Category: Independent Calendar

  • 4-H translates to five days of county fair fun

    JERRY WOLKOWITZ FOOD FOR THOUGHT — Barbecued shish kabob await hungry visitors at the annual Keyport Firemen’s Fair Friday. Where can you see everything from goat milking and animal judging to clogging and horse shows? Where can you line dance and watch a rocket launching? All these 4-H events and more are at the Monmouth…

  • Poricy Park to offer special July events

    Poricy Park Nature Center, Oak Hill Road, Middletown, will offer several activities during the month of July starting with a nature scavenger hunt July 11 from 7:30-8:30 p.m. The free hunt will meet at the Murray Farmhouse. A "Honey Harvest" is slated for July 15 from 1-2:30 p.m. Fee is $2 per individual. "Tell Me…

  • Kiwanis annual ‘Family Day Picnic’ Aug. 12

    Kiwanis annual ‘Family Day Picnic’ Aug. 12 The Kiwanis Club of Holmdel will host its 34th annual Family Day Picnic on Aug. 12 from noon-5 p.m. at Phillips Park, Telegraph Hill Road, Holmdel. Cost is $15 for adults and $8 for children. Individuals are asked to bring chairs. The menu will include "chicken on the…

  • Students receive AAUW achievement awards

    The American Association of University Women (AAUW), Northern Monmouth County Branch, recently announced the winners of its annual Achievement Awards, which honor the top female mathematics students graduating from high school. The local award winners are Pooja Khanolkar, Matawan Regional High School; Zubia Naji, Middletown South High School; Julia Ott, Middletown North High School; Tiffany…

  • Parks are up for adoption in Keyport Borough also mulls skateboard park

    Parks are up for adoption in Keyport Borough also mulls skateboard park KEYPORT — The Recreation Commission is looking for local landscape businesses to adopt portions of the borough’s eight parks. "The Recreation Commission would like to see the continued improvement and beautification of the parks in Keyport. We would like to add some trees,…

  • Lakefront rec facility now open for business

    Staff Writer By Alison Granito MARIE ORTIZ Louis Arada of Precise Construction, Freehold, puts the finishing touches on a railing in the new walkway at the Lake Lefferts recreation facility in Matawan. MATAWAN — Persistence has finally paid off in the borough’s quest to improve the lakefront recreation facility on Lake Lefferts. The Ravine Drive…

  • Elks third annual pig roast slated for Aug. 4

    Elks third annual pig roast slated for Aug. 4 The Middletown Elks Lodge No. 2179 will hold its third annual Pig Roast from noon-9 p.m. on Aug. 4 at the lodge at 251 Church St., Belford section of Middletown. Admission to the event is free. In addition to a barbecue, there will be pony rides,…

  • First skateboard park on drawing board

    MIDDLETOWN — The Township Committee, as part of an ongoing effort to provide a wide array of recreational activities for youth, has announced plans for a skateboard park in the Port Monmouth section of Middletown. The committee introduced an ordinance July 2 to purchase a 0.8-acre piece of property located on the south side of…

  • Diplomas awarded to 47 academy graduates

    Diplomas awarded to 47 academy graduates The Monmouth County Police Academy, Freehold Township, recently graduated 47 new police officers at its 61st graduation ceremony. In attendance were Monmouth County Prosecutor John A. Kaye and Freeholder Theodore J. Narozanick. Winner of the Firearms Award, with a score of more than 99 percent, was graduate Robert P.…