Wednesdays
Free Acoustic Open Mic Night and Poetry at Star Subs and Café in the Buckley Plaza 621 Route 130, Hamilton, will be hosted Wednesdays at 7 p.m. by American Idol contestant Bri Lobue. Audience and musicians are welcome. 609-333- 1230.
Mondays
Free Memoir Writing Classes. All welcome. Every Monday 1:30 –4 p.m., Main floor Teen Room, Hamilton Township Public Library (closed holidays), 1 Samuel Alito Jr. Way, Hamilton. 609-581-4060 #30.
Fri., June 20
The 2009 movie “Night at the Museum 2: Battle at the Smithsonian” will be screened at 6:30 p.m. at Kuser Farm Mansion, 390 Newkirk Ave, Hamilton. Chairs are provided but you are invited to bring a chair cushion or your lawn chair. Free. To RSVP or for questions, call Patti at 890-3630.
Sat., June 21
Friends for the Abbott Marshlands will host a walk from 1-3 p.m. to see local dragonflies and butterflies. Meet at Spring Lake in Roebling Park at the end of Sewell Ave. in Hamilton. For more information, call 732-821-8310.
Fri., July 25
Entries for “Voices for the Abbott Marshlands, Juried Photography Show” are due July 25. Photographs must be taken at the marsh and will be part of an Abbott Marshlands exhibit at Ellarslie – The City Museum of Trenton; the second venue will be the Tulpehaking Nature Center, Roebling Park, Hamilton. The theme is “The Marshlands, a timeless natural treasure.” Prizes will be awarded. For details and marsh information, see www.marsh-friends.org or call 732-821-8310.
Recurring events
Historic Kuser Farm Mansion is offering tours now through the end of October.
Tours are Saturdays and Sundays between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. The last tour starts at 2:15 p.m.
The mansion is at 390 Newkirk Avenue, Hamilton. No registration is required. Admission is free. For more information, call 609-890-3630.
Summer movie showings will be featured at the Hamilton Township Public Library throughout July.
Showings will take place July 23, 30 and 31.
The library is at 1 Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. Way. For more information about the movie program, including showing start times, visit www.hamiltonnjpl.org or call 609-581-4060.
Historic John Abbott II House tours are offered.
Tours will be open at the house at 2200 Kuser Road on Saturdays and Sundays from noon until 5 p.m. The last tour starts at 4:15 p.m.
Donations are accepted. For more information, email [email protected] or call 609-585-1686.
Weekly senior games. Plumsted Senior Outreach Services, Thursdays from 1 to 3 p.m., Plumsted Municipal Building lower level via elevator, 121 Evergreen Road.
Play a different game every week, including Scrabble, bingo, board and card games and dominoes. For further information, call 609-758-2241, ext. 111, and leave message.
Senior exercise classes, sponsored by the Plumsted Senior Outreach Service, at 10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays in the lower level of the Plumsted Municipal Building, 121 Evergreen Road. All new participants are required to submit a doctor’s permission form. To register, call 609-758-2241, ext. 111.
Mid-day Toastmasters Club. Meets 11:30 a.m. second and fourth Tuesdays each month at Robbinsville Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 42 Allentown-Robbinsville Road. Contact Jim Samuel at [email protected].
The Good Neighbor Fund assists area residents with emergency needs such as utility, rent and medical bills. To donate, mail check payable to Good Neighbor Fund in care of Allentown Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 122, Allentown, 08501.
Plumsted TNR Committee. Plumsted Trap, Neuter and Return Committee every Sunday 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., New Egypt Flea Market, 933 Route 536, Plumsted.
MOMS Club of Upper Freehold/Allentown. First Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. at the Allentown Presbyterian Church, 20 High St.; for information, contact Barbara Nissinger or Jen Domen at [email protected].
Millstone MOMS: 10 a.m., MOMS Club of Millstone Township, second Thursday of each month; for information, contact Melanie Sullivan at 732-851-5559 or [email protected] or www.millstone.nj.us/Moms_Club.html.
Discussing books. Meets 6:30 p.m., Plumsted branch of the Ocean County Library, first Wednesday of the month; registration can be done in person, by phone at 609-758-7888 or online at www.theoceancountylibrary.org.
Breastfeeding support group is a free opportunity for mothers to learn about breastfeeding techniques, parenting issues and how to prepare to return to work.
The group meets every Tuesday from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Robert Wood Johnson Fitness & Wellness Center at 3100 Quakerbridge Road. Registration is required. Get more information or register online at rwjhamilton.org/education or call 609-584-5900.
4MOMS postpartum group meets every Thursday from 1 to 2 p.m. to discuss parenting topics with moms and experts from Robert Wood Johnson-Hamilton experts.
The free gathering takes place at the Robert Wood Johnson Fitness & Wellness Center at 3100 Quakerbridge Road. Registration is required.
Get more information or register online at rwjhamilton.org/education or call 609-584-5900.
Alzheimer’s Association Support Group meets the third Wednesday of the month at 6 p.m. at RWJ Center for Health and Wellness, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Mercerville. Call Marsha Maloney at 609-396-6788, Ext 275.
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