• Middletown Fire Academy offers civilian classes

    MIDDLETOWN — The Middletown Fire Department Training Academy is offering classes to civilians on boating safety, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of automatic electronic defibrillators (AED). A New Jersey Boating Safety course will be offered Aug. 14 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. All persons who wish to operate a power vessel must possess…

  • Free financial workshops at Hazlet library

    HAZLET — Improve your financial management skills with a two-part financial program at the Hazlet Township Library, 251 Middle Road. The programs are offered free of change. Register by calling the library at 732-264- 7164. “Managing Income and Expenses: Getting from Here to There” will be held 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 27. Creating a spending…

  • Police close liquor store

    MIDDLETOWN— Middletown police said they closed Junction Bar and Liquors on Main Street in Belford after an investigation revealed violations of laws pertaining to the sale of alcoholic beverages. According to a press release from the police department, members of the detective bureau visited the Belford store on July 9 to enforce ordinances and laws…

  • Keyport Spanish American Festival Aug. 13

    KEYPORT — The Keyport Spanish American Club is sponsoring the 13th annual SpanishAmerican Festival of Keyport on Saturday, Aug. 13. The festival will be held from noon to 8 p.m. at the waterfront in Keyport, along Broad and First streets. The Spanish American Festival features ethnic foods and rhythmic dance music played by live bands,…

  • Middletown seeks support for 9/11 flag display

    MIDDLETOWN — In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Middletown Township is planning a flag display at the site of the Middletown WTC Memorial Gardens to honor the 37 friends and neighbors the community lost in the World Trade Center tragedy. The flags would be posted on telephone poles…

  • Join the library’s summer reading club

    The Monmouth County Library summer reading clubs are in full swing. The clubs, which run through Aug. 12, are divided into three groups: children, teens and adults. Each program has a travel-related theme. Each group has a desired reading goal. School-age children should log eight hours of reading, teens should log 800 pages, and adults,…

  • House OKs funds to help prevent veterans’ suicide

    Supporters hoping that Senate will also approve funding BY CHRISTINA HABERSTROH Staff Writer Millions of dollars to help prevent suicide among U.S. soldiers and reservists is one step closer to being put in place. U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) successfully offered an amendment in Congress to set aside $20 million for efforts to prevent military…

  • Temple Beth Ahm has new spiritual leader

    Rabbi Lisa Malik, Ph.D. Lisa Weiss, president of Temple Beth Ahm, Aberdeen, announced that Rabbi Lisa Malik, Ph.D., will become the synagogue’s next spiritual leader. Rabbi Malik will begin leading Shabbat services on Aug. 5. The rabbinate is a third career for Rabbi Malik. After being inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and graduating summa cum…

  • Hillside H.S. class of 1971 to hold reunion

    The Hillside High School class of 1971 will hold its 40-year reunion 7 p.m. to midnight Sept. 10 at the Radisson Hotel, 21 Kingsbridge Road, Piscataway. The cost is $100 per ticket. For details, visit www.hillsidehigh1971reunion.myevent.com/.

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