Category: Independent Calendar

  • Applications for Sheriff’s Youth Week due July 12

    Applications are currently being accepted for the 10th annual Sheriff’s Youth Week to be held July 23-27 at the Monmouth County Police Academy, Freehold Township. The free program is open to all county teen-agers age 13 and older. The program enables participants to explore interests in law enforcement through police academy-style training, exercise programs and…

  • Hazlet to increase fireworks 50 percent

    Hazlet to increase fireworks 50 percent Hazlet Recreation will hold its annual Independence Day celebration on July 3 (rain date July 6) at 6 p.m. at Raritan High School, Hazlet. The event will feature music from "CJ the DJ," and various food vendors. After last year’s problems, Bay Fireworks has promised to increase the fireworks…

  • Matawan fireworks tonight at lakefront

    Matawan will hold its annual lakefront fireworks display at dusk this evening. Pre-fireworks festivities begin at 5 p.m. The fireworks will at the Ravine Drive Lake Lefferts lakefront activity center.

  • Daylily Day scheduled at Deep Cut Gardens July 7

    Daylily Day scheduled at Deep Cut Gardens July 7 The Monmouth County Park System and the Garden State Daylily Growers will present Daylily Day on July 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Deep Cut Gardens, 352 Redhill Road, Middletown. The free event will feature cultivars on display along with cultural advice, handouts, catalogs,…

  • In Brief Parks and recreation to offer winter excursions

    In Brief Parks and recreation to offer winter excursions MARIE ORTIZ ART CRITIC — Dale Farparan, 7, Union Beach, looks at the artwork during a professional art show last week at Christian Brothers Academy in the Lincroft section of Middletown. The show was sponsored by the Mothers Club. The Middletown Department of Parks and Recreation…

  • Local temple to present ‘Politics of Jerusalem’

    Temple Shalom’s Adult Activities Committee will present "The Politics of Jerusalem" on Feb. 11 at 3 p.m. The free program will be at the temple at Ayrmont Lane and Church Street in Aberdeen. The program will be led by speaker Bill Robinson, a Temple Shalom religious school graduate and director of education at Congregation Anshe…

  • Bulletin Board Library to offer ‘Mother Goose Time’ in March

    Bulletin Board Library to offer ‘Mother Goose Time’ in March Middletown Public Library will offer "Mother Goose Time" beginning in March. The free program is for children age 10-23 months, and involves words, rhymes and motions to learn language enrichment. Each session is 15-20 minutes, followed by "free-play." Advance enrollment is required, and space is…

  • Methodist church to hold

    ‘Penny Auction’ Feb. 21 Calvary United Methodist Church, Keyport, will hold a "Penny Auction" on Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $3, which includes coffee and dessert. The auction will be at the church on the corner of Third and Osborn streets in Keyport. For more information, call (732)…

  • CILU’s Valentine supper scheduled for Feb. 14

    CILU’s Valentine supper scheduled for Feb. 14 The Citizens for Informed Land Use (CILU) will meet for its annual "Valentine’s Pot Luck Supper" Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. at the Holmdel Senior/Community Center, Crawfords Corner Road, Holmdel. The free event is open to CILU members and prospective members, and will feature coffee and tea, as…