Category: Sentinel-EDM Calendar

  • Citizens Police Academy soon to be open to residents

    The Metuchen Police Department will conduct an 11-week Citizens Police Academy program for borough residents beginning Sept. 9. The program will offer residents an opportunity to become familiar with the day-to-day operations, procedures and training of their police department. It will be open to borough residents age 21 and older who successfully complete a background…

  • Police seeking for school crossing guards

    The Metuchen Police Department is now accepting applications for school crossing guards for the upcoming 2004-05 school year. The positions, which start in September, are part time and pay $9.50 an hour. Interested parties can contact Capt. Bergen or Dispatcher Donato at the Metuchen Police at (732) 632-8500.

  • High school orientation slated for this evening

    A special evening orientation program for new freshmen and transfer students at Edison High School will be held at 7 p.m. Aug. 25 at the high school. All student must be accompanied by a parent or adult. They will be able to pick up their schedules. Parents and students can also attend informational sessions on…

  • September parent night slated at nursery school

    Oak Tree Nursery School at 445 Plainfield Road in Edison will hold a parent orientation at 7 p.m. Sept. 2. Classes begin Sept. 8. Two-day, three-day and four-day classes provide 2 1/2 hours of preschool programs. All learning is hands on. Limited openings are available. Oak Tree Nursery School is a nonprofit, nonsectarian, state-certified school.…

  • Local students named to Caldwell dean’s list

    Caldwell College recently named seniors Melanie Smyth of Iselin, Michael Stempinski and Cozette Rudy of Metuchen, and sophomore Jenna Crance of Colonia to its spring 2004 dean’s list. In order to achieve this honor, students must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher and complete at least 12 credits during the semester.

  • YMCA golf outing to benefit local causes

    YMCA golf outing to benefit local causes The Metuchen Edison Wood­bridge YMCA will hold its 10th an­nual Golf Outing Sept. 27, at the Metuchen Golf and Coun­try Club. The event will benefit the YMCA’s Fund for Tomorrow, a fund used for three community commit­ments: aiding families in crisis, funding teen initiatives, and im­proving off-site facilities…

  • Rising star

    Rising star FARRAH MAFFAI staff Sasha Santos, 15, will be competing in the Edison Idol contest Saturday. On Monday, she warmed up at the Stelton Community Center, singing “Spanish Rose.”

  • Woman arrested in bar fight

    WOODBRIDGE — Police arrested and charged a Sewaren woman with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after responding to a disturbance outside of a bar last week. The incident occurred at Poor Billy’s Sports Café on Oakwood Avenue around 2 a.m. Aug. 19, police said. While police were attempting to disburse small groups of people who…

  • Community Bulletin Board

    Plays-in-the-Parkslates open auditions Community Bulletin Board Plays-in-the-Park slates open auditions Plays-in-the-Park slates open auditions Open auditions for an upcoming Plays-in-the-Park productions are scheduled for Oct. 10 at the Stephen J. Capestro Theater, the home of Plays-in-the-Park, Roosevelt Park, Edison. Auditions for the theater’s 10th anniversary production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" are planned…