Category Archives: Green Living

RED BANK: The best wildlife show in town can be taken in from a waterfront bench outside the public library, and it's totally free.

RED BANK: A year after they were installed, downtown mini gardens have added to "transformational" improvements, says business owner.

The springtime emergence of the red bollards from their underground lair marks the closure of Broad Street between White and Front Streets until Sept. 30. Broadwalk is back.

RED BANK: Enforcement won't start until July. But many eateries are already following a new "by request only" plastic utensil law.

RED BANK: From a "trashion show" of dresses made of garbage to displays on how to save a school from sea level rise, photos from the Earth Day Green Fair.

RED BANK: Earth Day contest offers prize and bragging rights for the lawn with the best dandelion display.

Red Bank Borough Council looks to ban plastic utensils in takeout orders - unless the customer asks for them.

RED BANK: Council mulls borrowing for train station sidewalks and replacing lead water lines.

RED BANK: Rescheduled because of this week's icy weather, the January meeting of Shade Tree Committee will include discussion of updated tree map.

RED BANK: Any day now, peonies as big as softballs will be blooming on Broad Street under the care of professional gardener.

MIDDLETOWN: Swimming River Park, in the works for eight years, debuts on former site of Chris' Landing Monday.

RED BANK: Two days early, borough Environmental Commission hosts an Earth Day Green Fair at the middle school tonight.

RED BANK: The borough's tree inventory is scheduled to grow by 75 this week under a Shade Tree Committee planting. Here's where they'll go.

RED BANK: Two years after garden shutdown, DEP outlines $2.6M plan to excavate and replace lead-contaminated soil from nearby residential properties.

RED BANK: More than two years after community garden shutdown over possible lead contamination, DEP will give a public presentation Tuesday.

RED BANK: Farmers' market vendor defends discard of produce as free-food distributor says he donates "tons" of food, including this past Sunday.

RED BANK: Shoppers shocked to see good produce tossed into in a dumpster at the Farmers' Market. Galleria official responds to complaint.

RED BANK: Environmental Commission completes projects aimed at helping Northern Diamondback Terrapins and conserving rainwater.

RED BANK: At Soul Kitchen, ex-governor McGreevey touts 'second chances' through a program he runs to help released prisoners get on track in society.

RED BANK: Pick-It-Up volunteers mark Earth Day and third anniversary of clearing downtown of litter while spreading message of "responsible consumerism."