Calendar Of Events

As part of the Belmar Tourism Commission’s Summer Concert Series, Jon Rakestraw will perform rock music in a free concert in Pyanoe Plaza Friday, Sept. 3, at 7 p.m.

The concert will last approximately 90 minutes. Pyanoe Plaza is located near the intersection of 9th Avenue and Main Street.

A benefit concert for Wall First Aid & Rescue Squad will be held on Sept. 3 at 8 p.m. at Wall High School. Beatlemania Now will perform. Tickets are $18 or $20 at the door. To purchase tickets, call 800-327-7617.

The Spring Lake Educational Foundation will host its second annual Summer’s Spree, on Friday, Sept. 3 from 7 to 10 p.m.

The event will be held at 1402 First Ave., at the home of Ron and Maureen Iannacone, in Spring Lake.

Attendees will enjoy a catered supper, desserts, wine and beer, entertainment by local band, One Punch Nelson, and a gift auction.

The event will help increase funds and awareness about the Spring Lake Educational Foundation.

The Spring Lake Educational Foundation is a nonprofit organization.

Donations made to the organization are tax-deductible.

The cost to attend Summer’s Spree is $75 per person, and checks can be sent to K. Wingard, 113 Morris Ave., in Spring Lake.

The cost to attend will be $90 at the door, as available.

Inquiries can be made to sledfoundation@yahoo.com

The Harvey Memorial United Methodist Church in Point Pleasant will hold a chicken barbeque on Saturday, Sept. 4 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The price is $14.95 for adults and $5 for children between 5 and 10 years old. Children under 5 years old will eat for free.

The menu will include barbequed chicken, roasted potates, corn on the cob, baked beans, cole slaw, cucumber salad, dessert and beverages.

For additional information, contact Karen Malone at 732-861-4658.

The Union Church of Lavallette is holding a pancake breakfast tomorrow, Sept. 4, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the church, on the corner of Philadelphia Avenue and Route 35 North.

Pancakes, egges and sausage will be served, all you can eat, for $7 for adults and $3 for children under the age of 12.

The Bradley Beach/Neptune City Flag Football League is still open to youth from these two towns, as well as Avon, Belmar, and surrounding towns, who are entering 5th through 8th grades in September. Register now or any day before Saturday, Sept. 4 at 10 a.m., at the rec center on Main Street. Applications are available by calling the rec department at 732-776-2993, or e-mail hjayrosenberg@aol.com, for additional information online at http://www.bradleybeachonline.com. A free t-shirt will be given to each child; cost is $50 to participate with $45 per additional sibling. The football clinic will be held on Saturday, Sept. 4 and Saturday, Sept. 11 at 10 a.m. at the rec center field with the draft immediately following. All players must attend the camp to be eligible for the draft.

A special, free screening of the Lavallete-shot film “Greetings From The Shore,” will be held at the gazebo on Bay Boulevard in Lavallette on Saturday, Sept. 4, at 8 p.m.

Members of the cast and crew will in attendance for a Q&A, and DVDs will available for purchase and signing after the screening.

The Calvary Baptist Church of Belmar will hold an “Indoor-Outdoor Yard Sale” Saturday, Sept. 4, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

There will be household items, clothing and accessories, small appliances and furnishings, and much more.

There will also be food and beverages available for sale. All proceeds will benefit the church’s ministry and outreach programs.

Calvary Baptist Church is located on the corner of 13th Avenue and E Street in Belmar. For more information, call 732-681-0940.

Giamano’s Restaurant, 301 Main Street in town, is hosting a dinner fundraiser on Wednesday, Sept. 5, to benefit the Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

Tickets are $50 per person and include buffet-style appetizers, entrees and a complimentary glass of wine. There will also be live musical entertainment, and a silent auction. A light dessert will be served.

Seating will be from 5 until 10 p.m.

100 percent of the night’s proceeds will be donated to the Foodbank.

To reserve a table, please call the Foodbank at 732-918-2600.

Alex Waga, a Manasquan High School junior, will hold a collection for the Monmouth County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals [SPCA] on Sunday and Monday, Sept. 5 and 6, at Fisherman’s Cove.

The collection of items such as animal food, collars and toys will be held between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. on both days.

Monetary donations will not be accepted.

For more information, contact Alex Waga at 732-528-3199.

The community service project is part of Alex’s application to the National Honor Society.

Emma Canarick will offer a free yoga class on Sunday [Sept. 5], at the Manasquan Inlet Beach from 8 to 9 a.m.

Attendees are asked to bring a yoga mat.

The next Point Pleasant Beach Farmers’ Market will be held on Sunday, June 20.

The market will be held in the Point Pleasant Beach train station parking lot from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday and will feature about eight vendors and farmers selling everything from honey to vegetarian meals.

The market will be held every Sunday through September.

The Manasquan Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1 will hold its 27th annual flea market on Sunday, Sept. 5, from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. in Old Squan Plaza.

The Ladies Auxiliary will sell food in the firehouse from 8 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., and they will also have raffle tickets for local stores.

The event rain dates are either Monday, Sept. 6, or Sunday, Sept. 12.

The Spring Lake Heights Independent Fire Company No. 1 will be hosting a pancake breakfast on Sunday, Sept. 5 from 8 a.m. until noon.

The breakfast will be held at the firehouse, located at the corner of Sixth and Essex avenues in Spring Lake Heights.

The fire department asks for a $6 donation and children under five years old enter for free. All proceeds benefit the Spring Lake Heights Fire Department.

For more information call 732-449-5535 or email slhfd@slhfd.org.

Tours of the 114 year-old Sea Girt Lighthouse, led by knowledgeable and enthusiastic guides, are conducted Sundays, 2-4 p.m., except holiday weekends, through November 21.

Visitors are guided from the keeper's office into the living quarters and then up the spiral staircase to the lantern room at the top of the tower. On display are photos, documents and other important artifacts that capture the history of the lighthouse, the keepers and their families in the U.S. Lighthouse Service era (1896-1939) and then the Coast Guardsmen who served there (1939-1954). There are also many artifacts from the luxury liner Morro Castle disaster and rescue.

Note: there will be no Sunday tours on Memorial weekend, Father's Day, July 4 or Labor Day weekend.

Group tours, popular with schools, scouts and others, are conducted year-round by prior arrangement.

Sea Girt Lighthouse is maintained, operated and its history preserved by the Sea Girt Lighthouse Citizens Committee, an all-volunteer, non-profit organization with some 450 members. New members and volunteers are always welcome. For additional information, call the lighthouse, 732-974-0514.

More info:	732.974.0514
Event Schedule:	Sundays through September 26

“Race to Witch Mountain,” a PG-rated film about a brother and a sister with paranormal powers, will screen Sunday, Sept. 5 at dusk.

Those who wish to attend should bring a towel, a blanket or a chair to sit on. There will be popcorn sold at the event.

In the event of inclement weather, check www.belmar.com for updates.

Screenings take place on the 8th Avenue beach.