Weigh In On the Future of the Wagner Farm Barn

Make plans to join us Friday for coffee at our second reader appreciation event. If you've got a comment, question, concern or are just curious—stop by Nuray's Gourmet Cafe between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. and say hi. 

You Need To Know The Library is Going Bollywood: After a 5 p.m. story telling program based on a traditonal tale from India, students in the fourth through 12th grades can learn how to dance popular Bollywood dances at the Warren Township Library. The program begins at 6:30 p.m.

You Need To Know About Donating Blood: The New Jersey Blood Services will host a blood drive at the UMDNJ—Scotch Plains Campus, at 1776 Raritan Road in Scotch Plains, begining at 12:30 p.m. For more information or to schedule your own blood drive, visit www.nybloodcenter.org; call 732-220-7184; or email Mforrestal@nybloodcenter.org

You Need To Know About the Future of the Wagner Farm Barn: The township is preparing to demolish the unsafe existing structure and build a new one, using the proceeds from an insurance settlement. But the design hasn't been finalized, pending decisions on how the new barn might be used. Should it be a performance space, or host classes? Who will be able to use it? Deputy Mayor Carolann Garafola will host a discussion at 4:30 p.m. in the municipal complex to begin the process of deciding how the space will take shape. 

You Need To Know School Boards Have Much To Talk About: Both the Warren Township Board of Education and the Watchung Hills Regional board are meeting at 7 p.m. tonight, after a break of several weeks. During that time, a new state budget was passed which included additional aid for the districts—how to use the additional aid may be a big point of discussion at both board meetings.

You Need To Know The Zoning Board Meets: The agenda isn't posted online for us to check yet, but there's been the question about uses at the proposed Berkeley Aquatics Center waiting for the board to determine. The board meets at 7 p.m. also.