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.
Thurs., Sept. 11
Bike Drive, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Robbinsville-Hamilton Sunrise, will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Foxmoor Shopping Center parking lot (in front of Everson’s Karate), 1075 Washington Blvd., Robbinsville. Drop off used bikes for the Boys & Girls Club’s Bike Exchange program. To learn more, visit rhrotary.org or call 609-902-8391.
Sun., Sept. 14
American Repertory Ballet and Princeton Ballet will be at Septemberfest – an annual fall festival at Veterans Park in Hamilton from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Attractions will include crafters, vendors and organizations, fair games.Visitors to ARB and Princeton Ballet School’s table will receive giveaway items and an opportunity to enter to win free tickets to an upcoming ARB performance.
Wed., Sept. 17
Send Hunger Packing is a food drive put on by the Robbinsville-Hamilton Sunrise Rotary Club to benefit the Mercer Street Friends Food Bank’s school kids backpack nutrition program. The drive is scheduled to run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Shop Rite at Hamilton Marketplace, Route 130, Hamilton. For more information call 609-439-3933 or visit rhrotary.org.
Sun., Sept. 21
The 22nd annual New Jersey Storytelling Festival takes place from 12 to 6 p.m. at the Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton, and features 40 master storytellers. The festival, held rain or shine, is free with park admission. Admission: Adults, $15; Seniors (65+), $12; Children 6-17 and College Students with ID, $10; GFS Members and Children under 5, free. For directions visit www.groundsforsculpture.org. For information about the festival, visit www.njstorynet.org.
Wed., Oct. 15
A fundraiser for Angela Grieb will be held from 7-11 p.m. at the Hibernian Club of Trenton on Kuser Road in Hamilton Township. Doctors discovered a blood clot in Ms. Grieb’s heart, which required open-heart surgery. She suffered two strokes, one massive and one minor, and she had to have brain surgery to remove the pressure on her brain. The all-you-can-eat-and-drink fundraiser will feature two local bands — The Dawgs and Driven. Tickets: $35. Patrons must be 21 years or older. Dinner will consist of roast beef and potatoes and beer, wine, soda and coffee. All proceeds will go to Ms. Grieb and her family to care for her. For more information or for tickets contact Alisa Baron at 609-509-2321 or [email protected]. Donations can be mailed to The Angela Grieb Fund in care of Alisa Baron, 82 Whitford Drive, Burlington.
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 Ave., 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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