Category: Independent Calendar
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ORT Summer Camp Fair slated at 3 area locations
The Piscataway Chapter of Women’s American ORT will hold its 20th annual ORT Summer Camp Fairs this January with its first venture into Somerset County. The first area fair will be held Jan. 11 at Freehold Gardens Hotel and Conference Center, Route 537 and Gibson Place, Freehold Township. The second camp fair, and its newest,…
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Prescription savings cards now available
The township of Middletown has announced the formation of the Middletown Township Prescription Savings Card program, which enables Middletown residents to receive discounted pricing on prescription mediations at no cost to the township. The township is the first municipality in the county to offer a savings program for each resident, regardless of age, income or…
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Glenwood Seniors travel club offering Vegas trip
The Glenwood Senior Citizen Travel Club is now accepting reservations for a trip to Las Vegas March 28-April 1. The cost is $629 per person, double occupancy, and covers airfare, transportation to Newark International Airport, and accommodations at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino. Renee Kaplow will be the escort. Reservation deadline is Dec. 22. For…
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Christmas tales
Christmas tales FARRAH MAFFAI staff Alex Veary, 9, of Matawan Girl Scout Troop 36, takes part in the telling of “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” during a troop Christmas performance at the Victoria House, Main Street, Matawan, on Friday.
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Area residents graduate from police academy
The Monmouth County Police Academy, Freehold Township, recently swore in 21 new police officers as part of its graduation exercises for the basic course for law enforcement officers. Area graduates were Christopher Cherney and Theodore Sigismondi Jr., Holmdel Police Department, and Joseph A. Marrero Jr., Brookdale Community College Police Department, Lincroft section of Middletown. The…
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Area residents awarded Poppick Scholarship
Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel, has announced the winners of its 2003 Poppick Nursing Scholarship. The scholarship was named for Harry M. Poppick, M.D., a founding member of the hospital’s medical staff and a physician in Keyport for 35 years. The recipients are registered nurses Kim Blind, Howel; Sheila Caldwell, Cliffwood section of Aberdeen; Marianna Ingrao-Franco,…
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Banjo man
Banjo man JAMES CALLAHAN Lou Tonini of the Happy Days String Band plays some holiday music on the banjo at the Holmdel tree-lighting ceremony at Town Hall on Friday.
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Lincoln Hose Company announces officers
Lincoln Hose Company No. 1, Keyport, has announced its officers for 2004, with Frank Grabowski serving as president. Charles McCue will serve as vice president, while Robert M. Poling will assume the role of secretary. Robert M. Poling Jr. will act as assistant secretary, and treasurer is John Pangborn. Trustees are Gene Regan, Randy Stout…
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Live Nativity highlights
‘Christmas at St. John’s’ "Christmas at St. John’s" is now under way through Jan. 2 at St. John’s United Methodist Church, 2000 Florence Ave., Hazlet. The free event features 500 luminarias leading to a manger, a live Nativity, and a 40-foot model of Israel featuring 120 lighting changes in 30 minutes. For a schedule of…
