Category: Sentinel-EDM Calendar

  • Family Friends ‘Cash for Gold’ party May 20

    Family Friends Inc. will celebrate with a unique fundraising party, “Cash for Gold,” from 7-9 p.m. on May 20, at the Old Franklin Schoolhouse, 491 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen. Participants will get paid for attending by selling their unwanted gold jewelry. Light refreshments and a 50/50 raffle, as well as an opportunity to purchase unique goods…

  • Edison Elks announce officers for 2009

    Edison Elks No. 2487 recently held its installation of officers for this year. The officers are: Madelyn Lenox (past exalted ruler, or PER), exalted ruler; Howard Parusa, leading knight; Kim Farinick, loyal knight; Ed Kane (PER), lecturing knight; Bob Dice, tiler; Nancy Dunham (PER), secretary; Michael O’Connor, treasurer; Joan Gage, chaplain; Bob Tomaszewski, inner guard;…

  • Neve Shalom to screen documentary May 17

    Congregation Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen, will be screening the documentary “Saying Yes — The Story of Max Rubin and the Neve Shalom Nursery School,” a short film about children changing the world. The event will take place at 11:30 a.m. and noon May 17. The film is a tribute to Neve Shalom by…

  • Cheerleading team to host car wash May 16

    The varsity cheerleading team from Wardlaw Hartridge School, 1295 Inman Ave., Edison, will hold a car wash from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 16, at the school. The event is to raise money to attend cheer camp this summer. For more information, email coach Tanda Tucker at [email protected].

  • Met. Pop Warner to host fundraiser May 9

    The Metuchen Pop Warner will host an “Avon and Southern Living at Home” fundraiser 4-8 p.m. May 9, at the Little League Clubhouse, 100 Oakland Ave., Metuchen. There will be makeup and skin care products from Avon as well as home décor products and gifts from Southern Living at Home. A portion of the proceeds…

  • Lamplighter Choir in Metuchen on May 10

    Metuchen Reformed Church, 150 Lake Ave., Metuchen, will host the Waynesburg University Lamplighter Touring Choir May 10, during the 10:30 a.m. worship service. The choir consists of 29 members, includingWaynesburg University faculty and students under the direction of Anne Phipps, instructor of music at the university and director of the Lamplighter Touring Choir. They will…

  • A cappella concert at St. Francis Cathedral

    The Marywood Chamber Singers and the Cathedral Youth Choir will join voices in an a cappella concert May 11, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Francis Cathedral, Main Street, Metuchen. The choirs will perform sacred works by Poulenc, Duruflé, Copland and others. No tickets are required, but a free-will offering will be collected. For more information,…

  • Veterans & active-duty invited to parade

    On Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, Metuchen will continue its tradition with one of the area’s longest-established Memorial Day parades. The Memorial Day Parade Committee invites all veterans and active-duty personnel home on leave to join this important celebration. They should contact the Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce by Tuesday, May 19, so that arrangements…

  • Meeting will focus how to avoid scams

    The Metuchen Police Department will hold a neighborhood watch meeting at 6:30 p.m. May 19 in the Metuchen High School cafeteria. Patrolman Nancy Phibbs and another officer will give a presentation on recent scams that have been attempted and how not to become a victim.