The Emmaus/Upper Milford Joint Advisory Council is once again sponsoring an Earth Day clean-up. It will be held 8:30 a.m. to noon April 16, rain or shine. Residents are invited to take part in cleaning up litter and debris from sites throughout the borough and township.

If you’d like to take part, gather at Emmaus Community Park, Shimerville Road and 14th Street, for coffee, instructions and directions to cleanup sites. Come back to the park afterward for lunch and educational community fun. Electronics recycling will be available at the park during the event; some fees will apply.

New this year, document shredding will be available during the event, at no charge. Households only; no commercial businesses, please. Also new this year will be household goods recycling at the park.

Clean-up Day in Lower Milford Township is 8 a.m. April 23.

The Upper Milford Historical Society will meet 7 p.m. April 28, in the township building. Jeffrey Marshall, president of Heritage Conservancy and a barn historian, will give a presentation on barn preservation and land conservancy.

Everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be served. For information, contact President Neil Moser at 610-966-4376.

Registration for Upper Milford Youth Association spring sports are closing soon; if you have not already registered, do so now before it is too late (or at least avoid the late fees). Register today at www.umya.org.

There will be a family fun night April 19, at the Friendly’s Restaurant in Trexlertown to benefit St. Peter’s Union Church. St. Peter’s will receive 10 percent of all sales 5 to 8 p.m.

Another fundraiser at St. Peter’s will be a spaghetti supper and games night 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. April 29. All proceeds from this family event will help fund St. Peter’s vacation Bible school.

Upper Milford Western District Fire Company will serve an all-you-can-eat breakfast 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 1. Senior, adult and children’s prices are available. For information, call the fire company at 610-966-3541 or Carol Shade at 610-966-3902.

Vera Cruz senior citizens meet 1 p.m. April 7 and 21 at the Vera Cruz Fire Company. All are welcome.

Upper Milford supervisors will meet 7 p.m. April 7 and 21.

The Emmaus-Upper Milford Joint Environmental Advisory Council will meet 7 p.m. April 25 in Emmaus.

The Open Space Committee meets 7:30 p.m. April 13. This committee has been looking into putting a referendum on the fall election ballot approving a small tax increase to be designated for the preservation of open space. This is important to all residents who want to see the rural nature of Upper Milford Township preserved.

The Upper Milford Planning Commission meets 7:30 p.m. May 2.

The recreation commission meets 7:30 p.m. April 18.

Lower Milford Township board of supervisors regular meetings are now held 7:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month in the township building. This month’s meeting is April 20.

Following is the schedule of other Lower Milford meetings in April. All meetings are 7:30 p.m. in the township building unless otherwise noted: historical commission, April 12; recreation and open space committee, April 13; planning commission, April 4 and 18.

If you have news or information for this column, which runs the first Wednesday of every month, please call me at 610-838-8923 or email me at bruce.swan@rcn.com.