Category: Sentinel-EDM Calendar

  • Convertibles sought for local Memorial Day parade

    On Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, Metuchen will continue its tradition with one of the area’s longest-established Memorial Day parades. The parade will begin at 10 a.m., rain or shine. A brief ceremony will be held at Memorial Park at the conclusion of the parade. The Memorial Day Parade Committee invites all veterans to join…

  • Garden club to host high tea at main library May 3

    Edison Garden Club’s annual high tea, “Springtime in Your Garden,” will be held May 3 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the Edison Public Library’s Main Library, 340 Plainfield Ave. A professional flower-arranging demonstration will be give by Pamela Jaynne, owner of Pocketful of Posies,Morristown, using plants and flowers grown in many backyards. Music will…

  • Wardlaw-Hartridge choirs to sing at benefit

    The Upper School Concert Choir and the seventh- and eighth-grade Treble Choir from Wardlaw-Hartridge School, Edison, will perform a benefit concert April 24, 7:30 p.m., at Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, 716WatchungAve., Plainfield. The concert will benefit Joyful Noise, a chorus of adults with physical and neurological challenges, who will also perform at the event. Admission…

  • Police crossing guards needed in Metuchen

    The Metuchen Police Department is now accepting applications for crossing guards. Salary is $10 per hour. Interested parties can contact Patrolman David Liantonio at (732) 632-8547 or Capt. Robin Rentenberg at (732) 632- 8548.

  • Talk on autism April 23 at Edison library

    Edison, in conjunction with theAutism Society of America, has declared April as AutismAwareness Month in Edison. According to the Autism Society of America, the disability affects 1.5 million Americans. Each year the number of autism cases grows by 10 to 17 percent. In the 1990s, the U.S. population grew by 13 percent, disabilities increased by…

  • Talk on happiness, healing at library May 3

    “Healing Through Happiness and Sadness” will be presented by Steven E. Hodes, M.D., May 3 at 1 p.m. at the Monmouth County Library Eastern Branch, 1001 Route 35, Shrewsbury. Hodes, of Old Bridge and Edison, will explore the medical and physiological explanations for happiness and sadness and why it is essential to embrace low points…

  • Annual White Mass at St. Francis April 27

    Bishop Paul G. Bootkoski will celebrate the Diocese of Metuchen’s annual White Mass, a Mass especially for healthcare professionals, on April 27. The Mass will begin at noon at St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral, Metuchen. All who are involved in health care, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, technicians, chaplains, administrators and volunteers, are invited to attend…

  • Local artist’s artwork on exhibit at Rutgers

    Metuchen’s own Joan Arbeiter is displaying her “Lives and Works: Talks With WomenArtists” portrait series at the RutgersArt Library, Voorhees Hall, 71 Hamilton St., New Brunswick, until June 13. The portrait series is a companion project to the book “Lives and Works: Talks with Women Artists, Volume 2,” co-authored by Beryl Smith, Sally Swenson and…

  • Edison Twp. asks DOT to approve quiet zone

    The Township of Edison has submitted to the Commissioner of New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) a diagnostic team report recommending the establishment of quiet zones at the at-grade crossings of Inman Avenue, Tingley Lane and the corridor spanning the two crossings. The establishment of a quiet zone and the installation of any changes to…