Category: Sentinel-EDM Calendar
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Funeral home to offer free bereavement support
The Costello-Runyon Funeral Home, 568 Middlesex Ave., Metuchen, is offering a bereavement support group. These ongoing sessions will be held every Thursday morning from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The program, which is free of charge, will take place at the funeral home. Carol Burner, a certified grief recovery specialist, will facilitate the program. A professional…
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Habitat for Humanity to sponsor ‘Theatre Night’
Middlesex County Habitat for Humanity, Avenel section of Woodbridge, will hold its first annual “Theatre Night” fund-raiser — featuring “Smokey Joe’s Café — at 8 p.m. May 7 at the State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. A champagne reception will follow. Cost is $100 per person, and funds raised will be used for materials…
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Diocese of Metuchen to honor popes with concert
The Diocese of Metuchen’s festival and chamber choirs will present “A Lineage of Faith: In Thanksgiving to Pope John Paul II and Celebration of His Successor, Pope Benedict XVI” at 7 p.m., May 1 at St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral, Main Street, Metuchen. The concert — which is open to the public — will include…
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St. Luke’s ‘spring fling’ scheduled for April 30
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 17 Oak Ave. (at Route 27), Metuchen, will be hosting a “spring fling” from 7-11 p.m. April 30, featuring an evening of dancing and fellowship. There will be a DJ, as well as refreshments. Cost is $10 per person. Reservations are requested. Call (732) 548-4308, ext. 10.
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High spirits
MIGUEL JUAREZ staff Josh Levin and Jen Wang, of the J.P. Stevens High School Theater Company, Edison, belt out a song from “Phantom of the Opera” at the school’s Cabaret Night last week.
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Hazardous waste drop-off day May 15
The Middlesex County Division of Solid Waste Management announces there is one remaining household hazardous waste drop-off day: • May 15 at Middlesex County College, near the Mill Road entrance, Edison. Collection times are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Household hazardous wastes which are improperly disposed of are identified as a danger to children and…
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Good time
JOHN E. SZPARA Marie Oshea, Ada Nagy and Marion Burris, all of Edison, chat and listen to ’50s and ’60s tunes at the Grace Reformed Church’s annual sock hop over the weekend.
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Garden club slates High Tea fund-raiser April 30
The Edison Garden Club will host a High Tea from 2-4 p.m. April 30 at the Edison Public Library (main branch), 320 Plainfield Ave. Guest speaker will be Leslie Dempsey, master gardener and member of the National Orchid Society. All proceeds will go to the Rutgers Scholarship Fund for students in landscape design. Door prizes…
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Lainie’s Angels plans fund-raiser
Edison-based Lainie’s Angels — a charity dedicated to providing advice, peer support and counseling to the parents of children with cancer — will host its spring fund-raiser, Comics for Kids, on May 5 from 6-10 p.m. at Frank’s, 410 W. 16th St., New York City. The evening of live comedy and cocktails will feature comedians…
