• Tinton Falls Community Garden keeps growing

    TINTON FALLS — Garden beds at the Tinton Falls Community Garden are still available and ready for planting for the 2013 growing season. This spring marks the fourth year for the garden, located behind the historic Crawford House at 750 Tinton Ave. A limited number of plots are still available to residents who would like…

  • June is Horse Month at library

    Learn about the art of riding sidesaddle and the history of fox hunting. Meet presenter Tracy Brennan and her horse Beau, and learn about the very elegant British riding habit for women. Plus, listen to a panel of experts discuss the importance of the standardbred horse industry to Monmouth County. The programs will be held…

  • River Rats to offer refreshments after Fair Haven parade

    The Fair Haven Memorial Day parade will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. May 27. Community members are invited for free hot dogs and soda following the parade, compliments of the River Rats, also known as the Fair Haven Sailing Club. The River Rats will welcome members of the community to the club’s…

  • Residents continue protest of Old Orchard proposal

    BY NICOLE ANTONUCCI Staff Writer EATONTOWN — Residents opposed to the rezoning of the Old Orchard Country Club site filled the Planning Board meeting room last week, armed with signs that read “Don’t Let Eatontown Become Gridlock City” and “Trees and Grass are Better than Concrete and Glass.” Professionals for National Realty and Development Corp.…

  • Green Scene: May, Be vigilant!

    GREEN SCENE GOTTI KELLEY “Despite the gardener’s best intentions,nature will improvise.” — M.P. Garafolo Clearing leaves from planting beds, digging weeds, sowing grass seed, yanking dandelions out of the soil, mercilessly extracting wild onions and raking garden beds while admiring the many new shoots that have come up seemingly overnight, checking established perennials that need…

  • A weekend of food, music and family fun

    RED BANK — RiverFest 2013 will return to Red Bank from May 31 to June 2. With free admission for festival-goers, the outdoor food and music festival will be held at Marine Park. Guests will have a wide range of culinary choices, with 21 area restaurants and caterers serving more than 100 dishes — from…

  • Talk on local oyster restoration efforts

    A presentation on restoring oysters to the Raritan Bay will be given at 7:45 p.m. May 29 at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center, 128 Ocean Ave. Meredith Comi, Oyster Restoration Program director for the NY/NJ Baykeeper, will describe the history and biology of the oyster in the Hudson-Raritan Estuary and reasons for its decline. She…

  • HABcore expands to serve growing number at risk

    BY KEITH HEUMILLER Staff Writer HABcore members Peggy Masse, Steven Heisman and Susan Harbison sort through a pile of donated home furnishings during a donation drive at the Woman’s Club of Red Bank on May 15. The supplies will be used to furnish 29 apartments used by the nonprofit to house homeless families throughout the…

  • Praise for governor’s veto of EMS redesign bill

    What better way is there to mark National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week (May 19-25) than to thank Gov. Chris Christie for his veto of S1650/A2463, the so-called EMS redesign bill? Twice in 16 months, the governor rejected an ill-conceived attempt to push out New Jersey’s EMS volunteers and replace them with a system of…

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