Clinton Township Newsletter

4 M a y 2 0 1 4 www.ClintonTwpNewsletter.com Lic # 01587A 1262 Rt. 22 W Lebanon, NJ 08833 Phone (908) 236-6878 Fax (908) 236-7125 After Hrs. (908) 797-5091 www.clinton-autobody.com C L i n t o n y m Ca P r e s C h o o L r e g i s t r at i o n The Clinton YMCA Preschool of the HC YMCA is now accepting registra- tions for the September 2014-15 school year. Parents interested in enrolling are invited to call to schedule a time to visit. Clinton YMCA Preschool is located at 2 Race Street, Pittstown in the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church. HC YMCA Preschools have been providing quality half-day preschool programs to the community for 40 years, offering well-planned learning rich experiences for your young child in a supportive and nurturing environment. Children are given the opportunity to grow socially, physically, intellectually and emotionally through a stimulating play-based approach to learning. Our nationally recognized Creative Curriculum supports the NJ Dept. of Education Preschool Teaching and Learn - ing Standards in preparing children for future school experiences and academic learning. The YMCA Preschools offer classes for children age 2 1/2 through 5 years. Enrollment choices include morning or extended day classes as well as flexible lunch-bunch options. For schedule of class choices and further informa- tion, please visit: www.hcymca.org or call: 908.735.8057. Prom and graduation will be here before you know it--if you're the parent of a high school teen, are you a member of the Safe Homes Directory? The Safe Homes program is a national initiative designed to coordinate pledges from local families who agree to host only supervised, drug and alcohol-free gatherings for teens at their homes. Safe Homes parents agree to cooperate with schools, law enforcement and young people to create a healthy atmosphere in which the use of alcohol and other drugs is no longer the "norm." Safe Homes parents are taking a stand against the alarming increase in alcohol and drug use among our youth. Safe Homes parents pledge to: • not allow parties and gatherings when they are not at home • not serve or allow youth under the legal drinking age of 21 to consume alcohol in their house or on their property • not allow the use of illicit drugs at their home or on their property Safe Homes pledge forms are distributed to all high school parents by each of the county high schools at the start of each school year. All parents who complete a pledge form are added to the Safe Homes Directory, which parents can then access to see if the home where their child is going to a party has also pledged to be alcohol and drug-free. The Directory can be found on the Safe Communities Coalition website, www.safecoalition.org. Only Safe Homes parents have access to the online Directory. For more information about the Safe Homes Directory, or if you are interested in signing up, please contact Cathy Canterino of the Safe Com - munities Coalition at 908.782.3909. Once a parent has completed a pledge form and your family has been added to the Directory, you will receive an email with information on how to register online to access the Directory. The goal of the Safe Communities Coalition is to live in a safe and healthy commu- nity by eliminating drug use, underage drinking and prescription drug abuse. Through wide-spread community collaboration, environmental change and community education in Hunterdon and Somerset counties, the Safe Communities Coalition will address areas of concern including, but not limited to, reducing Rx drug abuse across the lifespan, underage drinking, tobacco, marijuana, heroin and other drug use. For more information on the Coalition, visit their website at: www.safecoalition.org. b e a " s a F e h o m e " d u r i n g t h i s P r o m a n d g r a d u a t i o n s e a s o n ! ! ! F L e m i n g t o n b u s i n e s s i m P r ov e m e n t d i s t r i C t (bid) www.downtownflemington.com The Flemington Business Improvement District (BID) has released its spring schedule of Cultural Series events and it features a wide variety of activities for residents and visitors to experience in Flemington. The cultural series Fragmented had a successful launch in 2013 and can best be described as "Where Pop Culture Meets History." "Fragmented promotes the arts, music, comedy, film, perspectives and so much more," remarked Megan Jones-Holt, Executive Director of the Flemington BID. "It's a series we proudly host to encourage and support the arts." This year we are producing a spring and a fall series with Roman Jewelers as the spring event sponsor. All the Fragmented cultural series events will take place at the Historic Courthouse on Main Street in Flemington. Seating at the courthouse is lim - ited and tickets can be purchased at: www.downtownflemington.com. • Thursday, May 8: performer Gordon Ward presents "Ghost Stories of Hunterdon!" Ward delivers a rich mix of factual history and the sound investigation of ghostly phenomena, including recent research at the historic Flemington Courthouse, its original jail and the Union Hotel. He will be per- forming from 7:00 pm-8:30 pm. Tickets are $10 for all seats. • Thursday, May 22: James Day and the Fish Fry perform "Jump Blues and New Orleans Grooves". They are talented musicians that have performed at several festivals and venues in Canada and along the East Coast. Their music can be heard on satellite radio, roots music stations and overseas radio. They will be performing from 8pm-9:30pm. Tickets are $10 for all seats. • Thursday, June 5: the Downtown Performing Arts Center Players present "West Side Story Musical Revue". For over 12 years, the Down- town Performing Arts Center Players of Lambertville, NJ have been providing professional arts education and affordable quality entertainment to the com- munity. The performance will be 8pm-9:30pm. $10 for all seats. One of the missions of the Flemington Business Improvement District, is to host and support a variety of events throughout the year to attract audi- ences from the New York metro and Philadelphia vicinities to Flemington to help stimulate the local economy and retain support for the local businesses. "Parents are key when it comes to keeping kids off drugs. Good parenting is the best anti-drug we have." –Mel Carnahan, 51st Governor of Missouri

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