Category: Independent Calendar

  • Registration now taken for ‘Forbidden Broadway’

    Registration is now being accepted for a trip sponsored by Hazlet Recreation to see "Forbidden Broadway" at the Douglas Fairbanks Theater, New York City, N.Y., May 29. The bus will depart the overflow parking lot at the Hazlet Library on Middle Road at 11 a.m. Tickets and transportation are $52. Registration ends May 31 for…

  • Registration under way for vacation Bible school

    First Baptist Church of Matawan, 232 Main St., is accepting registrations for its vacation Bible school to be held July 5-9 from 6-8:30 p.m. The program, "Far-Out Far East Rickshaw Rally," is designed for children age 3 through sixth grade. For more information, call Katrina at (732) 765-9501.

  • Matawan Memorial

    Day parade May 30 The Borough of Matawan Recreation Commission will sponsor its annual Memorial Day parade May 30 from 2-4 p.m. on Main Street. Veterans needing rides, or bands and community groups in­terested in participating in the parade should call Sheila at (732) 566-7778.

  • Center offers several volunteer opportunities

    The Volunteer Center of Monmouth County, Oakhurst section of Ocean Township, is seeking an office assistant to maintain a local resource center by covering the front desk, answering phones and taking messages. A computer teacher is needed to teach residents how to sign up on resident computers for Yahoo e-mail and teach residents how to…

  • Graduation day

    Commencement speaker Robert Ballard addresses the soon-to-be graduates of Monmouth University, West Long Branch, during the school’s graduation ceremonies at the PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, May 19.

  • Pow wow

    Pow wow CHRIS KELLY staff Rich Witzig, center, Aberdeen, was dressed and ready for the 19th Anniversary Pow Wow, hosted by the New Jersey American Indian Center and held at Kennedy Park, Sayreville, Saturday.

  • Area veteran inducted into Rutgers group

    The Rutgers Living History Society, New Brunswick, recently inducted 45 World War II and Korean War veterans into the society at a ceremony at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. The area resident inducted was Paul J. Frisco, Middletown. The society honors participants in Rutgers’ oral history archives project, which records the experi­ences of Rutgers alumni and…

  • Area Scouts achieve Eagle Scout ranking

    Daniel Abrahamsen, Middletown, was recently honored as an Eagle Scout at a Court of Honor. A member of Troop No. 122, Twin Lights District, he is a senior honors student and co-president of the senior class at Middletown High School North. Abrahamsen’s Eagle Scout project was restoring the Roop Taylor historic cemetery in Middletown. He…

  • Family portrait

    Family portrait MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Joan Debernardis examines details of Jenni L. Forrest’s painting “My Family” at the 18th annual Juried Art Show at Brookdale Community College Friday.