Category: Independent Calendar

  • Craft fair, flea market at Hazlet church May 20

    Faith Reformed Church, 215 Middle Road, Hazlet, will hold a craft fair and flea market May 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Items will include baked goods, household items, toys, furniture, and various gifts. For details, call (732) 888-0200.

  • Public safety, volunteer fair in Aberdeen May 20

    Aberdeen Township will present a public safety and volunteer fair May 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at town hall on Church Street. Interested volunteers will be able to meet representatives from various organizations at the event such as the Aberdeen Township Police Department, Cliffwood Fire Department, Aberdeen Hose & Chemical, and Community Emergency…

  • Band showcase at Holmdel H.S. May 21

    Holmdel High School, Crawfords Corner Road, will hold a band showcase May 21 from 1-6 p.m. Children performing are age 11-17 and students at Bayshore Music, Middletown. Six bands will perform. Tickets are $10, and $5 for children, and refreshments will be available. For details, call (732) 671-9648.

  • ‘Hop-a-Thon’ to benefit MDA to be held May 19

    Home Away From Home Academy, Aberdeen, will hold it second annual “Hop-a-Thon” May 19 to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). The school’s students and teacher raised $9,522 last year, and hope to exceed $10,000 this year. The 300 children will assemble in the parking lot for the event. In addition to raising funds, children…

  • Middletown Library’s ‘Book Brunch’ May 23

    Middletown Township Public Library, 55 New Monmouth Road, will hold a “Book Brunch” May 23 at 10:30 a.m. Red Bank native Pat Squire, a Philadelphia resident, will present quick and clever reviews of at least 25 current books at the free event. She will review fiction, nonfiction, novels, memoirs, travel and nature books, poetry and…

  • Watercraft, safe boating course May 17, 18

    Coast Boating School, Toms River, will conduct a personal watercraft and safe boating course in accordance with New Jersey State law, 7-10 p.m. May 17 and 18 at Boat U.S. Store, Route 35 north, Holmdel. A fee is required. For more information or to register, call (877) 262-8723.

  • Atlantic High. Historical Society to meet May 17

    Atlantic Highlands Historical Society will hold its next meeting May 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the senior center at Atlantic Highlands Marine, First Avenue. Light refreshments will be served, and the meeting is open and free to the public. Guest speaker Paul Boyd will present “Lenape Settlers Along the Shores.” The Society’s Strauss Mansion museum,…

  • Transition night programs May 11, 24

    The Middletown parent-to-parent network Taking Action to Save our Kids (TASK) will hold its eighth annual transition night programs for parents May 11 at Middletown High School South, 501 Nutswamp Road; and May 24 at Thompson Middle School, 1001 Middletown-Lincroft Road. Both programs will be at 7:30 p.m. TASK helps educate parents to assist children…

  • Half-price sale at church shop begins May 11

    St. Catherine’s Thrift Shop, Bray and Shore Acres Avenue, North Middletown, will hold a half-price sale May 11-27. Store ours are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.