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Thursday, October 4, 2012

Essex County Hosts OctoberFest Celebration

Families invited to the Essex County Environmental Center for hiking, refreshments, canoe trips and a petting zoo.

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Looking for something fun to do this weekend while enjoying the outdoors? The Essex County Environmental Center will be holding an OctoberFest celebration on Saturday—a free daylong event—that will include a multitude of activities. The festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the environmental center, located at 621B Eagle Rock Ave., in Roseland. Admission is free and OctoberFest will be held rain or shine. Visitors can go on canoe trips on the Passaic River or nature walks in Essex County’s West Essex Park. There will be a petting zoo, gardening tips, a live beehive display, woodturning demonstrations, pumpkin carving demonstrations, nature arts and crafts, face painting, free refreshments, a pumpkin patch maze and display tables …

Friday, February 17, 2012

Winter Break—What Will You Do With the Kids?

Here are a few ideas—and feel free to add your own!

Public schools in the Caldwells are closed next week. So what will you do with the kids? Here are a few ideas to help you answer that question. If you know of any others, please comment or email caldwells@patch.com. Stay Local 1. It's the last weekend to catch "The Art of the Brick" at the Morris Museum. This exhibition features over 25 awe-inspiring large-scale sculptures created out of LEGO bricks by artist Nathan Sawaya. 2. Check out young actors from Caldwell/West Caldwell and other area kids in the Studio Players' Twinderella, a fun spin-off on the classic featuring Cinderella's long-lost twin brother, Bob. Performances are this weekend and next in Montclair. 3. Get away for an afternoon... go climbing on Route 46 at the New Jersey …

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11:31 am on Saturday, February 18, 2012

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