Category: Independent Calendar

  • Township Web site to make business easier

    Staff Writer By ELAINE VAN DEVELDE HAZLET — Township officials are looking to boost communications and make business better between residents and themselves via a new Web site. According to Committeeman Steven Piech, in an effort to move the process along and "bring the township out of antiquated practices and into the age of updated…

  • Society offers genealogy class, Sleepy Hollow trip

    The Monmouth County Genealogy Society, Lincroft section of Middletown, is offering a genealogical research class Aug. 18 from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost is $15 for members and $20 for nonmembers. The class will be at the Eatontown Community Center, 58 Broad St. Topics will include the federal census, naturalization and vital records. Beverages and desserts…

  • Neighbors seeing red over parking change

    Staff Writer By darlene diebold KEYPORT — Angry Eighth Avenue residents say a change in policy at the nearby Green Grove Apartments has caused serious parking problems on their street. A few months ago, after female tenants complained about having no place to park when they come home late at night, the management of the…

  • EMT course begins at Bayshore Aug. 20

    EMT course begins at Bayshore Aug. 20 Bayshore Community Hospital, 727 N. Beers St., Holmdel, will hold a Bayshore Area Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Training Session Aug. 20-mid-December. Classes will be Monday and Wednesday evenings from 7-10 p.m., and seven Saturdays (times vary). The course consists of 130 certified hours of instruction. Interested individuals must…

  • Picnic for seniors slated at Sandy Hook Sept. 5

    Picnic for seniors slated at Sandy Hook Sept. 5 The Monmouth County Office on Aging will hold its annual picnic for county seniors citizens on Sept. 5 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the auditorium on Sandy Hook (rain date Sept. 6). A donation of $2.50 per person is suggested. The picnic will include…

  • Red Bank, Middletown to receive shuttle buses

    NJ Transit on July 30 announced the borough of Red Bank and the township of Middletown as local recipients of its Community Shuttle Program. The program, in its second year, provides free minibuses to 20 state communities to operate as commuter shuttles to train stations and bus corridors during peak hours. During off-peak hours, the…

  • People on the Move

    Erlinda Kravetz of the Leonardo section of Middletown recently received a $7,000 fiscal year 2001 fellowship in the field of prose from the State Council on the Arts, Trenton. The council awarded fellowships to 37 N.J. artists, selected from a pool of 532 applicants. The artists’ work was reviewed and assessed by panels of independent…

  • State Bar Foundation wins national recognition

    The New Jersey State Bar Foundation, New Brunswick, was recently elected to the 2001 Associations Advance America Honor Roll, a national awards competition sponsored by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). The foundation received awards for its Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation program; The Legal Eagle, its newspaper for children; and a special edition…

  • Re/Max of N.J. fund-raiser to benefit ill children

    Re/Max of N.J. fund-raiser to benefit ill children The real estate firm of Re/Max of New Jersey recently raised $11,500 for the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN). Proceeds came from ticket and auction sales for Re/Max’s "Networking Cruise" on the Hudson River in July. Funds will be distributed in northern New Jersey to the Children’s Specialized…