Tag: Navesink River
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‘Citizen scientists’ on a mission to restore Navesink River
RUMSON – Environmentally conscious individuals will swap their roles as concerned citizens for “citizen scientists.” A “no blame game” approach to restoring the Navesink River is expected to continue until 2020 when it is predicted that the waterway will see a complete restoration after 565 acres of the estuary was downgraded for shell-fishing due to…
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The DEP to determine health of Navesink River for shellfish harvesting
RUMSON – In 2020, The New Jersey Department of Environment Protection (DEP) will determine whether the Navesink River is clean enough to resume shellfish harvesting after the waterway was flagged as bacteria-ridden in 2016. But will the estuary be free of pathogens – including fecal matter – in one year? In an interview on March…
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Clean Ocean Action working to restore health of Navesink River
A “no blame game” approach to restoring the Navesink River is expected to continue until 2020 when it is predicted the waterway will see a complete restoration. That was the assessment offered by representatives of Clean Ocean Action, an organization that works to improve the degraded quality of marine waters. Clean Ocean Action facilitated a…
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Rumson and Monmouth University team up to build field station
RUMSON Working toward providing students with more scientific opportunities, borough and Monmouth University officials revealed joint plans to develop a new county marine field station. The new Monmouth Marine and Environmental Field Station will provide unique opportunities for scientific research and educational collaboration between the professionals and students of the university and local schools, according…
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Red Bank council approves area in need of rehabilitation
RED BANK The Borough Council approved a resolution designating portions of the borough as an Area In Need of Rehabilitation under state law. According to a map provided by the borough, the area is bordered by the Navesink River on the north, English Plaza on the east, parts of Oakland Street and Monmouth Street to the south,…
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Littoral Society launches ‘Operation Oyster’
RED BANK Striving to enhance the water quality of the Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers using one shellfish at a time, the non-profit organization American Littoral Society launched its latest experimental program “Operation Oyster.” This summer the organization and its partners will begin the program to determine if oysters can still be found in the rivers’ waters. The project…
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JCP&L power line proposal has moved on to the courts
By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer Monmouth County residents have spoken and now the controversial giant electrical proposal by Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) has entered the courtroom. The project, which JCP&L has entitled the Monmouth County Reliability Project (MCRP), is now in the stage of evidentiary hearings that have begun on April 4 and will continue…
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Red Bank author’s book focuses on local paranormal tales
By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer RED BANK — A local writer and educator has written and self-published a book just in time for Halloween. Patricia Martz Heyer’s first book, “13 Ghostly Tales and Yarns of the Navesink River,” is composed of 13 tales that focus on the Navesink River and the surrounding towns in Monmouth…
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Charter school’s Summer Institute turns Navesink into a classroom
By STEVEN VIERA Staff Writer RED BANK — A group of local students can now add boat building to their resumes. The Red Bank Charter School (RBCS) held a five-week Summer Institute open to all fifth-to-eighth grade students in the borough that emphasized skills in science through a series of hands-on activities such as building…