SHREWSBURY: MAIN BREAK PROMPTS DETOURS
A water main break was slowing traffic at a primary entry point to Red Bank Tuesday morning.
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RED BANK: TEMPERS BOIL OVER WATER JOB
Neighbors John Shepherd, left, and Charlie Oliver, on the grassy island between East and West Lake roads. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge.)
By JOHN T. WARD
The temporary takeover of a block-long island of grass and trees that spans the Red Bank-Little Silver border has neighbors furious.
Red Bank officials said they had no advance notice of the New Jersey American Water Company project, and only learned last week, months into the project, that it had camped out on borough property.
LITTLE SILVER: MAIN BREAK PROMPTS DETOURS
[See update below] A water main break in Little Silver may cause some problems for commuters Thursday morning.
LITTLE SILVER: WATER SERVICE RESTORED
A widespread water outage that began early Saturday with a ruptured main on Rumson Place in Little Silver ended early Sunday morning, according to New Jersey American Water Company.
LITTLE SILVER: WATER OUTAGE CONTINUES
A contractor cutting the ruptured main at about 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Below, a replacement for the 36-inch main ready for installation at the site, on Rumson Place in Little Silver. (Photos by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
By JOHN T. WARD
An unspecified number of of homes and businesses in Little Silver and towns east remained without water service Saturday evening.
Meantime, New Jersey American Water Company ended the boil-water alert issued following the early morning rupture of a 36-inch main on Rumson Place in Little Silver.
LITTLE SILVER: MAIN BREAK CUTS OFF WATER
The site of the break, on Rumson Place at West Lake Road, in Little Silver. The homes in the immediate area, which are served by Red Bank municipal water, were unaffected by the outage. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)
By JOHN T. WARD
A water main break in Little Silver disrupted service to users in at least three towns early Saturday.
The rupture of a 36-inch New Jersey American Water Company main on Rumson Place in Little Silver was expected to take up to 18 hours to repair, officials said.