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TRUCK DOWNS CABLE LINE IN RUMSON

As if Rumson didn’t already have enough wires down from Tropical Storm Irene, a cement truck took down some more on Ridge Road at Kemp Avenue around noon Wednesday. No electrical wires were involved, however, and police quickly cleared the scene.

PADDLE DAY MAKES A RETURN TO THE RIVER

A beginner gets acclimated with the water at last year’s inaugural Paddle the Navesink Day. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) Red Bank has its share of river-themed events. There’s Riverfest in June, a three-day bonanza of food and entertainment. There’s Kaboom Fireworks on the Navesink, one the nation’s largest pyrotechnics shows. Rowing and [...]

OUTLOOK FAIR FOR FAIR HAVEN FAIR

After a hurricane-induced sputtering start, the eight-day Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair enters the home stretch Wednesday night with with an outlook of uninterrupted fun, food and pleasant weather. The National Weather Service forecasts sunshiney days Wednesday through Saturday, with cool, moisture-free nights through Friday, and a 30-percent chance of rain on the fair’s final night [...]

MAN CHARGED WITH STEALING FROM PARENTS

Recent activity reports, unedited, as provided by the Middletown Township Police Department. • On August 28, 2011 at approximately 1:55 pm Patrolman Carl Roth and Patrolman Anthony Gigante responded to area of Orchard Avenue in Belford in reference to a report of a neighborhood dispute. The officers were conducting their investigation when one of the [...]

IT’S OFFICIAL: CHAR TAKES ASHES SPACE

Vacant for the past year, the corner building on Broad Street has a new tenant. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD The three-story space formerly home to Ashes Cigar Bar in Red Bank is about to get some of its sizzle back. After a year of vacancy, the building at the corner of Broad [...]

PATIENCE & GROANS AS OUTAGES PERSIST

A downed tree and electrical lines had First Street in Rumson blocked off 48 hours after the storm. Below, a sign on the locked doors of Trader Joe’s in Shrewsbury. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Electrical power was restored at Fair Haven Mayor Mike Halfacre’s home late Monday night, about 12 hours after [...]

RED BANK: THREE ATTEMPTED BURGLARIES

The crime reports below were provided by the Red Bank Police Department for the period of August 19  to August 26, 2011. This information is unedited. Theft occurring at Maple Ave-Restaurant on 8-20-11. Victim reported that unknown person(s) stole cash from purse. Lt. Michael Clay Attempted burglary occurring on 8-22-11 at Shrewsbury Ave. Victim reported [...]

A ‘LITTLE KISS,’ THEN GOODNIGHT, IRENE

Braced for the worst, and recalling the devastation caused by the northeaster of 1992, the borough of Sea Bright evacuated all residents in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irene Saturday. Even emergency personnel were ready to relocate to Rumson if things got as bad as forecast. But less than 24 hours after what was [...]

SINGER SEBASTIAN BACH’S HOME DESTROYED

Heavy metal singer Sebastian Bach‘s Middletown home was destroyed when the Swimming River Reservoir overflowed its banks Sunday, he writes on his Facebook page. A “numb, in shock & devastated” Bach reports that the house, once featured on MTV’s ‘Cribs,’ has been ‘destroyed, condemned and deemed uninhabitable,’ and that cherished mementos  were lost in the [...]

RAINBOW OVER OUR BEAUTIFUL NAVESINK

A redbankgreen reader sent us this photo, taken from upper floor of the Riverview Towers highrise on Riverside Avenue in Red Bank Sunday after Hurricane Tropical Storm Irene blew through. (Click to enlarge)

THREE MIDDLETOWN BRIDGES SWAMPED

Rushing water from Shadow Lake left a gaping hole in Hubbard Avenue, above. Below, a truck fords flooding at the Poricy Pond culvert on Navesink River Road, site of a 2010 washout. (Click to enlarge) By JOHN T. WARD Three Middletown bridges were overrun by floodwaters in Sunday’s storm, knocking at least two of them [...]

LITTLE SILVER HIT BY FLOODING & OUTAGES

By JOHN T. WARD Several major roadways were out of commission and an estimated 1,600 homes remained without electrical power in Little Silver Sunday evening. There’s no firm estimate on when the juice will be back on, or when Jersey Central Power & Light will be available to address several downed power lines that, in [...]

RED BANK: JUST A BIT DAMP AT THE EDGES

Red Bank borough administrator and fire marshal Stanley Sickels, interviewed by redbankgreen in Marine Park Sunday morning, says the town escaped the wrath of Hurricane Irene. That truck in the video is one that was donated to the town by the City of Long Branch last Thursday. Check out more videos at redbankgreen’s YouTube channel.

TROUBLED CULVERT FLOODED

A Middletown culvert that was undermined by flooding 17 months ago was overrun by water rushing downriver from Poricy Pond late Sunday morning.

DOWNGRADED STORM LEAVES LIGHT DAMAGE

A pickup truck drives around a downed tree limb on Navesink River Road in Middletown Sunday morning. Below, Michael and Arnold Natali kayaking behind their home on Queens Drive South, Little Silver. (Click to enlarge) That can’t be all there is, can it? Sure, what used to be known as Hurricane Irene — now a [...]


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