Meeting starts at 7pm ET.

This meeting is rescheduled from last week.

This is an open meeting. All members or prospective members welcome. We would love your input!

Contact foledisonnj@gmail.com or call 732-738-4586 for more details.

The Edison Library will host a screening and discussion of “Rescuing the River”, on Tuesday, May 8, 7:00pm.  This is a documentary exploring the history of industrial activity, political activism and legal action surrounding the cleanup of contaminated sites along the Raritan River.

A post-screening discussion will follow lead by Professor Chris Rasmussen, Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Call: (732)287-2298 ext 1 or go to www.lmxac.org/edisonlib click on Programs to register.

All About Roses

A slide, lecture, and discussion program

Presented by Christine Rose
Middlesex County Master Gardener Intern

Saturday, May 19, 2012
2:00 p.m.

Clara Barton Branch Library
141 Hoover Avenue
Edison, NJ 08837 (directions)

• Learn that roses are not difficult to grow, despite their reputation.
• Discuss the many available types of roses, colors, and fragrances, as well as how to select, plant, prune, and nurture this most-romantic of all flowers.
• Get answers to your questions about where to plant, how to handle pests and diseases, and how to expand your choices beyond the standard hybrid tea rose.

This is a free program sponsored by the Friends of the Edison Public Library. Advance registration is required. Reserve your seat by calling 732-738-0096, ext. 28, going to the library’s website at http://www.lmxac.org/edisonlib, or signing up at any circulation desk.

For more details, please see our Calendar page.

Prize Money Sponsor
Federal Business Centers

Other Sponsors
Edison Board of Education, Richard O’Malley, Superintendent
The Wilner Family
Jessica Levin, President, Seven Degrees Communications
Open Road BMW
Edison Girl Scout Troop #80851 and Enid Weiss
Fords Jewelers
Assemblyman Patrick Diegnan
Assemblyman Pete Barnes
La Bonbonniere Bake Shoppe
Costco Wholesale Warehouse, Edison

We’d also like to thank:

Gail Pawlikowski, Principal, J.P. Stevens High School
Steve Anthony, J.P. Stevens Facility Manager, and his staff
Darlene Rich and J.P. Stevens Theater Group
Officers Greg Spath, Sean Goldmann and Edison Auxiliary Police
The J.P. Stevens High School Cheerleaders (Coach Marissa Simoes): Brittany Bologna, Alyssa Doctor, Marie Julien, Danielle Kozlosky
Rosemary Simmons and teens from the Interact and Red Cross clubs at Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies

and…

All of the wonderful Friends volunteers (over 40 of them!)

A Raconteur Radio Production

Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem

Saturday, April 28 at 2.00p.m.

North Edison Branch Library

777 Grove Ave., Edison, NJ 08820 (directions)

Be in the audience as the Raconteur Radio Players portray Sherlock Holmes, Professor Moriarty, and other Holmes’ characters during this reenactment of a radio play. Watch as they create the sound effects to be “broadcast” to the “home audience.” Get a slice of radio history served up with a good mystery.

Seating is limited. Reserve your seat by calling 732-548-3045, ext. 1, sign up at the circulation desk or on-line at http://www.lmxac.org/edisonlib, click on Programs and Displays.

For more details, please see our events calendar.

This free program is sponsored by The Friends of the Edison Public Library.

Division 1 (grades 2 & 3)

1st Prize(Gold Medal): Shreyes Varde
2nd Prize(Silver Medal): Tyler Wu
3rd Prize(Bronze Medal): Sunrit Panda

From L-R: Shreyes Varde and Tyler Wu, Division 1 1st and 2nd prize winners respectively.

Sunrit Panda, Division 1 3rd prize winner.

Note 4/4/2012: We previously mixed up the 1st and 3rd prize winners’ names in the above photos. That has now been corrected. We apologize to 1st prize winner Shreyes Varde and 3rd prize winner Sunrit Panda for the error.

Division 2(Grades 4 & 5)

1st Prize(Gold Medal): Ashwath Subramanian
2nd Prize(Silver Medal): Dayashree Baskaran
3rd Prize(Bronze Medal): Vanessa Hu

Division 2 winners (from L-R): 1st Ashwath Subramanian, 2nd Dayashree Baskaran and 3rd Vanessa Hu respectively.

Congratulations to our prizewinners! And thank you to all our competitors for taking part and helping us promote literacy and raise money for Edison’s Public Libraries.

Therefore, if you mailed us an application, and have not yet received either an e-mail confirmation or your returned check, please contact us as soon as possible, by calling us at 732-738-4586.

Saturday, February 25, 2012
12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m.
Edison Main Library
340 Plainfield Avenue

Join guest presenter Nancy Leary to make your own unique 60” silk scarf. Match your favorite outfit or make a special gift using the beautiful ancient art form of “Ebru”, better known as marbleizing.

 Reserve your seat by calling 732-287-2298, ext. 1,
on-line at www.lmxac.org/edisonlib,
or sign up at the circulation desk.
$10.00 includes silk scarf and all supplies.

For more details, please see our Calendar page.

Meeting starts at 7pm ET.

This is an open meeting. All members or prospective members welcome. We would love your input!

Contact foledisonnj@gmail.com or call 732-738-4586 for more details.

If your child’s application has been successful, you will soon be receiving confirmation. If your child’s application has been unsuccessful, we will soon be returning your check/s.

Thank you all for applying to take part, good luck to those who will be participating, and sorry to those who did not get in this time.