Category: Tri-Town Calendar

  • Parks dept. to sponsor snowman photo contest

    Parks dept. to sponsor snowman photo contest The Ocean County Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring a snowman photo contest this winter. Residents are asked to design and create their best snow sculpture. Fun prizes will be awarded for the most original and best traditional snowman. Photos should be mailed to: Ocean County Parks and…

  • Jackson kindergarten registration scheduled

    Jackson kindergarten registration scheduled JACKSON — The Board of Education has designated the week of March 4-8 for kindergarten registration. All children who will be 5 years old on or before Oct. 1, 2002, are eligible. In accordance with state law, children must have all required immunizations and a record of physical examination. Registration forms…

  • Baseball buddies team up once again

    Baseball buddies team up once again PHOTOS BY FARRAH MAFFAI New York Met Joe McEwing autographs a baseball for a fan at Lakewood BlueClaws head coach Jeff Manto’s baseball clinic at GPU Energy Park in Lakewood Dec. 19. Twelve years ago a major league baseball player reached out to a young Joe McEwing, and now…

  • Library sets January programs and events JACKSON — The Jackson library is offering the following programs and/or events during the month of January:

    Library sets January programs and events JACKSON — The Jackson library is offering the following programs and/or events during the month of January: • Jan. 3 – Babies at the Library, 10 a.m. or 11 a.m., 12 to 23 months; must preregister; • Jan. 8 – Toddler Storytime Series begins, 10 a.m. or 11 a.m.,…

  • Photo

    FARRAH MAFFAI Nicole Klapschinski, 14, (r), and Nicole Tossas, 14, sing with the choir at the Lakewood High School holiday concert on Dec. 19.

  • Tests prove no anthrax at GCC

    LAKEWOOD — A section of Geor-gian Court College was closed recently when a mail room supervisor found a white, flaky substance at the bottom of a mail bin. James Wrocklage, the mailroom coordinator, discovered the substance on Nov. 6. "Mr. Wrocklage found the substance in a bin that comes from the Lakewood Post Office," said…

  • Bulletin Board

    • Food distribution will take place on Dec. 20 at the St. Thomas AME Church, 283 Whitesville Road, Jackson, between 5-7 p.m. Sponsored by the Jackson Women of Today, this service is open to all Jackson residents. Applications will be completed; ID required. • A live Nativity will be on display at 7 p.m. Dec.…

  • Town seeks funds to improve park

    PLUMSTED — The Township Com-mittee has applied for a state grant to fund additional improvements to New Egypt’s Oakford Lake Park and Crosswicks Creek. According to Mayor Ron Dancer, with these improvements, New Egypt would become the starting and finishing point for boating enthusiasts with a connection between the Monmouth County Park System’s Green Acres…

  • Lakewood committee donates land to aid Head Start agency

    Lakewood committee donates land to aid Head Start agency LAKEWOOD — The Township Com-mittee is donating several acres north of Kennedy Apartments on Cedarbridge Avenue to the Lakewood Economic Action Program (LEAP) Inc. LEAP is the delegate agency that administers the federal Head Start program and the grantee agency for Lakewood’s Early Head Start program.…