Category Archives: Atlantic Ocean

SANDY HOOK: Four years after scrapping a proposed entry fee hike, Gateway National Recreation Area is again seeking a 33-percent increase.

RED BANK: The agenda for Wednesday's council meeting includes a ban on mass balloon releases and a downtown traffic study.

RED BANK: Council debates balloon-release ordinance. Menna says it shouldn't apply when "a kid's singing 'Happy Birthday' and the balloon goes in the air."

RED BANK: Looking rather thuggish, a group of vultures loitered outside Les Gertrude apartments on Broad Street Thursday morning.

SANDY HOOK: The sun sets on a tradition as the last public beach to allow alcohol bans it, citing hundreds of booze-related incidents.

FAIR HAVEN: Residents rally for police officer who broke his neck in a swimming accident in the ocean on Independence Day.

RED BANK: There's a chance the Greater Green will get a dusting of snow for Christmas, according to the National Weather Service.

RED BANK: This week's weather outlook on the Greater Green is for mild temperatures and recurring clouds, according to the National Weather Service.

RED BANK: The Greater Green could get its third late-autumn snowfall in less than a week Friday evening, according to the National Weather Service.

RED BANK: Hats and trash can lids may take to the air as gusty winds blow through the Greater Green over the next 36 hours.

RED BANK: To spotlight the environmental impact of plastic drinking straws, eight restaurants agree to give them only to customers who ask this month.

RED BANK: The Green is expected to get an early taste of winter with a snowfall this weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

SANDY HOOK: Seawall work prompts detour beginning today for some visitors to Gateway National Recreation Area. Details here.

RED BANK: Sunshine and drier air expected Tuesday. Here's the forecast through the rest of the week for the Greater Green.

RUMSON: Monmouth University announces plan for marine science center with labs and classrooms atop riverfront sewer pump station here.

FAIR HAVEN: The calendar, and a tree on Harding Road, say the season is autumn, but the weather forecast calls for summer-like temperatures.

SANDY HOOK: Twelve-year-old Union County girl dies day after water rescue.

SEA BRIGHT: PieHole pays a happy hour visit to the revived Donovan's Reef, where the palms sway and the rum buckets chill.

SANDY HOOK: American Littoral Society offers an array of activities, all free, centered on exploring the Hook's natural and historic wonders this Sunday.

SEA BRIGHT: What's For Lunch stumbles on a new venture by familiar faces, and one of the tastiest dishes we've tried in a long time.