Category Archives: Home & Garden

RED BANK: On Thursday's agenda: council expected to ease restrictions on backyard chickens. Roosters, however, still won't be permitted.

RED BANK: Council authorizes massive, decade-long effort to identify and replace lead water lines, starting this year on the West Side.

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: Scenes from Saturday's Townwide Yard Sale.

RED BANK: Library-organized yard sale set to shine Saturday, with interactive locator map now available to help shoppers zero in on bargains.

RED BANK: Library sets date for first townwide yard sale in five years. Here's what you need to know as a seller or bargain-hunter.

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: Townwide yard sale may return in September, though mayor floats idea of holding an unstructured, non-sponsored one in June.

FAIR HAVEN: Planned changes will cut truck activity at brush site by up to 70 percent, proponents say, but one council member still wants it moved.

RED BANK: Case against two-time council candidate and husband over trash dumping caught on neighbor's security video goes to court-ordered mediation.

RED BANK: After months of hearings, rent board awards four tenants at Grandville Towers $37 each for being deprived pool and gym access this summer.

RED BANK: Two-time council candidate and husband face complaints of harassment after a neighbor's doorbell video catches them dumping trash in her driveway.

RED BANK: GoFundMe campaign raises $3,600 to get biking landscaper Ricardo Paz back on the road. Not that he ever completely left it.

LITTLE SILVER: Oddly shaped lot with tricky access wins planning board approval for use as vehicle storage yard for a local landscaping business.

RED BANK: Four tenants at Grandville Towers win a point as rent board decides they were deprived of value with pool closure this summer. Up next: so what's that worth in dollars?

RED BANK: What's Going On since community garden was shut down over contamination concerns 13 months ago? We have an update.

RED BANK: Landscaper who hauls his equipment around by bike needs new set of wheels, so friends launch a Go Fund Me campaign to help.

RED BANK: With the pool and gym closed by COVID-19, some Grandville Towers tenants want a rent reduction under borough ordinance.