• Special ‘sweetheart’ dances set in Holmdel

    The Holmdel Recreation Department is sponsoring a Daddy/Daughter Sweetheart Dance on Feb. 21 and a Mother/Son Dance on Feb. 22, both from 4-7 p.m. at Indian Hill School, 735 Holmdel Road. At each dance, the night will include dinner, dancing, games and a professional photograph taken of each couple. The cost for either dance is…

  • Preschool to host Feb. 21 open house

    Good News Christian Preschool will host an open house from 10 a.m. to noon Feb. 21 at 60 Maple Place, Keyport. The snow date is Feb. 28. The school is an outreach of Gethsemane Lutheran Church and offers programs in a Christian environment. Half-day sessions are offered for children age 2 ½ to 4. The…

  • Purim celebration slated in Aberdeen

    Temple Beth Ahm of Aberdeen will host “The Big Megillah: A Purim Celebration” at 8 p.m. Feb. 28 at 550 Lloyd Road, Aberdeen. The evening will include a buffet dinner, music, dancing and a goods-and-services auction fundraiser. Items to bid on will include tickets to a New York Giants football game, overnight stays in New…

  • Towns receive funds to improve public housing developments

    Public housing agencies in New Jersey’s 6th Congressional District will receive a total of more than $5.23 million to make improvements to public housing developments. Recipients of the 2015 Capital Fund Program awards include Asbury Park, Carteret, Edison, Highland Park, Highlands, Middletown, Keansburg, Long Branch, New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, South Amboy and Woodbridge. The funding,…

  • Middletown library to host pianist in concert

    The Middletown Township Public Library will host pianist Julia Muench at 7 p.m. March 9 at 55 New Monmouth Road. Muench will play music from a time when German immigrants came to the United States in the 1830s. She will perform works written by her ancestor, Friedrich Muench, who served as a Missouri senator during…

  • Donations needed for victims of Ocean Grove fire

    Patrick Parker Realty has launched a clothing and supplies drive to benefit the victims of a fire that occurred Feb. 6 in Ocean Grove. The fire displaced 30 apartment dwellers and destroyed four businesses. Clothing, food, personal items and household supplies can be brought to Patrick Parker Realty’s main office at 624 Main St., Bradley…

  • Middletown to consider restricting access to dunes

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN — The Township Committee will introduce an ordinance intended to restrict public access to the recently reconstructed bayfront dunes in Port Monmouth and North Middletown. The dunes, which were reconstructed as part of beach replenishment efforts in the wake of superstorm Sandy, would be offlimits except at several…

  • Officers use heroin antidote to save man’s life

    HOLMDEL — Members of the Holmdel Township Police Department have once again used the drug Narcan to reverse a drug-related overdose. On Feb. 9, three of the department’s officers responded to a call at 4:48 p.m. at Lane F in the Garden Park Mobile Homes development regarding an unconscious male subject who had possibly overdosed…

  • Middletown library sets programs for children

    The Middletown Township Public Library will offer programs for children during February at 55 New Monmouth Road. Registration is required for all programs.  “Pipe Cleaner Ninjas for Tweens” will be at 4 p.m. Feb. 24. Make ninjas using pipe cleaners and perler beads. Pose them, battle with them and even make their own samurai…

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