Category: Sentinel-EDM Calendar

  • Library announces new board, meeting schedule

    The Metuchen Public Library’s board of trustees held its reorganization meeting Jan. 8 and elected the following officers: president, Christopher Blejwas; vice president, Marian O’Connell; secretary, Bernard “Bud” Ackerman; and treasurer, Barbara Kieser. The fifth trustee is Barbara Curry, and Borough Councilman Peter Cammarano will serve as liaison to the library board for 2008. Regular…

  • Funeral home providing free bereavement support

    The Costello-Runyon Funeral Home, 568MiddlesexAve.,Metuchen, continues to offer a bereavement support group. Ongoing sessions are held everyWednesday and Thursdaymorning from10:30 a.m. to noon, as well as Wednesday evening from 7-8:30 p.m. The program, which is free of charge, takes place at the funeral home. Carol Burner, a certified grief recovery specialist, facilitates the program.Aprofessional with…

  • Metuchen kindergarten orientation for parents

    Parents of Metuchen children who will have reached the age of 5 by Oct. 1, 2008, are invited to a kindergarten orientation meeting on Feb. 6 at Moss School, Simpson Place. Kindergarten classrooms will be open 7-7:30 p.m. A meeting will follow in the all-purpose room for parents to learn the kindergarten curriculum and registration…

  • Library seeks stories of best, worst, strange gifts

    The Edison Public Library is asking teens to write their stories of the best, worst or strangest present ever received and why it deserves this distinction. All participants will receive a prize, with one entry selected for the grand prize. The contest is open to all Edison teens age 12-17. Entry deadline is Feb. 19.…

  • Rescue a Great Dane at SuperPetExpo, Feb 8-10

    The Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League (MAGDRL), one of the largest breed-specific rescues in the Northeast, will host a “meet and greet” at SuperPet- Expo to help find homes for abandoned or homeless Great Danes. At any given time, MAGDRL has between 70 and 90 Great Danes available to loving homes. For more information about…

  • Intro to autism slated for Feb. 25 at Edison library

    “Introduction to the Diagnosis of Autism” will be presented at the Edison Main Library, 340 Plainfield Ave., Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. by Dr. Jesse Mintz, a neuro-developmental pediatrician in East Brunswick. The library has received an award from the Infolink Library Cooperative to design “Welcoming Library Spaces for the Autism Community and Their Families”…

  • Registration for family ski trip due Feb. 15

    The Edison Recreation Department is hosting a family ski and snow tubing trip for Edison residents to Shawnee Mountain, Pa., on Feb. 23. The departure time is 8 a.m. from the Stelton Community Center, 328 PlainfieldAve., and the return time will be approximately 6 p.m. Skiing is $42 for lift tickets or $65 for first-time…

  • Edison playhouse to hold acting, directing classes

    Edison Valley Playhouse, 2196 Oak Tree Road, Edison, will hold a directing class and an adult, performance-level acting class beginning Feb. 23. At the directing class, students will focus on play preparation, staging principles and rehearsal practice as they develop a technique for play direction. Each student will cast, stage, and present a 10- minute…

  • Republican Organization to meet Feb. 7

    The Edison Republican Organization will meet on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. at the Victorian Manor on Woodbridge Ave. in Edison. Former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan, author of the book “Taxpayers First,” will be the guest speaker. Lonegan is one of the most vocal and visible opponents of Gov. Jon Corzine’s tax/toll increase. Congressional…