Category: Sentinel-EDM Calendar

  • Alzheimer’s caregiver support groups slated for Jan.

    The Alzheimer’s Association, Greater New Jersey Chapter, announces the following caregiver support groups for January: • Jan. 3, 7 p.m., The Cranbury Center, 292 Applegarth Road, Monroe Township • Jan. 5, 10:30 a.m., JFK Hartwyck Adult Medical Day Center, Lifestyle Building, 2050 Oak Tree Road, Edison. • Young wives support group, Jan. 15, 4:30 p.m.,…

  • Chamber of Commerce slates dinner-dance

    The Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its 55th annual installation dinner-dance 7-11 pm Jan. 12 at the Sheraton at Woodbridge Place in Iselin. Awards will be presented to the Organization of the Year, Edison Memorial Tower Corp., Citizen of the Year, retiring Metuchen Mayor Edmund O’Brien, and the Chamber Distinguished Service Award to…

  • Congregation Beth El offers weekly bingo

    Congregation Beth El, 91 Jefferson Blvd., Edison, conducts weekly bingo games on Wednesday evenings at 7:15 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. All are welcome. Admission is $1 per person. Refreshments may be purchased. For details, call the synagogue at (732) 985-7272.

  • Metuchen to light up the sky on New Year’s Eve

    Metuchen’s New Year’s Eve fireworks extravaganza is set to go off at midnight in the Pearl Street parking lot. The fireworks are sponsored byMetuchen Savings Bank, a member of the Metuchen Area Chamber of Commerce. For more information, contact the Chamber office at (732) 548-2964.

  • Discount tickets for garden show on sale now

    The New Jersey Flower and Garden Show will have tickets to its 2008 show available at the discounted price of $11 per ticket through Dec. 31. The show will be held Feb. 14-17 at the N.J. Convention Center, Edison, and the theme will be “The Entertaining Garden Party … Among the Petals.” Gardening seminars, how-to…

  • Local toy co. to hold one-stop shopping night

    Learning Is an Art, an educational toy and game company based in Metuchen, will sponsor a Last Minute Shopping Night to benefit Toys for Tots, 6-10 p.m. Dec. 19 at the American Legion Fugle Hummer Post No. 65, Lake Avenue, Metuchen. The night will showcase one-stop shopping for a wide variety of products including educational…

  • ‘Language and Jewish Identity’ at Neve Shalom

    The Adult Education Committee and the Gilbert and Claudie Hayat Speaker Series of Congregation Neve Shalom, 250 Grove Ave., Metuchen, will host guest speaker Ken Moss on Dec. 21. Moss, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, will speak on “Language and Jewish Identity: Past, Present and Future.” Services will begin at 8 p.m., followed by…

  • Metuchen Civilian Police Academy class to begin

    The Metuchen Civilian Police Academy’s spring semester class will begin on March 11. The free class teaches residents what it is like to be a Metuchen police officer through role-playing scenarios, officer ride-alongs, and regular classroom lectures. The class meets Tuesday evenings and is open to Metuchen residents only. To find out more about the…

  • Crossing guards needed in Metuchen

    The Metuchen Police Department is looking for residents who are interested in becoming crossing guards. The starting salary is $9.50 an hour. For more information, call Capt. Robin Rentenberg at (732) 632-8548 or Patrolman David Liantonio at (732) 632-8547 for applications. Applicants must have their own transportation.