Tag Archives: swimming river

RED BANK: A strip of riverfront land set aside for public access has been overtaken by private patios and "No Trespassing" signs. (click for more)

RED BANK: In 2014, officials said the cleanup of a contaminated former landfill along the Swimming River would take five to ten years to finish. A decade later, they haven't even started. (click to read)

RED BANK: A morning visit to a little known birding hotspot along the Swimming River reveals an explosion of sound and color.

River Rangers, a summer canoeing program offered by the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association, returns this summer for up to 20 participants.

RED BANK: Ignoring planning board rejection, soon-to-be-replaced council OKs 11th-hour attempt to protect Senior Center property.

RED BANK: After a failed attempt to preserve part of the Senior Center property by subdivision, council will try another approach.

RED BANK: Planning board rejects subdivision of Senior Center property as ceding control of land to New Jersey "in return for nothing."

RED BANK: With questions still to be answered, council starts process to designate portion of Senior Center site as "passive" park.

RED BANK: On the council agenda: subdividing Senior Center to make riverfront park; additional metered parking spots; committee name change.

RED BANK: Environmental Commission completes projects aimed at helping Northern Diamondback Terrapins and conserving rainwater.

RED BANK: Recreational use of Navesink and Shrewsbury is safe despite massive, putrid fish die-off, environmental scientists say.

RED BANK: Clean Ocean Action announces town hall meeting with state officials on fish kill that has littered Navesink and Shrewsbury with reeking carcasses.

RED BANK: Council joins Clean Ocean Action in demand for DEP town hall on fish kill that has littered Navesink and Shrewsbury with reeking carcasses.

RED BANK: Clean Ocean Action reports on meeting with DEP over 'most severe' menhaden die-off in Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers in recent memory.

RED BANK: Clean Ocean Action presses state for a town hall on fish die-off, which scientists attribute to bacterium specific to menhaden.

RED BANK: What's Going On Here with these borough projects? Updates on Bellhaven Natural Area, Eastside Park and parking meter replacement.

MIDDLETOWN: Red Bank volunteers extricate boater after his feet become stuck in river mud off former Chris' Landing site on Swimming River.

RED BANK: Residents to get first look Monday at concept plan for new park on long-closed landfill site overlooking Swimming River.

RED BANK: Not everyone wants a park at the former town dump, say residents concerned about the long-range effects of contaminants.

RED BANK: Environmental officials investigate mass die-off of bunker in the Navesink. Past incidents are believed to have been triggered by predatory bluefish.