Sierra Club :
Jersey Climate Action
Jersey Climate Action
(Climate Change -- Action Event)
Monday, October 28, 2013 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMBridgewater, New Jersey(Bridgewater, NJ) 120 Finderne Avenue Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Host : Roslyn HarrisonLessons from Sandy: Save Energy, Money and the Environment Learn what you can do to: Cut carbon emissions Reduce climate impacts Stimulate our economy Use less power and save money Advocate for action Featuring: - Jeff Deyette - Union of Concerned Scientists - Jeanne Fox - NJ BPU Commissioner - Ed Schwartz - Energy Sustainability Professional - Christine Guhl - Sierra Club - Jack Shapiro - Deputy Climate Campaign Manager, OFA - Clean Energy Vendors
Monday, October 28, 2013 7:00 PM - 9:00 PMBridgewater, New Jersey(Bridgewater, NJ) 120 Finderne Avenue Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Host : Roslyn HarrisonLessons from Sandy: Save Energy, Money and the Environment Learn what you can do to: Cut carbon emissions Reduce climate impacts Stimulate our economy Use less power and save money Advocate for action Featuring: - Jeff Deyette - Union of Concerned Scientists - Jeanne Fox - NJ BPU Commissioner - Ed Schwartz - Energy Sustainability Professional - Christine Guhl - Sierra Club - Jack Shapiro - Deputy Climate Campaign Manager, OFA - Clean Energy Vendors
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ANNUAL FALL FOLIAGE WALK
Sunday, October 20, 2013, 2:00 PM
Sunday, October 27, 2:00pm
9 Van Veghten Drive
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Somerset County Historical Society - Open Public Program
Special guest speaker: Joanne Hamilton Rajoppi
Topic: New Brunswick and the Civil War:
The Brunswick Boys in the Great Rebellion
At the beginning of the Civil War, New Brunswick was positioned at the transportation and manufacturing hub of New Jersey. Many of the city’s young men exchanged manufacturing equipment for rifles, and those whom they left behind witnessed the war through letters from their sons, brothers and husbands.
Patriotism, a longing to earn more money and adventure lured these “Brunswick Boys”—close friends and co-workers—to enlist. Their recollections offer insights into everyday life in New Jersey during the war—New Brunswick’s factory system, education and medicine. These letters also reveal their struggles to survive amid battles and close encounters with death that so many soldiers faced, as well as their difficult transition back to civilian life. Local author Joanne Hamilton Rajoppi presents the fascinating stories of New Brunswick and the Civil War, gleaned from the letters of those who experienced it.
Suggested donation for adults: $5
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Joanne Hamilton Rajoppi, a former journalist, is a history aficionado. Serving as a trustee of the Union County Historical Society. A lifelong resident of New Jersey, she loves the rich history of the area and its people. She serves as the county clerk of Union County and is a former mayor of her hometown, Springfield, where she served on that municipality's Board of Education and the Township Committee. She was elected to the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders in 1978 and became its first woman Chairman in 1980. Governor Brendan-Byrne appointed her to serve as New Jersey's Assistant Secretary of State in 1981.
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Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Somerset County Historical Society - Open Public Program
Special guest speaker: Joanne Hamilton Rajoppi
Topic: New Brunswick and the Civil War:
The Brunswick Boys in the Great Rebellion
At the beginning of the Civil War, New Brunswick was positioned at the transportation and manufacturing hub of New Jersey. Many of the city’s young men exchanged manufacturing equipment for rifles, and those whom they left behind witnessed the war through letters from their sons, brothers and husbands.
Patriotism, a longing to earn more money and adventure lured these “Brunswick Boys”—close friends and co-workers—to enlist. Their recollections offer insights into everyday life in New Jersey during the war—New Brunswick’s factory system, education and medicine. These letters also reveal their struggles to survive amid battles and close encounters with death that so many soldiers faced, as well as their difficult transition back to civilian life. Local author Joanne Hamilton Rajoppi presents the fascinating stories of New Brunswick and the Civil War, gleaned from the letters of those who experienced it.
Suggested donation for adults: $5
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Joanne Hamilton Rajoppi, a former journalist, is a history aficionado. Serving as a trustee of the Union County Historical Society. A lifelong resident of New Jersey, she loves the rich history of the area and its people. She serves as the county clerk of Union County and is a former mayor of her hometown, Springfield, where she served on that municipality's Board of Education and the Township Committee. She was elected to the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders in 1978 and became its first woman Chairman in 1980. Governor Brendan-Byrne appointed her to serve as New Jersey's Assistant Secretary of State in 1981.
Kingston Historical Society
Annual meeting on
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at 7:30 pm.
William Flemer, IV will talk on the “Princeton Nurseries”
Kingston Fire House,
Heathcote Brook Road, Kingston, NJ.
As part of the 100th anniversary of the Kingston location of what became the Princeton Nurseries, Bill Flemer, grandson of the Nurseries’ founder and son of renowned plantsman William Flemer III, will give a personal, illustrated talk on the family business. While the Flemers developed a first class reputation in the nursery world, the community they developed in Kingston became a place where families worked and lived for generations, truly a legacy to celebrate.
A brief business meeting will precede this talk.
For more information, go to http://www.khsnj.org/ or call 609-223-3877.
The meeting is free and open to the all. Refreshments served.
Directions to the Kingston Firehouse: From southbound Route 27, turn left on Heathcote Road. From northbound Rt. 27, turn right on Heathcote Road. Firehouse is on the left. From Route 1, take Ridge Road exit. Ridge merges into Heathcote after about a mile. Firehouse is on the right just before the intersection with Rt. 27.
This month on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 am – 6:00 pm there is an exhibit on the Princeton Nurseries at the Kingston Locktender’s House on the D&R Canal at Route 27.
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Somerset County's Weekend Journey Through The Past
DATE: October 12, 2013 - October 13, 2013
TIME: Saturday 10 AM-5 PM; Sunday 12-4 PM
COST: FREE
INFO PHONE: 908-231-7110
URL: http://www.schistoryweekend.com
COST: FREE
INFO PHONE: 908-231-7110
URL: http://www.schistoryweekend.com
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Many historic sites countywide will be open free to visitors all weekend. Enjoy Tours, history interpretations, exhibitions, programs, arts and more. For a list of sites and touring directions go to www.SCHistoryWeekend.com
2013 Participating Historic Sites / Locations
1. The Brook Theatre/Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook (C)
2. Codington Farmstead, Warren (N)
3. Elm Street Bridge, between Hillsborough & Branchburg (C)
4. Frelinghuysen (Gen.John) House/Raritan Public Library, Raritan (C)
5. Griggstown School House, Franklin (S)
6. Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead, Basking Ridge (N)
7. Kirch Ford Terrell House, Warren (N)
8. Millstone 1860 Schoolhouse/Millstone Borough Hall, Millstone (S)
9. Mount Bethel Meeting House, Warren (N)
10. Old Millstone Forge Blacksmith Shop & Museum, Millstone (S)
11. Old Presbyterian Graveyard, Bound Brook (C)
12. The Presbyterian Church at Bound Brook (C)
13. Relief Hose Company No.2 Firehouse, Raritan (C)
14. South Branch School House, Branchburg(C)
15. Abraham Staats House, South Bound Brook (C)
16. Andrew Ten Eyck House, Branchburg (C)
17. United States Golf Association/ Frothingham Mansion, Far Hills (N)
18. Jacobus Vanderveer House, Bedminster (N)
19. Van Horne House, Bridgewater (C)
20. Van Veghten House, Bridgewater (C)
21. Vermeule Mansion, North Plainfield (N)
22. Wallace House, Somerville (C)
23. Washington Rock State Park, Green Brook (N)
24. Wyckoff-Garretson House, Franklin (S)
2013 Participating Historic Sites / Locations
1. The Brook Theatre/Brook Arts Center, Bound Brook (C)
2. Codington Farmstead, Warren (N)
3. Elm Street Bridge, between Hillsborough & Branchburg (C)
4. Frelinghuysen (Gen.John) House/Raritan Public Library, Raritan (C)
5. Griggstown School House, Franklin (S)
6. Kennedy-Martin-Stelle Farmstead, Basking Ridge (N)
7. Kirch Ford Terrell House, Warren (N)
8. Millstone 1860 Schoolhouse/Millstone Borough Hall, Millstone (S)
9. Mount Bethel Meeting House, Warren (N)
10. Old Millstone Forge Blacksmith Shop & Museum, Millstone (S)
11. Old Presbyterian Graveyard, Bound Brook (C)
12. The Presbyterian Church at Bound Brook (C)
13. Relief Hose Company No.2 Firehouse, Raritan (C)
14. South Branch School House, Branchburg(C)
15. Abraham Staats House, South Bound Brook (C)
16. Andrew Ten Eyck House, Branchburg (C)
17. United States Golf Association/ Frothingham Mansion, Far Hills (N)
18. Jacobus Vanderveer House, Bedminster (N)
19. Van Horne House, Bridgewater (C)
20. Van Veghten House, Bridgewater (C)
21. Vermeule Mansion, North Plainfield (N)
22. Wallace House, Somerville (C)
23. Washington Rock State Park, Green Brook (N)
24. Wyckoff-Garretson House, Franklin (S)
Don’t miss Somerset County’s 8th Annual Weekend Journey through the Past, an opportunity to step into and experience the past. Twenty-four historic sites countywide will be open free to the public of all ages on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 13, from noon to 4 p.m.
“Weekend Journey has become a traditional fall event here in Somerset County,” said Freeholder Patricia Walsh, liaison to the county Cultural & Heritage Commission. “The Board of Freeholders is proud to cosponsor this annual program and we thank our many historical societies for interpreting their historic sites, as well as planning and offering many exciting activities at each location.”
This annual autumn weekend features interpreted tours led by costumed docents; special collections and exhibitions; period military drills and encampments by living-history re-enactors; open-hearth cooking; colonial tavern life and games; traditional blacksmithing; 19th-century firefighting wagons and apparatus; antiques sales; craftspeople demonstrating period decorative crafts; live theatre and period music performances; genealogical resources; participatory colonial dance instruction; daily chores of 18th-century life; military history; demonstrations; local history videos; antique cameras and music-box collections; interesting architecture; and much more.
For those who enjoy a challenge, an educational and fun detective investigation activity for kids and the entire family will test your powers of deduction to solve 24 mysteries. Last year’s initiative, What in the World is That …? will be featured again to encourage a shared multi-generational outing for parents and grandparents alike, sharing stories and experiences about “the old days” with their children and grandchildren as they enjoy traveling from one historic site to the next.
One unique item from the past will be featured, displayed and identified, along with its description, at each of the 24 participating historic sites during this year’s event. As a rookie detective enlisted to investigate, you are assigned to reveal the true identity and function of each mystery item.
In advance, download and print an “Official Investigative Task Booklet” from the event website at SCHistoryWeekend.com Next to the name and town of each participating historic site find a small photo of a mystery item you are assigned to identify. After carefully examining the photo, write down in the booklet what you believe the item is. Once you do that for all pictured items, take your task booklet, along with a pencil, and go to as many participating historic sites as possible on Saturday, Oct. 12, and/or Sunday, Oct. 13, searching the premises to locate the mystery item.
For the tech-savvy and those who prefer to go paperless, you also can view each mystery item from a smart phone at SCHistoryWeekend.com prior to visiting each participating site, or scan the QR code at right.
This annual collaborative heritage tourism program is an initiative of the Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission in partnership with 24 historical societies or municipal historic commissions and committees, as well as participating fine and performing artists. For more information, contact Pat McGarry in the Cultural & Heritage Commission office at 908-203-6020.
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Blackwell Mills Canal House
| Oct. 12: | HAUNTED HOUSE: Come play games, listen to ghost stories and enjoy refreshments. HOURS: Saturday ~ 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. |
East Millstone Canal Fest
Saturday, October 19 (rain date October 20) - East Millstone Canal Fest -- 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
A beautiful autumn day on the banks of the historic Delaware & Raritan Canal in East Millstone; what a perfect backdrop for an outdoor music, arts and crafts, and family event! Originally started to celebrate the beauty and history of the canal and East Millstone, CanalFest has continued to grow in its three-year history. This year we expect over 2500 people to visit our arts and crafts vendors, participate in family-oriented activities in our Children’s Area, listen to one of our informative lectures about life on the canal and some of the environmental issues facing it, shopping in one of the quaint businesses in the village, or listening to the great sounds of some local bands on one of the three stages. Whatever the age, CanalFest is always fun.
And the restored bridge tender’s home will be open to visitors.
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ANNUAL FALL FOLIAGE WALK
KINGSTON GREENWAYS ASSOCIATION
A NEW JERSEY NON-PROFIT CORPORATION
In celebration of this 100th anniversary year of the founding of Princeton Nurseries, Rick Henkel will lead a walk through the Nurseries' Kingston site. Rick was formerly Sales Manager for Princeton Nurseries, where he worked for 32 years. After leaving the Nurseries, he founded Princeton Horticultural Services, which he continues to run. Rick has an extraordinary knowledge of trees, and knows the Kingston Site and its trees intimately.
The walk will start at the Mapleton Preserve outside the Main Office for the D&R Canal State Park at 145 Mapleton Road in Kingston, and will last about two hours.
For more information, please call 609-750-1821, or email tari@kingstongreenways.org
Wild Turkey Presentation
Wild Turkey Presentation
On October 21 at 7 p.m. in the Franklin Township Municipal Building,
the public will have an opportunity to learn about why wild turkeys were wiped out in New Jersey
and the extraordinary efforts that were undertaken to bring them back when
the Franklin Township Environmental Commission presents,
“The Wild Turkey in New Jersey.”
Wild turkey biologist, Anthony McBride, of the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife will provide an overview of the natural history of wild turkeys.
and the extraordinary efforts that were undertaken to bring them back when
the Franklin Township Environmental Commission presents,
“The Wild Turkey in New Jersey.”
Wild turkey biologist, Anthony McBride, of the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife will provide an overview of the natural history of wild turkeys.
His presentation will include behavior, diet and life cycle, how
they were extirpated from New Jersey and the efforts to bring them back, as well as
they were extirpated from New Jersey and the efforts to bring them back, as well as
some of the complexities associated with managing an ancient species that occasionally bumps up against the modern lifestyles of people.
When Dutch settlers first arrived in what would eventually be known as Franklin Township around 1650, wild turkeys were a well-established part of the area’s wildlife scene.
By the 1840s they had all but disappeared.
Thanks to intensive restoration efforts begun over 30 years ago, wild turkeys are doing
better than ever in the Garden State and thriving in locations that biologists
once thought were impossible.
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Applications Available for Local Arts Program Grant FundingTechnical Assistance Workshops Oct. 23
Guidelines and application forms for the 2014 New Jersey State Council on the Arts State/County Partnership Local Arts Program Grant are available online at http://bit.ly/LAPGrants2014
Local non-profit arts and other non-profit (non-arts) organizations planning an arts program – theater, dance, music/concerts, visual arts, literary or film arts – may apply directly to the Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission (SCC&HC). Grant funding through this program will be available to support cultural programs and events from January through December 2014.
Eligible organizations must be designated non-profit, based in Somerset County and planning an arts/cultural program, project or service within Somerset County that is accessible to the general public. Funding is competitive and organizations must demonstrate managerial competency, fiscal stability, artistic excellence and the capacity to execute the proposed program or project.
Applicants are required to provide a match for funding requested. Requests can be made for funding for General Operating (GOS) support if an organization’s mission is solely arts-dedicated, or Special Project (SP) support or Arts in Non-Traditional Venues (ANTV) support, both of which are available to arts and non-arts organizations alike for the purpose of offering an arts program/event/series in Somerset County in partnership with other organizations or artists.
Two free technical-assistance grant-writing workshops, geared specifically to this Local Arts Program Grant to familiarize and assist potential applicants with the application process, will be offered on Wednesday, Oct. 23, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. and from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Pre-registration is required at least two days prior to the scheduled session.
To register, call SCC&HC Administrative Assistant Cathy Bunting at (908) 231-7110. All applicants are strongly advised to attend one session. Both workshops will be held in the second-floor Engineering Conference room in the Somerset County Administration Building, 20 Grove St., Somerville, NJ 08876. Free parking is available in the attached parking deck off East High Street.
A letter of intent from applicants will be due by Oct. 25 to the SCC&HC as a preliminary requirement of the grants process, in which the potential applicant states, in a paragraph or two, the purpose for which the organization intends to apply for funding and approximately how much money will be requested.
Completed applications are due by 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7. Go to http://bit.ly/LAPGrants2014 to access the 2014 Local Arts Program Grant guidelines, application form and finance charts.
For more information, contact Pat McGarry in the Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission office at (908) 203-6020 or by email at CulturalHeritage@co.somerset.
Guidelines and application forms for the 2014 New Jersey State Council on the Arts State/County Partnership Local Arts Program Grant are available online at http://bit.ly/LAPGrants2014
Local non-profit arts and other non-profit (non-arts) organizations planning an arts program – theater, dance, music/concerts, visual arts, literary or film arts – may apply directly to the Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission (SCC&HC). Grant funding through this program will be available to support cultural programs and events from January through December 2014.
Eligible organizations must be designated non-profit, based in Somerset County and planning an arts/cultural program, project or service within Somerset County that is accessible to the general public. Funding is competitive and organizations must demonstrate managerial competency, fiscal stability, artistic excellence and the capacity to execute the proposed program or project.
Applicants are required to provide a match for funding requested. Requests can be made for funding for General Operating (GOS) support if an organization’s mission is solely arts-dedicated, or Special Project (SP) support or Arts in Non-Traditional Venues (ANTV) support, both of which are available to arts and non-arts organizations alike for the purpose of offering an arts program/event/series in Somerset County in partnership with other organizations or artists.
Two free technical-assistance grant-writing workshops, geared specifically to this Local Arts Program Grant to familiarize and assist potential applicants with the application process, will be offered on Wednesday, Oct. 23, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. and from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Pre-registration is required at least two days prior to the scheduled session.
To register, call SCC&HC Administrative Assistant Cathy Bunting at (908) 231-7110. All applicants are strongly advised to attend one session. Both workshops will be held in the second-floor Engineering Conference room in the Somerset County Administration Building, 20 Grove St., Somerville, NJ 08876. Free parking is available in the attached parking deck off East High Street.
A letter of intent from applicants will be due by Oct. 25 to the SCC&HC as a preliminary requirement of the grants process, in which the potential applicant states, in a paragraph or two, the purpose for which the organization intends to apply for funding and approximately how much money will be requested.
Completed applications are due by 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7. Go to http://bit.ly/LAPGrants2014 to access the 2014 Local Arts Program Grant guidelines, application form and finance charts.
For more information, contact Pat McGarry in the Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission office at (908) 203-6020 or by email at CulturalHeritage@co.somerset.
This grant opportunity is made possible through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, through the State/County Partnership Local Arts Program administered by the Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission.
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GRIGGSTOWN FALL FOLIAGE – TREE ID AND BIRD WALK
Saturday, October 26, 10:00 am to 12:00 noon .
1091 Canal Road, Princeton, NJ
1091 Canal Road, Princeton, NJ
The walks are along easy terrain and are great for kids.
This should be about the best weekend to see the fall colors. It’s also a
good time to see a wide variety of migrant birds. Bring binoculars
if you have them; some loaner binoculars are available.
This program will be led by Stephanie Punnett.
Detailed directions to the parks, information, and updates are available at
Contact Fran Varacalli at franklintrails@gmail.com or
732.690.7750 with questions and to RSVP
Explore wilderness right in the heart of Franklin Township!
The Township’s open space program will, for the 9th consecutive year,
sponsor FREE guided nature walks on Township open space parcels.
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