Category: Independent Calendar
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Matawan firm sponsor of Polo Classic XV
The Matawan-based Victoria House was one of several sponsors of the recent Alzheimer’s Association, Greater New Jersey Chapter’s Polo Classic XV. The benefit raised more than $400,000 for the Alzheimer’s Association. Proceeds will support programs such as educational conferences, seminars, support groups, and a telephone helpline. The chapter serves individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and family…
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JERRY WOLKOWITZ Sofia Kotsis, 9, Middletown, draws a cartoon Thursday at a cartooning and animation program held at Middletown Village School.
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JERRY WOLKOWITZ Jackie LaPolla, Keyport, dresses in period garb for the third annual Keyport Historical Society’s Ice Cream Social in the borough last Saturday.
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Hazlet recreation sponsors cheerleading camps
Hazlet Recreation Commission will sponsor cheerleading camps this summer at Veterans Memorial Park ballfield. Camp for girls age 5-8 will be Aug. 12, at a cost of $25. Camp for girls age 9-14 will be Aug. 13-14 at a cost of $40. Both camps will run from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A copy of…
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At the fair
At the fair Jerry Wolkowitz The setting sun provides a picturesque backdrop for the Ferris wheel, one of the most popular rides at the annual Monmouth County Fair, which ended its five-day run Sunday. Veronica Yankowski Kelli Moran, 5, of Middletown rides her horse at the Gymkhana Horse Show at the fair Sunday. The fair…
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Bayshore America to hold fashion show fund-raiser
Bayshore America will present "Parade of American Styles" Aug. 15 at 6:30 p.m. at Lakeside Manor, Route 36, Hazlet. Suggested donation is $30. Proceeds will benefiting the Ricky Ashmore Fund and the GOP group Bayshore America. Cindy Wolfson Ciullo, owner of Backward Glances, Red Bank, will be one of the fashion presenters. Entertainment will be…
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Registration under way for ‘Just for Toddlers II’
The Middletown Department of Parks and Recreation is now accepting registration for "Just for Toddlers II" to be held at Hillside Community Center, 144 Chestnut Ave., Atlantic Highlands, in September. Programs will be offered in age groups of young toddlers, age 2 1/2, 3-year-olds, and prekindergarten. The classes will feature arts and crafts, music, and…
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Blood drives for August
Central Jersey Blood Center, 494 Sycamore Ave., Shrewsbury, will hold the following blood drives during August: • Aug. 1 from 6-9 p.m., Bayshore Community Hospital, 727 N. Beers St., Holmdel (bloodmobile at front entrance). • Aug. 3 from 9 a.m.-noon, Jesus the Lord Roman Catholic Church, 120 Broad St., Keyport. • Aug. 5 from 5-8…
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JERRY WOLKOWITZ Art Kaney, Long Branch, flips through an animation drawing that was created by Amanda Figliola, 9, during a cartooning and animation program held at Middletown Village School last Thursday.
