Archive for August 21st, 2009

The Manasquan Users' Group has put a cork in New Jersey American Water Company's $50 million proposed rate hike, according to officials. The rate-increase request, which was filed July 10 with the state Board of Public Utilities, had Shorelands Water Company President Mike Walsh seeking an alliance with various municipalities in the hopes of stabilizing,... »

Bob Duerr and T.R. Deveney stare silently out at the peaking swells pumping forth onto Manasquan's Inlet Beach. It's 6:35 a.m., clear with a warm baby-soft breeze that casts the comments of the two long-time surfers into the wind as they stand, arms akimbo, judging the crashing breakers just beyond the coastline. »