Category: Sentinel-EDM Calendar

  • Library announces program for 1-year-olds

    The Edison Public Library will offer its first program for 1-year-olds and their parents, called “Library Lapsit,” this September. No registration is required, but space is limited. The program will be held on Tuesdays, Sept. 4, 18, 25 and Oct. 2, at 10 a.m. Call (732) 548-0845 for more details.

  • Presentation on Amish life slated at Edison library

    The Edison Main Library will present “Amish Traditions” on Saturday Oct. 13, at 2 p.m. Presented by Sandy Riley, a 13- year resident of Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County, “Amish Traditions” includes interesting and unknown facts about Amish living, funny and personal stories about her Amish neighbors and friends, and accounts about her life in the community.…

  • Simchat Torah to be held Oct. 4-5

    Neve Shalom announced that Simchat Torah celebrations will take place on Thursday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m. and Friday, Oct. 5, at 9:30 a.m. Activities will include Torah reading in the evening by teenagers, Aliyot for all, flags, Torah parades, and caramel apples. Participants are urged to bring funny hats. During the morning services there…

  • Metuchen Rec sponsoring trip to Radio City show

    The Metuchen Recreation Commission is sponsoring a bus trip to New York City to see the Radio City Christmas show, featuring the Rockettes, on Tuesday, Dec. 11. The bus will depart from Metuchen Borough Hall, 500 Main St., at 2:30 p.m. for a 5 p.m. performance. The cost is $72 per person and includes orchestra…

  • NAACP to hold forum on health-care disparity

    The Metuchen-Edison Area Branch of the NAACP will host a forum titled “Health Disparities for Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations: Racism or Neglect?” at the Edison Job Corps Academy, 500 Plainfield Ave., Edison, on Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. The panel will consist of physicians and health-care specialists. The event is free and open to…

  • Hazardous waste drop-off days to begin Sept. 15

    The Middlesex County Division of Solid Waste Management will hold household hazardous waste drop-off days Sept. 15 at the Woodbridge Public Works/Recycling Center, 225 Smith St., Keasbey section of Woodbridge; Oct. 20 at the Middlesex County Division of Highways, Apple Orchard Lane, North Brunswick; and Nov. 18 at the Middlesex County College, Edison. Collection times…

  • Edison AARP lists upcoming events

    The next meeting of the Edison AARP, Chapter 3446, will be held Sept. 17 at 1 p.m. at the Edison Job Corps, located at 500 Plainfield Ave., Edison. The dues that run from September 2007 to September 2008 are due. New applications are being accepted at the meeting. Members must belong to the national AARP…

  • Library announces program for 1-year-olds

    The Edison Public Library will offer its first program for 1-year-olds and their parents, called “Library Lapsit,” this September. No registration is required, but space is limited. The program will continue on Tuesdays, Sept. 18, 25 and Oct. 2, at 10 a.m. Call (732) 548-0845 for more details.

  • Westerhoff announces scholarship recipients

    The Westerhoff School of Music and Art in Metuchen has announced its fall 2007 recipients of the Connect the Arts (CTA) scholarship program. Stephanie Kovacs of Somerset and Jonathan Beiter of Edison each received $200 for additional instruction time. The winners were selected by professional jazz guitarist and instructor Rale Micic.