MOMS Club visits Hamilton firehouse

Staff report HAMILTON The MOMS Club of Hamilton last week visited the Nottingham Firehouse, where the youngsters watched a video on fire safety and took a tour of a fire truck.

Parents were provided fire prevention tips such as testing smoke alarms weekly and having a planned escape

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route for all members of the family

The Hamilton MOMS Club is the local chapter of an international, nondenominational and nonprofit organization specifically designed for at-home mothers.

For more information about the club, go to www. meetup.com/hamiltonmoms.

The public is invited to join Assistant Mercer County Naturalist and avid birder Tyler Christensen on several upcoming visits to local birding hotspots to witness the spectacular fall migration of summer songbirds.

Bring a pair of binoculars if you have them, but extra binoculars will be available, according to a county news release. The program, for ages 12 and up, is free and does not require registration.

The events will held:

Oct. 6, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. – Mercer Meadows, Blackwell Road parking

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be lot (on Blackwell Road in Hopewell Township, about halfway between Cold Soil and Federal City roads).

Oct. 13, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. – Baldpate Mountain, Fiddler’s Creek parking lot (on Fiddler’s Creek Road in Hopewell Township, about one-quarter mile from its intersection with Route 29, and just past the main driveway to the park -- this parking lot is close to the road).

Oct. 20, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. – Mercer Meadows, Blackwell Road parking lot (on Blackwell Road in Hopewell Township, about halfway between Cold Soil and Federal City roads).

For more information, contact County Naturalist Jenn Rogers at (609) 3030700, ext. 226, or jrogers@ mercercounty.org.

For information or directions on the day of a birding walk, contact Tyler Christensen at (609) 577-5109.