Category: Sentinel-EDM Calendar

  • Community Bulletin Board

    Wetlands Association slates hazardous waste course The nonprofit Edison Wetlands Association (EWA) will be offering its annual 40-hour, public hazardous waste course — Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) Recertification and Awareness Level Training — from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. beginning Feb. 26 at the EWA office, 2003 Route 27. Participants may attend…

  • Community Bulletin Board

    Library to present Celtic music program March 4 The Friends of the Edison Public Library is sponsoring a program of Celtic music at 2 p.m. March 4 at the Edison Main Library, 340 Plainfield Ave. Drawing on the musical heritage of Ireland, Scotland and America, presenter Mary Kay Mann will sing and play the Celtic…

  • Community Bulletin Board

    Black History Trivia Competition Feb. 9 The Metuchen-Edison Area Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will hold its annual Black History Trivia Competition on Feb. 9 at the Edison Job Corps Academy, 500 Plainfield Ave. Co-sponsored by the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission, the event is free and…

  • Board of Ed. announces deadline for nominations

    The Edison Township Board of Education has announced that Feb. 27, 4 p.m., is the deadline for filing nominating petitions to run for positions on the board. Prospective school board candidates can obtain a School Board Candidate Kit at the board office, which is located at Education Center, 312 Pierson Ave., Edison. The kit includes…

  • Local Lutheran church has Saturday thrift shop hours

    St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, located at the top of the hill on Pleasant Avenue (off Amboy Avenue), Edison, has announced its thrift shop hours. The store is open every Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon, where shoppers can find bargains on clothing, household items and gifts. Donations are accepted during hours of operation. For more…

  • Symphony orchestra to round up season Feb. 19

    The Edison Arts Society will present the Edison Symphony Orchestra’s season finale, “The Romeros: The Royal Family of the Guitar,” at 2 p.m. Feb. 19 at the State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Broadway star Andrea Burns will also perform at the concert, with selections from “Evita,” “Les Misérables” and “Beauty and the Beast,”…

  • Black History Trivia Competition Feb. 9

    The Metuchen-Edison Area Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will hold its annual Black History Trivia Competition on Feb. 9 at the Edison Job Corps Academy, 500 Plainfield Ave. Co-sponsored by the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission, the event is free and all are welcome to participate. The…

  • Library to host songwriter for Black History Month

    To celebrate Black History Month, the Friends of the Edison Library will host songwriter “Briz” at 2 p.m. Feb. 4 at the main branch, 340 Plainfield Ave. Briz will perform a program called “Freedom Stairway,” a combination of songs and narration about the Underground Railroad and the attempts made by thousands of slaves to reach…

  • Chambers of commerce to honor local attorney

    The Edison and Metuchen Area chambers of commerce will host a networking party from 5-8 p.m. Feb. 3 in honor of Kenneth Vercammen’s 20 years (1985-2005) of service in the law profession. The free networking event will be held at Vercammen’s law office, 2053 Woodbridge Ave., Edison (near the Nixon post office, approximately 1/2 mile…