Category: Independent Calendar

  • Kiwanis’ Christmas food drive begins Nov. 30

    Kiwanis’ Christmas food drive begins Nov. 30 The Kiwanis Club of Holmdel will hold its 17th annual Christmas food drive Nov. 30, and Dec. 7 and 14 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Dec. 1, 8 and 15 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Requested donations are canned fruit and vegetables, peanut butter, soups…

  • Middletown H.S. class of ’92 reunion Nov. 30

    Middletown H.S. class of ’92 reunion Nov. 30 Alumni are being sought for the Middletown Township High School class of 1992 10-year reunion to be held Nov. 30 from 7:30-11 p.m. at the Sheraton Eatontown Hotel and Conference Center, Route 35 and Industrial Way. For more information, call Kristen Kelly at (201) 659-2205.

  • Keyport will launch holiday season on Nov. 30

    Keyport will launch holiday season on Nov. 30 The Keyport Business Alliance (KBA) will launch the holiday season Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. with the arrival of Santa Claus and the lighting of the borough’s holiday tree. The free events will be at West Front Street, between Broad and Main Streets. Rain date Dec. 1.…

  • Trips to ‘Disney on Ice,’ ‘The Graduate’ offered

    The Middletown Township Depart-ment of Parks and Recreation is sponsoring a trip to "Disney on Ice" Nov. 30 from 9:15 a.m.-2 p.m. The show is at Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford. Price is $38 for bus transportation and lower-tier seating. Tickets are now available for a trip to see The Graduate on Broadway Jan. 23…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI A view of New York’s Verrazano-Narrows Bridge as seen last week from Keyport.

  • Recreation sponsoring programs, trips to NYC

    The Hazlet Recreation Commission will sponsor a bus trip to Disney’s "Princess on Ice" tonight at 5:30 p.m. (show time is 7:30 p.m.) The cost is $30 per ticket for the event at the Continental Arena, East Rutherford. The bus will depart from the overflow parking lot on Middle Road. Hazlet Recreation’s preschool still has…

  • Vendors sought for St. Clement’s Church craft show

    Vendors sought for St. Clement’s Church craft show Vendors are now being sought for the St. Clement’s annual Christmas craft fair scheduled for Dec. 7 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Clement’s Church, Route 79, Matawan. Fee is $25 per table for the show sponsored by the church’s Altar Rosary Society. The show…

  • One arrested in cigarette theft

    MATAWAN — Police arrested Robert Hodges, 20, of Lantana Way, of the Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge, for allegedly stealing cigarettes from Quick Chek, located on Main Street. Hodges was charged with fourth-degree theft and released on his own recognizance, Detective Jason Gallo said. Two males entered the Quick Chek store on Main Street…

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    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Trevor Finn, a second-grader at the Middletown Village School, watches the Turkey Trot, held there on Friday, Nov. 22. Activities also included an essay contest for first- through fifth-graders. Children from kindergarten to fifth also submitted drawings, paintings and other illustrations.