Category: Sentinel-EDM Calendar
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Depression/bipolar groups to meet
Depression and bipolar support groups will meet 7:30-9 p.m. every Monday at the Metuchen YMCA, 65 High St., Metuchen; and 7:30-9:15 p.m. every Friday at the Robert Wood Johnson hospital auditorium, One Robert Wood Johnson Plaza, New Brunswick. The support groups are intended as an informal forum for education, support and socialization among patients diagnosed…
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Congregation to offer abuse lecture Jan. 9
The Congregation Ohr Torah, 48 Edgemount Road, Edison, will offer a lecture titled “Facing up to Abuse in the Orthodox Community: A Victim and a Rabbinic Leader Speak Out” 8-9:30 p.m. Jan. 9. Speakers include Mutty Weiss, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, and Rabbi Yosef Blau, mashgiach ruchani at Yeshiva University and current president…
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Youth Soccer Coaches Workshop Jan. 9
The New Jersey Youth Soccer (NJYS) has announced that it will hold its annual Youth Soccer Coaches Workshop and Vendor Exhibition from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 9 at the N.J. Convention Center, Raritan Center, Edison. The workshop will feature clinics and seminars throughout the day designed to meet the needs of coaches, managers,…
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Thrift shop open at Edison church
Wesley United Methodist Church, 5053 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, holds a thrift shop event each Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The thrift shop offers brand-new, gently used, vintage and dollar-a- bag clothes; household items; toys; collectibles;…
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Colonia Chapter of Hadassah mtg. Jan. 5
The Colonia Chapter of Hadassah will hold an afternoon meeting 1:30 p.m. Jan. 5, at Temple Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen. Guest speakers Gil and Lil Zinn will present a program on the Jews of Uganda. Dessert will be served. RSVP to Priscilla at 732-527-0819.
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JFVS to offer classes in computer training
Jewish Family and Vocational Service of Middlesex County (JFVS) is offering computer training classes this winter at 32 Ford Ave., second floor, Milltown. Classes begin the week of Jan. 11 and include basic keyboarding as well as Microsoft Windows, beginner and intermediate Word, beginner and intermediate Excel, PowerPoint, surfing the Internet and Simple Start for…
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Edison Arts Society to showcase artwork
The Edison Arts Society will showcase artwork and performances by members representing the society’s various disciplines of fine, literary and performing arts. The event will take place from 7-10 p.m. Dec. 18, at the Franklin School, Route 27, Metuchen, located a half a block east of Main Street next to the Metuchen Firehouse and across…
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Free health care lecture Dec. 16
“Pain Solutions … Without Drugs or Surgery!,” a free community lecture, will be presented in the Edison Public Library, 340 Plainfield Ave., Edison, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16. Matthew Speesler, M.D., along with his health care team of doctors and therapists, will discuss the latest diagnostic tools to detect the “true” cause of pain, along…
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‘Israel Info Evening’ Jan. 7 at JCC in Edison
The JCC of Middlesex County, 1775 Oak Tree Road, Edison, is hosting an “Israel Info Evening” at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 7. There will be a shaliach and past participants of programs who will present much information about free trips with Birthright, college programs, volunteer opportunities and more. Refreshments and conversation will follow the program. Please…
