Tag: Friends of the Monroe Township Community Garden
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Monroe unveils plan for greenhouse thanks to donations
MONROE – The Friends of the Monroe Township Community Garden accepted a $10,000 grant from Northfield Bank to use toward the construction of an on-site greenhouse. The nonprofit group, which maintains a 176-plot community garden on a two-acre Applegarth Road site, anticipates erecting an approximately 15-foot-by-30-foot greenhouse on the property’s north end by next fall,…
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Candidates poised for Monroe Township Council election
MONROE — Two candidates are vying for each of the three, two-year ward seats and one, unexpired two-year council-at-large seat available on the Monroe Township Council in the upcoming election. Ward 1: Incumbent Democratic Candidate Elizabeth “Betty” Schneider will face Republican candidate John Krulewski. Schneider, who is a 17-year resident of the township, is seeking…
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Monroe family wins heaviest tomato contest
PHOTO COURTESY OF MARIA PRATO The Lee family of Monroe grew a titan tomato, weighing in at 1.82 pounds, for the Friends of the Monroe Township Community Garden’s Heaviest Tomato Contest on Aug. 26.