• Tell Us! We are long overdue with "sympathies" and "get wells" in our Newsletter. We apologize for this. If a friend or neighbor in town is ill, or if a family has lost a member, please let Dorene at the Post Office know. She will tell us so that the proper card may be sent to them from the Civic Association.

• July 21, 2008: Westampton Township Environmental Committee meeting 7:30 p.m. at the Westampton Township Building. Future Meetings (third Monday every month): 8/18; 9/15; 10/20; 11/17; 12/15

• August 6, 2008: Westampton Land Development Board Meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Westampton Township Building. Meets the first Wednesday of each month. Future meetings: 9/3; 10/1; 11/5; 12/3.

• August 7, 2008: Concerned Citizens of Westampton Meeting at 7:30 p.m. Learn how to get involved in you own community. Meetings are going to be scheduled once per month on the first Thursday of each month, usually at the Westampton Recreation Building on Springside Road. Future meetings: 9/4; 10/2; 11/6; 12/4.

• August 12, 2008: Westampton Township Committee Meeting at 8:00 p.m. in the Westampton Township Building. Meets on the Second and Fourth Tuesdays (one meeting in July and August). Future meetings: 9/9; 9/23; 10/14; 10/28; 11/11; 11/25; 12/9/2008; 1/6/2009.

• August 20, 2008: Westampton Historical Society Meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Rancocas Community Center. All are welcome to attend. WHS meets on the third Wednesday of the Month (February, April, June, August, October, December). Future meetings: 10/15; 12/17.

• September 17, 2008: Civic Association Meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Center: You do not need to be a member. We would like to meet you! Meets on the third Wednesday of the Month (January, March, May, July, September, November). Future meetings: 11/19.

• Check the www.westampton.com site for dates and times of meetings for the following: Historic Commission; Recreation Committee; Westampton School Board.

• Family Night of Fun and Games At the Community Center at 7:00 p.m. We had our first one this past Saturday, March 1st. Checkers, scrabble and cards, etc. were provided. This was the first of many fun-filled events. We're planning something like this every month... perhaps food, bingo, games and movies and make-your-own sundaes. We can make this event anything we all want it to be. We would like the Village resident's ideas... we need your help to make it fun and come together as a community! If you have a favorite game that you would like to share, please bring it with you. For any additional information, please call: Byron Verner at 609-367-5264. Hope to see you!

• A Note from Teacher Nora: Please remember that all of our children are invited to play on the grounds of the Friends' School. Please remember to use the equipment properly. Keep the area as clean as you see it. From September until June, there is an afternoon school program until 5:00 p.m. For insurance purposes, no one can be on school grounds except the students and teacher. After 5:00 p.m. all are welcome.

• Dogs: Please clean up after your pets. There is an ordinance in our township about this. Also, do not allow your dogs to run on other's property. Thank you!

• Woods Clean-up: Please call Gil Gehin-Scott (856-577-3866) and ask what days we will be working. Right now, we have been working on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. Thank you!

• House Numbers: There was a medical emergency in the village recently and the emergency squad was delayed for 15 minutes looking for the house because there were no house numbers visible at night. Please consider purchasing a lighted number box or having a small light over your house number if possible.

• Chipping: is always the first of every month. We ask everyone to put branches on your own property, or make other arrangements.

• Trash: We still have only one day a week for trash collection, and it will stay that way for awhile longer. We are trying to find out why our trash is sometimes picked up on Tuesday instead of Monday. Can't seem to get an answer. We have an ordinance that trash cannot be placed at the curb prior to the evening before the morning pick-up. This helps keep our neighborhood looking nice and not "trashy"!

• Friends Meeting Ball Field: The ball field on Main and Green Streets belongs to the Friends Meeting, and is an area for children and families to play sports. It has come to the Friends' attention that car parking and U-turns are making a mud pit on the corner. In the near future there will be a No Parking sign posted. There will be no parking anywhere on the field.

• Stokes Road: Our Westampton Police Department is well aware of the illegal left-hand turns onto Main Street from Stokes Road, but have not been able to "catch" the cars when they have been watching. The drivers also make right-hand turns, but go right into a U-turn at the base of the ball field, to go back onto Main Street. Are there any constructive ideas to resolve this problem?

• Please donate your DVDs and CDs. It will provide safe entertainment for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. You can put them in a box at the Rancocas Post Office on Main Street. For information, call Cmdr. Ed Baldinger at (609) 386-1138. Thank you!

• Post 79 supports the community children and youth. We sponsor an indoor soccer team with the Westampton Recreation Dept. and present awards to outstanding ROTC cadets at Rancocas Valley High School.

• The Post visits veteran hospitals and meets with troops being deployed and returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

• AMVETS accepts all veterans, active and inactive with an honorable discharge Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, National Guard, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine.

• Men and Women - Sign up - Join AMVETS

• Contact us at: E-mail: amvetspost79@hotmail.com or call Ed Baldinger (609) 386-1138 or Ed Bednarek (609) 267-4840.

• The Friends Library (in the Meetinghouse) is open every Wednesday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to visit. This is a very special building to see. Books for every age and interest may be borrowed.

• Religious Education every Sunday at 10:00 a.m. Classes for adults and children. Meeting for worship at 11:00 a.m.

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