Tag: Tri-Town News Datebook

• Adopt A Senior, an organization that provides senior citizens with personalized gifts and attention, will host a “Fall Is In The Air” fundraiser from 2-4:30 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Knights of Columbus, 401 Bartley Road, Jackson. The fundraiser will feature gift baskets to be raffled off. Admission: $10. Proceeds will help the organization…

• The sixth annual Howell/Farmingdale 5K run and race walk benefiting CONTACT of Ocean and Monmouth Counties 24/7 crisis intervention and suicide prevention hotline will be held on Oct. 21 at Howell High School, Squankum-Yellowbrook Road, Howell. The course is now certified. The 5K will begin at 9:30 a.m. All ages welcome. Awards to top…

• There will be a public hearing regarding an application Howell will make to Monmouth County for open space trust funds. Howell is seeking funds to develop park facilities, including a multi-use building, at Soldier Memorial Park. The township will hold the public hearing in the main meeting room at town hall, Route 9, Howell,…

• Boys and girls ages 8-17 may experience a free airplane ride on Oct. 20 as Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 315 of the North Jersey Shore hosts a Young Eagles Flight Rally at Monmouth Jet Center, 1717 Route 34, Wall Township. Those attending are asked to enter the airport at Hurley Pond Road west…

• The Monmouth County Genealogy Society will host “Irish Surnames and Place Names in Irish Genealogy” presented by Micheal O’Maille, Irish scholar and seanachai (a traditional Irish story teller) at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Community Center, 72 Broad St., Eatontown. The meeting is free and open to the public. Details: 732-747-0090. • The…

• The Jackson Library will host programs for adults during August. “Mindfulness Meditation: On Focused Awareness” will be held at 11 a.m. Aug. 24. This class is an invitation to practice mindful awareness, open to novice and skilled practitioners. Practice includes informational teachings, and sitting in silence. Seating is limited. “Evening Film” will be shown…

• Immanuel Bible Church, 1244 West Farms Road, Howell, will host an Athletes in Action soccer camp starting Aug. 6 from 6-8 p.m. The camp will end on Aug. 10. Ages 5 and up, cost is $40 per child. Call 732-431-0299 to register. The church will host a backpack give-away event for children in the…

• The Allentown Business Community Association will host a Faerie Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 4 (rain date, Aug. 5) in Allentown. All are welcome, including faeries, gnomes, elves, pixies, and wizards. Fun for the whole family, including a storyteller at the Old Mill, tattoos at the One Eyed Turtle, fairy makeup…

• Center Players Dessert Theater will hold auditions for John Miranda’s “Italian Funerals and Other Festive Occasions” at Center Playhouse, 35 South St., Freehold, on July 29 at 7 p.m. and July 30 at 7 p.m. Possible callbacks on July 31 at 7 p.m. Performance dates: Oct. 19 through Nov. 11 (Friday and Saturday at…