Category: Sentinel-EDM Calendar

  • Chamber to host state of town address Jan. 28

    The Edison Chamber of Commerce presented a full year’s worth of activities and services for the greater Edison business community, and provided value-added benefits for the members. The last 2007 event was the holiday party on Dec. 3, hosted by Outback Steakhouse, where over 70 people attended. The next major event will be a ticketed…

  • Temple to hold scholar program, spaghetti dinner

    Temple Emanu-El’s Scholar In Residence program will begin Jan. 4 at 7 p.m., preceded by a Shabbat dinner, and will continue on Saturday morning, Jan. 5, at 10:45 a.m., after the 9 a.m. service. Noted scholar Dr. Mark Washofsky will begin with a presentation on “The Talmud, Halakhah and Reform Judaism,” and on Saturday there…

  • Off-road ‘Hash’ run in Edison Jan. 5

    The Hash House Harriers will host a 4- to 6-mile group run at 10 a.m. Jan. 5, beginning at Kenneth Vercammen Law Office, 2053 Woodbridge Ave., Edison. Hashing is not a race but a noncompetitive group run that follows an off-road course laid out with baking flour. The course is complex and runs through woods,…

  • Women Helping Women to sponsor support groups

    Women Helping Women, 224 Main St., Metuchen, sponsors the following support groups. • Coping with Separation and Divorce Group, Mondays, 7:30-9 p.m. • Personal Growth and Self-Esteem Group, Wednesdays, 7:30-9 p.m. Women Helping Women is a nonprofit organization devoted to empowering generations, one life at a time. Women Helping Women serves more than 5,000 women,…

  • Free citizenship workshop slated for Jan. 8 at library

    Debby Alter, director of Immigrant and Refugee Services at Jewish Family and Vocation Services of Middlesex County, will hold a free citizenship workshop at the Edison Main Library, 340 Plainfield Ave., Jan. 8 at 7 p.m. Topics to be discussed include citizenship eligibility requirements; where, when and how much it costs to file an application;…

  • Police dispatchers needed in Metuchen

    The Metuchen Police Department is now accepting applications for trained and untrained dispatchers. Training will be available. The starting salary is $12.96 an hour. Interested parties can contact Patrolman David Liantonio at (732) 632-8547 or Capt. Robin Rentenberg at (732) 632-8548.

  • Municipal Council moves meeting to Dec. 27

    The Municipal Council of the Township of Edison has rescheduled the combined meeting previously slated for Dec. 26 to now be held on Dec. 27 at 6 p.m. Individuals requiring auxiliary aids and services must notify the ADA coordinator of the township at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting.

  • Classes in coordination, tai chi offered at center

    The JFK Fitness Center is offering a six-session introductory program that will include balance and coordination classes. This form of workout is designed to help with daily activities in gaining more stability, flexibility and strength. Rich Lund, an instructor of tai chi and qigong for 20 years, will teach the course, which is offered to…

  • Garden Club provides community services

    The Terra Nova Garden Club of Edison is a nonprofit community service club that meets on the last Wednesday of each month, September through June, at 6:45 p.m. in the North Edison Library, 777 Grove Ave. A guest speaker or program about interesting topics from flower design to caring for the environment is presented at…