Think Green, and Get Those Kids Reading

It is midweek, and Long Valley continues to see pleasant spring weather! On this lovely Wednesday, you might want to attend a town meeting, head to the library, or help raise funds for the West Morris Relay for Life or the Gumersell family. Here are all of the details:

You Need to Know about Meetings: The Sustainable Energy/Green Team will meet from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the . There will also be a township committee work session at 7:30 p.m. at the municipal building. Go here to view agenda at the Washington Township Municipal Web Site. Among the items up for discussion: an ordinance that would let the township establish a "cap bank" for its accounting purposes, and raffle license for .

You Need to Get Kids Reading: The will be hosting Story Time for children between ages 3 and 5, from 10 to 10:45 a.m. and from 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. Wednesday. Come by and let the kids enjoy this fun story-telling event.

You Need to Dine to Donate: A fundraiser will take place at the Hackettstown Applebee’s today between 11 a.m. and midnight Present this flyer and 10 percent of your bill will be donated to Relay for Life of West Morris.

You Need to Know About Fundraising: Efforts to support the Gumersells, whose son, Jack, continues to recover on March 30, will continue at the from May 9 to May 13 with a “Pack the Pantry” fundraiser. LVMS Students will be able to drop off donations to their homerooms and members of the community can deliver goods to the school during school hours. You can find a list of specified items .

You Need to Nominate an Impressive Kid: We know there are plenty of young people in our area doing extraordinary things, but we need proud parents, relatives, teachers, friends, etc. to nominate them for our Friday Whiz Kid Feature! For more information on how to do so, .