VNACJ to hold 'Stately Homes Showcase'

Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey (VNACJ), Red Bank, is now selling tickets for the "Stately Homes By-the-Sea Designer Showhouse" to be held Tuesdays-Sundays May 1-31 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The tour will be at Scothigh Farm, the former Metcalf Estate, at 142 Bingham Avenue, Rumson.

The event will also feature the David Burke Fromagerie showhouse café open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and specialty boutiques. Tickets are $35 per person at the door, $25 if purchased before May 1, and $20 for seniors age 65 and per person for groups of 10 or more. Tickets are available at Bees Knees, Down to Basics and Red Ginger Home, Red Bank; Byford & Mills and Sickles Market, Little Silver; Cocotay, Atlantic Highlands; Dearborn Farms, Holmdel; and Glow at The Grove, Shrewsbury. Proceeds benefit VNACJ's home health services and community-based programs.

Tickets may also be purchased by calling (732) 224-6791 or online at www.statelyhomesbythesea.com.

Safe boating course

slated for April 25, 26

Coast Boating School, Toms River, will conduct a personal watercraft and safe boating course under New Jersey State law April 25 and 26 from 7-10 p.m. at Little Silver Fire Company No. 1, Prospect Avenue. For fee or to register, call (877) 262-8723.