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Category Archives: Agriculture

LOCATION AN ISSUE FOR COMMUNITY GARDEN
Councilwoman Sharon Lee details her objections to a request to create a community garden at the Red Bank Public Library. (Click to enlarge) A push for the creation of aContinue reading "LOCATION AN ISSUE FOR COMMUNITY GARDEN"
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March 17th, 2011 @ 11am
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COMMUNITY GARDEN GETS IFFY SEEDING
A community garden is proposed next to Maple Cove, but officials say they need to do their homework before giving it an OK. (Click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI WithContinue reading "COMMUNITY GARDEN GETS IFFY SEEDING"
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March 1st, 2011 @ 10am
A report on Fox5 Wednesday tees up local rock stars Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi and Max Weinberg for “the huge tax breaks” they get for claiming parts of their estatesContinue reading "FOX: SPRINGTEEN & BON JOVI ARE FARMERS?"
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February 10th, 2011 @ 7am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
. This week: Putting a little Whee! in your Where. Can you ID the location? Drop us an e, please.
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December 23rd, 2010 @ 8am
Our Comment of the Week was posted earlier today by ‘Mike.’ He weighed on on the recent relocation of the Red Bank Farmer’s Market from the parking lot of theContinue reading "FARMERS’ MAKET MOVE ‘A GREAT OUTCOME’"
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November 29th, 2010 @ 3pm
FARMERS’ MARKET RELOCATES TO RIVER PLAZA
Vendors of apples, fresh bread and other goodies packed up their movable feast at the Galleria and took it across the Navesink to Chris’ Landing in Middletown three weeks ago.Continue reading "FARMERS’ MARKET RELOCATES TO RIVER PLAZA"
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November 26th, 2010 @ 10am
FARMERS MARKET THE SUNDAY SPOT
Stacey Gentile, of Cherry Grove Farm in Lawrenceville, hands out cheese samples to visitors of Red Bank’s farmers market. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge) By DUSTIN RACIOPPI CherryContinue reading "FARMERS MARKET THE SUNDAY SPOT"
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September 7th, 2010 @ 12pm
FRAGILE MONARCHS HEAD SOUTH
The release gave children, including the young girl below, a chance to see the butterflies up close. (Photos by Peter Lindner. Click to enlarge) Sickles Market in Little Silver heldContinue reading "FRAGILE MONARCHS HEAD SOUTH"
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August 16th, 2010 @ 8am
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?
Thanks to Mark Molzon, Lindsey Hintelmann and J.C. Kelly for writing in about last week’s image, which zeroed in on an iron gate festooned with a bunch of grapes. EachContinue reading "WHERE HAVE I SEEN THIS?"
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September 10th, 2009 @ 6am
HERE COME DA FUZZ
Brace yourselves for ecstasy, peach lovers. August in New Jersey means great, lightly fuzzed spheres of sweet, juicy peaches. And we’ve got word on a couple of events meant toContinue reading "HERE COME DA FUZZ"
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July 31st, 2009 @ 7am
An average 1,000 shoppers stock up on vegetables, fruit, pies and crafts every Sunday at the Red Bank institution, one of the state's largest farm markets. Freshly supplied with approvals to build a parking garage/office building, the owners of the...
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May 8th, 2009 @ 8am
Sure beets store-bought: Wendy Weiner in her vegetable garden. When Wendy Weiner moved to Little Silver from Hunterdon County a little more than a year ago, she hoped to plant a back yard vegetable garden. But the yard didn't get...
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April 27th, 2009 @ 7am
Sheep grazing recently on a farm at the corner of Nut Swamp and Middletown-Lincroft roads in Middletown. Today's weather forecast is lamby-mild, but showers are expected tomorrow. Here's the outlook as the National Weather Service sees it: Today: Areas of...
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October 24th, 2008 @ 8am
It seems that greater Red Bank suddenly has a thing for hemp, and it has less to do with behavior that might land you in the police blotter than eco-fashion. Today's edition of Red Bank oRBit, redbankgreen's sibling site, pays...
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September 11th, 2008 @ 6am
Bob Sickles Bob Sickles and some of his employees from Sickles Farm Market found themselves on a television sound stage in the Chelsea section of Manhattan a couple of months back when who should walk in but Martha Stewart. Before...
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June 13th, 2008 @ 6am
Flowers, asparagus, cheesecake, pickles and more: the Farmers Market passes the sniff test with flying colors. A longtime Red Bank institution kicks off another run through summer and into fall with Sunday's return of the Farmers Market at the Galleria....
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May 5th, 2008 @ 11am
Bob Sickles Sr. riding high on his 1948 John Deere MT tractor. Eighty years old, and with a still-thick crop of hair, Bob Sickles Sr. sits at his son Bob's desk and picks through a boxful of documents in his...
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April 23rd, 2008 @ 6am
It appears that Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck of Red Bank, in attacking 12th-district Senate opponent Ellen Karcher over Karcher's use of a state farmland assessment program, has put herself at odds with one of her own backers: Judith Stanley Coleman. Today's...
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October 28th, 2007 @ 7am
The race for 12th-district Senate seat continues to get more attention for the accusations flung back and forth between incumbent Ellen Karcher of Marlboro and Red Bank Republican Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck than for any other aspect. In today's Star-Ledger, political...
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October 26th, 2007 @ 11am
The latest point of conflict in the 12th-district Senate race between incumbent Democrat Ellen Karcher and Republican Assemblywoman Jennifer Beck involves Christmas trees. Karcher says she grows them on her Marlboro farm, and sells a a half-dozen a year, plus...
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October 5th, 2007 @ 7am
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THREE ON TOUR
RED BANK: Three borough sites will participate in a weekend of self-guided tours of 52 historic locations in Monmouth County May 4 & 5.
VOLUNTEERS GET INTO THE WEEDS
Toting plastic trash bags, 51 volunteers conducted a walking litter cleanup on Red Bank's West Side Saturday.
“IT’S A PARTY AT WAWA!”
You wish you could vibe like Brian, who lives on the other side of Hubbard’s Bridge. He caught redbankgreen’s attention in Red B ...
POPE OKS ORATORY
RED BANK: St. Anthony of Padua obtains papal approval to establish Oratory of St. Philip Neri, a community of priests and brothers devoted t ...
RED BANK: NEW MURAL BRIGHTENS CORNER
RED BANK: Lunch Break founder Norma Todd is depicted in a mural painted this week on the front of the newly renovated social service agency.
TULIPS TOGETHER
Spring tulips taking in the sunset outside the Molly Pitcher Inn in Red Bank Monday evening.
RIVER RANGERS RETURN
River Rangers, a summer canoeing program offered by the Navesink Maritime Heritage Association, returns this summer for up to 20 participa ...
DOUBLE DYLAN IN RED BANK
Trucks for a production company filming what one worker said was a Bob Dylan biography have lined Monmouth Street the past two days with cre ...
AFTER THE RAIN
A pear tree branch brought down by a brief overnight storm left a lovely tableau on the sidewalk in front of Red Bank's Riverside Gardens Pa ...
CONE OF UNCERTAINTY
Asked by a redbankgreen reporter why these cones were on top of cars, the owner of the car in the foreground responded: “That’s ...
RAIL RIDER’S VIEW
A commuter's view of Cooper's Bridge and the Navesink River from North Jersey Coast Line train 3320 out of Red Bank Tuesday morning.
PUT ME IN COACH!
Red Bank T-Ball kicked off at East Side park on Saturday morning. The brisk weather proved to be no deterrent to the young players, ranging ...
IT’S A SIGN!
Once proudly declaring its all-but-certain arrival in Spring 2019, the project previously known as Azalea Gardens springs to life again with ...
SPRINGTIME MEMORIES OF CARL
The Easter Bunny getup and St. Patrick’s Day hat that belonged to longtime Red Bank crossing guard and neighborhood smile-creator Carl ...
RED TRUCKS AT RED ROCK
A small dishwasher fire at Red Rock Tap and Grill was put out quickly by firefighters overnight, causing minimal damage. Red Bank Fire Depar ...
CREATIVE COVER UP
The windows of Pearl Street Consignment on Monmouth Street were smashed when a driver crashed their car through them injuring an employee la ...
THEY’RE BACK!
Ospreys returned to the skies over Red Bank this week for the first time since they migrated to warmer climes in late fall. With temperature ...
SPRING IS SPRUNG
RED BANK: Spring 2024 arrives on the Greater Red Bank Green with the vernal equinox at 11:06 p.m. Tuesday.
RED BANK’S FINEST – AND NEWEST
Red Bank Police Officer Eliot Ramos was sworn in as the force’s newest patrolman Thursday, and if you’re doing a double take thinkin ...
EASTER EGG MAYHEM AT THE PARK
An errant whistle spurred an unexpectedly early start to the Spring Egg Hunt on Sunday, which had been scheduled to begin at eggsactly 11am ...

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