Category: Independent Calendar

  • Community Bulletin Board

    Matawan Woman’s Club Chinese auction Oct. 17 The Evening Membership Department of the Matawan Woman’s Club will hold its annual Chinese auction on Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. The event will be in the cafeteria at Matawan Regional High School on Atlantic Avenue, Aberdeen. Donation is $3, which includes refreshments,…

  • Red Bank Crop Walk to help feed the hungry

    The Red Bank area Crop Walk "Walk for the Hungry" is scheduled for Oct. 21 at Red Bank Regional High School, 110 Ridge Road, Little Silver. Walkers may register at 1 p.m. and the walk will begin at 1:30 p.m. The 10-kilometer walk will include participants from 12 communities. Funds raised will benefit partners including…

  • Luftman seniors to hold flea market Oct. 20

    Luftman seniors to hold flea market Oct. 20 The Middletown Senior Citizens Association of Luftman Towers will hold a flea market Oct. 20 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The flea market will be in the community room at the complex at 41 Hurley’s Lane, Lincroft section of Middletown. For more information, call Louise at (732) 741-7560.

  • Photo

    FARRAH MAFFAI OLD GLORY — This eye-catching American flag near the Oceanic Bridge in Middletown is strung between two large trees.

  • Middletown Library sets college funding seminar

    The Middletown Library, 55 New Monmouth Road, will host a workshop on college funding on Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. The free workshop will be given by Chuck Drawbaugh of College Funding Associates, Red Bank. For more information, call the library at (732) 671-3700.

  • Veterans’ foundation to host lecture by author

    The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation, Holmdel, will host a lecture by author John Ketwig on Nov. 3 at 1 p.m. Ketwig will speak on his book And a Hard Rain Fell: A GI’s True Story of the War in Vietnam. The Washington resident arrived in Vietnam in 1967 as a member of the…

  • Coalition to aid victims’ families

    The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, in conjunction with the Board of Freeholders, the N.J. State Crisis Response Team and the National Organization of Victims Assistance, has formed the Monmouth County Community Crisis Response Coalition (CCRC) to assist the families of the victims of the attack on the World Trade Center. The CCRC held its first…

  • Construction begins on SPUR equestrian center

    Special People United to Ride (SPUR) and the Monmouth County Park System recently broke ground for SPUR’s Sunnyside Equestrian Center, on Middletown-Lincroft Road, Lincroft section of Middletown. The riding facility will be home to the park system’s therapeutic horseback riding program. SPUR is a nonprofit that helps provide individuals with disabilities the opportunity to achieve…

  • Hazlet marks completion of 1999 referendum work

    Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE Hazlet marks completion of 1999 referendum work HAZLET — An Oct. 9 ribbon cutting at the school’s new gymnasium marked the official unveiling of $7.75 million worth of work, accomplished through referendum, throughout the district, including the conversion of the former Union Avenue Middle School to Hazlet Middle School.…