Category: Sentinel-EDM Calendar

  • YMCA to sponsor trip for active older adults

    The Metuchen Branch YMCA, 65 High St., is sponsoring a trip for active older adults to the Festival of Lights extravaganza in Holmdel March 30. Bus will depart at 9:30 a.m. from the Metuchen municipal pool parking lot on Lake Avenue and will return at 4 p.m. Cost is $50 per person. To register, visit…

  • Woman’s Club to hold monthly meeting April 6

    The Metuchen-Edison Woman’s Club, an organization dedicated to benefiting the area’s communities since 1961, will hold its monthly membership meeting at 7:30 p.m. April 6 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 17 Oak Ave. (on the corner of Route 27) in Metuchen. Dr. Jay Yuhas of Yuhas Chiropractic Health Center, Metuchen, will discuss “Women’s Health and…

  • YMCA health program to focus on food and fitness

    The Metuchen Branch YMCA, 65 High St., will present “Health Habits for Life,” a six-week guide to food and fitness with a step-by-step approach to putting together a healthy, lifelong eating and fitness plan. The program will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and will run from April 13 to May 18, with a…

  • Theater company to offer many children’s shows

    Forum Theatre Co., Metuchen, has announced its schedule of productions for A Kid’s Forum, the company’s theater program for young and family audiences. • March 19-April 16 — “Pinocchio,” the classic tale of the wooden puppet who yearns to become a real boy. • April 23 — “Great Scott! It’s Magic!” at 11 a.m. Assisted…

  • 2005 dog, cat licenses available at borough hall

    Dog and cat licenses for 2005 are now available at Metuchen Borough Hall. Licenses can be renewed via mail by filling out the application that will be included with the recycling schedule, or they can be purchased from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Licenses for 2005 can be issued for any pet…

  • Conservation is theme of contests for students

    “Celebrate Conservation!” is the theme of the 2005 Conservation Poster and Bumper Sticker contests sponsored by the Freehold Soil Conservation District. By participating, students can discover what conservation is, where it is used, and why it is important for them to promote conservation in their communities. The contests are open to students from Monmouth and…

  • ‘Little Darlin’s Spring Fling’ slated for April 1

    The Edison Recreation Department, will present the 12th annual “Little Darlin’s Spring Fling” from 7-9:30 p.m. April 1 at the Stelton Community Center, 328 Plainfield Ave. The event — whose theme is “What a Pair” — is open to Edison 3-year-olds through sixth-graders, escorted by an adult (father/daughter, mother/son, uncle/niece, aunt/nephew, etc.). Bids are $10…

  • DEP offers free trees to local groups, nonprofits

    In celebration of Arbor Day, local organizations and nonprofit groups are invited to join communities across the Garden State in planting tube-seedling trees to improve the environment. The New Jersey Community Forestry Program in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service is offering up to 98 free trees per group. To obtain an application, groups are…

  • Cell phone drive to run through March

    As part of Weichert’s community service outreach program, Weichert, Realtors, Metuchen, is holding a cell phone drive to benefit Woodbridge senior citizens. Cell phones and their chargers can be brought to the Metuchen office, located at 640 Middlesex Ave., from now until March 31. They will be taken to the Woodbridge Township’s clerk’s office for…