Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The bylaws for the garden were approved on Monday.
With its first planting season over and done, the new Shrewsbury Community Garden will be more official and organized for its sophomore season next year. The community garden bylaws were approved at Monday night's Shrewsbury Borough Council meeting. The new bylaws state the garden's purpose — recreation and the preservation of open space, among other things — to regulate membership rules and fee responsibilities. The exact membership fees for each season are to be determined by the Shrewsbury Gardening Committee. The idea of a community garden was conceived more than a year ago, in July 2011, eventually resulting in a garden committee being formed. Nevertheless, initiatives to get the project underway have moved slowly, partially due to …
Friday, September 14, 2012
Chairperson to report to borough administrator; fees to be deposited in recreation account
Red Bank has cleared an obstacle in its years-long quest to build a Community Garden with the formation of a committee to oversee the plot, planned for Marion Street. The Borough Council unanimously passed a resolution at its regular meeting Wednesday night to establish the Red Bank Community Garden Ad Hoc Committee for the rest of 2012. "We finally have an ad hoc Community Garden committee... don't faint," Councilwoman Kathleen Horgan said to laughter. "There have been many hours put into this." The committee will consist of chairperson Elizabeth Seydell of Chestnut Street and members Kathleen Gasienica of Locust Avenue, Anne Jones of Peters Place and Kenton Seydell of Chestnut Street. Seydell will "report directly to Mr. (Administrator …
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
The Red Bank soup kitchen and food pantry is teaming up with local farmers and markets to offer fresh produce once a week.
Lendell Shirely understands the importance of eating healthy. Canned food and packaged goods just don't compare to fresh fruits and vegetables. Not in the area of taste, and certainly not in the area of nutrition. On a fixed income it can be difficult enough to stock the pantry with fresh produce, she said. Add having to take care of an unexpected 17-month old granddaughter to the mix, the septuagenarian said, and suddenly healthy eating has become a wallet-busting reality. No more is this truth more widely recognized than at Lunch Break, Red Bank's combination soup kitchen, food pantry and social services provider. To help combat the rising costs of fresh produce, Lunch Break has instituted a new program called the Community Gardener's …
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Organizers of a proposed community garden in Red Bank are looking for the public to help back the effort.
The push to land a community garden in Red Bank isn't over. The Red Bank Community Garden Committee is asking the public to help support a renewed effort to bring the garden discussion back to the table after numerous public meetings, studies, and plans failed to convince borough council last year. Garden committee member Cindy Burnham said recently that the effort to develop a garden in Red Bank is far from over, despite the lack of public activity over the past few months. The committee and the borough council, which is not generally opposed to the idea, have butted heads over the proposed location of the garden. The committee would like it to be located along the Navesink River at highly-visible 94 Front St. Borough council members have…
ExChief
9:59 am on Thursday, December 20, 2012
Barney I have to say after all your complaining I had to take a ride thru Shrewsbury to see how bad it actually has gotten, other then a few potholes here and there the town looked pretty damn good I saw no garbage strewn all over the place no brush in the roadways, leaves yes but thats understandable are you sure your in the right town? more ›