RED BANK: BELLHAVEN PLAN SCALED BACK

Trees were taken down recently at Bellhaven Natural Area in preparation for an observation deck being built there, according to Business Administrator Ziad Shehady. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank officials have quietly started prep work for a project at a site once mired in controversy: the Bellhaven Natural Area overlooking the Swimming River.

The end result, however will be a “scaled-back” version of a plan that once called for a spray park and triggered loud protests three years ago.

July 23, 2018 - 12:00 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: WHAT NEXT FOR ONE-EYED ROBIN?

For the past week, Lisa Keele of Red Bank and her family have cared for a fledgling robin they found lying in the road outside their Branch Avenue home. Named ‘Sam,’ the bird cannot fly and was born without a right eye.

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July 17, 2018 - 6:26 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: FOG, WIND & T-STORMS FORECAST

The Greater Red Bank Green is in for a wide range of weather conditions Wednesday.

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April 4, 2018 - 6:25 am | Comments ()

RUMSON: NAVESINK QUALITY IMPROVES

A view of the Navesink from Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank last month. Below, Bill Heddendorf of the New Jersey DEP discusses the need for additional testing along the Spring Street storm sewer line in Red Bank. (Photo above by Trish Russoniello, below by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

An effort to reverse biological contamination in the Navesink River is “working,” and could result in the reopening of closed shellfish beds a year earlier than previously expected, a New Jersey environmental scientist told a gathering in Rumson last week.

April 2, 2018 - 12:30 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: A SLIGHTLY WHITE CHRISTMAS?

Will the Greater Red Bank Green get a coating of white for Christmas?

There’s a 60-percent chance of it, according to the National Weather Service.

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December 22, 2017 - 7:06 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: MILD WEATHER FORECAST

After three snowfalls in a week, autumn 2017 winds down on the Greater Red Bank Green with unexceptional weather.

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December 18, 2017 - 6:30 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: THIRD SNOWFALL FORECAST

A third late-autumn snowfall in the span of a week could lay up to three inches on the Greater Red Bank Green starting late Friday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. (Click to enlarge.)

Click ‘read more’ for dull details on the weekend and beyond, weatherwise.

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December 15, 2017 - 5:33 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: GUSTY CONDITIONS FORECAST

A pair of gulls at Marine Park in Red Bank Monday. They’ll have more wind beneath their wings starting Tuesday evening, according to the Weather Channel. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge.)

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December 12, 2017 - 6:00 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: LATE-AUTUMN SNOW IN FORECAST

With the start of winter less than two weeks away, the Greater Red Bank Green is expected to get an early taste this weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

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December 8, 2017 - 5:51 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: SUNSET PARK CONCEPT TO DEBUT

The so-called Sunset Park concept plan includes a soccer field, riverfront boardwalk, kayak launch and other amenities. (Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank residents will get their first look Monday night at a concept plan for a new park on the town’s long-closed landfill site overlooking the Swimming River.

November 23, 2017 - 11:01 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: FALLING INTO THANKSGIVING

Leaves on the sidewalk, tiny bulbs in the trees and golden sunshine combined to create a lovely autumn vignette on Monmouth Street in Red Bank Thursday afternoon. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

Friday’s weather forecast on the Greater Red Bank Green includes lots of sunshine as well as wind, with gusts reaching around 36 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service. Here’s the outlook for the coming weekend and beyond into Thanksgiving.

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November 17, 2017 - 8:00 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: ‘GREEN’ BUSINESSES WANTED

Red Bank’s Environmental Commission is looking to spotlight ‘green’ businesses based in town, chairman Frank Corrado tells redbankgreen.

November 16, 2017 - 7:10 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: WEATHER OUTLOOK

Wispy clouds and vapor trails at sunset Thursday, as seen from Marine Park in Red Bank. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge.)

Here’st he National Weather Service outlook for the Greater Red Bank Green for the coming weekend and beyond, beginning with a dense fog advisory for Friday morning.
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November 3, 2017 - 5:51 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: GOOD WEATHER FOR LIGHT WORK

The Red Bank Town Lighting on November 24 may be more than a month away, but Ed Matthews of Powerhouse Signs has already been at his annual task of stringing trees with tiny bulbs for more than a week.

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October 23, 2017 - 6:15 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: A BREAK IN THE HUMIDITY

Another warm day is expected Tuesday, with temperatures on the Greater Red Bank Green peaking at about 80 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. But drier air should make it more comfortable than its been the last two days, and sunshine will be back, for a day at least. (Click to enlarge.)

Here’s the extended forecast:
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October 10, 2017 - 6:06 am | Comments ()

RUMSON: MARINE SCIENCE CENTER PLANNED

A concept drawing of the proposed Monmouth Marine and Environmental Field Station, which would be built atop the existing sanitary sewer pump station in the background. The red star on the satellite photo below indicates the location. (Photo by John T. Ward, map by Google Maps. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

A sewage pump station on the Navesink River in Rumson would serve as the foundation, literally, for an ambitious new marine science center announced in Rumson Tuesday.

September 27, 2017 - 7:50 am | Comments ()

FAIR HAVEN: AUTUMN HEATS UP THE GREEN

A tree on Harding Road in Fair Haven showed some pre-autumn orange and red on its limbs and surrounding ground earlier this week.

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September 22, 2017 - 1:53 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: SMALL SURPRISE UNDER THE HOOD

When it comes to cars, it’s usually horsepower that matters, but a vehicle in for servicing at Red Bank Volvo Cars Tuesday morning had a little something extra under the hood: a trio of newborn squirrels.

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September 19, 2017 - 12:00 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED

Hurricane José is expected to affect the Greater Red Bank Green with moderate coastal flooding, wind and rain Tuesday.

The category 1 hurricane “may end up being a glorified nor’easter, without the snow,” according to the Weather Channel.

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September 19, 2017 - 6:16 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: HURRICANE JOSÉ HEADS NORTH

With Hurricane José moving northward off the Atlantic coast, the National Weather Service warned of impacts beginning Tuesday afternoon in the region that includes the Greater Red Bank Green.

Along with strong winds and moderate coastal flooding, the Jersey shore could get up to two inches of rain from Monday night through Wednesday, according to the forecast issued early Monday.

Here’s the forecast through the coming week:

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September 18, 2017 - 6:16 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST

There was water, in different forms, above and below the New Jersey Transit rail bridge across the Navesink River Thursday afternoon, as seen from the Red Bank side. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge.)

Looking ahead, the National Weather Service said early Friday that it expects Tropical Storm José to “make a close pass” to the shore Tuesday, possibly bringing coastal flooding along with strong winds. Meantime, here’s the forecast for the Greater Red Bank Green through the coming weekend:

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September 15, 2017 - 6:00 am | Comments ()

SHREWSBURY: BABY TURTLES GET AN ASSIST

What was that snapping turtle doing at the edge of a parking lot on Monroe Avenue in Shrewsbury last spring? The answer, or answers, emerged from the mud Wednesday afternoon.

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September 6, 2017 - 4:30 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: LOST DOG? PUP BEGS TO DIFFER

Red Bank Animal Control Officer Henry Perez reports that he experienced a first Friday morning: a ‘lost’ dog that showed him where she lives.

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September 1, 2017 - 12:30 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: NEW BELLHAVEN PLAN WINS PRAISE

The new concept plan for Bellhaven Natural Area includes an observation deck, similar to the one shown for illustration purposes above left; playground equipment; and a play area covered with a rubberized safety surface, shown in light green. (Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Two years after residents gave a thorough hosing to a plan for a spray park in a West Side wetlands, Red Bank officials unveiled a new plan for the Bellhaven Natural Area Wednesday night.

This one got a warmer reception.

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August 31, 2017 - 7:18 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: NO OYSTERS, BUT ELUSIVE EELS

The American Littoral Society hung bags of recycled oyster shells from docks on the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers in June to see if they would attract oyster larvae. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

After nearly three months, an effort to restore a once-thriving oyster ecosystem in the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers has yet to detect the bivalve mollusk in the waterways, according to an update by the American Littoral Society.

August 29, 2017 - 8:50 am | Comments ()