ERIC SUCAR staff A brilliant display of fireworks over the Navesink River in Red Bank awed the more than 150,000 spectators who viewed the borough's annual KaBoom! Fireworks on the Navesink Independence Day celebration July 3.
More...
KaBoom! Fireworks on the Navesink lights up the skies over Red Bank on July 3. Red Bank's annual Independence Day Celebration draws more than 150,000 spectators, like this crowd in Marine Park, in an extraordinary celebration of community and country. More...
Officials see no rush from developers in slow economy
BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer
The Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority (TRWRA) sewer connection ban, which affected 12 local towns, has been rescinded a year earlier than projected. The authority's sewer connection ban began a little over a year ago in June 2007 and was anticipated to affect new construction in the 12 towns that the authority serves and Fort Monmouth for about two years. More...
COAST focus on effects of pollution on ocean, marine life
BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer
SEA BRIGHT - This year's campaign to prevent ocean pollution at the Jersey Shore has some new poster children: the Sea Bright dolphins. At the launch of the campaign, which is formally titled the Clean Ocean Action Shore Tips (COAST) campaign, banner planes flew overhead with the message "Help Save the Dolphins, CleanOcean- Zone. More...
Boaters warned to avoid pod; eight cited for harassment
BY MELISSA KARSH Staff Writer
SEA BRIGHT - Strengthening enforcement to protect the now-famous Sea Bright dolphins over the July Fourth weekend turned out to be a good move by marine officials as many boaters in the area tried to catch a glimpse of the animals. More...
BY JENNA O'DONNELL and MELISSA KARSH Staff Writers
OCEANPORT - One request that won't be fulfilled with the rescission of the sewer connection ban imposed by the Two Rivers Water Reclamation Authority (TRWRA) is that of Oceanport officials, who asked the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to allow more wastewater from Monmouth Park Racetrack to be processed at the facility. More...
'Chain-Off 2008'
