Category: Independent Calendar

  • Area residents graduate from police academy

    Six local individuals recently took part in the 17th Basic Correctional Officers Training Academy Class commencement ceremony at the Monmouth County Police Academy, Freehold. The graduates completed 10 weeks of intensive training for the course. Local graduates were Louis V. DeDonno Jr., West Keansburg section of Hazlet; Gregory Meckier and Brian P. Pease, Middletown; Robert…

  • ‘World Series of Birding’ to benefit Audubon

    The Monmouth Migrants of the New Jersey Audubon Society are gearing up for the 20th annual "World Series of Birding" scheduled for May 10. The event’s success is not measured by the total number of bird species documented, but by the amount of money raised for environmental charities. The Migrants are birding to benefit New…

  • Talk on ‘Wreck of Cecilia M. Dunlap’ May 5

    The Keyport Historical Society will host "Diving for Wrecks: The Wreck of the Cecilia M. Dunlap," presented by Dan and Terry Lieb on May 5 at 8 p.m. at the Steamboat Dock Museum, Keyport. Also at the museum May 10 will be an exhibit presented by the Keyport Police Department to commemorate National Police Week.…

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    CHRIS KELLY Barbara Osborne of the New Jersey Blind Citizens Association prepares the main course for Barbara’s Fish Fry Dinner, held at Camp Happiness in Leonardo on April 18.

  • Alzheimer’s support group meeting tomorrow

    The Greater New Jersey Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association will hold a support group meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Brighton Gardens, 520 Route 35 south, Middletown. For more information, call (800) 883-1180.

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI All types of materials were used in the projects displayed at the science fair at the New Monmouth Elementary School in Middletown April 16.

  • Two new Eagle Scouts honored in Lincroft troop

    Two new Eagle Scouts honored in Lincroft troop Lincroft Boy Scout Troop No. 110 re­cently held an Eagle Scout Court of Honor to honor new Eagle Scouts Bradley Hayes and Michael Soldiviero, who are Eagle Scouts No. 157 and 158 in the troop’s his­tory. Michael has been a resident of Lincroft for 17 years and…

  • Keyport business group lists calendar of events

    The Keyport Business Alliance has announced its 2003 calendar of events, to begin with the Memorial Day parade 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 Sails and Chowder Cook-Off"…

  • Holmdel salon to host fund-raiser April 27

    DNA the Salon, 2145 Route 35 north, Holmdel, will host a fund-raising event for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society April 27 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Proceeds from services provided to clients will go to the charity. A salon employee’s husband is currently battling lymphocytic leukemia and non-Hodgkin’s disease. Services offered at the salon…