RED BANK: COMMISSION HOSTS EARTH DAY FAIR
Two days early, the Red Bank Environmental Commission hosts an Earth Day Green Fair at the borough middle school Thursday evening.
RED BANK: PICK-IT-UP MARKS EARTH DAY
On an unseasonably nippy Earth Day 2021, volunteers marked the third anniversary on Thursday of Pick It Up, an effort to curb litter and single-use plastics pollution in downtown Red Bank.
AN EARTH DAY ARMY AT FAIR HAVEN FIELDS
On Earth Day, April 22, an army of more than 60 volunteers descended upon Fair Haven Fields for a day of activity that included removal of trash and invasive vines, a clean-up of Dery’s Pond, and plantings of more than 50 seedlings in the Tree Nursery. Pictured left to right in the back row are borough councilman Christopher Rodriguez; Markus Onni (Den Leader, Cub Scouts Pack 127); Shervyn von Hoerl (Cubmaster, Pack 127); Carol Lang; Matt Lang (Den Leader, Pack 127), and Chris Kopacko, with a group of Cub Scout and youth volunteers pictured at front. A follow-up volunteer day at the Fields will be announced for fall.
MIDDLETOWN: FOR EARTH DAY, VISIT A PARK
A “Roving Naturalist” guided tour of Tatum Park’s hiking trails is among the activities scheduled at county parks throughout Middletown Township for Earth Day.
Saturday, April 22 marks the annual observance of Earth Day, and with our not-so-gently-used home planet in need of more TLC than at any time in its history, the Monmouth County Park System is offering several ways to raise awareness of local earth-friendly programs at its sites in Middletown Township.
In addition, Saturday marks the annual return of two popular events at neighboring facilities on Middletown’s Red Hill Road — both of them enhancing the Earth Day experience, and all of it designed to better acquaint local residents with several genuine public jewels of the Greater Red Bank Green.
SANDY HOOK: RAMBLE, ANGLE AND STARGAZE
Jeff Dement of the American Littoral Society invites anglers of all ages and skillsets to a Surf Fishing Clinic, Saturday morning at the northern end of Sandy Hook.
There’s a rare opportunity to see a corner of the local coastline that’s usually off limits to public eyes; a tutorial in recreational surfcasting; opportunities to gaze at some heavenly bodies under cover of night; and a celebration of earthly treasures in creative expression.
And it’s all all happening in the days and evenings to come on the Sandy Hook peninsula.
MIDDLETOWN: EXTENDED EARTH DAY WEEKEND
Deep Cut Gardens in Middletown is the scene for the Great Spring Perennial Plant Swap, just one of several special events going on at Monmouth County Park System facilities this Earth Day weekend.
April 22 marked the 45th annual observance of Earth Day — but with our not-always-gently-used home planet in need of more TLC than ever before, the people of the Monmouth County Park System are extending the observance into the coming weekend, offering several different ways to raise awareness of local earth-friendly programs, all while enjoying several genuine public jewels of the greater Red Bank Green.
It starts on Saturday with a couple of special springtime events, and continues through Sunday at Monmouth County Park sites in Middletown Township.
LITTLE SILVER KIDS RECYCLE A GREAT IDEA
Students from Point Road School in Little Silver present grocery bags decorated with Earth-friendly messages as part of the eighth annual Earth Day partnership between the school and Sickles Market.
Press release from Sickles Market
As part of a local Earth Day Celebration that’s now in its eighth year, the students of Point Road School in Little Silver will be presenting hundreds of hand-decorated grocery bags to Sickles Market at 2:10 pm on Friday, April 17.
Sickles Market will then display the bags — each of them customized with the students’ Earth Day messages — until Earth Day, Wednesday April 22, when the Sickles staff will distribute the colorful grocery bags to their delighted customers.
BRINGING A LITTLE EARTH DAY RAIN INDOORS
Dozens of Red Bank residents ignored Sunday’s rain to turn out at an Earth Day fair at the Red Bank Middle School, where a rapt audience of children simulated rainfall with a spray bottle to see the impact of pollutant runoff on waterways. (Click to enlarge)
THE WEEK IN REARVIEW
A catcher’s mitt at Rumson Little League’s opening day. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI
Break-ins were the breaking news that dominated locally last week, topped by word of an arrest of an suspect in a string of high-end residential burglaries that included pop star Bon Jovi among the victims.
LITTLE SILVER KIDS BAG UP EARTH DAY
Students at the Point Road School decorated bags that will be given to customers at Sickles Market on Earth Day. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI
Friday at the auditorium of Point Road School in Little Silver, in front of a couple hundred students, was one of Bob Sickles‘s favorite days.
“I get to play hooky from work,” said Sickles, owner of Sickles Market.
He also got a couple armloads to bring back to work with him.
The students, in celebration of Earth Day, decorated 500 brown paper bags that the market will give to shoppers on Friday, April 22 Mother Nature’s day.
“It’s really cute what they do,” Sickles said. “Some of what they do is absolutely adorable. It’s a lot of work.”
THE WEEK IN REARVIEW
Plowing the sand mounds in Sea Bright. Can summer be far behind? (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI
Welcome back to another week at redbankgreen. Here’s a glance back at the stories that filled our cyberpages last week.
A HANDS-ON EARTH DAY
Among the commemorations of the fortieth Earth Day Thursday was a day of cleanup, planting and distributing flowers to neighbors by students at the Red Bank Charter School, above.
An Earth Day fair was held at the Red Bank Primary School, where children made recycled paper and cut-out butterflies, below. (Click to enlarge)
GROUPS PREPARE EARTH DAY EVENTS
A close-up view of planet Earth. (Click to enlarge)
Here are some announcements of Earth Day activities scheduled for the next few days:
Earth Day Celebration at Red Bank Primary School
Got Earth Day plans? If not, please check out the Earth Day Exposition at the Red Bank Primary School on April 22nd.
Organized by Primary School teacher Christina Vlahos, with support from the Red Bank Green Team (of which Christina is a member), the event showcases student projects and demonstrations, educational opportunities, and local businesses and organizations.