KID STUFF
It's almost lunchtime.
School-lunch time.
What are you packing in your child's lunchbox? And if you're not packing lunch, what is your child eating at school?
We've read about the ideal: Schools with gardens, some even with mini-farms, where kids as part of their curriculum tend plants and reap the rewards of their labors by enjoying their very own vegetables in school cafeterias. Is there a school in the area doing this planting-harvesting-lunching thing? If so, please speak up with specifics.
I hear regularly from parents concerned about their kid's lunch choices at school. But what I'd like to hear from you is what can be done about making lunchtime learning time.
Learning about eating good … i.e., real … food.
Ideas?
Cheers,
Andy
8.21.07
School-lunch time.
What are you packing in your child's lunchbox? And if you're not packing lunch, what is your child eating at school?
We've read about the ideal: Schools with gardens, some even with mini-farms, where kids as part of their curriculum tend plants and reap the rewards of their labors by enjoying their very own vegetables in school cafeterias. Is there a school in the area doing this planting-harvesting-lunching thing? If so, please speak up with specifics.
I hear regularly from parents concerned about their kid's lunch choices at school. But what I'd like to hear from you is what can be done about making lunchtime learning time.
Learning about eating good … i.e., real … food.
Ideas?
Cheers,
Andy
8.21.07
posted by Andrea Clurfeld at 2:43 PM
3 Comments:
sadly many people get free breakfasts and lunches because parents can't afford to feed their kids...so even the dreck that passes off as 'food' is still better than nothing at all.
even my old high school which used to be a little bit healthy has gone to 'chicken nugget' hell and only cares about turning a profit.
liability issues will prevent any school district from thinking outside the box - there are too many lucrative payoffs from all levels to preserve the status quo.
If someone out there wants to challenge that, here in NJ, land of the Sopranos and the Corzines, bring it on.
HELP!!! ANDREA!!! HELP!!!
SAVE JERSEY FREEZE IN FREEHOLD from being REZONED into an OLIVE GARDEN!!!
HELP!!!
http://newstranscript.gmnews.com/news/2007/0822/Front_Page/020.html
FREEHOLD - It just may be the end of an era, one that included ice cream sundaes on hot summer nights and hot dogs after a Little League baseball game.
Customers of the Jersey Freeze ice cream stand and restaurant at Route 9 and Manalapan Avenue may have to switch their appetite from ice cream and grilled food to a plate of pasta and a side order of garlic bread.
On Aug. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in Borough Hall, the Freehold Borough Zoning Board of Adjustment is scheduled to hear an application filed by Chesapeake Companies Diversified Group LLC, of Minnesota, seeking a use variance to build an Olive Garden Italian restaurant on the property where Jersey Freeze now sits.
In order to complete the project, Jersey Freeze will have to go.
The property where Jersey Freeze sits is in Freehold Borough and Freehold Township. It is owned by Bruce Blackmore, who has run Jersey Freeze since 1980. Blackmore's father founded the business as a seasonal ice cream stand in the early 1950s. It eventually became a year-round restaurant.
Blackmore said he wanted to keep Jersey Freeze where it is and is disappointed that he is not able to do that. He said the Olive Garden representatives wanted the restaurant to be able to be seen from the highway and that means Jersey Freeze has to be demolished.
He said the Olive Garden must be built where it is proposed on the property because the liquor license for it must remain in Freehold Borough. Blackmore said he will seek a new location for Jersey Freeze.
For some people, Jersey Freeze is more than just a place to buy ice cream. It is a place that holds wonderful memories. Many people who have been customers for years now have their grandchildren in tow as they pull up to the restaurant.
Over the past few years Blackmore has negotiated with representatives of Ruby Tuesday and the Outback in an effort to bring a restaurant to the site. Those negotiations did not pan out. In furtherance of developing the site, Blackmore demolished a vacant home on the property in 2006 that had served as a real estate office for years.
Attorney William Mehr, of Freehold, will represent the applicant before the zoning board.
Mehr said the parcel of land in Freehold Borough is in a residential zone and requires a use variance in order for a restaurant to be built in that location. He said if the Zoning Board approves the use variance, the applicant will return to seek site plan approval.
The application that is scheduled to be heard on Aug. 28 states that the current use of the property is Jersey Freeze restaurant and ice cream storage building, residential house and parking.
The document also states that the applicant proposes to remove the present uses and construct a 7,762-square-foot restaurant and a 3,669-square-foot bank with a drive-up window. The application also calls for landscaping, lighting, parking areas and stormwater management.
Scheduled to testify on behalf of the applicant are a representative from Bohler Engineering, Warren, and the applicant's planner, Allison Coffin, of James W. Higgins Associates, Ocean.
Mehr said additional details about the plan will be presented at the Aug. 28 Zoning Board meeting.
ANDREA! HELP!
JERSEY FREEZE TO BE RAZED for OLIVE GARDEN IN FREEHOLD!!!
HELP!
SAVE JERSEY FREEZE!
Go to the Zoning Board of Freehold Borough on August 28th - see below!
FREEHOLD - It just may be the end of an era, one that included ice cream sundaes on hot summer nights and hot dogs after a Little League baseball game.
Customers of the Jersey Freeze ice cream stand and restaurant at Route 9 and Manalapan Avenue may have to switch their appetite from ice cream and grilled food to a plate of pasta and a side order of garlic bread.
On Aug. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in Borough Hall, the Freehold Borough Zoning Board of Adjustment is scheduled to hear an application filed by Chesapeake Companies Diversified Group LLC, of Minnesota, seeking a use variance to build an Olive Garden Italian restaurant on the property where Jersey Freeze now sits.
In order to complete the project, Jersey Freeze will have to go.
The property where Jersey Freeze sits is in Freehold Borough and Freehold Township. It is owned by Bruce Blackmore, who has run Jersey Freeze since 1980. Blackmore's father founded the business as a seasonal ice cream stand in the early 1950s. It eventually became a year-round restaurant.
Blackmore said he wanted to keep Jersey Freeze where it is and is disappointed that he is not able to do that. He said the Olive Garden representatives wanted the restaurant to be able to be seen from the highway and that means Jersey Freeze has to be demolished.
He said the Olive Garden must be built where it is proposed on the property because the liquor license for it must remain in Freehold Borough. Blackmore said he will seek a new location for Jersey Freeze.
For some people, Jersey Freeze is more than just a place to buy ice cream. It is a place that holds wonderful memories. Many people who have been customers for years now have their grandchildren in tow as they pull up to the restaurant.
Over the past few years Blackmore has negotiated with representatives of Ruby Tuesday and the Outback in an effort to bring a restaurant to the site. Those negotiations did not pan out. In furtherance of developing the site, Blackmore demolished a vacant home on the property in 2006 that had served as a real estate office for years.
Attorney William Mehr, of Freehold, will represent the applicant before the zoning board.
Mehr said the parcel of land in Freehold Borough is in a residential zone and requires a use variance in order for a restaurant to be built in that location. He said if the Zoning Board approves the use variance, the applicant will return to seek site plan approval.
The application that is scheduled to be heard on Aug. 28 states that the current use of the property is Jersey Freeze restaurant and ice cream storage building, residential house and parking.
The document also states that the applicant proposes to remove the present uses and construct a 7,762-square-foot restaurant and a 3,669-square-foot bank with a drive-up window. The application also calls for landscaping, lighting, parking areas and stormwater management.
Scheduled to testify on behalf of the applicant are a representative from Bohler Engineering, Warren, and the applicant's planner, Allison Coffin, of James W. Higgins Associates, Ocean.
Mehr said additional details about the plan will be presented at the Aug. 28 Zoning Board meeting.
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