Hamilton Park Music Series kicks off this week
Mayor Richard Turner and the Township Council are proud to announce the Hamilton Park Summer Music Series, a new series of summer concerts on Thursday nights during the month of August. All of the concerts will take place at Hamilton Park on Boulevard East between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Bands scheduled to perform are as follows:
Aug. 4 – Jeremy Beck Band
Aug. 11 –Jennifer Lampert
Aug. 18 –Gary Frazier
Aug. 25 –Hudson Crossing featuring Martha Frazier, Jillian Giacchi, and Julian Peterson.
American Red Cross announces Braille transcriber classes
The American Red Cross of Northern New Jersey will offer free classes for volunteer Braille transcribers.
The 20-week course will include a two-hour class and about 12 hours of homework weekly. Upon completion of the course, class members can submit a trial manuscript for Red Cross certification, which will allow volunteers to prepare Braille textbooks for blind children.
The class will be held in two locations. The first will begin on Tuesday, Sept. 13 at 1 p.m. at 209 Fairfield Road in Fairfield. The second location for the class will be in North Haledon and begins on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 1 p.m.
For more information, call Nancy Jost at (973) 797-3359.
Hudson County resident puts ‘Amityville Horror’ house on the market
Secaucus resident Odalys Fragoso is selling her colonial-style home in Toms River, N.J., which was featured in the 1979 movie, “The Amityville Horror,” for $1.35 million.
“It’s not haunted,” said Fragoso, who owns the home with her husband Jose, a West New York pediatrician. “It’s a beautiful home,” she told the Associated Press.
The Fragosos bought the house in 2001, and now they want to sell it to be closer to Fragoso’s in-laws in North Jersey, according to news reports.
The film is based on a true story of a couple from Long Island who moved into a home that they thought was possessed by a demon.
Fragoso has not seen the entire movie, but her children have. “My kids see it constantly, even though they are 24 and 26,” she said.