Friday, May 18, 2012
In-staff training shutters all branches for the day.
All 21 locations of the Ocean County System will be closed on Friday, May 18 for staff in service training. The library system will reopen normal business hours on Saturday, May 19. The Ocean County Library website services are still in operation. For the Toms River Branch, Saturday's hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. However, the Waretown branch is closed until further notice due to structural damage occurring as a result of an automobile accident on May 4. The Brick branch will open a temporary location on May 21 in the Town Hall Shoppes (990 Cedar Bridge Avenue). The Chambersbridge Road branch closed for interior renovation May 17. The temporary location opens May 21 and the hours of operation are Monday through Thursday (11 a.m. – 7 p.m.), …
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters, Skrillex highlight three-day event
The Bamboozle Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary this Friday through Sunday with a beach blast in Asbury Park, marking a proper return to the multi-faceted concert event’s original home. The festival, which began in Asbury Park in 2003, has been staged the past six years at the Meadowlands Sports Complex. This year the main stage is on the North Beach and bands will also play at Convention Hall, the Paramount Theater and on several outdoor stages along Ocean Avenue. Best-known as Bruce Springsteen’s original stomping ground – he named his first album “Greetings from Asbury Park” - the city is also home to the legendary concert venue The Stone Pony. “Asbury Park is one of America’s greatest unsung music cities,” said Christian …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Food, rides, games, music, arts and crafts at annual festival at Community Parkj
Want to be a vendor at Point Borough's Summerfest at Community Park on June 2? You might want to reserve a space quickly, because they're filling up. The annual festival, which used to be on Bridge Avenue, was moved into the park last year. The event, sponsored by the Point Pleasant Borough Chamber of Commerce, will also feature rides, games, live music, arts and crafts, a beer and wine garden and much more. One of the main attractions last year was a dunk tank where enterprising pitchers could try to dunk a police officer. For more information on applying for a vendor space or details about what Summerfest has to offer, please view the Summerfest web site page. The Passion Group, based in Asbury Park, is contracted by the chamber to plan …
Monday, May 7, 2012
Event at Riverfront Park on Manasquan River
The First Annual Riverfront Food and Wine Festival will feature food, wine, music and cooking demonstrations on Saturday at Riverfront Park, Point Borough. The event, from 1 to 8 p.m., will feature a beer garden and local bands and is sponsored by Point Borough. To see the full schedule of activities at the park on River Road and Maxson Avenue, please see attached PDF. The Project Graduation Committee will be selling water and snacks to help raise money for the alcohol-free event at the Atlantic Club in Wall after the June 13 Point Borough High School graduation.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Bring flier with you so proceeds go to Boro Band
Need a break from cooking tonight? Eat dinner between 5 and 9 p.m. at Jersey Mke's, 2600 Bridge Ave., Point Borough, and 15 percent of the proceeds go to the Point Borough High School band. But you have to print out a flier (see attached PDF) for each purchase and bring it with you or the band won't get a portion of your purchase. If a purchase is made for a family or group, only one flier is needed for the purchase. Or you can print out the flier as it appears on the school district's high school home page. The fundraiser runs from 5 to 9 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of every month through early June.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
The first "Victorian Extravaganza" set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat. at museum in Toms River
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Thursday, April 26
The science of bee-keeping, the art of floral arranging and the necessity of soap-making are some of the skills on display at the Victorian Extravaganza at the Ocean County Historical Society on Saturday. The inaugural Victorian Extravaganza will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the society museum at 26 Hadley Avenue in Toms River. Chairperson Betsy Dudas said an all-day bee-keeping demonstration by the Uriah Creek Apiaries is planned. The society will also hold a plant sale featuring both indoor and outdoor plants. Beekeeper Mike Long plans to bring different sized beehives along with some specialized equipment to illustrate what's involved in getting honey from the bee. "Everyone knows you get honey from bees," he said. "But …
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Ed Asner and other famous actors appear to celebrate, receive awards and watch films
The Garden State Film Festival 2012 Tenth Anniversary Celebration runs thru Sunday at various venues in Asbury Park. The event features almost 200 film screenings, parties, workshops and panel discussions. Famous actors such as Ed Asner, formerly of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, made the trip.
Friday, March 23, 2012
All proceeds benefit the alcohol-free, post-graduation party
"The Beach Battle of the Bands" will be held Saturday to raise money for Point Beach High School's Project Graduation. The event is scheduled to start at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m., in the high school gym. Organizers of the event are urging the community to attend to raise money for the post-graduation, alcohol-free party, which they hope to have for the graduates at the Atlantic Club in Wall after the June 14 graduation. Although Project Graduation is for Point Beach High School graduates, it is not sponsored or paid for by the high school or the school district, so private donations are crucial to make it happen, organizers have said. Eight bands, consisting of musicians in their teens to mid 20s, from all over New Jersey…
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Bye, Bye Birdie opens tonight; Saturday night is last performance
Point Borough High School's "Bye, Bye Birdie" opens tonight and closes Saturday night, so move fast if you want tickets. Usually, the Friday and Saturday night shows sell out first. Enjoy photos shot at Tuesday night's final dress rehearsal in preparation of the opening tonight. As of late Wednesday morning, a recording at the box office phone number (732-201-1900, ext. 2218) was reporting that there are still tickets available for all performances. Tickets for the performances at the Loren D. Donley Center for the Performing Arts at Point Borough High School are $8 each for all ages. The shows are 7 p.m. March 21 and 22 and 7:30 p.m. March 23 and 24. The story begins when rock-n-roll superstar and teen heartthrob Conrad Birdie prepares …
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Sunday, March 11, 2012
Three singers who grew up in the Garden State are among the finalists on 'The Voice' and 'American Idol.'
Is the best young singer in the nation from New Jersey? Three Garden State natives are among the finalists competing nationally on two separate singing competitions, NBC's The Voice and Fox's American Idol. Former Kinnelon resident Elise Testone came close to elimination Thursday night on American Idol, finishing in the bottom two slots when all of the votes from viewers of the program were tallied. But the three Idol judges, singers Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler and music producer Randy Jackson, decided to keep her on the show and send fellow contestant Jeremy Rosado home. Testone is a 2001 graduate of Kinnelon High School who went to college in North Carolina and remained there after graduation. Although she's been forbidden from …
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