Hopatcong Celebrates Hanukkah, 'A Season of Miracles' Takes the Stage

Here's what you need to know for Wednesday.

• Sundown marks the beginning of Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. We wish all who celebrate these eight nights light, hope, peace, love, blessings and miracles galore. Chanukah Sameach to all who observe. And the town will join in celebrating this bright occasion: The official municipal Hanukkah Menorah Lighting takes place at 6:30 p.m. at Borough Hall. For general info on the observance, check the website for Chabad of Sussex County, which is at 191 Woodport Road, Suite 208C in Sparta or call 973-726-3333; B'nai Yisrael at 3 Washington Street in Newton, 973-383-4570; and the Lake Hopatcong Jewish Community Center (aka the "Shul on the Lake"), 15 Durban Road in Hopatcong, 973-398-8700.
• Pushcart Players, New Jersey’s touring theater for young audiences, presents a timely offering Wednesday. For the start of Hanukkah and the day before Thanksgiving, enjoy a performance of “A Season of Miracles” at 9:30 a.m. at the Marian E. McKeown School, 1 School Road in Newton. The production is a multicultural collection of holiday tales that celebrate Christmas, Kwanzaa and Hanukkah and the miracles that live within us all. Stories within the musical include O. Henry’s "The Gift of the Magi," E.T.A. Hoffmann's "The Nutcracker," "The Kwanzaa Kite" and "The Chanuka Miracle."
• The Sparta Township Zoning Board meeting scheduled for Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. has been cancelled in observance of the first night of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving.
• Keeping It Clean: In Hopatcong, sanitation crews will head to Garbage Pickup Section B;  no recycling pickup is indicated on the calendar. The Recycling Center will be open, however, from 9 a.m. to noon. Thursday pickup for Hopatcong Section C will be postponed until Saturday. In Sparta, check with the online schedule.