Author: Deven Rue

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Tennis Ball Lifeguard

In East Rutherford, a small dog keeps cool and shows off some serious retrieving skills.
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Summer Vibes

A local band plays a breezy backyard show to kick off the season.
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Summer Is Saved

An outdoor redesign starring a salt-water pool has a formerly restless Oakland family cheering warm weather and saying “Hooray for home!”
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Bergen’s Blues

We’re the only U.S. county that still bans shopping for nonessential items on Sundays, via our 321-year-old blue laws. Should the “day of rest” become like all the rest?
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You’ve Got Your Nerve

Tingling fingers? Aching wrists? These symptoms could result from pressure on the median nerve in your arm and wrist—carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Farming: It’s A Long Story

The Bullocks have been growing crops in cream ridge since Abe Lincoln ran for president. Maybe that’s because they know how to change with the times.
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What A Catch!

Father and son team up for a day of fishing at Pascack Brook Park.
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A Yard That Has Everything

In Waldwick, a once-drab outdoor space now boasts roses, hydrangeas, Japanese maples, Adirondack chairs, two staircases, two firepits, a hot tub, couches, a TV—even a putting green.
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Living Twice as Large

The once steep, mostly unusable backyard of a Montclair Tudor is now an inviting, multi-tier recreational haven that has doubled the home’s living-space footprint.
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Floating On Grass

A Montclair family achieves their vision of a pool that knows its place, achieves an effect and honors the spirit of their home.
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Why Ever Leave Home?

Now that warm weather’s here, a backyard swimming pool in Tenafly gives all the world’s vacation spots a run for their money.
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The Challenge Was Steep

It took ingenuity and pooled expertise to turn a forbidding Woodcliff Lake yard into a multilevel entertainment zone.
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Dynamic Duo

In Ridgewood, a pup celebrates one year of being her person’s “sidekick.”