• St. John’s UMC offers education series

    St. John’s United Methodist Church, 2000 Florence Ave. in Hazlet, is offering “Challenging Lifestyles,” aWednesday evening education series, beginning 7 p.m. Oct. 12. Two series of discussion questions for small groups, topics common to most, will be presented to all who are interested in living a more peaceful life. Each session will include dessert, fellowship…

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    Amanda’s Easel invites people of all ages to the Middletown Arts Center 7-9 p.m. Sept. 8 to create a community art piece in response to 9/11. The theme is “A Community Connected: To Each Other, To Healing, To Hope.” The activities will be free and open to the general public. The Middletown Arts Center, a…

  • Ocean Grove flea market Sept. 10

    The Ocean Grove Giant Spring Flea Market scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. has been an ongoing event for more than 30 years. More than 350 vendors offering a wide variety of items from antique furniture to quilts to lampshades, plus the location at the seashore, make this a unique…

  • Asbury Park Oysterfest set for Sept. 9-11

    The Asbury Park Oysterfest will stretch over three days, Sept. 9-11, and turn waterlined Lake Avenue into one long funway of oysters, restaurant samplings and nonstop music. With children’s rides and amusements, more than 100 crafters and gift vendors, cold beer and wine stops, Oysterfest connects Asbury’s two shopping and dining districts: the downtown and…

  • Temple Shalom slates evening of storytelling

    ABERDEEN — To begin the High Holy Days, Temple Shalom of Aberdeen will present an evening of mystical stories and music from the worldwide Jewish tradition on Sept. 24. The program features Gerald Fierst, Jean Rohe and Ilusha Tsinadze. An informal dinner will be served at 7 p.m. followed by the program at 8 p.m.…

  • Event will celebrate life of young mother

    Tara Hansen is survived by husband and newborn son BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Tara Deaver Hansen Brandon Ryan Hansen will soon be 5 months old, and he is an “amazing, happy, contented baby,” according to his aunt, Jamie Cone. Brandon’s mother, Tara Deaver Hansen, 29, of Ocean Township, who taught fourthgrade special education…

  • CODA

    The first casualty in an emergency: information GREG BEAN There are a million stories in the naked city, and after last week’s storm, there are nine million tales of woe in New Jersey. Our family has its own stories, but ours are not as dramatic and heartbreaking as many others. The power at our house…

  • Right-to-Work makes unions scapegoats

    I am writing in response to a guest column by Assemblywoman Amy Handlin published in the July 21 issue of the Independent (Right to Work gives personal freedom, jobs for New Jersey). I would like to clear the air of some of the comments she made. It is no secret that the Republicans are going…

  • Talk to your kids about staying drug-free

    This time of the year, as our kids begin the new school year, their thoughts go to school supplies, new clothes and backpacks. While discussing the new school year, about to unfold for your child, please don’t forget to discuss a most important issue — drug and alcohol abuse. A recent survey published by the…

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