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Thanks for Making Our Holiday Blood Drive a Success We Met Our Goal! Mark you calendar for our 2020 Community Blood Drives August 12, 2020 and December 9, 2020 For information and appointments call Kary at 856-297-1699 or go to www.redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code "downetwp" to schedule your appointment. Don't forget "Rapid Pass" to speed up donating time!
We Met and Exceeded Our Goal for 2019! Now on to 2020 Downe Twp. Seniors Walk to End Alzheimer's Association Fund Raising Drive Walks are held annually in more than 600 communities nationwide, the Alzheimer's Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® is the world’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. For more information or to donate click on the Alzhemier's Association logo to the left. Thank You!
Downe Township Senior Center Dance Check Our 2020 Calendar! 288 Main Street, Newport Ages 50 & over. Check schedule. Admission is free donations accepted. Food and snack donations encouraged. For more information, call the Senior Center at 447-3039.
Enjoy the Delaware Bay... Fish, Cruise, Explore! Contact the Fortescue Captain's and Boat Owners Associationfor more information about charters, daily schedules for open boat fishing trips, evening dinner cruises, lighthouse cruises and more! Buy your ticket and get on board! For information call; 856-462-7314: Don Stein or 609-381-2978: Mike Rothman or visit www.fortescuemarina.com
Fortescue Anglers 2020 Meeting Dates To be announced. Meetings are held April through October on the 2nd Saturday of each month at the Fortescue Fire Company #1 Hall located at 10 Vassar Avenue, Fortescue, NJ 08321. The meetings begin promptly at 7:30 PM and feature guest speakers when available along with refreshments at the end of each meeting.
Places to Visit
Dividing Creek Historical Society 904 Main Street, P.O. Box 23 Dividing Creek, NJ 08315 For information and scheduled events call: 856-447-4470 or 856-785-2013
Fortescue Chapel Ongoing events scheduled. 157 New Jersey Avenue, Fortescue, NJ Call Rev. Dr. Fred Goos at 609-805-8234 for more information.
Other Things to Do...
DOWNE TOWNSHIP SENIOR CENTER 288 Main Street, Newport (Municipal Hall adjacent to municipal offices) For information on senior activities such as monthly dances, meetings and other events call: DOWNE TOWNSHIP SENIOR CENTER..... 856-447-3039 ANNETTE PERRY, Program Committee.... 856-447-5078 DOUG COOK, President............................ 210-846-9750 If you are a resident of Downe Township and are at least 50 years of age, consider joining and sharing your ideas. Dues are $5 per member per year. For more information, call the Senior Center at 447-3039.
Downe Township Senior Center Dance 3rd Monday each month, April to December, 2018 288 Main Street, Newport ~ 7:30 pm Ages 50 & over. Check schedule. Admission is free donations accepted. For more information, call the Senior Center at 447-3039.
"The Downe Yarners and Sewers" Meet from 1 to 3 p.m. every Wednesday at the Downe Township Senior Center and welcome crocheters, knitters, and sewers to join them. For more information call 447-3039
Each Month
DOWNE TOWNSHIP Committee Public meetings at 7 p.m. SECOND Monday of each month at the municipal building, 288 Main St., Newport, NJ. Next meeting: Call township office to confirm meeting dates, 856-447-3100. Residents should attend to receive updates and ask question and comment on: taxes, zoning issues, projects in progress and planned, environmental issues, budget and financial commitments.
DOWNE TOWNSHIP Zoning & Planning Board Public meetings at 7 p.m. second Tuesday each month at the municipal building, 288 Main St., Newport, NJ Next meeting: Call township office to confirm meeting dates, 856-447-3100. Residents should attend to ask questions, comment: on zoning and land use issues, conditions effecting the quality of life of township residents.
Things To Do Not Far Away!
February 22, 2020 ~ 11:30am to 3:00pm March 7 & 21, 2020 ~ 11:30am to 3:00pm FREE Saturday Family Art Workshops Event Center at Wheaton Village - 1000 Village Drive, Millville, NJ FREE Family Art Workshops: Join the FUN and CREATE with us! WheatonArts offers one-hour family art workshops on selected Saturdays, January through March, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. All materials are provided. These Family Art Workshops are FREE, presented by PNC Arts Alive! February 22, 2020 – Cardboard Painted Self Portraits March 7, 2020 – Paper Tube Koi Fish March 21, 2020 – Nature Impressions in Clay For more information visit www.wheatonarts.orgor call 856-825-6800 or 800-998-4552
Bayshore Center at Bivalve 2nd Friday on the Bay ~ 5:30 to 8:30pm April 10, 2020 - 1st of the Season Bayshore Center at Bivalve 2800 High Street, Port Norris, NJ An open house at the Delaware Bay Museum featuring live music, topical presentations, food, beverages and fun! Free Admission.
Thursday, March 26, 2020 ~ 6pm Oysters & Wine: Growing on the Garden State - Bivalve Bayshore Center at Bivalve, 2800 High Street, Port Norris, NJ An oyster and wine tasting event featuring wild and farmed oysters from the Delaware and Barnegat Bays. Menu prepared by Chef Buono of the Greenview Inn and paired with wines suggested by Jesse Creek and Cedar Rose Wineries. There will be a raw bar as well as up to six small plate specialty oyster dishes. Tickets $65 per person, call for reservations. For more information call 856-785-2060 or visit www.bayshorecenter.org.
Glasstown Arts District ~ Millville, NJ Events
THIRD FRIDAY 2• 21 • 2020 Welcome to Third Friday in the Arts District! Every Third Friday of every month. Art exhibitions, live music, theater, dining, and shopping. As you are browsing the galleries and shops, enjoy the live music on the sidewalks and public spaces (weather permitting). Live music is abundant in many, many businesses. Reservations are suggested for some of our restaurants. Plan your fun evening with friends or family! For information call 856-293-0556
WheatonArts For Upcoming Events Visit: www.wheatonarts.orgor call 856-825-6800 or 800-998-4552 Visit the WheatonArts site for a complete schedule of their events!
The Levoy Theater 126-130 N. High Street, Millville, NJ 08332 856-327-6400 Millville’s Levoy Theatre is a first-rate performing arts center which engages, educates and serves a wide audience in Southern New Jersey through diverse programming. For a schedule of performances and events call or visit www.levoy.net
NJ Motorsports Park For more information on their schedule of events and activities call (856) 327-7202 or visit www.njmp.com
Places to Visit
East Point Lighthouse 10 Lighthouse Road Heislerville, NJ Open Saturday and Sunday, first and third weekend of each month. For information and scheduled events call: 856-785-9927 www.lhchallengenj.org www.eastpointlight.info
Wildlife Preserves and Hiking Glades Wildlife Refuge Turkey Point Rd. and Maple Ave. Newport, NJ - 2.68 miles Harold N. Peek Preserve S. 2nd Street, Millville, NJ - 9.86 miles For more information vist www.natlands.org
Gibbon House c.1730 960 Ye Greate Street, Greenwich, NJ Mansion with 18th and 19th century furnishings contains a walk-in fireplace in which open fire cooking demonstrations are given. In The Barn Museum on property is display of gardening tools and agricultural implements. For more information call Cumberland County Historical Society 856-455-8580 or www.cchistsoc.org
Hancock House State Historic Site 3 Front Street, Hancock’s Bridge, NJ 18th century patterned brick end manor house. Site of British-led massacre during American Revolution. Site includes Swedish Cedar Plank Cabin where hearth cooking demonstrations take place. 856-935-4373
