Category: Sentinel-EDM Calendar

  • Donate blood and get two free Mets tickets April 6

    New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, has issued a critical need for blood. Area hospitals are operating at a 15 percent deficit in the blood supply. While NJBS has not yet cut back on shipments to the 60 area hospitals it supplies with blood, blood products and services, they…

  • Metuchen’s townwide garage sale April 12

    The Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its 10th annual spring townwide garage sale April 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rain date is April 13. Metuchen residents can pick up registration forms at the Metuchen Train Station, Metuchen Public Library, Metuchen Savings Bank, Boyt Drugs or the Chamber of Commerce office. Forms…

  • Nonprofit to unveil plans for Menlo Park site

    The nonprofit Edison Memorial Tower Corp. will unveil conceptual plans for a new educational facility at Thomas Edison’s historic Menlo Park site, during a public meeting on April 3 at 7 p.m. in the Township Council chambers, 100 Municipal Blvd. As part of the nonprofit’s mission of educating the public about Thomas Edison and his…

  • ‘Monkey Around with Books’ at Edison library

    The Edison Public Library is holding registration in person or by phone for “Monkey Around with Books.” The program is open to children 2-5 years of age with parent/ caregiver. Registration is limited and open to Edison residents only. No siblings will be permitted. The program will be held at the following locations and times:…

  • ‘Something to Laugh About!’ benefit April 8

    Comedy Central will present “Something to Laugh About!,” April 8 at the Stress Factory, New Brunswick. The comedy lineup is a benefit for Women Helping Women, Metuchen. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and the show begins at 7:15 p.m. Host will be comedian Pete Dominick of the radio show Comedy By Request with Pete Dominick…

  • Wills, estates, probate to be topic at women’s club

    The Metuchen Edison Women’s Club will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, at the Heritage at Clara Barton, 1015 Amboy Ave., Edison. The program will feature attorney Kenneth Vercammen, who will discuss wills and the changes to the N.J. probate law, power of attorney, living wills, and administering the estate/probate/surrogate. There…

  • Library to host foreign film fest April 7, May 5

    The Metuchen Public Library will continue its annual spring film festival, the Edna Newby International Film Festival, April 7 with the Iranian film “Crimson Gold.” The film won a Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival. The festival concludes on May 5 with the…

  • JCC to host Israel lectures in April

    The Jewish Community Center of Middlesex County is offering a program titled “Defining Israel at 60 Through the Humanities,” a series of lectures tracing the 60-year history of the State of Israel through its film, literature, architecture and music. Agrant fromthe New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for…

  • Women planning May 3 trip to culinary institute

    The Council of Catholic Women of St. Francis is sponsoring a trip to the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, N.Y., on May 3. The bus will leave St. Francis Cathedral Library Place parking lot at 8:30 a.m. and return to Metuchen at approximately 6:30 p.m. The cost of the trip is $65 and includes…