Category Archives: Coastal

Motorists took advantage of bridge-opening intervals to get out of their cars and look at the dolphins feeding in the Navesink just west of the Oceanic Bridge Sunday evening. Except for the river itself. the bridge is the only publicly...

Jet-skiers Scott Wolf and Manny Carabel, on rocks, are joined at Oyster Point by IMPACT members Grace Pedretti (in blue top); Laurie Medoro; Emily Lennon and her mom, Virginia; Marilyn Price; Danny Kalinoski and his mom, Stephanie; and Paul Panicali...

The Highlands Bridge as seen earlier this week, looking west from the Sandy Hook overpass. Today's Star-Ledger has a dire forecast for beachgoers heading home from Sandy Hook by car this weekend: "traffic stretching as far as the eye can...

Fishing for news: TV trucks in Marine Park Wednesday afternoon. As go the dolphins, so go the TV news crews, apparently. A couple of TV trucks were spotted in Red Bank's Marine Park yesterday, following redbankgreen's reports that the Atlantic...

Contractors at work on the dock Monday afternoon. The long-awaited renovation of the Fair Haven municipal dock is finally underway. And the timing... well, it could be better. The $200,000 project, being handled by contractor Bird Construction, calls for replacement...

Dining al fresco on the west side of the Oceanic Bridge, under the admiring watch of nearby boaters, were these two members of the pod. (Click to enlarge) Maybe they got bored just shuttling back and forth in the Shrewsbury...

If they show up, don't feed 'em. So says this NOAA sign posted on the pier at Marine Park in Red Bank. rebankgreen has been following up — fruitlessly, thus far — reports that the dolphin pod that has transfixed...

Clean Ocean Action's Casey Shanley models the latest in environmental beachwear. By SUE MORGAN Piggybacking on the popularity of the dolphin pod that's been in the Shrewsbury River since mid-June, Clean Ocean Action last week took aim at three proposals...

A glimpse of the 2007 show via an alley on West Front Street. For some reason, clicking on the KaBoom fireworks website starts a song that features "let it rain" as a refrain. There wasn't some other middling Springsteen anthem-to-partying...

The view from Victory Park in Rumson last year. Hey, it was bound to get out anyway. For the second year in a row, Rumson will be home to a spectacular July 3 fireworks display to rival that of its...

Cranes and other equipment brought in for the demolition of the Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge will be idle until Monday, in deference to the dolphins. By SUE MORGAN Thanks to those hungry bottlenose dolphins in the Shrewsbury River, work on the...

All the dolphin gawking was the subject of a piece on last night's NBC Nightly News, hosted by Middletown-raised Brian Williams. By SUE MORGAN Save the airfare and the money you would have blown on souvenirs — if it's a...

NOAA's ark, er, motorboat as seen from Sea Bright on Sunday morning. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says today that it is still monitoring the pod of bottlenose dolphins that's been in the Shrewsbury River for more than two...

From boats, land, docks and bridges, everybody wants to get a gander at the dolphins, it seems. "We were just saying that mothers are probably telling their kids, 'no dolphins if you don't finish your dinner,'" one woman quipped as...

With a clear shot at the Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge — the gateway to Sandy Hook Bay — the dolphins instead chose to extend their stay in the Shrewsbury River late Sunday afternoon. Two weeks later, they're still here. The pod...

A sailboat under power gets close to the dolphins between Sea Bright and Highlands late Friday afternoon. Trailed and often surrounded by big boats, small boats and personal watercraft, a pod of dolphins moved back and forth in the upper...

Dolphins in the Shrewsbury River near the confluence of the Navesink yesterday. The Asbury Park Press reports that the dolphin pod in the Shrewsbury River is heading north. The U.S. Coast Guard and state Marine Police [are] giving them an...

Moisture-laden clouds roll in over Sea Bright in this view from the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Tuesday afternoon. Isolated showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue into this evening. Wednesday's forecast, according to the National Weather Service: Sunny, with a high...

When the dolphins are out, "It's just boats, boats, boats parked out there," says Ruben Nagy of McLoone's Rum Runner. Amid rising concern about their safety, a pod of dolphins will be led out of the Shrewsbury River toward open...

Volunteers working to clear the lot of debris at low tide earlier this month. Hoping to head off bureaucratic problems later on, Red Bank officials have tabled a measure to preserve a borough owned lot fronting on the Navesink River...