Getting Ready For a Holiday Weekend

Professional sports are in trouble—players in both the National Football League and the National Basketball Association are locked out as contract negotiations drag on; the Los Angeles Dodgers are in bankruptcy. It's a while before the basketball season is affected, but training camps should be starting in a few weeks for football. As for the Dodgers: who cares?

You Need To Know About Holiday Travel: AAA is predicting 1.2 million New Jerseyans will travel 50 miles or more this Fourth of July weekend, down 3 percent from last year. That sounds like good news, until you realize they're all still heading to the same beach you are ...drive carefully and have a safe weekend.

You Need To Know About Free Days at the Y: is offering Free Fridays through July and August for county residents—head over between 5:15 a.m. and 10 p.m. and make use of the pools and gyms at either the Riverwalk or Mt. Airy Road locations.

You Need To Know About Summer Hours: The Warren Township Library starts summer hours on Saturdays this week, closing at 12:30 p.m. Before closing tomorrow, though, the library will hold a drop in craft class, Create a Post card, at 10 a.m. for kids 3 years of age and up. The class is an encore of today's 1 p.m. edition.

You Need To Know About Office Closings: Hoping to pick up a construction permit today? Forget it—the township offices are closed for the holiday (they won't be in Monday, either). 

You Need To Know About Looking Ahead: Only 178 shoppng days until Christmas!