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RED BANK: BURST PIPE FLOODS DENHOLTZ APARTMENT BUILDING
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Angry residents, flooded apartments: At least a dozen apartments in one of Red Bank's newest and most high-profile buildings were flooded when a pipe burst at The Rail. (Click to read)
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July 29th @ 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: FIRE RIPS THROUGH CHESTNUT STREET HOME
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Two families were displaced after firefighters battled an early morning blaze on Chestnut Street in Red BankThursday. (Click to read)
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July 9th @ 8am
VIDEO: RED BANK FIRE CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Red Bank Fire Department sends off departed former Chief Robert Talerico with fire truck funeral procession. (Click to read)
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May 28th @ 2pm
“WE BUILT THAT.” RED BANK FIREFIGHTERS MARK MONUMENT’S 100 YEARS
As the 100-year-anniversary of Red Bank's War Memorial monument neared, firefighters made an illuminating discovery. (click to read)
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May 22nd @ 5pm
RBFD TACKLES SHED FIRE
Firefighters with the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department responded to a report of a shed and fence on fire in a backyard on the 200 block of Bridge Avenue MondayContinue reading "RBFD TACKLES SHED FIRE"
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April 14th @ 11am
RED BANK: COUNCIL WRAPS 2025 WITH FOOTBALLER AND FIREFIGHTER HONORS
Red Bank's 9U football team's stunning run and Red Bank firefighters' valor take center stage at the final Borough Council meeting of 2025. (Click to read)
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December 12th, 2025 @ 4pm
RED BANK: MOUSE OWNER SPARES NO EXPENSE FOR PET INJURED IN FIRE
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A mouse named Chris Brown is "all I have left" says fire victim trying to save her pet's life. (Click to read)
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December 9th, 2025 @ 2pm
A MOST WONDERFUL NIGHT: RED BANK TOWN LIGHTING DELIGHTS (VIDEO)
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Thousands dance away the wind chills for Red Bank's annual Town Lighting. (Video and photos)
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November 29th, 2025 @ 7am
WHEN DUTY CALLS
Still soaked from hose water and covered in soot, Red Bank firefighter Jim Erving walk his dog Dusty, who had to wait in the car while Erving and other firefighters battled a house fire Monday. (Click for more.)
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November 25th, 2025 @ 5pm
RED BANK: FIRE RIPS THROUGH TWO FAMILY HOME
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Two families are displaced as fire tears through a Red Bank duplex. (Click to read)
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November 24th, 2025 @ 2pm
RED BANK: AFTER TRAGEDY, FIREFIGHTERS OPEN DOORS TO PREVENT MORE
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Free smoke alarms, firehouse tours and a call for volunteers on tap as Red Bank firefighters hold two open houses. (click to read)
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October 9th, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK REMEMBERS SEPT. 11, 2001 ATTACKS
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"We gather to remember all those who are still grieving." Scenes from Red Bank's annual Septmber 11 memorial ceremony. (click to read)
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September 11th, 2025 @ 5pm
RED BANK: AS BLAZE VICTIM DIES, FIRE CHIEF PLEADS FOR HELP
Red Bank man burned in house fire dies, as fire chief appeals for more volunteers and smoke alarms programs. (Click to read)
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July 14th, 2025 @ 11am
RED BANK: FIRE VICTIM ON LIFE SUPPORT
Red Bank fire victim remains on life support with burns over 90 percent of his body. (click to read)
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July 8th, 2025 @ 3pm
RED BANK: VICTIM SUFFERS “SEVERE BURNS”, FIREFIGHTER HOSPITALIZED IN HOUSE FIRE
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Fire victim trapped in second-story bedroom sustains severe burns before Red Bank firefighters perform dramatic rescue. (click to read)
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June 24th, 2025 @ 2pm
RED BANK: HOUSE FIRE ON SHREWSBURY AVENUE
At least one person injured in house fire on Shrewsbury Avenue in Red Bank. (click to read)
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June 24th, 2025 @ 10am
RED BANK: TOWER HILL VAN FIRE
Red Bank Fire Department extinguishes van fire as distraught driver looks on. (click to read)
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June 12th, 2025 @ 12pm
RED BANK: HOMETOWN HEROES, WAR DEAD TO BE HONORED MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
Red Bank: Hometown heroes barbecue and Memorial Day ceremony on tap for holiday weekend. (click to read)
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May 23rd, 2025 @ 3pm
RED BANK: HOLIDAY, “HOMETOWN HERO” EASES INTO RETIREMENT
Bobby Holiday knows Red Bank like no one else. In fact, he's probably been in your home. The longtime firefighter and recently retired water and sewer boss will be honored as a "Hometown Hero" this Saturday. (click to read)  
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May 19th, 2025 @ 8am
RBFD SNUFFS OUT SMALL APARTMENT FIRE
A small fire that started in a light fixture at the Colony House apartments in Red Bank was quickly put out by members of the Red Band Volunteer Fire Department.
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April 28th, 2025 @ 3pm
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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.