Category: Sentinel-EDM Calendar

  • Blood donors needed for Aug. 9 blood drive

    Masons Mount Zion Lodge No. 135, 483 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen, will host a blood drive 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Aug. 9. New Jersey Blood Services is issuing an emergency appeal for blood due to critically low supplies in area hospitals. Those with O negative and B negative blood types are especially urged to make a donation.…

  • Metuchen H.S. to hold 30-year reunion

    Metuchen High School’s class of 1978 will hold a reunion on Saturday, Oct. 4, 7-11 p.m. at The Clarion Hotel, soon to be renamed The Crowne Plaza Hotel, in Edison on Route 27 south. The Metuchen Country Fair will be held the same day. Complete details are available at www.alumniclass.com, then New Jersey, then Metuchen…

  • Neve Shalom Men’s Club to host family barbecue

    Neve Shalom Men’s Club, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen, will host its annual Family Day barbecue 4-7 p.m. Aug. 17 at Oakland Park, Oakland Avenue, Metuchen. The event will include food, games, prizes, volleyball, softball, croquet, horseshoes and more. The cost is $9 in advance for adults ($12 at the gate), $5 for children 10 and…

  • Israeli movie to be shown Aug. 9 at Beth-El

    Congregation Beth-El, 91 Jefferson Blvd., Edison, will show the movie “Ushpizin,” an Israeli drama, 9 p.m. Aug. 9. Tisha B’Av services will follow the movie. Walk-ins are welcome. For more information, call 732-985-7272 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

  • St. Francis School to mark 80-year anniversary

    St. Francis Cathedral School, Metuchen, invites alumni, graduates of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD) program, school families and parishioners to join faculty past and present for an 80th anniversary celebration on Sept. 19. Click on the alumni link on the school’s Web site, www.StFrancisCathedralSchool.org or call Dorothy at 732-494-7980.

  • ‘Bug Flicks,’ ‘Ants in Pants’ at Edison libraries

    The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has granted $1,950 to the Edison Township Public Library. The grant will be used to update older equipment and better meet the needs of the community. Registration in person or by phone is ongoing for the following Family Time programs: • “The Magic of Eric Carle,” 1:30 and 7…

  • Bus trips, Shakespeare, concerts this summer

    The Metuchen Cultural Arts Commission has planned the following events for August: • Aug. 8 — Summer Concert Series at the senior center, 8 p.m. • Aug. 9 — Shakespeare in the Park: “Richard II,” at Tommy’s Pond, 5 p.m. • Aug. 13 — Summer bus trip to the Brooklyn Museum. The bus will depart…

  • Meeting to discuss former Ford site on Aug. 25

    The township of Edison has scheduled a continued special meeting at 7 p.m. Aug. 25 in the council chambers of the municipal complex, 100 Municipal Blvd., Edison. Acontinued special meeting was called because of an application for Edison Land Investment, which is the former Ford site on Route 1. Draft plans for discussion are on…

  • ‘Richard III’ slated for Aug. 9 at Tommy’s Pond

    The Metuchen Cultural Arts Commission and the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will present William Shakespeare’s “Richard III” at 5 p.m. Aug. 9 at Tommy’s Pond, Lake Avenue, Metuchen. In the event of rain, the venue will change to the Metuchen Senior Center, 12 Center St.