Category: Tri-Town Calendar

  • College honor society wins ACE award

    College honor society wins ACE award The Kappa Delta Pi chapter of Georgian Court College, Lakewood, recently received the Achieving Chapter Excellence (ACE) Award, which will be presented at Kappa Delta Pi’s International Convocation in Orlando, Fla., on Nov. 10. The ACE award is the most prestigious recognition the national headquarters currently bestows upon its…

  • Bulletin Board Mother’s Market coming to Jackson on Saturday

    Bulletin Board Mother’s Market coming to Jackson on Saturday Residents who find their attics or basements overflowing with used children’s clothes and toys are welcome to take a table at the Mother’s Market on Oct. 6, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Larsen Road Firehouse, North New Prospect Road in Jackson. Cost of the tables…

  • Bulletin Board Teen Trivia Contest winners announced

    Bulletin Board Teen Trivia Contest winners announced Pop culture collided with traditional information at the Ocean County Library this summer and the winners were those who played the Ocean County Library’s Teen Trivia Contest 2001. Teens participated throughout the county answering questions ranging from: "What style of music are Jay-z, Puffy, Dr. Dre and Sisquo…

  • Community Bulletin Board

    • Rosenauer Festifall, an old-fashioned carnival and yard sale, will take place on Oct. 13 at the Rosenauer School, Citadel Drive, Jackson, with the yard sale starting at 9 a.m. and the carnival beginning at 10 a.m. The event will end at 3 p.m. Tables are still available by calling Hope at (732) 367-2031. •…

  • Forestry, 4-H festival comes to Jackson

    JACKSON — Homeowners interested in refurbishing their lawns or planting new ones, or who are interested in learning about turf grasses that require less maintenance in the sandy soils of Ocean County, may want to attend the Forestry and 4-H Festival Oct. 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine, at the Forest…

  • Parent pushes for hockey

    Freehold Regional High School District administrators are looking into some of the details that would have to be considered before ice hockey could be added as a varsity sport. The question of starting ice hockey teams came before the district’s Board of Education at a Sept. 24 meeting. In a letter to the board, Chris…

  • Jackson band wins best overall

    JACKSON — The Jackson Memorial High School Jaguar Marching Band began the 2001-02 competition season by winning the best overall band trophy at a United States Scholastic Band Association competition held Sept. 23 at East Brunswick High School. Jackson, which competes in the Group IV category, scored 68.60 points to edge Group III competitor Hillsborough…

  • Howell to host sidewalk chalk art contest Oct. 20

    Howell to host sidewalk chalk art contest Oct. 20 The Howell Community Alliance, along with the Howell Chamber of Commerce and the Ramtown School PTO, will be presenting the third annual Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest on Oct. 20 (rain date Oct. 21) at the Aldrich Plaza, Route 9. This free event, which will include chalk,…

  • Officials, public offer thoughts

    on Sept. 11 attack on America By kathy baratta Staff Writer LAKEWOOD — At the first meeting of the Township Committee following the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the United States, Mayor Marta Harrison and others spoke of the ramifications of that day. Lakewood resident Fred V. Morrone, who is the head of the Port…