Category Archives: Water

RED BANK: This is what democracy looks (and, maybe, smells) like: a water rate hike, moments of silence, and a weird exchange about body odor.

RED BANK: How much should the borough be charging you for water? A public meeting on that question slated for Wednesday. (click for more)

Video: The Monmouth Boat Club has stood on the banks of the Navesink River in Red Bank for 145-years. But the pilings that hold it up are rotting away. A plan is being hatched to lift the historic structure and build a higher foundation. (Click to read/watch)

RED BANK: Spring Street parking flip; lead pipe replacements; four-way stop; and ATM at borough hall on council agenda this week.

RED BANK: Council authorizes massive, decade-long effort to identify and replace lead water lines, starting this year on the West Side.

RED BANK: Borough residents and businesses may smell chlorine in water coming out of their taps starting next week. Here's why.

SHREWSBURY: Water main break slowing traffic at a primary entry point to Red Bank Tuesday morning. Detours expected until evening.

FAIR HAVEN: Year of disruptions along River Road slated to begin Tuesday with installation of new water main, followed by streetscape and paving work.

RED BANK: Ballard touts new development fee law as countering impact of "explosive growth," though Menna sees it as ripe for legal challenge.

MIDDLETOWN: No one was injured when a sinkhole swallowed a motor vehicle following a water main break Thursday morning, police said.

RED BANK: Prospective Redevelopment Agency executive director sits silent as Burnham says sexual harassment suit should delay appointment.

RED BANK: Redevelopment Agency pushes plan for overhaul and expansion of Chestnut Street public works yard. Estimated price tag: $9.3 million.

RED BANK: Three years after the old one 'popped out of the ground,' residents of a high-rise co-op have a swanky new pool and poolhouse overlooking the Navesink.

RED BANK: Borough residents boil over disruptive water line project that, it turns out, town officials didn't know had camped out on borough land.

RED BANK: Riverview to pay $850k to settle borough lawsuit that sought $5.3M for 33 years of alleged illegal water and sewer usage.

RED BANK: Crew on scene of water line break at South Street and Madison Avenue. Service disruptions possible.

RED BANK: Council meeting includes loose-lip disclosures about a lawsuit settlement with Riverview and misgivings about a new borough official.

RED BANK: Borough seeks $5.3M from Riverview in lawsuit claiming hospital "concealed" a water meter that allowed it to use half a billion gallons without payment.

RED BANK: Almost a year after it began, a bumpy, dusty rebuilding of East Bergen Place is expected to be completed this week, officials said.

RED BANK: Looking rather thuggish, a group of vultures loitered outside Les Gertrude apartments on Broad Street Thursday morning.