Category: Independent Calendar

  • Yesteryear 100 years ago

    Yesteryear 100 years ago Yesteryear 100 years ago William B. Conover of Middletown is said to have the finest crop of asparagus in the county. One day last week he cut and bunched 1,000 bunches. There will be no bottling places at the Highlands this summer, nor any other summer, so long as Judge Heisly…

  • Spring festival, National Trails Day scheduled

    The Monmouth County Park System will hold the Deep Cut Gardens "Spring Festival" June 1 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Deep Cut Gardens, Red Hill Road, Middletown. The free event will feature horticultural exhibits, tours of the facility, gardening lectures, crafters, and a snack vendor. National Trails Day is June 7, and the…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI Maria Ferrara, a student at Matawan Avenue Middle School, prepares to put a “No Dumping Sign” on a sewer gate near the school. The school’s science club took part in the project to educate those around the school on how sewage goes directly into the waterway.

  • Keyport business group lists calendar of events

    The Keyport Business Alliance has announced the remainder of its 2003 calendar of events, to begin with the Memorial Day parade on May 25. The "Antique & Classic Car Show" will be held June 18, and concerts sponsored by the Keyport Recreation Commission will be held each weekend throughout the summer. The "Americana Festival of…

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    FARRAH MAFFAI Pat Ritacco, Toms River, pins a number on a contender in the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Coast to Coast Bike Tour, which started on Sandy Hook Saturday morning.

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    FARRAH MAFFAI Riders from all over participated in the National Multiple Sclerosis Society Coast to Coast Bike Tour, which left from Sandy Hook on Saturday morning.

  • Mayor asks residents to honor vets with poppies

    Hazlet Mayor Steven T. Piech recently issued a proclamation urging all residents to wear a "Buddy Poppy" in support of the men and women who risked their lives in defense of America’s freedom. May is Buddy Poppy Month, during which members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4303, Hazlet, and its Ladies Auxiliaries sell poppies…

  • Environmental commission hosts ‘Trail Walk’

    The Holmdel Environmental Commission will host a "Spring Greenway Trail Walk" June 1 from 1-3:30 p.m. The free walk will be led by Tom Spang and Glenn Harbour, fossil expert. It will commence at Bayonet Farm, follow through the southern part of the Ramanessin Nature Preserve. It will continue along the Ramanessin nature trail where…

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    CHRIS KELLY Samantha Mass (l-r), 14, Middletown and Gabriella Goode, 13, Red Bank, cut the cake with Shanay Robinson, Neptune, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Children’s Learning Center at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, on May 16. Robinson was the first student to use the center.