Category: Independent Calendar

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Little Jessica Mandelbaum, 6, of Middletown gets a chuckle out of Funny Bunny the Clown at Middletown’s Spring Eggstravaganza held at Croydon Hall on Saturday.

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    JEFF GRANIT Dassen, a live penguin, looks remarkably similar to the stuffed animal penguins he’s standing next to on a table during a Holmdel Library children’s program at the Holmdel Community Center on Saturday.

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    JEFF GRANIT A crowd of children listen intently to Angela Pizza, from Jenkinson’s Aquarium, Point Pleasant, while she talks about Dassen, the penguin she brought to the Holmdel Community Center Thursday.

  • Legion’s Americanism Award winners announced

    The Monmouth County American Legion Executive Committee recently announced its Americanism and Children & Youth award winners for 2003. The announcement was made by Joseph Gugliuzza, Eatontown. Recipient of the Firefighters of the Year Valor Award were Lt. Andrew J. Bartolotti and Capt. Vincent P. Falci of the Old Village Fire Company, Station No. 1,…

  • Earth Day, Mother’s Day events at Poricy Park

    Poricy Park Nature Center, Oak Hill Road, Middletown, will hold an Earth Day celebration April 27 from 1-3 p.m. The free event will feature colonial games, a puppet show, Milo the clown, face painting, and basket-making (small fee for some crafts). The Navesink Garden Club will also have plants for sale. The nature center will…

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    ELAINE VAN DEVELDE When it rains, water pours into trash cans inside the Hazlet police station. Police have hooked up a makeshift plastic spout from the roof to a trash can on the floor to ease flooding inside.

  • Volunteers needed for Aberdeen beach cleanup

    The township of Aberdeen is seeking volunteers for its Earth Day beach cleanup April 26 from 9 a.m. to noon at Cliffwood Beach. The cleanup will begin at the parking lot on Lakeshore Drive (near the Whale Creek bridge). Volunteers should bring work gloves and wear comfortable clothing and sturdy shoes. The event is sponsored…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Cassandra Bennet, Andrea Bennet and Emma Fawcett model prom clothing at Puttin’ on the Ritz on West Front Street in Keyport on Saturday.

  • Volunteers needed for Aberdeen beach cleanup

    The Township of Aberdeen is seeking volunteers for its Earth Day beach cleanup April 26 from 9 a.m. to noon at Cliffwood Beach. The cleanup will begin at the parking lot on Lakeshore Drive (near the Whale Creek bridge). Volunteers should bring work gloves and wear comfortable clothing and sturdy shoes. The event is sponsored…