• Graduates wait to receive their diplomas during the Christian Brothers Academy commencement

    Graduates wait to receive their diplomas during the Christian Brothers Academy commencement held at Brookdale Community College’s Collins Arena, Lincroft, May 20. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • Lincroft students earn scholarships

    Christopher Cali of Christian Brothers Academy and Erika Rech of High TechnologyHigh School are two of 82 New Jersey high school seniors awarded a $1,000 scholarship through the Comcast Foundation’s Leaders and Achievers scholarship program. The program provides one-time $1,000 scholarships to students who strive to achieve their potential, are catalysts for positive change in…

  • Splish, splash! at Holmdel Library

    The Holmdel Branch of the Monmouth County Library will host a family concert, “Make a Splash Beach Party,” 7 p.m. Thursday, June 24. Award-winning singer/songwriter Patricia Shih celebrates the start of this year’s Make a Splash summer vacation reading clubs. Sing and dance along at the library’s “beach party” and then enjoy reading books, earning…

  • Hazlet Branch of Monmouth County Library hosts June events

    Discover your inner musician — or magician— at programs sponsored by the Hazlet Branch library. “Young Adult Basic Guitar Workshop” for teens in grades 6-12 will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, June 7. This free workshop will teach guitar basics and is designed for the true beginner with no formal instruction. Students are asked…

  • Summer concerts at Middletown Main Library

    The Middletown Township Public Library will present a series of four free summer concerts during the month of June: • Wednesday, June 2, 7:30 p.m., pianist Vladislav Kovalsky and tenor Doug Clark will perform a program of lieder, including Schubert’s “Die schöne Müllerin.” • Sunday, June 6, 3 p.m., the concert is a patio concert…

  • Scholarship offered to local library students

    To encourage students to train for a career in the library profession, the Helen R. Shultz Scholarship Committee has established the $1,500 Helen R. Shultz Scholarship for the 2010-11 academic year. Candidates must live in West Long Branch or Monmouth County and be accepted into a library science or paraprofessional library program by July 1.…

  • Applications sought for Mat-Ab Idol

    MATAWAN — Applications are now available for the third annual Matawan-Aberdeen Idol Singing Contest, set for 6-10 p.m. Aug. 3 at 4420 Bordentown Ave. in Sayreville. Auditions will be held July 16 at the same address. The contest is open to all Bayshore residents in grades 6-12; contestants will compete for cash prizes. The event,…

  • notes around town

    Middletown Recreation will host a trip Sept. 19 to see the N.Y. Yankees take on the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. Experience the sights and sounds of Baltimore Harbor for a few hours before going to watch the 1:35 p.m. game. The cost is $70 and includes bus and admission. Details: www.middletownnj.org. ***** The Matawan-Aberdeen…

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