RED BANK: FIREFIGHTERS FREE TRAPPED HAWK

Jan 29, 2015

The bird makes a break for freedom under the watch of a decoy owl. (Photo by John T. Ward. Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

Red Bank volunteer firefighters rescued a juvenile hawk trapped in an open-air tower Thursday morning just as the animal appeared near starvation, an amateur ornithologist said.

The bird, a Cooper’s Hawk, had apparently been up under the peaked roof of the tower at the Medieval-style Courts of Red Bank office complex for days, having somehow bypassed steel netting installed just last fall to keep out pigeons.

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January 29, 2015 - 12:30 pm |

HIGH-END USED CARS VROOM INTO RED BANK

Oct 3, 2012

A luxury used-car lot that opened last month at Maple Avenue and Broad Street in Red Bank features pricey vehicles, including the Bentley GT Speed shown here, tagged at $120,000. (Click to enlarge)

By JOHN T. WARD

The Forbesification of the Red Bank-area motor fleet has shifted into higher gear.

There’s already the weekly display of Michael Fux-owned Rolls-Royces, Ferraris, Aston Martins and other high-end cars outside Blue Water Seafood, as well as the success of high-end servicers Detail Doctor and Massimo Motorworks, both in Shrewsbury and both catering to the $100,000-plus wheelset.

Now, added to the mix: a luxury used-car lot.

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October 3, 2012 - 10:03 am |

FORECAST: WARMISH & WINDY

Feb 14, 2011

Below, a lone ice floe sporting a stalk of phragmites appears headed to its doom in the upper Navesink as temperature rise today. But how long will it take to melt Red Bank’s ugly glacier of snow dumped at the foot of Maple Avenue, above? (Click to enlarge)

The long-overdue snowmelt is finally underway.

Having seen temperatures climb into the high forties over the weekend after what seemed an ice age, Red Bank-area residents can expect to see the mercury shoot past 50 degrees today, according to the National Weather Service.

Between wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour, that is. That part of the outlook has prompted the issuance of a wind advisory.

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February 14, 2011 - 6:54 am |

INTERSECTION FIX BEHIND SCHEDULE

Jul 23, 2009

Workers getting ready to install a light stanchion at Maple Avenue and West Front Street earlier this week.

The long-awaited reconfiguration of traffic lights at two problematic intersections in Red Bank won’t be finished next week as planned.

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July 23, 2009 - 7:14 am |

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RED BANK: FIREFIGHTERS FREE TRAPPED HAWK

HIGH-END USED CARS VROOM INTO RED BANK

FORECAST: WARMISH & WINDY

INTERSECTION FIX BEHIND SCHEDULE