Mount Carmel Feast, Council Meetings This Week

Mount Carmel Feast returns to Berkeley Heights this Friday at the Mt. Carmel facility, located at Springfield Avenue and 56 River Rd. Friday through Tuesday night, the fairgrounds will open at 6 p.m. with local entertainment on the Investors Bank stage, a variety of food vendors, a beer and wine garden for adults, and rides for children of all ages. Tickets can be purchased here. Check back later this week for more details and to view our coverage of the feast. 

New Providence Borough Council will meet on Monday at 7 p.m. in the New Providence Municipal Center. Read our meeting preview here.

Berkeley Heights Township Council will meet on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Town Hall Public Meeting Room. An agenda has not been posted on the township’s website at this time. Check berkeleyheights.patch.com on Tuesday for more details about the meeting.

The New Providence Planning Board public hearing for Seyfo Hawl’s application to construct a 7-Eleven at 65 South Street, in between Barth’s Market and Provident Bank, will take place on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the New Providence Municipal Center Council Chambers. The hearing was previously scheduled for July 2, but was moved to this Tuesday at the applicant’s request. Check newprovidence.patch.com on Tuesday for more details about this application and hearing. 

Home for Good Dog Rescue, Inc., a 501c3 non-profit organization with offices in Berkeley Heights, recently sent three Junior Ambassadors to Georgia to visit animal shelters. Their project while there was to each pick a dog from a shelter, medicate and vaccinate the dog, and arrange transportation for each to New Jersey. The Ambassadors will now arrange their spay-neuter, place each dog in foster and see each dog through to their forever home. Check berkeleyheights.patch.com later this week for our feature article about the Ambassadors’ journey to Georgia.