Tag: Kingston
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Riding program seeks volunteers to help with horses, children
Heads Up Special Riders is a non-profit that offers horse riding to children with special needs. Volunteers are needed to assist the children, handle and saddle the horses and walk with the horse and rider during lessons. The program runs on Monday and Friday afternoons. No experience is necessary. Training will be provided. Heads Up…
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Thanksgiving morning walk scheduled in Mapleton Preserve
The Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands will hold its annual Thanksgiving Day morning exploration of the Mapleton Preserve beginning at 10 a.m. on Nov. 23 at the Main Office for the D&R Canal State Park, 145 Mapleton Road, Kingston section of South Brunswick. Search for signs of what local wildlife is having for Thanksgiving dinner, and…
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Fall Foliage Walk to travel along Kingston’s railroad
The Kingston Greenways Association Fall Foliage Walk, “A Walk Through Kingston’s Railroad History,” will be held at 2 p.m. on Oct. 22 at the Mapleton Preserve/D&R Canal State Park headquarters building, 145 Mapleton Road, Kingston section of South Brunswick. Kingston Greenways Association and Kingston Historical Society will co-sponsor the leisurely walk, led by railroad historian…
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The 2018 calendar to highlight historical moments in South Brunswick
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – “Life is people.” Randy Marsola, technology librarian at the South Brunswick Library, says he often thinks about what former Mayor Joseph Spataro, who passed away last month at age 100, said to him during an interview in 2014. The phrase is especially fitting as Marsola is working to revitalize the South Brunswick…
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Movie will show ‘bug’s-eye’ view of the insect world
The Kingston Greenways Association will hold a movie night featuring “Microcosmos” at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 23 at at Yinghua International School, 25 Laurel Ave., Kingston section of South Brunswick. Special cameras and microphones provide a bug’s-eye view of the insect world. The movie is free and open to all. Bring a lawn chair or cushion.…
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Meeting to focus on the history of farming
“Harvest Time! The History of Farming in the Millstone Valley … In their Words,” will be given by Judy Peters, president of the Van Harlingen Historical Society (VHHS) of Montgomery, during a meeting of the Kingston Historical Society at 7:30 p.m. June 6 at the Kingston Firehouse, 8 Heathcote Brook Road, off of Route 27,…
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Native Americans of Kingston will be discussed at meeting
The Kingston Greenways Association will hold its annual meeting and program about the Spring Activities of the Lenni Lenape and their Villages in Kingston at 7:30 p.m. on May 17 at the Kingston Firehouse, 8 Heathcote Road, Kingston section of South Brunswick. Following a brief business meeting, Jim Wade, former archivist and researcher with the…
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Kingston Greenways Association schedules Earth Day cleanup
The Kingston Greenways Association Earth Day Cleanup will be held from 2-4 p.m. on April 23 in the vicinity of Railroad Avenue in the Kingston section of South Brunswick. Volunteers will tidy the areas adjacent to Railroad and Greenwood avenues, Division Street and Mapleton and Ridge roads. Grabbers, gloves, orange vests and bags will be…
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Lichen walk will commemorate Arbor Day
An Arbor Day celebration and lichen walk with Dr. James Lendemer is scheduled for 2-4 p.m. on April 22 starting from the Kingston Greenways Association headquarters at Mapleton Road, south of the Kingston section of South Brunswick. Visit www.kingstongreenways.org for more information.