Category: Independent Calendar
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Music fest at Holmdel church May 20
St. Benedict’s Roman Catholic Church, 165 Bethany Road, Holmdel, will host a music fest May 20 at 7 p.m. The event will feature vocalists from local Protestant and Catholic choirs, and choral groups. A free-will offering will be taken, with proceeds benefiting homeless mothers and children at Manna House, Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge.…
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Hazlet Troop 92 car wash to be held May 13
Hazlet Boy Scout Troop 92 will have a car wash May 13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Hazlet Firehouse, 570 Holmdel Road. Price is $7 for trucks and vans, $5 for cars, and an additional $1 to have interiors vacuumed. For more information, call (732) 290-1024.
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Lincroft Village Green Ass. to meet May 11
Lincroft Village Green Association will hold its annual meeting May 11 at 7:30 p.m. (location to be announced). Guest speaker Rachel Pittard will discuss empowerment civics. Officers for the board of directors will also be elected, and a local resident will be honored. Coffee and dessert will be served. For more information, visit www.lincroftvillagegreen.org.
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Mother’s Day plant sale at firehouse May 13
The Ladies Auxiliary of Hazlet Fire Company No. 1 will hold a Mother’s Day plant sale May 13 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the firehouse at 570 Holmdel Road. Featured will be a variety of plants and flowers. For more information, call (732) 264-1552.
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Middletown Police Dept. to hold open house events
Middletown Township Chief of Police Robert Oches announced that Police Week will be celebrated nationally May 14-20, and the local police department and its operations will observe the event with open house events. Community members, Scouts, civic groups, students and seniors are welcome to visit police headquarters, with guided tours conducted May 12, 16 and…
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Middletown artist’s work at area shop thru June
The Clever Hen gift shop and gallery at 34 W. Front St., Keyport, is now displaying 15 pieces of art by Middletown resident Cecilia Swatton. The pieces are abstracts in bright colors, and nostalgic collages in pastels and sepias. The show will run through June. Swatton also creates greeting cards and collages, and her work…
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Reservations due May 15 for 10-day Poland tour
St. Mary’s Church, New Monmouth section of Middletown, will offer a 10-day trip to Poland departing Nov. 2, with reservations due by May 15. Participants will visit Warsaw, Jasna Gora Monastery, The Black Madonna, Krakow, Auschwitz and other areas. Cost is $2,149 for transportation, accommodations, breakfasts, dinners, admissions and sightseeing, and tour guides. For more…
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Mother’s Day flower sale at Elks May 13, 14
The Matawan Keyport Elks, 249 Broadway, Keyport, will hold its annual Mother’s Day flower sale May 13 beginning at 10 a.m., and May 14 beginning at 9 a.m. All proceeds will go to charity. For more information, call the lodge at (732) 264-6742.
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Talk on terra cotta May 15 in Middletown
The Middletown Township Historical Society will present at its May 15 meeting professor Richard Veit, who will discuss “Terra Cotta – the Colorful, Artistic Building Material.” The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the MacLeod-Rice House at Croydon Hall, 900 Leonardville Road, Leonardo section of Middletown. Veit’s presentation will show the varied uses…
