Clinton Township Newsletter

1 9 d e c e m b e r 2 0 2 4 A L L i e d s M i L e s o r t H o d o n t i C s Dr. Allie DeGeorge was born and raised in Clinton Township. After completing her training at the University of Pennsylvania, she returned home to open Alliedsmiles Orthodontics, which specializes in braces and Invisalign. Please call: 908.735.0612 or visit: www. AlliedSmiles.com to schedule a free consultation! P r t H A n k s t H e t o W n o f C L i n t o n A n d t H e C L i n t o n C o M M u n i t y C e n t e r f o r n A L o x b o x Thank you to the Town of Clinton and the Clinton Community Center for installing a NaloxBox! This box will be the home of Naloxone, also known as Narcan, and harm reduction materials for community members to use any time. Prevention Resources thanks the Town of Clinton for their commitment to public health and safety. Naloxone is a life-saving medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids, including heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioid medications. It works by quickly blocking the effects of opioids, and can restore normal breathing within minutes. Together as a community, we can end the opioid epidemic and create a safer, healthier community for everyone. Find out more at: www.NJPrevent.com. t e W k s b u r y H i s t o r i C A L s o C i e t y H o L d s H o L i d A y s A L e d e C e M b e r 1 4 & 1 5 The Tewksbury Historical Society holds its annual Holiday Sale at the Carriage House, 5 James Street in Oldwick 08858, on the weekend of December 14 and 15. Hours for the sale are 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday, and 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm on Sunday. This is a wonderful opportunity to complete Christmas gift lists with fascinating and unique items! Tewksbury Afghans are available in Cranberry Red, Hunter Green and Navy Blue, depicting the town's noted landmarks, are special gifts for both new and long-time residents of the area. Notecards depicting paintings by area artists exhibited at past THS Art Shows or local churches, plus post cards showing area historic scenes make great stocking stuffers. The Tewksbury Auto-Tour Book, updated in 2023, provides a self-guided tour of Tewksbury which could be a fun to-do winter drive through snow covered hamlets! Also available are hardcover and paperback editions of Historic Notes on Fairmount, New Jersey by Freeman Leigh. Reprints of of the New Germantown Map and Tewksbury Map from Beer's Atlas, framed or unframed as singles or in pairs, can be purchased, as well as framed post cards. Unsigned and, while supplies last, signed prints of "Tewksbury, A River Runs Through It", by Elizabeth "Lib" Ryman, are avialable. There are unmatted and matted prints depicting scenes in Mountainville, Pottersville and Califon by Linda Jean, and select Mountainville prints signed by longtime resident Charles Burrell. Payment may be made by cash, checks, credit cards and ApplePay. The Tewksbury Historical Society is a New Jersey not-for-profit corporation organized for the purpose of furthering research into and the preservation and dissemination of the history of the Township of Tewksbury. The Society requests donations of documents, records and small artifacts related to Tewksbury's History. Society information is found on its website: www.TewksburyHistory.net. Follow us on Instagram! H e L P t e A b e r r y ' s t e A r o o M i n d o W n t o W n f L e M i n g t o n r e o P e n t H e i r d o o r s As many of you already know, Teaberry's weathered a very stressful start to 2023 when the "younger generation" took over as our landlord. Our location at 2 Main Street, where we operated our tea room since 2009, was being offered to us at a firm sale price of 1.5 million and we were not offered an option to extend our lease. Since no appraisals ever substantiated that price, it is sad to say that the building is still on the market for half of that amount two years later. In order to keep our beloved tea room viable, we bravely ventured forth as first-time commercial property owners, excited to finally control our own fate. In September 2023, Teaberry's bought an older commercially zoned building in Flemington at 171 Main Street. However, this venture has proven to be a tedious and winding road that has honestly bordered on unbearable at times – both monetarily and unfortunately, psychologically. It soon became clear that we had entered into an exorbitantly costly situation due to unforeseen circumstances pertinent to codes, ordinances and the use of downtown historic buildings in Flemington. Nearly all of our savings has been used ahead of renovations and now we find ourselves short just as we finally got building permits in early November. After writing to our customers on October 10 and admitting that our move has been a struggle, we have been positively overwhelmed with support. Thank you to everyone who has reached out to us with loving encouragement. Quite unexpectedly, we have received hundreds of suggestions to create a Teaberry's GoFundMe. While it is certainly far from our first choice to start a crowd-funding page, in order to make our forever home of 171 Main into the stunning tea room you all know and miss… we are going to give it a try. Especially now since we have attempted to secure a bank loan but are considered unemployed currently and do not qualify. Please consider donating to our mission (at: www.gofundme. com/f/teaberrys) so that Teaberry's Tea Room can continue to exist in these extremely challenging times where many small businesses are closing all around us. We adore our unique restaurant and miss it terribly. We simply wish to be able to offer our lovely customers the same experience they have come to know over the past twenty years. – Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, Sara & Susan Peterson "There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." ~ Leonard Cohen

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