Clinton Township Newsletter

2 8 a p r i l 2 0 2 4 W W W . C L I N T O N T W P N E W S L E T T E R . C O M • Matinees (call for title)*: April 12 & 19 (*Due to licensing restrictions, we are not allowed to publish the movie titles. We mostly show Oscar- nominated and/or highly acclaimed films.) • April 2 6:30 pm The Modernistics (concert @ HQ): George & Ira Gershwin • April 2-4 9 am-8:45 pm FoHCL'S ANNUAL NCB BOOK DRIVE! • April 2, 9, 16 & 23 at 11 am Chair Yoga • April 11 & 25, 6:30 pm Achieve Your Goals & Dreams! private 30-min sessions w/Susan Carrara, MBA • April 11 7 pm The Pine Barrens: Bog Iron, Swamp Gas & the Jersey Devil • April 16 2 pm Michael Patrick concert: Country, folk, and more! • April 18 7 pm Exploring the Night Sky, with Paul Cirillo • April 20 9:30 am-1 pm Local Authors Meet & Greet! • April 24 7 pm (ZOOM) Lucille Ball: The Queen of Comedy • April 25 7 pm The Right Tree for Your Yard (Hunterdon County Shade Tree Commission) • April 25 7pm (Zoom) Author Alison Pataki & her new book: "Finding Margaret Fuller" • Mah Jongg meets Mondays and Saturdays, 10 - 12 pm; we have the games, just bring your cards! • Bridge meets every Wednesday from 10 am - 2 pm • Scrabble meets upstairs every Friday at 1 pm • NCB Fiber Artists Drop-in: Chat While You Craft! Second and Fourth Wednesdays from 7 - 8:30 pm • English Conversation (Zoom) - Thursdays from 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm • Check out the HCL Makerspace in Flemington! Equipment includes ceramics, garment printing, audio recording, milling, sewing, VR, heat press, design software and printing, and more. https://hclibrary. us/makerspace Please register for events! Use our LibCal at: www.hclibrary.us/home, or call: 908.730.6135 n o r t H C o U n t y b r A n C H l i b r A r y ' s U p C o m i n g e V e n t s Visit the Library and enjoy our programs! Please register for events! Use our LibCal: www.hclibrary.us/home, or call: 908.730.6135 For more information, registration help, and adult programs and outdoor concerts at our HQ location in Flemington, please call: 908.730.6135, or visit our website at: www.HCLibrary.us For information and events for children, visit our website at: www.HCLibrary.us, or call: 908.730.6834. BSA Troop 288 Has Been Busy! The past month has been a busy one for BSA Troop 288! Scouts and adults from the Troop joined forces with many other BSA troops, packs and volunteers, and seven grocery store partners across the county to collect over 10,000 lbs of food and essentials during Hunterdon Arrowhead District's "Scouting for Food" drive. These donations, as well as gift cards worth over $3,500, were delivered to eight local food pantries serving our neighbors. In mid-March, the Troop held their 24th Annual Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser. A dedicated group of Troop leaders, Scouts and parents prepared and served a delicious meal to our friends and families. The Troop is grateful to everyone in our community who came out in the midst of a heavy rainstorm to support our Scouts, and also acknowledges much appreciated support from ShopRite of Clinton, Lebanon Cheese Company and Annandale Reformed Church. A group of Troop 288 Scouts and leaders recently joined forces with AmeriCorps and their NJ Watershed Ambassadors Program, and spent an afternoon armed with pruners and loppers, helping to manage invasive species in Voorhees State Park. Invasive vines which had twined up native trees, threatening to pull them down and choke new growth, were removed along Brookside Trail. BSA Troop 288 meets on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall at Annandale Reformed Church – we welcome new members to join us! For more information on Scouting, visit: www. BeAScout.scouting.org. For more information about joining BSA Troop 288, email Scoutmaster Chris Neighbor at: cgneighbor@comcast.net. s e w g r e A t ! J o i n t H e H U n t e r D o n C o U n t y q U i l t i n g g U i l D t H i s m o n t H ! The Hunterdon County Quilting Guild's next meeting is set for April 19 with a Trunk Show/Workshop, starting at 9:30 am. We love to welcome new members at our regular and Zoom meetings, workshops and lectures! Check out our website for additional information, email: hunterdoncountyquiltingguild@gmail or visit: https://hcquiltingguild.wixsite.com/hcquiltingguild for our schedule of meetings and events. Consider joining our guild! We look forward to hearing from anyone interested in becoming a member. "If you tell a big enough life and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed." ~ Walter Langer

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