Category: Tri-Town Calendar

  • Community Bulletin Board

    Election proceedings inJackson to be discussed Community Bulletin Board Election proceedings in Jackson to be discussed Election proceedings in Jackson to be discussed A meeting to discuss whether Jackson residents should directly elect a mayor will take place on June 25 at 8 p.m. at the Jackson Elks Club, East Veterans High-way. The discussion will…

  • Datebook

    Datebook • A free concert by Lisa and Anthony Testa, will be held June 19, 1:30 p.m. at St. Aloysius Church, 935 Bennetts Mills Road, Jackson. They will perform selections from their CD Surrender, a recording of original, contemporary Christian music. • The NAACP’s 29th annual Freedom Fund Banquet will be June 20, 6:30 p.m.,…

  • St. Veronica’s Fair slated for June 25-28

    HOWELL — St. Veronica’s Roman Catholic Church, Route 9 north, is holding its annual parish fair from June 25-28. The festival hours are Wednesday and Thurs-day, 6-10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday, 6-11 p.m. There will be free admission and parking, raffles, carnival rides, games food and nightly entertainment. The entertainment will start June 25,…

  • Historical Society to sponsor trip in June

    Historical Society to sponsor trip in June The Ocean County Historical Society will sponsor a bus tour to the Shippen Manor, Oxford Furnace, Four Sisters Winery and the Well Sweep Herb Farm, June 23. The bus will depart from the Ocean County Historical Society, 26 Hadley Ave., Toms River, at 8 a.m. and return at…

  • Local student wins county poster contest

    Local student wins county poster contest Fourth-grade students studying the state of New Jersey got a chance to partic­ipate in a poster contest sponsored by the Constitutional Officers Association of Ocean County as a part of County Government Week. Among this year’s contest winners was local student Alexa Saltman of Lucy N. Holman School in…

  • Coverage urged for hearing aids

    A resolution that asks Congress to enact legislation to provide Medicare coverage for hearing aids received approval from the state Senate’s Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee. Sponsored by Sen. Robert Singer (R-Ocean, Monmouth, Mercer, Burlington), the committee’s co-chairman, the resolution, SCR-23, urges Congress to help senior citizens afford to improve the quality of…

  • Lakewood pupils get lesson on school bus safety

    The Transportation Department of the Lakewood Board of Education, in association with Student Transportation of America and the Lakewood Police Department, presented two days of programs on bus safety for the children of the Ella G. Clarke School in Lakewood. The children were shown, via puppets and videotapes, the importance of staying out of harm’s…

  • ‘Helping Hands’ seeking volunteers for child care

    Helping Hands of Ocean and Monmouth Counties is seeking mature volunteers to assist children with special needs and their families. The volunteers provide social and emotional support to the families through weekly visits. Family members who care for children with special needs rarely have time to perform daily tasks such as going to appointments or…

  • March of Dimes walk raises funds in Ocean

    March of Dimes walk raises funds in Ocean Corporate teams, schools, organiza­tions and members of the Ocean County community joined together recently for WalkAmerica to support the March of Dimes efforts to find out why some babies are born too soon. Together they raised $165,000 to fund the research and pro­grams needed to save babies…