Category: Independent Calendar

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Volunteers sought for new hotline for youth

    180, Turning Lives Around, Hazlet, is seeking mature, calm and responsible individuals to help staff a new hotline for youth. Training will begin the week of Jan. 12, and shifts will run from 1-5 p.m. and 5-9 p.m. Volunteers will receive 40 hours of training, and will answer calls for eight to 12 hours per…

  • ‘Operation Sleighbells’ now under way

    Family & Children’s Service (FCS), Oakhurst section of Ocean Township, has announced its holiday giving program, "Operation Sleighbells," is now under way. FCS is seeking donations of new clothing, toys, books, CDs, gift certificates, and food for Monmouth and Ocean County families with children up to age 16, and approximately 100 homebound seniors. Individuals may…