Jan. 14-28
Happenings at the Free Public Library at 713 Marsha Ave., Williamstown. For more information about the events listed below contact 856-629-1212 or email info@monroetpl.org.
Jan. 14 – 6:30-8:30 p.m. – The Inkwell Writers Group.
Jan. 15-17, 20-22 – 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. – BID for Services. Note time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Jan. 16-17.
Jan. 15-17, 20-24, 26-28- 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. – Teen Take-and-Make Craft Bags: DIY Hot Coco Kit. Note time: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Jan. 16-17, 23-24.
Jan. 15 – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Chair Functional Stretch Class.
Jan. 15 – 1:30-2:30 p.m. – Craft for Adults: Salt Shaker Snowman.
Jan. 15 – 5-7 p.m. – Teen volunteers wanted: Decoration take-down and set-up.
Jan. 15 – 7-8 p.m. – Movie Discussion Club – “Wake up a Dead Man” (2025).
Jan. 16, 23 – 11 a.m. to noon – Line dancing.
Jan. 17 – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Bingo for aults.
Jan. 19 – Library closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Jan. 20 – 6-8 p.m. – Tween Paint Night.
Jan. 20, 27 – 6-8:30 p.m. – Dungeons and Dragons Club for Adults.
Jan. 21, 28 – 12:30-1:30 p.m. – Line Dancing.
Jan. 21 – 1-2 p.m. – Bookworms Blook Club.
Jan. 21 – 6-7 p.m. – Adult ASL Club.
Jan. 21 – 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Needle Arts Group.
Jan. 21 – 7-8 p.m. – Whodunits Book Club: “Murder on the Orient Express.”
Jan. 22 – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Chair Functional Stretch Class.
Jan. 22 – 5-7 p.m. – Teen Volunteers Wanted: Cut-A-Palooza.
Jan. 22 – 6:30-7:30 p.m. – Horticulture Craft.
Jan. 26 – 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Homeschool Book Club.
Jan. 26 – noon to 2 p.m. – Lunch and a Movie: “The Naked Gun” (2025).
Jan. 26 – 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Get it Together! Homeschool Parents meeting.
Jan. 27 – 7-8 p.m. – Bookmarks Book Club.
Jan. 28 – 2-3 p.m. – Nightmare on Marsha Ave Book Club: “The Silence of the Lambs.”
Jan. 28 – 5:30-9 p.m. – Library Board meeting.
Jan. 28 – 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Jigsaw Puzzle Contest for Adults.
Happenings around Gloucester County
Jan. 14 – 9 a.m. to noon – Plant Propagation at 254 County House Road in Clarksboro.
Jan. 15 – 7-8 p.m. – Nature at Night at Scotland Run Park.
Jan. 20 – 9:30-10:30 a.m. – Nature Tots – Birds of Prey at Scotland Run Park.
Jan. 21 – 9 a.m. to noon – Bug, Bugs, Bugs! at 254 County House Road in Clarksboro.
Jan. 28 – 9 a.m. to noon – Caring for your lawn at 254 County House Road in Clarksboro.
The South Jersey Museum of American History is located at 138 Andaloro Way. Open from Thursday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information call (856) 812-1121, email sjmuseum@aol.com and visit southjerseymuseum.org. The museum’s permanent exhibits include artifacts from the Pre-Columbian through the Colonial Eras, American Farmstead, Antique hand tools and equipment, the Pine Barrens, Glass and a Fossil exhibit.
The museum is currently holding its 23rd Annual Antique Toy Train Show, which will run through Feb. 1, 2026.The train show will feature O and O-27 gauge toy trains from the 1930’s, 1940’s and 1950’s. Lionel, Marx and American Flyer engines, with adjoining cars, will race against each other on two diverse platforms. Vintage Plasticville buildings from the 1950’s will further augment the display. Vegetation and auxiliary structures will give the platforms a traditional holiday appearance.
Serve-A-Tray program, which is for seniors 60 or older, is more than just a meal delivery – it’s about maintaining health, independence, and dignity for homebound seniors in the community. Participants receive a complete midday meal Monday through Friday, with frozen meals available for weekends. For more information call (856) 686-8325.
Gloucester County Senior Nutrition Sites offer well-balanced midday meals for residents 60 plus at Second Baptist Church, Paulsboro; First Baptist Church of Jericho, Deptford; Greenfields Volunteer Fire Company, Deptford; Pfeiffer Community, Williamstown; Glassboro Senior Center, Glassboro; and Mantua Township Community Center, Sewell. For more information at (856) 384-6900 or email seniors@co.gloucester.nj.us.
Fridays
The Food Pantry is open from 9:30-11:30 a.m. located on the bottom level of the Clubhouse, 408 Church St. Williamstown. For more information call (856) 728-9841.
Gloucester County Nature Club
The Gloucester County Nature Club meetings are scheduled for the second Thursday of the month, September through June, and are free and open to the public. For more information, please visit www.gcnatureclub.org.
Blood Drives
The American Red Cross urges donors to make an appointment to give blood or platelets now to keep the blood supply into 2026. Types O, A negative and B negative blood donors are especially needed now. As a special thank-you to donors for helping address the need for blood during the critical post-holiday time, those who come to give through Jan. 25 will be automatically entered for a chance to win a trip for two to Super Bowl LX in the San Francisco Bay Area. See RedCrossBlood.org/SuperBowl for details.
The Red Cross is also teaming up with Pro Football Champion and blood donor Saquon Barkley to urge donors to make appointments now to help save lives this winter. Photos featuring Barkley giving lifesaving blood are available.
If you’re unable to give blood or platelets, consider making a financial donation to support the organization’s lifesaving mission at redcross.org.
Thursday, Jan. 22
Monroe Board of Education meeting will be held at 6 p.m., 128 Saybrook Ave.
Wednesday, Jan. 28
Council meeting will be held at 7 p.m., 125 Virginia Ave.
Monroe Township Police Explorers
Meetings first and third Monday each month at 7 p.m., Monroe Township police headquarters. Open to those ages 14-21. Learn career-based skills designed to educate and prepare for a career in law enforcement or criminal justice.
Military Tribute Banner Program
Williamstown honors its veterans, active duty, reserve and national guard members with military banners from Memorial Day through October along Main Street. For more information contact Anthony C. Iovino at acisellshomes@gmail.com or Dominick Colavita at djc.homes@yahoo.com.
Ongoing
Shades of Harmony is an award-winning women’s a cappella chorus and Sweet Adelines Region 19 Division A small chorus champions, rehearsing Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at Whitehall School in Williamstown. New singers welcome, email newmembers@shadesofharmony.org for details.
