Tag: Tri-Town News Datebook

• New Jersey Blood Services, a division of New York Blood Center, will conduct the following blood drives: Aug. 25, Howell Donor Center, 4068 Route 9 South, Howell, 1:30-8:30 p.m.; Aug. 30, Howell Donor Center, 1:30-8:30 p.m.; Aug. 31, Howell Donor Center, 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. To donate blood or for information on how…

• Guitarist and singer Gary Nokes will perform “Sounds of the Shore” at the Ocean County Library Jackson Branch, 2 Jackson Drive, at 2 p.m. Aug 20. Nokes will perform classic beach ballads, nautical numbers and coastal country favorites. Registration at www.theoceancountylibrary.org/events is required to attend this free program. • The Monmouth County Park System…

• Guitarist and singer Gary Nokes will perform “Sounds of the Shore” at the Ocean County Library Jackson Branch, 2 Jackson Drive, at 2 p.m. Aug 20. Nokes will perform classic beach ballads, nautical numbers and coastal country favorites. Registration at www.theoceancountylibrary.org/events is required to attend this free program. • The Monmouth County Park System…

• The Monmouth County Park System will host Fishing 101 – A Beginner’s Guide to Fishing, Aug. 4, 11, 18 and 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Manasquan Reservoir, Howell. Learn how to rig, bait, cast and, hopefully, catch a fish. Come and go at any time. Bait and tackle provided. Open…

• The Jackson Police Department will hold its annual “National Night Out,” America’s Night Out Against Crime event, from 6-9 p.m. Aug. 2 at the Jackson Shopping Plaza (ShopRite), North County Line and Cook roads. The event is presented by Jackson PBA No. 168. All are invited to attend the event, which will include police…

• Elvis Presley tribute artist and “Elvis-torian” Ruben Castillo will present a night of education and song at the Ocean County Library Jackson Branch, 2 Jackson Drive, at 7 p.m. July 27. Castillo will present “The King of Rock and Roll: 1956-59.” Castillo is a musical theater actor and voice-over artist for video games, celebrity…

• Travel the storm-tossed New Jersey surf through history with local author Margaret Thomas Buchholz during “New Jersey Shipwrecks” at the Ocean County Library Jackson Branch, 2 Jackson Drive, at 2 p.m. July 25. The program will explore the treacherous shoals and inlets of the “Graveyard of the Atlantic.” Buchholz co-authored “Great Storms of the…

• Learn about the value of plants during “Pass The Plants, Please,” at 2 p.m. July 15 at the Ocean County Library Jackson Branch, 2 Jackson Drive, Jackson. Rutgers Master Gardener Georgina Price will present the program. Attendees will gain an understanding of how plants derive their own nutrition, protect their seeds, transport water internally…

• DeBows United Methodist Church, at the intersection of Route 571 and Route 537, Jackson, announced that the Rev. Scott Clifton will begin his ministry at DeBows UMC on July 3. Individuals may visit www.debowsumc.org for more information about Pastor Scott and DeBows UMC. • New Jersey Blood Services, a division of New York Blood…