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Basement Watchdog vs. A-1’s 7 Day Battery Backup Sump Pump
May 21, 2013What you need to know as a homeowner with a Sump Pump The Sump Pump that keeps your basement dry is power...
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Robert H Grasmere Local History Center
May 21, 2013On Saturday, June 8, 2013, members of the Maplewood Historic Preservation Commission will be at the Robert H Grasmere L...
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Town & Country Garden Club Donates Planters
May 21, 2013Senior Services of the Chathams thanks members of the Town & Country Garden Club for their continued support of the agency. ...
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Basement Issues and Home Inspectors
May 20, 2013When a house is listed for sale a sellers’ disclosure must be completed. Homeowners are obligated to disclose certain...
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Fifth Annual Medicine Wheel At Lusscroft Farm Brings Living Art And Culture Together
May 19, 2013WANTAGE TOWNSHIP, NJ - Located on Neilson Road and 4-H Way in Wantage Township sits Lusscroft Farm, which has served as home for the p...
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Essex County Offers Family Garden Party at Presby Memorial Iris Gardens, Saturday
May 17, 2013MONTCLAIR, NJ - All are welcome, Saturday, to attend the Essex County Family Garden Party at the Presby Memorial Iris Gardens where...
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Tag Sale/Bake Sale Benefits Homeless Families on June 1st
May 16, 2013Come to the huge rummage sale and bake sale on Saturday, June 1 from 9-1. For you early birds, be sure to bring 5$ to ...
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New Jersey Crawl Space Solutions for Energy Efficiency
May 16, 2013As warm air rises, cool air from the crawl space is sucked into the living areas of your home. Called the “stack effe...
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Union County Sponsors Household Hazardous Waste Collection in Cranford, June 1
May 15, 2013The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders will sponsor a Household Special Waste Collection event on Saturday, June 1, so Union Cou...
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Back-Up Sump Pumps and New Jersey Hurricanes
May 15, 2013On August 28, 2012, Hurricane Irene made landfall in New Jersey . Hurricane Irene was downgraded to a Tropica...
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Creative Wallcoverings & Interiors Takes Part in the Stately Homes by the Sea Designer Show House
May 15, 2013NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – There is still time to make your way down to Monmouth County to view the results of Rachel Kapner’s m...
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Creating The Perfect Home Office
May 14, 2013With today’s electronics, your office is anywhere you are! But I still have clients who prefer the traditional office spac...
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Asthma and Basements
May 14, 2013What is the correlation between asthma and basements? The air in the basement is usually the worst air in the house. Du...
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Board Assists Historical Society
May 14, 2013SPARTA TOWNSHIP, NJ - The Board of Education agreed to share the cost of a survey of the VanKirk property with the Sparta Historical S...
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Don't Miss The Presby Memorial Gardens in Montclair
May 14, 2013WEST ORANGE, NJ - On Friday, May 10, Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. visited Presby Memorial Iris Gardens on Upp...
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Learn How to Grow a Kitchen Garden at the Westfield Memorial Library
May 13, 2013On Saturday, June 1, at 1:30 p.m., the Westfield Memorial Library will present a program on How to Grow a Kitchen Garden. The library ...
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Are Basement Wall and Floor Cracks a Problem?
May 13, 2013Houses do develop cracks after they are built. It is a fact. Most times these cracks are referred to as nonstructural crack...
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Westfield Symphony’s Notable Homes Tour “A Smashing Success”
May 11, 2013PLAINFIELD, NJ – Five outstanding area homes opened their doors to the public May 11 for a fundraiser held by the Friends ...
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Greater Newark Conservancy to Host Annual Spring Block Party
May 11, 2013Join Greater Newark Conservancy staff and community members at the Conservancy’s Urban Environmental Center, 32 Princ...
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South Orange Average Home Prices Up Dramatically
May 10, 2013*LP=List Price, SP=Sale Price, DOM=Days On Market SOUTH ORANGE, NJ - Why are South Orange homeowners smiling? &nbs...
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Spring in Sparta Six Months after Sandy
May 9, 2013SPARTA, NJ - Sussex County was hit hard by the events that followed Hurricane Sandy in October. Of course, other parts of New Jersey m...
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Award-Winning Union County Horticulture Program Benefits Children and Adults
May 9, 2013The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders is pleased to announce that the County’s long-running Horticulture for People with ...
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How does E-Z Breathe help to prevent Toxic Mold?
May 9, 2013Think of clean air in the basement being contaminated by mold. The mold spores are added to the clean air. The added mold s...
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38th Annual Sparta Day
May 9, 2013On Saturday, May 18, 2013 the Junior Woman’s Club of Sparta (JWCS), together with the Sparta Parks and Recreation Department, wi...
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What are the pipes coming out of the sump pump pit?
May 8, 2013A sump is a low space that collects any often-undesirable liquids such as water. A sump pump is a pump used to re...