Want a day of golf and beer? Then, this is the event for you! ID is required to attend. $155 per player which includes greens & cart fees, range balls, entry to all on course contests, lunch, dinner & beer tastings.
Starting October 3, 2018
"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." - L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
October is the heart of corn maze season! We've got plenty of them, from the Purple Heart-themed maze at The Farm in Harmony pictured here, to the one you'll find when you take the Delaware River Railroad Excursion's Great Pumpkin Train, to the ones at Corrado's Farm, Donaldson Farms, Tranquillity Farms and VonThun Farms. Find the full list of corn mazes, pumpkin patches, apple orchards and hay rides in our Fall Farm Fun guide! Read on to find out what else is happening this weekend, and for lots of Plan Ahead items too, so you can buy your tickets before the events are sold out. Meanwhile, welcome to the newcomers who signed up for this newsletter at the recent Warren County Preservation Day, Festival in the Borough, and online. Happy Wanderings!
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Turn a vase into a lovely, lasting masterpiece using a colorful array of dried flowers grown here at Well-Sweep Herb Farm, as Louise guides you through this fun fall project. Reservations are required. Cost is $36. Call 908-852-5390.
Stop on by for some traditional German fare to fill your belly. While there, try some of their new brews.
The Hackettstown Police Department, Hackettstown Medical Center, Mars Wrigley Confectionery U.S., WRNJ Radio 92.7FM,104.7FM, 1510AM, QuickChek, and The House of the Good Shepherd invite you to attend this fun event for all ages on the campus of Hackettstown Medical Center, in the rear parking lot
All through the month of October enjoy Family Harvest Weekends. Take a tractor drawn hayride to pick your own pumpkins or find your way through Cornelius's Corn Maze.
Come listen to the sounds by Eric Mintel Quartet. $15/person includes wine tasting or your choice of one glass of wine from the Arbor selection. The wine tasting is complimentary for Gold Club Members.
Enjoy listening to Rich Ortiz. Wine is available for purchase by the glass or bottle.
It's Stomping Time! A bit of nostalgia, a tasting of wine, something to do with friends for a special time! Formal wine tasting, Italian spaghetti with meatballs, garden salad, bread, dessert, coffee, tea and sweet tea.
Enjoy culinary creations from Osteria Morini, award-winning wines from Alba Vineyard, and live music under the arbor. Admission is $15 per person, which includes wine tasting OR your choice of 1 glass of wine from the Arbor selection.
Run a half marathon or the 6.66-mile Devils Run in the 8th Annual Shades Of Death Race, routed in part along the mysterious but scenic Shades of Death Road. The course is fast and mostly flat, on the beautiful roads of Allamuchy.
The Ramsaysburg Homestead is a historical park on twelve wooded acres along the Delaware River, just south of the Delaware Water Gap. The festival is free, rain or shine.
Start off the fall season shopping outdoors in the fresh farm air! Support local artists and crafters who will be selling a piece of their creativity. Apple picking, pumpkin picking, and hayrides will also be available. Food will be available for purchase and admission is free.
Fall fun day in Blairstown! Bring the family for this action packed event including a climbing wall, canoeing/kayaking, live music, vendors, face painting and more.
Bring the family for a fun filled day including music, food, games, vendors, meditation painting sessions and the beautiful colors of fall! Admission is $10 and $5 for ages 2-5 which includes: your choice of 1 hamburger or 1 hotdog, corn on the cob, bakes beans, salad, 1 apple and 1 drink.
Listen to some acoustic rock, Americana and folk music influenced by Collective Soul, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and John Mellencamp while you enjoy some wine outside on the deck.
Enjoy live music by the area's most talented musicians under our arbor. Each week a different band appears for your entertainment. $15/person admission (21 & over) includes wine tasting OR one glass of wine of your choice from the Arbor selection.
Come enjoy free live music with family, friends, and delicious wines! Wine is available for purchase by the bottle or glass at retail value.
Ann Hampton Callaway has a unique singing style that blends jazz and traditional pop, making her a mainstay in concert halls, theaters and jazz clubs as well as in the recording studio, on television, and in film.
Open Mic Night is available to single or duo acoustic players and vocalists. No amps, drums or bands allowed. Check their website for more details.
Continuing
In the month of October, every Delaware River Railroad Excursion train is The Great Pumpkin Train. When riding the Great Pumpkin Train, every child will be able to pick their own pumpkin from the pumpkin patch. $18/adult; $12/child. Trips leave 11am, 12:30pm, 2pm and 3:30pm.
Peter and his mischievous fairy sidekick, Tinkerbell, visit the nursery of the Darling children late one night and, with a sprinkle of pixie dust, begin a magical journey across the stars that none of them will ever forget.
Saturday evenings between April and October 2018, the United Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey (UACNJ) Observatory, located in Jenny Jump State Forest in Hope, NJ will be open.
Attention Veterans! There is a therapeutic yoga class designed for you and your families to attend.This class will be a place where you can come to learn through experience, the benefits of a regular yoga practice including peace of mind, improved physical health and overall well-being.
Community Corner
The Mt. Lake Community Association received a Clean Communities grant to pick up litter in the Mt. Lake Watershed! We will walk down to the Mt. Lake Firehouse and pick up trash and recycling along the way.
Plan Ahead
Tickets are no longer on sale. Rutherfurd Hall's Bus Tour of Historical Allamuchy will take you to sites within Allamuchy that are tied to Rutherfurd Hall.
Do you want to be a ghost hunter? Peter Callahan, founder of P.A.S.T. (Paranormal and Scientific Techniques), presents Ghost Hunting Basics – Just the Bare Bones. This program is hosted by Friends of the Phillipsburg Free Public Library.
Enjoy a night out with cigars and bourbon. Taste bourbon from Clyde Mays, Amador and Jack Daniel's Portfolios. Also, hand-rolled cigars from Tony Santana Rolling Company.
5 COURSE MEAL:
Amuse Bouche
grilled shrimp salad ☙ rice cracker ☙ avocado ranch
Kids, come on out for a night full of creativity & inspiration! Learn, step by step on how to paint this Halloween inspired raven. All supplies are included. Kids under 7 must be accompanied by an adult. Cost is $20 per child.
Calling aspiring artists and wine lovers! Let's get cozy and creative while we paint this mysterious moonlit raven! You will be guided by a professional artist while you learn about color mixing, drawing & perspective while getting a little art therapy!
Before Twilight and True Blood, only one vampire commanded “the children of the night.” In this blood-thirsty tale of unholy terror, Count Dracula slips into Victorian London with a cargo of his native Transylvanian soil - so he can rest between victims.
Laugh the night away supporting your local fire company. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. Price includes comedy, snacks and mixers.
Sideline is back at Roy's Hall to play songs you love. Some are bluegrass classics, some are destined to be classics, and all of them are performed in a way that makes audiences understand why these pickers and singers are top-tier bluegrassers, loved and adored by fans world-wide.
Join the Paulinskill Valley Trail Committee (PVTC) at Warbasse Junction in Lafayette Township, NJ for a group hike. The PVTC, a Friends Organization of the Kittatinny Valley State Park, will host the hike.
During these 2, 3 hour workshops, you will learn the basics of working with fine silver clay (99.9%) and be able to create 2 of your own original silver pendants. At the first workshop you will learn to print a plant, and carve your own design to print into the silver.
The Phillipsburg Downtown Association is the proud host of this annual festival in Phillipsburg, NJ. The "second helping" will feature everything from pork roll sliders to deep fried pork roll and even pork roll-themed beverages.
A day dedicated to our four legged friends and their human parents to have fun benefiting Father John's Animal House. Join us for fun dog activity zones, adoptions, art, food trucks, music, vendors and Yappy Hour all day in our Biergarten!
Learn how to make all-natural, homemade soap. Various methods and ingredients will be covered. Choose from a varied selection of fragrant essential oils and herbs – to create your own specialty soap. Wear old clothes. Reservations are required. Cost is $36. Call 908-852-5390.
Come enjoy a relaxing fall afternoon on the banks of the Wild and Scenic Musconetcong River.
The quartet will feature songs from Corinne's jazz EP Under an August Moon, released in August 2016, as well as other favorites from the Great American Songbook.
Largest Truck Show in the area and biggest sale of the year! All registration proceeds benefit Warren County Habitat for Humanity. Register online or visit the store.
We have all been affected by illness, death, divorce, or career change and there is nothing like a trip to the woods to energize the healing process.
Check out a bunch of classic cars at Brook Hollow Winery while you shop, eat some food, listen to a disc jockey and more.
Join Donaldson Farms Farm Market in welcoming Produce Pete Napolitano of NBC 4 Weekend Today in New York - produce expert, TV personality, author and highly regarding supporter of local agriculture and small/family businesses.
Join a pair of up-and-coming psychic mediums for an afternoon of messages from the Other Side! Mediums certified by the MontClair Metaphysical Center will channel departed loved ones in a gallery setting.