Category: Sentinel-EDM Calendar

  • Met. Memorial Day parade begins at 1 p.m.

    The Metuchen Memorial Day parade will begin at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 31, rain or shine, from Metuchen’s Pearl Street parking lot. The year’s ceremony features speaker Rear Adm. Timothy Beard III of the U.S. Naval Reserve, the Rev. Mark McCreary of Second Baptist Church, and Monsignor Robert Zamorski of St. Francis Cathedral. Two…

  • Edison Memorial Day parade noon Sunday

    The Edison Memorial Day parade will take place on Sunday, May 30, at noon in the Stelton section of Edison. It will start on Central Avenue, run down Plainfield Avenue and finish on Jefferson Boulevard. Monument services will be on Monday, May 31, starting at 8 a.m. for services at all post homes.

  • Lib. to present ‘The Greatest Generation’

    The Friends of the Edison Library will present “The Greatest Generation” 2-3:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 2, at the North Edison branch, 777 Grove Ave., Edison. Rick Busciglio, a former broadcast executive, radio disk jockey and TV presenter, will present this audio-visual program that includes original recordings of the music of the era and numerous photos.…

  • Lakeview 5K scheduled for June 5

    The second annual Lakeview 5K to benefit the programs of the New Jersey Institute for Disabilities will take place June 5 in Roosevelt Park, Edison. The event also features a 5K walk and a Family Walk, Stroll and Roll, in which participants can set their own pace and distance around Roosevelt Lake. Amenities for the…

  • Bus trip to Philly Museum of Art June 22

    The Friends of the Metuchen Library are sponsoring a bus trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to see an exhibit of the paintings of Pierre-Auguste Renoir on Tuesday, June 22. The exhibit is titled “Late Renoir,” paintings from Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s most “fertile and innovative” period of work. This is the first exhibit to focus…

  • Terra Nova’s Botanical Gardens trip June 5

    The Terra Nova Garden Club of Edison will sponsor a bus excursion to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Saturday, June 5. One of the garden’s treasures is the Steinhardt Conservatory. The bus will leave the Pearl Street parking lot in Metuchen at 8:45 a.m. and return at 5 p.m. The cost is…

  • Widows/Widowers meeting set for June 7

    Middlesex East Widows Or Widowers will conduct a business meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, June 7, at the Carteret Community Center, located at Pershing and Cooke avenues in Carteret. Light refreshments will follow. All widows and widowers are welcome to attend. For more information, call 732- 969-2228 or 908-757-0515.

  • Collections for military start May 28

    In honor of Memorial Day, the Metuchen Branch YMCA will begin collecting items for Operation Jersey Cares and Operation DVD on May 28 for the men and women serving in the military. Collection boxes will be located in the main lobby of the YMCA, 65 High St., Metuchen. For more information, call Jean Vick at…

  • Animal-adoption site relocates to Edison

    Animal Rescue Force recently moved its weekend adoption center from PetSmart in East Brunswick to Petco, 1029 Route 1 south, Edison. For more information, directions and pictures of the dogs and cats available for adoption, log on to www.arf.petfinder.com.