Category: Independent Calendar

  • Making strides

    Greater Media Newspapers publisher Kevin Wittman presents a $5,000 check to American Cancer Society representatives Rose Ann Weber (center) and Kimberly Gittines on April 19. The donation was the result of proceeds from the Greater Women of Central New Jersey program and has been designated for the Cancer Society’s “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” fund.…

  • Local veterans to receive state military awards

    Two award ceremonies to honor 191 Monmouth County residents will be held April 28 at the National Guard Training Center in Sea Girt. At 11 a.m., 143 veterans of the Vietnam War will be presented with the state’s Vietnam Service Medal. To be eligible, veterans must be a current resident of New Jersey; served in…

  • Dylan, Willie to perform in Lakewood

    LAKEWOOD — The Lakewood BlueClaws and Jam Productions have teamed up again to present Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson live in concert at FirstEnergy Park, on June 15 at 6:30 p.m., part of the “Let’s Play Two” summer tour. This is the second concert scheduled for FirstEnergy Park this summer, with Bryan Adams and Def…

  • Community Bulletin Board

    Scouts from Hazlet Cub Scout Pack 137, Den 7, will host the “Wacky Olympics and Bake Off” during its monthly pack meeting April 29 from 7:30-9 p.m. The event will celebrate the 75th anniversary of Scouting, and will be held at Middle Road School, Hazlet. The pack recently took part in the Earth Day celebration…

  • Community Bulletin Board

    Fitness, art classes offered by Recreation Hazlet Recreation Commission will offer at 16-lesson cardio-kickboxing class Monday and Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m. beginning May 2. Fee is $60 ($15 late fee after April 29) for the classes at Lillian Drive School, Hazlet. Needed are a mat/towel, water bottle, and light (three to five pounds) hand weights.…

  • Community Bulletin Board

    Matawan families sought for exchange students The International Student Exchange Program, Alexandria, Va., is seeking host families to host three-month students arriving from Germany in late August and departing in November. The students will attend Matawan High School, and families do not necessarily have to have children attending the school. Students have comprehensive insurance, and…

  • Community Bulletin Board

    The Monmouth County Park System will present “Paint Your Own Van Gogh” for children age 13 and older Thursdays from noon to 2 p.m. April 21-May 26. Cost is $60 per person. “Bath and Body Luxuries” will be offered April 23 from 9-11 a.m. Cost is $21 and attendees will create homemade bath and body…

  • ‘Keyport’s Goods Moved by Rail’ May 2

    The Keyport Historical Society will hold its “Steamboat Museum Monday Night Presentation” May 2 at 8 p.m. at the museum at American Legion Drive and Broad Street, Keyport. Authors Thomas Gallo and Bill Longo will present “Keyport’s Goods Moved by Rail” on May 2. Admission is free The Steamboat Dock Museum’s season opening will be…

  • Keyport pride

    PHOTOS BY MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Above, Ezra Caspi, 3, of Keyport, sings while Grace Natsis, 6, of Aberdeen, dances during an intermission at Keyport Pride Day April 16. At left, Scott O’Dwyer, 7, uses colored beans to create an American flag while Rebecca Fox, 7, watches.