Category: Independent Calendar

  • Association of Retired Persons to meet Nov. 25

    Association of Retired Persons to meet Nov. 25 The American Association of Retired Persons Chapter No. 1599 will hold its next meeting Nov. 26 at 12:45 p.m. at the senior citizen building of Atlantic Highlands at Simon Lake Drive. Lunch will be held prior to the meeting at noon. Attendees must bring lunch, but cake…

  • Wreath and topiary workshop slated for Nov. 28

    Wreath and topiary workshop slated for Nov. 28 Middletown Public Library, 55 New Monmouth Road, will present a demonstration on Christmas wreaths and topiaries Nov. 28 at 7:30 p.m. The free program will be led by Arnold Kleeberg, a volunteer master gardener with the Rutgers Monmouth County Cooperation Extension service. Kleeberg will demonstrate how to…

  • Play ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ at high school

    Middletown High School North, Tindall Road, will present Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing Nov. 29-30, and Dec. 1. Show times are 7 p.m. Nov. 29, and 8 p.m. Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. Admission is $6, and $5 for students and seniors. The play will be performed at the school’s performance area. For more information,…

  • ‘Economic Recovery and Assistance’ bill secured

    U.S. Sen. Robert G. Torricelli (D, N.J.) recently secured a terrorism victims tax relief bill, the Economic Recovery and Assistance for American Workers Act of 2001, as an amendment to the economic stimulus bill. "This legislation will go a long way to at least ease some of the financial burden that is weighing on these…

  • Company sues township over dump truck contract

    Staff Writer By darlene diebold Company sues township over dump truck contract HOLMDEL — International Trucks of Central Jersey has filed a civil suit in state Superior Court in Freehold against the township for awarding a bid contract for a dump truck/snowplow to a higher bidder. The suit, which was filed by attorney Oswin Hadley…

  • Photo

    FARRAH MAFFAI Taking advantage of the nice weather and a day off from school for teacher conferences, Justin Bartlett, 8, is unable to catch up with James Anderson, 13, during a touch football game at VFW Park, Aberdeen, on Friday.

  • ‘2001 Holiday Light Spectacular’ to begin Nov. 17

    ‘2001 Holiday Light Spectacular’ to begin Nov. 17 The 2001 "Holiday Light Spectacular" at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, will run Nov. 17-Jan. 1. Operating hours are Sunday and Tuesday through Thursday from dusk to 10 p.m.; and Friday and Saturday from dusk to 11 p.m. (Park is closed Mondays.) Admission is $10 per carload…

  • Community Bulletin Board

    VERONICA YANKOWSKI Matthew Deickmann, 5, of Middletown, rides on the VFW Post No. 2179 Poppy King and Queen float during the Middletown Veterans Day parade Sunday. Brush & Palette Art Guild meeting Nov. 20 The Brush & Palette Art Guild of Keyport will hold a business meeting Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. at the James…

  • Eagle Scout brightens children’s day

    Thanks to Justin Blaser, an 18-year-old Eagle Scout, young patients at Monmouth Medical Center’s Cranmer Ambulatory Surgery Center in Long Branch now have images of rainbows, underwater worlds and celestial skies to contemplate as they recover from surgery. The resident of the Lincroft section of Middletown and recent graduate of Middletown High School South created…