Category: Independent Calendar

  • Events Chamber of Commerce holds jellybean contest The Chamber of Commerce of the Greater Keyport area will hold a jellybean contest April 1-April 22. Look for posters in participating store windows. Participants will guess the number of jellybeans in the jar and get a chance to win a giant Easter basket from the Keyport Chamber…

  • Holmdel Historical Society dinner set for April 9 The Holmdel Historical Society will hold a covered-dish dinner at the Holmdel Community Center, Crawfords Corner-Everett Road, Holmdel, at 5 p.m. April 9, featuring a slide show of historic Holmdel. Tickets are $10 per person; $8 seniors. Make checks payable to the Holmdel Historic Society; mail to…

  • Panic Disorder talks offered in Matawan Panic Relief Inc., North Brunswick, is offering the 10-week program, "Managing Panic Disorder," designed to help people cope with panic disorder and agoraphobia. Topics will include explanation of panic disorder, agoraphobia and symptoms of anxiety; relaxation response; learning what your body does with stress; how to deal with anger…

  • High Tech High to host professional art auction The High Technology High School Parent Faculty Association will hold a gift auction and professional art auction on March 24 at 7 p.m. at the school, Parking Lot No. 4, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft. The cost is $10 or $15 per couple and includes hors d’oeuvres and…

  • IN BRIEF Indian Hill School to host Career Day Indian Hill Elementary School, Holmdel, will be hosting its Career Day March 23. More than 20 parents have volunteered to teach about their professions. Each parent is given a 45-minute time frame in which to make a presentation. Career Day will run the length of the…

  • Top Fuel vs. Funny Car in match race at Raceway Park Nitro Cars will be making their first appearance at Raceway Park in more than 15 years on Sunday as part of the Old Bridge race track’s annual March Meltdown. Making the Nitro Cars reappearance even more exciting will be the rare and seldom seen…

  • IN BRIEF Children’s fitness program set in Hazlet The Hazlet Recreation Commission is offering a fitness program for children. The 10 sessions are 45 minutes each. Persons may register at the James J. Cullen Community Center for either of the following sessions: classes for kindergarten through grade 3 from 3:40-4:25 p.m. on Tuesdays beginning March…

  • Library offers scholarship for library sciences The board of trustees of the Middletown Township Library has announced the availability of the Conover-Wihtol Scholarship for no less than $500 for graduate study in library science. The scholarship fund was established in memory of Edith B. And Karl F. Wihtol, both longtime residents of Middletown and dedicated…

  • Travel club plans trip to Pigeon Forge, Tenn. The Glenwood Senior Citizens Travel Club, Matawan, will sponsor a six-day trip to the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, including Pigeon Forge, from May 21 through May 26. The cost will be $399 per person, double occupancy. The fee includes transportation, accommodations for five nights, eight meals, gratuities,…