The Weekend Ahead: Mountain Creek's Fall Fest Returns for Weekend Two, a Poultry Show at the Fairgrounds, and a Haunted Hawk 5K

Good morning, Sussex County. Mountain Creek's Fall Fest runs its second weekend, the Sussex County Poultry Fanciers hold their fall show at the Fairgrounds, and a Halloween-themed 5K starts Saturday morning. Here is what is on, and a first look at what your local government did this week.

Friday, October 2

OUTLAWS — 8 PM, Newton Theatre, 234 Spring Street, Newton. Newton Theatre event page; box office 973-940-6398.

Mike Familant: Beyond the Footprints Tour — 7 PM, The Stillwater Collective. Calendar listing.

Yellow Frame Church Fall Rummage Sale — 9 AM, Yellow Frame Presbyterian Church. Runs through Saturday. Calendar listing.

Franklin Mineral Museum reopening week — the museum reopens this week, with reopening-week programming through Sunday. Franklin Mineral Museum.

NJ Trail Series One Day — Sussex County Fairgrounds, through Sunday. Event page.

Also running through the weekend and beyond: the Skylands Stadium Jack-o'-Lantern Experience in Augusta, through November 1. Calendar listing.

Saturday, October 3

Mountain Creek's Fall Fest — 11 AM to 6 PM, 200 Route 94, Vernon. Weekend two of the series, which runs through October 25 with a bonus day on October 12. Sky rides are $14.99, an adventure package pairing a sky ride with the mountain coaster is $29.99, and bounce houses are $9.99, all plus fees and all bought online in advance. The pumpkin patch, lawn games and hay mazes are free; guided hikes with a sky-ride ticket run at noon, 2 and 4. Mountain Creek.

The Haunted Hawk Hustle 5K — 9 AM, with a one-mile walk at 9:30 AM. Registration is open; the price goes up after Friday night. Registration and start details.

Sussex County Poultry Fanciers Fall Show — 9 AM to 3 PM, Sussex County Fairgrounds, Augusta. Fairgrounds calendar.

Thrift Fest — 9 AM, Memory Park, Moran Street, Newton. Free to attend, with secondhand finds, local art, live music and food. Event page.

Fall Sourdough Starter Class — 10 AM, Hawk Ridge Farm. Tickets.

Connecting People and Place: Conservation Psychology in Action — 10:30 AM, NJ School of Conservation. Tickets.

Halloween Glass Fusion Night Lights — 1 to 3 PM, Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council's Spring Street Gallery, 133 Spring Street, Newton. Make two glass nightlights; $65 for non-members, $55 for members. Register.

Paint Your Pet — 5:30 PM, Point 5 Lafayette. Tickets.

Also Saturday: the Skylands Stadium Cornhole Tournament (1 PM) and Halloween Howls Storytelling (4 PM), both on the events calendar; the Green Township Community Yard Sale (9 AM, Town Hall; township site); and the Sparta Town-Wide Garage Sales, which run Saturday and Sunday at homes across the township.

Sunday, October 4

Mountain Creek's Fall Fest — 11 AM to 6 PM, with the second day of weekend two. Mountain Creek.

Hopatcong Monthly Market — 11 AM, Hopatcong Park & Ride / DPW lot. Calendar listing.

Guided Painting with Elaine Kurie: Tuscany Rosemary Fields — 1 PM, Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council. Arts & Heritage Council.

Free Community Dinner — 6 PM, Christ Community Church. Calendar listing.

The full calendar, with times and links, is on our events page.

At town hall this week

Vernon's Township Committee met Monday, September 28; its agenda carried resolutions on tax refunds and cancellations for disabled veterans and a public hearing on the rental of private residential swimming pools. Three school boards also met: Sparta's on Thursday, September 24, Hopatcong's on Monday, September 28, and Newton's on Tuesday, September 29. Monday's brief has the full rundown.

Ahead: the Sussex County Planning Board meets Monday, October 5. Its agenda is posted.

Heard around the county

Nothing new this week that we could stand behind. If you know more about anything happening around the county, tell us.

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