Category Archives: Utilities

Power failures affected at least three area towns earlier today, officials say. An apparent transformer fire on Ridge Road near Hance Road in Fair Haven knocked out juice in Fair Haven and Rumson late this morning, police in both towns...

Utility lines on River Street in Red Bank looked like limp strands of neon tubing late Monday as they reflected the late afternoon sun. The view was west from Shrewsbury Avenue. Expect lots of sunshine today, but cold temperatures rising...

No, I insist — after you: access holes to the Chestnut Street tanks are only about 16 inches wide. Red Bank officials are racing this month for a piece of the federal stimulus dole as a way of reducing the...

The vessel numbered 1 is one of four tanks at the Chestnut Street water plant that the state says must be replaced. Three others are at the Tower Hill facility. Maintenance work at the Red Bank water utility that was...

By JoANN PILEGGI A proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) transfer facility that backers see as a fix to energy woes and opponents call "Insanity Island" gets its first public airing tonight. The showdown pits dozens of environmental groups against Atlantic...

Mayor Pasquale Menna. In the face of an historic economic downturn, Red Bank is trimming pay for its planning and zoning board attorneys, looking at a five-percent, across-all-departments budget cut and trying to hold the line in contract talks with...

Today's forecast from the National Weather Service calls for partly sunny skies, temperatures peaking at 29 degrees, and potentially dangerous wind conditions. A wind advisory remains in effect until 1p today. Sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph and gusts...

Customers waited out the outage by candlelight at the Broadway Diner. (Click to enlarge) Donna Natale of Sea Bright was in the Shrewsbury Car Wash when the power went out ever so briefly early Tuesday night. It came right back...

Volunteer firefighters and first aid squad members stood by at the Liberty Hose firehouse on White Street during the widespread power outage Tuesday evening. (Click to enlarge) Burglar and fire alarms went off all over town, prompting the police chief...

Fair Haven is advising residents at the western end of the borough that water pressure to their homes may drop this morning as Red Bank, which supplies water to those users, tests two new hydrants on Cambridge Avenue. The testing,...

Expect some 'slight discoloration,' the borough says. A program of flushing out the Red Bank water system began last night and will continue through November 7, according to a notice from the borough's water utility. The activity will be limited...

Alan Placer on what used be called the roof but he now calls the "third floor" of Hobbymasters — the floor that makes money from the sun. The solar panels are all in, and by this time next week, Arlene...

This week, we've got an uncommon even split of correct and incorrect answers for the preceding week's Where. As noted by Tim Lake and Adam O'Brien, last week's image showed the New Jersey-American Water treatment plant on Newman Springs Road...

The three sections of the tower are ready for assembly on the site leased by the borough from Christ Church United Methodist on Ridge Road. The author of the church's signs, though, has a higher level of communication in mind....