HFD Scrapbooking Event
Sign up early to get a seat. The Ladies Auxiliary of Hightstown Engine Co. #1 will again sponsor its semi-annual HFD Scrapbooking Event -12 hours of uninterrupted scrapbooking. All proceeds benefit Hightstown Engine Company #1. This event will be held on Saturday, April 14, 2012 from 9am-9pm at the Hightstown Engine Co #1 Banquet Hall, 140 North Main Street. Hightstown, New Jersey. The cost is $40.00, which includes breakfast, lunch, dinner, soda and water, and of course all the M&Ms you can eat! If you are interested in participating in this event, please contact Jennifer Havens, 331 Lincoln Avenue. Hightstown, NJ 08520 by April 1, 2012, email address: j-havens@comcast.net. Thank you for your ongoing support….
Filled Basket Bingo
We’re doing it again! That’s right once again we are sponsoring a FILLED BASKET BINGO! Rather than monetary prizes, we will be awarding to the winners Themed Baskets FILLED with merchandise related to the theme of the basket. The Ladies Auxiliary of Hightstown Engine Co. #1 will be sponsoring this event on Friday, March 23, 2012. It will be held at the Hightstown Fire Company Banquet Hall (handicap friendly), 140 North Main Street in Hightstown The doors will open at 6:30 pm and the Bingo will start at 7:30 pm. (Must be 18 to attend, photo ID required.) Seating is limited, so get there early to get a seat. Refreshments will be available. Tickets are…
Downtown Flowers
Spring is right around the corner, soon Hightstown will be in full bloom with hanging flower baskets adorning our downtown area. Many people mistakenly believe these baskets are funded by the borough, when in fact we partner with the Greater Hightstown-East Windsor Improvement Project (GHEWIP) to raise money each year to purchase them. Now in its tenth year, this effort entices people to stroll downtown and patronize our family-owned restaurants and businesses. This year’s project includes an additional 12 flower baskets for new lamp posts in the reconfigured Main Street parking lot. In order to support these improvements, we need your help! We’re calling on residents, friends and especially Main Street business owners to help…
BAND INSTRUMENT DONATION DRIVE
Do you have any band instruments taking up space in your closet/attic/basement? Would you like a tax-deductible way to help your community AND clear out some clutter at the same time? The East Windsor Regional School District is now eagerly accepting donations of working or non-working band instruments of all kinds. With financial support from local PTOs, they can be cleaned, repaired and put to great use in the hands of budding young musicians! Donated instruments can be dropped off at the main office of the Melvin H. Kreps Middle School, located at 5 Kent Lane in East Windsor. If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Noreen Gumnic at ngumnic@ewrsd.k12.nj.us.
Support the Greenway Walking Bridge Project!
Fundraising goal: $65,000-$75,000 - Donations raised to date: $43,000 Visit the Greenway Bridge Committee’s webpage for proposed bridge design, and more info. If you wish to make a donation to the bridge project, checks can be made payable to the Borough of Hightstown (designate the check to support the Greenway Walking Bridge) and mailed to 148 North Main Street, Hightstown, NJ, 08520. For more information about the bridge project, contact Darek Hahn, Committee Chair, at darekleo@yahoo.com or (609) 865-1081.
