Knights Support Shannon Daley Fund

Knights of Columbus Mother Seton Council #15540 recently donated $500 to the Shannon Daley Fund (www.shannonfund.org). The council has supported this local charity for a number of years. The council continuously raises money for charities through fundraisers such as golf outings and concerts. The next golf outing will be in September at Heron Glen Golf Course, and a concert is planned for the fall at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Three Bridges.

Hunterdon County’s Free Concert Series “Music Under The Stars” Planned

The Hunterdon County Division of Parks has announced plans for its free concert series, “Music Under the Stars,” at Deer Path Park, beginning in June. There will be five concerts, all held on Thursdays, from 7 to 9 p.m., June 29, July 13, July 20, July 27, Aug. 3 and Aug.10.

Commissioner Director Zach Rich said, “The annual ‘Music Under the Stars’ concert series brings together residents and families alike at Deer Path Park for some fun and free entertainment. I am grateful to Parks and Recreation Division Head Dan Bush and his entire team for organizing these wonderful musical performances for our residents.”

The summer concert series is a family-oriented event, and residents are encouraged to bring friends, extended family, and their leashed pets, along with a blanket and lawn chairs. There are no food vendors at this event, so attendees are welcome to pack a picnic dinner. Alcoholic beverages are not permitted.

Funding for the concert series is made possible by the Hunterdon Board of County Commissioners and the Hunterdon County Cultural ments, meeting our RMS EcoAmbassadors, and learning about the 3rd grade visit to the Trout in the Classroom program. Visitors will also have an opportunity to visit the newly constructed Three Bridges Bioswale. (A bioswale is a trench that receives rainwater runoff (as from a parking lot) and has vegetation (such as grasses, flowering herbs, and shrubs) and organic matter such as mulch to slow water infiltration and filter out pollutants.) To RSVP for this event, please email: rsvp@readington.k12.nj.us. & Heritage Commission, through proceeds from the Special Recreation Trust Fund.

Should weather conditions dictate that any events be moved indoors, concerts will be held at Hunterdon Central High School, 84 Route 31, in Flemington.

The Shannon Daley Fund was established in 2002 to help families deal with the financial impact arising from a child’s serious illness. It is named to honor the life of Shannon Daley, who died at 4 months of age due to a rare cardiac disease. The fund is managed by members of the Readington Mens’ Basketball League. The league holds a charitable basketball game every winter. Over the years, the fund has raised over $3.5 million to help more than 100 families. - Submitted by Ron Foster, Trustee, Council #15540

Elementary Behavioral Disabilities Program Established

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Although the program has only been opened since Feb. 1, Mrs. Susan Zimmerman, the special education teacher of the program, shared the following when asked what has been the most rewarding this past month: “The most rewarding is definitely the little successes, such as communicating in longer phrases or walking in with a smile, a student appropriately asking for a break, completing a task they weren’t originally able to do.”

Hunterdon County School Counselor of the Year

and most importantly, safely enjoy being able to skim across the surface of the water, being moved along by the wind, in a beautiful setting.

For more information about the Hunterdon Sailing Club, visit www.sailhsc.org, or email membership@sailhsc.org.

By Dana Karas, NJSCA Professional

Recognition Chair

On Thursday, March 10, Christine Crielly, a school counselor from Readington Middle School, was selected as the 2023 Counselor of the County for Hunterdon County at the New Jersey School Counselor Association (NJSCA) annual “Counselor of the County” Awards Program. School counselors are nominated by their colleagues and are selected by their own county’s School Counselor Associations for this award. The award honors the professionals who devote their careers to serving as advocates for the nation’s students.

The Tewksbury Historical Society hosts local historian Barry Thomson on Sunday, April 23, at the Zion Lutheran Church Christian Education Building, 16 Miller Ave., Oldwick, at 1:30 p.m. The public is welcome at no charge, seating on a first come first served basis. Refreshments will be served.

Barry Thomson was born and raised in Peapack-Gladstone, received his undergraduate degree at Drew University and took architecture and urban planning courses at Harvard University. He was a David Rockefeller Fellow, a program sponsored by the New York City Partnership. He co-authored with the late Jack Turpin the twovolume work, “New Jersey Country Houses: Somerset County.” He writes extensively about history.

Thomson will present an illustrated talk on Three Fields, the site of the 20th Mansion in May

Designer Showhouse and Gardens presented by the Women’s Association for Morristown Medical Center.

Three Fields, designed and built between 1928 and 1930, is a 9,000 square foot stone, brick and tileroofed French manor style home located in the Borough of Mendham. The mansion was designed by New York architect Greville Rickard for Benjamin Duncan Mosser and his wife, the former Florence Willets Mosford.

The talk will cover the history and design of the Three Fields estate and discuss the first two families who lived there, the Mossers, who built the house, and Andrew and Dorothea Fletcher, who purchased the estate in 1949 and who were generous benefactors to Mendham. The talk will also describe the design of Three Fields by architect Greville Rickard and the original landscape architect, Robert Ludlow Fowler Jr. Mansion in May is the preeminent designer showhouse and gardens in the New Jersey-New York area, attracting over 20,000 visitors. Three Fields will be open to the public for Mansion in May from May 1 to May 31. Funds raised will contribute to the expansion and modernization of the Institute of Bioskills Training and Innovation at Morristown Medical Center. For more information on Mansion in May 2023 and to purchase tickets, visit www.mansioninmay.org.

The Tewksbury Historical Society is a New Jersey not-for-profit corporation, organized for the purpose of furthering research into, and the preservation and dissemination of, the history of the Township of Tewksbury. The Society requests donations of documents, records and small artifacts related to Tewksbury’s History for its archives. Anyone interested in joining the Society or volunteering at its functions may call 908-8326734 or email tewksburynjhistory@gmail.com.