PEAPACK-GLADSTONE - A statewide animal rights group has called off Saturday's protest of the borough's planned euthanasia of Canada geese in Liberty Park, but some local residents still plan to go forward with it.
The Fresh Air Fund’s Friendly Towns host family application is still open.
Somerset County will host the sixth annual community Resource Event from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, May 3, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 300 Union Ave. in Somerville, for residents in need.
RANDOLPH TWP. - The County College of Morris (CCM) Foundation will host its annual gala at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 2 at Brooklake Country Club, 139 Brooklake Road in Florham Park.
BERNARDS TWP. -The annual Walk With Heart, which raises funds for the John Taylor Babbitt Foundation, will return from 10 a.m. to noon on Sunday, May 5 at The Pingry School in Basking Ridge.
Editor’s note: To have your community activity listed in this calendar, please email Editor P.C. Robinson at probinson@newjerseyhills.com.
PEAPACK-GLADSTONE – The following is a roundup of sports action for the past week at Gill St. Bernard’s School:
BERNARDS TWP. – Ridge High School’s track and field team won seven events and scored in 13 of the 16 events to win the Somerset County Relay Championships Saturday, April 20, at Ridge.
BERNARDSVILLE – The Bernards High School boys lacrosse team stayed perfect on the season with three victories over the week to improve to 7-0.
It’s Earth Month 2024! A great time to ask ourselves what more we can do to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. Since we have had several articles in the column on heat pumps and home electrification, let’s return to transportation.
TO THE EDITOR: According to previous and current employees at Borough Hall, the daily work atmosphere has become very unpleasant during the past year. Apparently, it extends beyond the re-adjustment to the post-COVID-19 schedule.
TO THE EDITOR: To be or not to be a Republican or a RINO. That is the question for the GOP in the 2024 presidential election.
It is antithetical to human nature to back off a cliff - or for that matter the roof of the 200 foot high Hilton Meadowlands hotel.
The Morris Museum will host AutomataCon, a three-day kinetic art convention, from May 17 to 19 at the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown.
READINGTON TWP. - Readington Museums will host its bi-annual Barn Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, inside the 18th-century Wade-Wyckoff Barn at the Bouman-Stickney Farmstead at 114 Dreahook Road in the Stanton section of the township.
The Arts Council of the Mendhams cordially invites all and members of the Advisory Committee to a mix and mingle fundraiser for the organization from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 28, at the Mendham Arts Building, 15 East Main Street, Mendham Borough.
The Morris Museum will present Nimbus Dance, a leading contemporary dance company, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 26, at 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown.
Barbara Willis Ritter (nee Foust) of Saint Charles, Mo., passed away Monday, April 1, 2024, at the age of 90.
Dr. Peter J. Thompson, 79, died at home in Franklin, Pa., Sunday, April 14, 2024, from long-term complications of juvenile diabetes.
Betty C. Durling of Vero Beach, Fla., passed away in Whitehouse Station in Hunterdon County on Friday, April 12, 2024 at the age of 94.
Erica Carlyn Yager, 61, of Charlotte, N.C., passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2024, surrounded by her family. She was born in New Orleans, La., on Nov. 13,1962.
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