Category Archives: Nature

Visual inspections have led to the discovery of two Red Bank properties believed to have contributed to the high levels of fecal coliform in the Navesink River reported earlier this year, the Asbury Park Press reports today. One of the...

That report from earlier this week of pet Chihuahua named Lola in Middletown having been run down and killed by coyotes appears to have had some errors, the Star-Ledger says today. The dog was not a Chihuahua but a fox...

A pet Chihuahua was chased down and killed by coyotes early this morning in Middletown, according to a report today by the Asbury Park Press. In the continuing drama over the wild canines, Middletown authorities said at least two canines...

Middletown police, on the hunt for a coyote that attacked a 5-year-old boy Monday night, shot and killed one coyote before dawn today and have spotted four others, the Asbury Park Press is reporting. From the story: Officer Christian Clark...

Another mild winter in coastal terms left New Jersey's 127 miles of beaches pretty much intact this year, a co-author of the 2007 State of the Shore Report told a gathering at Sandy Hook yesterday, according to the Asbury Park...

Middletown authorities reported a second recent attack on a child by a coyote last night, according to stories in today's Star-Ledger and Asbury Park Press. According to the Ledger, the police fired one shot at an animal spotted nearby shortly...

Those two new electric cars we told you about last week, the ones Red Bank planned to buy to replace the three-wheeled Cushmans used by parking enforcement? It turns out they can't meet the state requirement that they be able...

Canada geese had the run of the fields at Sickles Park in Little Silver in early March. Columnist Mark Di Ionno of the Star Ledger has a piece today about the use of plywood dog cutouts to keep Canada geese...

Say goodbye to those Cushmans. Last month, the Red Bank Borough Council authorized the purchase of two Club Car Carryall 2 electric vehicles from golf-cart seller Vic Gerard Golf Cars. They'll replace a pair of gas-powered Cushman three-wheelers used by...

A contractor hired by Red Bank planted 15 new trees along White Street Sunday morning, fulfilling a promise by borough Arborist Mike Olimpi to replace nine mature Bradford pear trees that were cut down April 23. Ten Harvest Gold crabapples...

A move to restrict the ability of homeowners and builders to take down trees on their properties is back in Fair Haven, uprooting some tensions that had been buried in recent months. Larry Higgs has a story in today's Asbury...

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In addition to the mass beach cleanups it organizes twice a year — including one scheduled for tomorrow — a really admirable aspect of Clean Ocean Action is that it maintains a highly detailed log of all the garbage that...

The state of New Jersey has extracted a $1 million settlement from Chevron over a 2006 oil spill in the Arthur Kill, and Navesink River oyster beds are among the expected beneficiaries, according to the Star-Ledger. The $1 million will...

... a poem as lovely as a tree. Ten, actually, to replace the nine slaughtered (humanely, it has been persuasively argued) on White Street yesterday. The replacement trees — Harvest Gold crabapples — are on order and should arrive later...

A gorgeous spring morning, the day after Earth Day, with Arbor Day just around the bend... A perfect day to take down a bunch of Bradford pear trees in bloom. Huh? That's what happened this morning on White Street. A...

Feeling the desire to do something nice for the planet for Earth Day? No, don't buy it a necktie — it never wears them — or pick up a gift certificate from the Gap. Instead, get some mud in the...

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We think that we won't soon see another rusting ladder in a tree... Yes, folks, the dead tree at 236 Broad Street that for many months was home to a rusted ladder is now ladder-free. The ladder was one of...

There's extensive coverage today of the reported attack on a toddler by a coyote in the Chapel Hill section of Middletown Friday night. So far, just what it was that tried to drag the boy off and left him with...