Community Bulletin Board: Criterion Sentinel (for March 17)
The Terra Nova Garden Club of Edison is offering a $400 scholarship to an Edison resident and high school senior who is planning to attend college in the fall and has a significant interest in agriculture, horticulture, the environment or ecology.
Applications along with criteria can be obtained at all Edison high schools.
The deadline for submission is May 12.
The latest newsletter from Legal Services of New Jersey (LSNJ) highlights some of the essential aspects of the various special programs designed to help poor and other New Jerseyans during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The bilingual publication, “Looking Out For Your Legal Rights,” is accessible online at www.lsnjlaw.org.
Community Bulletin Board: the Sentinel (for March 17)
The Blackhawks Girls Lacrosse team will hold a clothing drive from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 27 at Bicentennial Park near the baseball diamond, 176 Hardenburg Lane, East Brunswick.
New or gently used clean men’s, women’s and children’s clothing; shoes; purses; belts; bed and bath linens’ cleaned stuffed animals; bicycles; and baby strollers will be accepted.
No pillows, books, toys, furniture, appliances or household items will be accepted.
For more information, call 732-407-2400 or email ebgirlslax@gmail.com
Aldersgate United Methodist Church will hold a Community Easter Egg Hunt from 10:30 a.m. to noon April 3 at the church, 568 Ryders Lane, East Brunswick.
Community Bulletin Board: the Suburban (for March 17)
Sacred Heart Church will hold their first virtual tricky tray.
Drop off tickets to play in person at Memorial Hall, 531 Washington Ave., South Amboy, but then enjoy virtually, while ticket pulling starts at 6 p.m. April 23, 2021, live streamed from the church’s website and Facebook page.
Purchase a pre-sale bundle at $50 to save $10. No bundle packs will be sold at the door.
Drop off ticket days are April 10 and 17 from 3-6 p.m.; April 11 and 18 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and April 14 and 21 from 6-8 p.m.
Ticket sheets and additional raffles available at event, cash only.
Community Bulletin Board: Criterion Sentinel (for March 10)
Keynote speaker Sheri-Rose Rubin will discuss Jews with Disabilities at 7:30 p.m. March 11.
Sheri-Rose and her husband Seth are the parents of Sophie, 20, and Max, 17; Max has cerebral palsy.
She is a councilwoman in Metuchen and the founder of the Metuchen Accessibility Committee and the organizer of Metuchen Buddy Ball.
Fellow panelists include Lauren and Michael Cohn, Meredith Parmalee-Kafah, Sheldon and Therese Jaffe, and Cantor Emily Simkin.
Hosted by Temple Emanu-El of Edison.
For more information, call 646-558-8656.
Although Woodbridge canceled its 2021 St. Patrick’s Day Parade due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 1 the American Irish Association of Woodbridge started a “Parade of Food” to replenish the township food pantries. Through March 14, drop off food at any Woodbridge Township firehouse.
Community Bulletin Board: the Sentinel (for March 10)
Pet licenses are required by March 31 to avoid late fee.
Helmetta will hold a rabies clinic from 6-8 p.m. March 23 at 51 Main St., Helmetta.
The Monroe Township Police Department created a new Facebook page and Instagram account in 2020.
In an effort to reach more residents, the department created a new Twitter account at www.twitter.com/MonroePoliceNJ
The department’s Instagram account is www.instagram.com/MonroePoliceNJ/
For more information, visit the department’s website at www.monroetwppolice.org/
The South River Police Department responds to emergency and non-emergency calls at businesses 24 hours a day. Occasionally, it becomes necessary to contact someone from the business outside of business hours. To assist police with having this information available when needed, the department maintains a database containing after hours contact phone numbers for business owners and representatives.