]What started as a way to celebrate Fair Haven’s centennial two years ago appears to have settled into an annual tradition, as the borough threw a townwide party inContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN DOES IT AGAIN"
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June 16th, 2014 @ 1pm
FAIR HAVEN: NEIGHBOR WANTS SHOW SNUFFED
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They sure looked pretty, but last year’s fireworks showered Mary Ylangan’s yard and others with debris, some of which she brought to a council meeting last week. (Photos by JohnContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN: NEIGHBOR WANTS SHOW SNUFFED"
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May 19th, 2014 @ 7am
Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • Michael Murphy, age 33, from Brainard Avenue in Port Monmouth, NJ, arrested on June 27, 2013 byContinue reading "M’TOWN: MAN CHARGED WITH DWI, LEWDNESS"
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July 9th, 2013 @ 6am
Two charities – Sea Bright Rising and Ama Ristorante’s Building Permit Relief Fund – with the common mission of helping Sea Bright victims of Hurricane Sandy rebuild their homes and businessesContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT"
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July 2nd, 2013 @ 12am
They liked it so much in their town’s centennial year that they decided to do it again. The residents of Fair Haven threw themselves a townwide picnic Saturday, a dayContinue reading "FAIR HAVEN DOES IT AGAIN"
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June 17th, 2013 @ 7am
SEA BRIGHT: A GIFT OF FIREWORKS
After a one-year absence, Independence Day pyrotechnics are expected to soar over the Sea Bright beach. (Photo by Wil Fulton. Click to enlarge) By WIL FULTON This summer, Sea BrightersContinue reading "SEA BRIGHT: A GIFT OF FIREWORKS"
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May 8th, 2013 @ 11am
CANCELED FIREWORKS: DO YOU CARE?
Crowds would pack West Front Street opposite Riverside Gardens Park every July 3 for a view of the annual pyrotechnics display. (Click to enlarge) By CONNOR SOLTAS Tonight would haveContinue reading "CANCELED FIREWORKS: DO YOU CARE?"
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July 3rd, 2012 @ 9am
HISTORY DAY: CENTENNIAL AND ANTIQUES
The crew from Paul Davis Partywares in Shrewsbury setting up the tent and tables at Fair Haven Fields Thursday for Saturday’s celebration of the town’s centennial. Below, Riverbank Antiques inContinue reading "HISTORY DAY: CENTENNIAL AND ANTIQUES"
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June 15th, 2012 @ 10am
RUMSON ALSO LIKELY TO SCRUB FIREWORKS
Scenes from the 2011 Rumson fireworks show, which was synched up with the Red Bank display upriver. (Photos by Dustin Racioppi. Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD As goContinue reading "RUMSON ALSO LIKELY TO SCRUB FIREWORKS"
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February 15th, 2012 @ 10am
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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.