LINCROFT: RESIDENTS ZAP JCP&L LINE PLAN

Many in the crowd came with signs and wore stickers indicating the distance of their homes from the proposed power line. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Thwarted from speaking two months ago, hundreds of opponents of a proposed high-voltage electricity transmission line from Aberdeen to Red Bank came electrified with anger Tuesday night.

The occasion was a public comment session at Brookdale Community College on the Jersey Central Power & Light Company proposal, which calls for support poles as tall as 210 feet running for 10 miles along the North Jersey Coast Line railroad, ending at a substation in Red Bank.

March 29, 2017 - 10:30 pm | Comments ()

LINCROFT: SECOND JCP&L HEARING SLATED

Two months after an overflow crowd jammed a first hearing, opponents of a proposed high-voltage electricity transmission line from Aberdeen to Red Bank are expected to gather at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft Wednesday evening.

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March 29, 2017 - 6:29 am | Comments ()

RUMSON-SEA BRIGHT: BRIDGE CLOSING, AGAIN

Less than a week after its last overnight closing, the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge will again be closed overnight tonight from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Thursday, according to signage posted this morning. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge)

March 8, 2017 - 8:14 am | Comments ()

RUMSON-SEA BRIGHT: BRIDGE CLOSING

Monmouth County Bridge S-32, better known as a the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge, will be closed overnight from 8 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday for regular maintenance to the center bascule, Monmouth County officials announced Wednesday.

Detours will be posted, as the span will be closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge)

March 1, 2017 - 5:45 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: BLUE LINE HONORS LAW ENFORCERS

A crew from Alert Traffic Lines painted a vivid blue line along Broad Street in downtown Red Bank Friday in support of local law enforcement. The borough-based company, owned by John and Michael Garofalo, paid for the project, which the borough council authorized by resolution in December.

The line was laid between existing double yellow lines in spite of objections voiced elsewhere by the federal Department of Transportation that they’re unsafe because the pavement between the yellow lines is not visible. Councilman and Police Commissioner Mike Whelan told redbankgreen in a statement that he and Chief Darren McConnell disagree with the DOT.

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January 16, 2017 - 6:30 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: DEMOCRATS REASSERT CONTROL

Erik Yngstrom embraces his mother, Yvonne Yngstrom, after giving his oath as councilman. Below, Kathy Horgan began her fourth term on the council and was elected its president. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank’s first Republican majority in a generation ended after just a year Sunday, when Democrats regained control of the borough council.

With the addition of political newcomer Erik Yngstrom to the governing body, the Democrats now share 3-3 parity with the GOP on the council. But with the support of three-term Mayor Pasquale Menna as the tiebreaker to any potential deadlock, the Democrats wasted no time in doling out key jobs to partisans.

January 3, 2017 - 7:00 am | Comments ()

SANDY HOOK: BACKERS RALLY TO SAVE HOUSE

The Sandlass House, reimagined as a museum, above, and as seen in July, 2015, below. (Rendering by Anderson Campanella Archictects. Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

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By JOHN T. WARD

A group of preservationists trying to save the last remnants of a long-forgotten Sandy Hook beach resort from the wrecking ball.

Dubbed the Jersey Coast Heritage Museum at Sandlass House, the group has begun circulating a petition calling on the National Park Service, which owns the house as part of Gateway National Recreation Area, not to knock it down, and allow them to turn it into a museum.

November 16, 2016 - 11:27 am | Comments ()

ON THE GREEN: BECK, KYRILLOS OPPOSE LINE

A view north along the North Jersey Coast Line from the Red Bank train station. The proposed JCP&L power line would be strong alongside the railroad right-of-way on poles as tall as 140 feet. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

HOT-TOPIC_03 A controversial 10-mile long, high-voltage electricity transmission line that would end in Red Bank is no more welcome today than it was when it was shelved more than two decades ago, two local legislators said Thursday.

State Senators Jen Beck, of Red Bank, and Joe Kyrillos, of Middletown, jointly introduced a trio of resolutions in Trenton aimed at blocking electricity provider JCP&L from building the line.

September 16, 2016 - 6:00 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: GOODBYE TO SUMMER

The final installment of our Summer Scenes series finds photographer Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado down on the banks of the Navesink River once again. He shot this photo through the boat storage racks of Irwin Marine at Union Street and Boat Club Court in Red Bank.

“Yes, I am drawn to the river,” says Luis, who spent part of the summer rowing with Navesink River Rowing. “The river is just an open space, like there’s no trees or, most of the time, people. And sunsets look great because you can kind of see the reflection of the sunset or what’s on the other side of the river on the water.”

redbankgreen thanks Luis for his wonderful photos, and wishes him the best as he enters eighth grade at Red Bank Middle School. His other Summer Scenes photos may be viewed here. (Photo by Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado. Click to enlarge)

September 6, 2016 - 1:14 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: A SUMMER MOMENT BY THE RIVER

As the lazy days of summer 2016 wind down, Summer Scenes brings you this placid view of the Navesink River lapping softly at the shore at the home of Navesink River Rowing in Red Bank.

The photo is the latest in the Summer Scenes series. The others may be viewed here. (Photo by Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado. Click to enlarge)

August 29, 2016 - 12:40 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: OUT BACK AND UP ABOVE

The billboard-topped backsides of buildings familiar to Red Bank regulars caught the eye of Summer Scenes photographer Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado last week.

His photo shows the rear of 2 East Front Street — known for its pedestrian passageway linking the downtown with Union Street and Marine Park — and the shingled rear of Seldin’s Trinkets and Jewelry, at 2 West Front. Brick, wood, delicate clouds and a vapor trail combine to create a visually engaging scene.

The photo is the six in the Summer Scenes series. The others may be viewed here. (Photo by Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado. Click to enlarge)

August 23, 2016 - 9:28 am | Comments ()

ON THE GREEN: BROOKDALE BUS LINES MERGED

Commuting to Brookdale Community College in Lincroft via New Jersey Transit bus will no longer require a transfer in Red Bank under a new route alignment announced Tuesday. According to the report, the 833 and 835 routes will be merged into a new route numbered 838, “providing commuters from Freehold, Sea Bright, Rumson, Fair Haven and eastern Red Bank with a ‘one-seat’ ride to the Lincroft campus” by eliminating a transfer, according to the Asbury Park Press. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

August 17, 2016 - 8:00 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: RIVER OF LIGHT

The latest photo in our Summer Scenes series by Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado captures a spectacular interplay of sunlight and clouds above our beautiful Navesink River, as seen from Marine Park in Red Bank.

The photo is the fifth in the series. The others may be viewed here. (Photo by Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado. Click to enlarge)

August 16, 2016 - 2:00 pm | Comments ()

ON THE GREEN: JCP&L LINE PLAN FILED

An aerial view created by JCP&L shows the southern terminus of the line at a substation in Red Bank. (Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

HOT-TOPIC_03 Setting the stage for a faceoff with residents living alongside it, electricity provider JCP&L on Tuesday filed its formal request to build a controversial 10-mile long, high-voltage electricity transmission line that would end in Red Bank.

August 9, 2016 - 6:08 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: LIGHTING THE WAY

Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado was on his way to soccer practice at Count Basie Fields in Red Bank when he came up this luminous fence and shaded path last week.

“I liked how everything was looking, like how bright it was,” he says. “It seemed to me like it will be a great photo.”

This shot is the fourth in Luis’s series of Summer Scenes. If you missed the others, you can catch up here. (Photo by Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado. Click to enlarge)

August 8, 2016 - 3:00 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: BEE IN THE MOMENT

In this week’s Summer Scenes photo, Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado captures a bee just being a bee on a flower outside Childs Funeral Home on Shrewsbury Avenue in Red Bank.

This shot is the third in the series. If you missed the others, you can catch up here. (Photo by Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado. Click to enlarge)

August 1, 2016 - 1:44 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: GOING TOPLESS, IF NOT BY CHOICE

Well, there’s one way to cool off in the sweltering heat and humidity: go topless. And for less-than-attentive truck drivers, the North Jersey Coast Line trestle at Hubbard’s Bridge in Red Bank stands ready to accommodate, as it did yet again early Monday afternoon. It was not immediately known if the man at right was the driver. (Photo by Ken Kalada. Click to enlarge.)

July 25, 2016 - 3:20 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: SUMMER SCENE AT THE STATION

Trains didn’t look like this, or run on electricity, when the Red Bank train station was built in 1875. But while technology has evolved over the past 141 years, the station itself has maintained its Victorian charm, thanks to the efforts of preservationists and periodic refurbishment work, as in the four-year, $1.6-million facelift that concluded in 2014, when it was named for late Mayor and Supreme Court Justice Daniel J. O’Hern Sr.

In this week’s Summer Scenes photo, Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado captures the old and the new at the station, as well as the sensation of moving and staying, in beautiful light, both natural and man-made. (Photo by Luis Enrique Santamaria Delgado. Click to enlarge)

July 25, 2016 - 9:00 am | Comments ()

FAIR HAVEN: LUCARELLI BACKS JCP&L PLAN

Fair Haven Mayor Ben Lucarelli says the controversial transmission line may help his town avoid a repeat of the long outage experienced after Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

HOT-TOPIC_03 Fair Haven Mayor Ben Lucarelli stepped onto a political third rail Tuesday, proclaiming his support for a controversial 10-mile long, high-voltage electricity transmission line that would end in Red Bank.

July 6, 2016 - 11:15 am | Comments ()

RED BANK: COUNCIL TABLES JCP&L STATEMENT

The 10-mile high-capacity power line would run above the Red Bank train station on new, taller pylons and terminate a few blocks south at a power substation, according to JCP&L. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

HOT-TOPIC_03 The Red Bank council tabled a resolution Wednesday night opposing a proposed 10-mile long, high-voltage electricity transmission line that would end in the borough.

Councilman Mark Taylor put the brakes on the measure when he said he hadn’t seen it before the start of the governing body’s semimonthly meeting and wanted a chance to do some research into the issues.

June 23, 2016 - 7:12 am | Comments ()

LINCROFT: DOUBTS ON JCP&L PLAN REMAIN

Kyle King, an environmental health consultant to JCP&L, was surrounded by questioners at the event. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

By JOHN T. WARD

HOT-TOPIC_03 Plans for a 10-mile long, high-voltage electricity transmission line terminating in Red Bank drew dozens of concerned residents to an information session in Lincroft Tuesday night.

Dubbed the Monmouth County Reliability Project, the 230-kilovolt transmission line is needed to keep pace with demand for electricity, according to Jersey Central Power & Light.

But residents living along its path — the existing New Jersey Transit right-of-way between existing substations in Aberdeen and Red Bank — said they fear it will have harmful health effects and reduce home values.

June 8, 2016 - 8:30 am | Comments ()

RUMSON-SEA BRIGHT BRIDGE UPDATE SLATED

Monmouth County Bridge S-32, better known as a the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge, is slated for replacement, and the county’s engineering department plans to hold two informational sessions on the Shrewsbury River span’s design next week.
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June 1, 2016 - 6:14 am | Comments ()

SEA BRIGHT: SEASONAL PARKING FEES DEBUT

With the wraps scheduled to come off new kiosks at the start of the Memorial Day weekend Friday, Sea Bright employees got a primer on the internal workings of the machines from a vendor Thursday.

After a threatened lawsuit by local business owners was withdrawn, the borough council earlier this month set a $1-per-hour rate for parking in municipal lots. The fees are imposed summer-only, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

May 27, 2016 - 1:00 pm | Comments ()

RED BANK: JCP&L REVIVES POWER LINE PLAN

rb bridge ave 041014 A view of the North Jersey Coast Line northward from the Red Bank station in 2014. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)

Jersey Central Power & Light is reviving a plan, mothballed 25 years ago, for a high-voltage electricity transmission line to Red Bank, according to a report by NJ.com.

The 230-kilovolt transmission line would run along the existing New Jersey Transit right-of-way between existing substations in Aberdeen and Red Bank. And it’s needed to keep pace with demand for electricity, the company says.

May 20, 2016 - 6:04 am | Comments ()

RED BANK-M’TOWN: BRIDGE PAVING DELAYED

So, how’s the final paving of Hubbard’s Bridge between Red Bank and Middletown going? It’s not, apparently.

Contrary to multiple alerts about overnight closings from Monmouth County, which owns the bridge, as well as from the two towns the bridge connects, paving work that was to have been done this week hasn’t been, with the latest postponement occurring on Thursday.

A county spokeswoman offered no reason for the inactivity, but said the county is on track to complete all work on the new West Front Street span by the end of April. Meantime, the overnight closures for the paving work have not yet been rescheduled, she said. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

April 1, 2016 - 8:26 am | Comments ()

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LINCROFT: RESIDENTS ZAP JCP&L LINE PLAN

LINCROFT: SECOND JCP&L HEARING SLATED

RUMSON-SEA BRIGHT: BRIDGE CLOSING, AGAIN

RUMSON-SEA BRIGHT: BRIDGE CLOSING

RED BANK: BLUE LINE HONORS LAW ENFORCERS

RED BANK: DEMOCRATS REASSERT CONTROL

SANDY HOOK: BACKERS RALLY TO SAVE HOUSE

ON THE GREEN: BECK, KYRILLOS OPPOSE LINE

RED BANK: GOODBYE TO SUMMER

RED BANK: A SUMMER MOMENT BY THE RIVER

RED BANK: OUT BACK AND UP ABOVE

ON THE GREEN: BROOKDALE BUS LINES MERGED

RED BANK: RIVER OF LIGHT

ON THE GREEN: JCP&L LINE PLAN FILED

RED BANK: LIGHTING THE WAY

RED BANK: BEE IN THE MOMENT

RED BANK: GOING TOPLESS, IF NOT BY CHOICE

RED BANK: SUMMER SCENE AT THE STATION

FAIR HAVEN: LUCARELLI BACKS JCP&L PLAN

RED BANK: COUNCIL TABLES JCP&L STATEMENT

LINCROFT: DOUBTS ON JCP&L PLAN REMAIN

RUMSON-SEA BRIGHT BRIDGE UPDATE SLATED

SEA BRIGHT: SEASONAL PARKING FEES DEBUT

RED BANK: JCP&L REVIVES POWER LINE PLAN

RED BANK-M’TOWN: BRIDGE PAVING DELAYED