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Year round living at Green Pond
Published by Green Pond Real Estate™ | Marilyn Lapham, Jill Lapham Rotta & Andrea Fritzsch | Coldwell Banker Realty People who discover Green Pond always ask the same question: What is it like there? And the honest answer is that it’s difficult to describe in a way that does it justice. So instead of trying to summarize it, we’d like to walk you through the year — season by season, morning by morning — so you can get a feel for what life at Green Pond actually looks like. We’ve lived here our entire lives. Between us, Marilyn, Jill, and…
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A Buyer’s Guide to lakes within 1 hour of NYC
Published by Green Pond Real Estate™ | Marilyn Lapham, Jill Lapham Rotta & Andrea Fritzsch | Coldwell Banker Realty The idea has crossed your mind more than once. A place on the water — a real lake, not a pond in a subdivision — close enough to the city that you can actually use it on a regular basis. Not a 3-hour slog down the Garden State on a summer Friday. A genuine escape that you can reach before dinner. It exists. And it’s closer than most people realize. This guide is for tristate area buyers — New York City,…
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Lake House vs. Shore House
Published by Green Pond Real Estate™ | Marilyn Lapham, Jill Lapham Rotta & Andrea Fritzsch | Coldwell Banker Realty If you grew up in New Jersey or the New York metro area, the dream probably looked like this: a house at the Jersey Shore. A place near the boardwalk, the beach, the salt air. For generations of tristate families, the shore house has been the ultimate symbol of summer. But something has been shifting. More and more families — especially those with young children, or those looking for a year-round retreat rather than a summer-only investment — are discovering that…
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NJ Private lake communities: FAQ
Published by Green Pond Real Estate™ | Marilyn Lapham, Jill Lapham Rotta & Andrea Fritzsch | Coldwell Banker Realty Buying a home in a private lake community in New Jersey is unlike any other real estate transaction. The process, the ownership structure, the community rules, and the lifestyle considerations are all distinct — and if you’re working with a general real estate agent who doesn’t specialize in lake communities, there are things you might not learn until after the closing. This guide, written by agents who have lived at Green Pond over 50 years and sold homes here for over…
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First Annual ‘Green Pond Cardboard Box Boat Regatta’
If there is one thing I can say about the Community of Green Pond is that in all the places I have lived, I have NEVER seen more community spirit than with Green Ponders. Evidently, this summer a couple of very fun Green Ponders were sitting around thinking about new and different activities we could do as a community that include everyone from children to adults. (I guess because the 85 other community events we have going on during the summer just isn’t enough!) In any event, someone came up with the idea of a homemade ‘Cardboard Box Boat Regatta’. Where they…
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The ‘Scandals’ a mid-summers night Green Pond production….
The ‘Scandals’…. Green Pond’s rendition of a community talent show. Like almost everything in Green Pond The ‘Scandals’ is routed in tradition that dates back almost 100 years (are you shocked?)….Of course you aren’t! A brief history of The ‘Scandals’. During the 1920’s & 1930’s Green Pond was a summer only community and the major forms of entertainment centered around evening sing alongs and The Annual Green Pond Spelling Bee. Saturday night dances were formal affairs with large popular Big Bands. Sometime during the 1940’s the Green Pond Community Club & Green Pond Yacht Club together started to host an end of summer talent show which…
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E and her friends ‘Summer at The Pond’ video
I was a bit reluctant to share this video as the kids, my daughter & her friends, in this video have made something incredibly special and perhaps quite frankly to some degree….sacred. Then, I got to thinking about the video, not just how darn COOL it is but also how it is a time capsule….a moment in time that could really be any summer moment from any point in time in Green Pond and I couldn’t help myself….I needed to share! While I was watching the video for the first time I reflected on the fact that I grew up spending MY summers doing the…
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Embrace the Lake…any given Tuesday in July at ‘The Pond’: Part 2
In Part 1 of Embrace the Lake I shared jumping off of the iconic EKD rock on the West Shore of Green Pond. In Part 2 I will share the rest of our afternoon which consisted of a couple of paddle boards, a couple of kids and a dog….that’s it….no screens, no video games, no texting….just simple outdoor fun embracing the lake & making memories…..
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Embrace the Lake…any given Tuesday in July at ‘The Pond’: Part 1
One of the things I love about the summer in Green Pond is the level of spontaneity that can occur at any point in the day and have a tremendous impact on your day, perhaps your summer! Today was one of those days. It just so happened we woke up to a top 10 day so we thought ‘Time to EMBRACE THE LAKE’ …..& make some memories! With that said, I thought I’d share with you what my kids and I and a friend and her two kids did today…. We started the day by heading out to the rocks and…
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SubDebs & RinkyDinks a longtime ‘friendly’ Green Pond rival…..
The SubDebs and RinkyDinks have been a Summer tradition here at Green Pond for close to 100 years! If you are in Green Pond during the summer and are a girl or boy between the ages of 9 & 14, chances are you are either a SubDeb (girls) or a RinkyDink (boys)! Both groups are overseen by volunteer parents in the community but are run by the kids….Officers are the outgoing 14 year olds who rotate every year. From roughly July 1st through mid-August the SubDebs and RinkyDinks have weekly meetings (separate) and 1-3 very fun events each week…. (either separate…
