Category: Independent Calendar

  • Lions fundraiser slated for Sept. 16

    Middletown Township Lions Club will hold a fundraising dinner Sept. 16 at 11:45 a.m. at Carrabba’s Italian Grill, 1864 Route 35, Middletown. Tickets are $25 each, and there is a choice of entrees. All proceeds will be collected by the Lions and donated to the Biloxi, Miss., Lions Club for needed services within the community…

  • Mobile Homeowners Assoc. to meet Sept. 15

    Hazlet Mobile Homeowners Association will hold its next regular meeting Sept. 15 at 10 a.m. at Hazlet Public Library, 251 Middle Road. For more information, call John at (732) 264-7033.

  • New exhibit opens at Longstreet Farm

    The Monmouth County Park System has announced the opening of a new exhibit at Longstreet Farm, Longstreet Road, Holmdel Park. The exhibit provides a broader context for what visitors can see at the turn-of-thecentury living history farm. It explains the architecture, tools, farm buildings, transition to modern agricultural methods, and place of the Longstreet family…

  • Hazlet Scouts’ recruiting night Sept. 20

    Hazlet Cub Scout Pack 137 will hold its annual recruiting night Sept. 20 from 6:30- 9:30 p.m. at the Middle Road School. Boys in grade one through five are invited to attend, and boys in grade six or older can come to speak to members of Boy Scout Troop 137 and learn about Scouting. For…

  • Bayonet Farm arts and music festival Sept. 23

    The fourth annual Bayonet Farm arts and music festival will be Sept. 23 from noon- 5 p.m. at the farm at 41 Middletown Road, Holmdel. The free event will feature a juried art exhibit, sculpture garden, yoga and tai chi demonstrations, mid 1800s music, a puppet show, storytelling, tethered hot air balloon rides (weather permitting),…

  • Short story workshop at M’town Library Sept. 18

    Middletown Township Public Library, 55 New Monmouth Road, will host a short story writing workshop Sept. 18 from 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Linda Kravetz, journalist, published author, and creative writing teacher, will lead the workshop. She’ll guide participants through timed exercises using pictures, sample stories, and trigger ideas. Kravetz will also lead a memoir writing seminar…

  • Holmdel K of C breakfast Sept. 16

    The Knights of Columbus (K of C), St. Benedict’s Council No. 11349, will host an “all you can eat” pancake breakfast 8:30- 11:30 a.m. Sept. 16 at St. Benedict’s Parish Hall, 165 Bethany Road, Holmdel. Menu items include pancakes, sausage, eggs, juice and coffee. Admission is $5, $4 for children, and a maximum family price…

  • ‘Beginning Experience’ retreat Sept. 14-16

    The Beginning Experience Ministry of the diocese of Trenton will hold a “Beginning Experience Weekend” Sept. 16-16 at Stella Maris Retreat House, Ocean Avenue, Elberon section of Long Branch. The retreat is designed to assist widowed, separated and divorced individuals in creating a new beginning in life, and will feature presentations followed by reflection in…

  • Autism awareness events Sept. 8 in Hazlet

    Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office Policemen’s Benevolent Association (PBA) 240 will sponsor the first autism awareness horseshoe tournament, and second annual softball fundraiser Sept. 8 at Veterans Park, Hazlet. Horseshoes begin at 10 a.m., with registration at 9 a.m., and the game at noon. Two-person teams will take part in the horseshoe tournament, at a cost…