CRANFORD, NJ — Seeking a sixth state title and its first since 2013, the Cranford High School baseball team was denied on the field by Middletown High School North in the Group 3 state championship game at Veterans Park in Hamilton on Saturday, June 18. Middletown North won the game, 5-4, in eight innings. Cranford’s […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Union County College has announced that four of its students are semifinalists for the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The semifinalists are Mark Farag of Elizabeth, Sophia Morales of Linden, Luana Rampelotti of Hillside and George Stevens of Kenilworth. This scholarship provides as much as $55,000 per year for community […]
WATCHUNG, NJ — Ruth Anne Munroe, director of Campus Ministry and Student Council moderator at Mount Saint Mary Academy in Watchung, reported that the Mercy Girl Effect Award has been presented to the academy’s 2021-2022 Student Council executive board. “Each year, the five-member board is challenged with a Mercy Girl Effect project that raises awareness […]
CRANFORD, NJ — The Diamondettes, a baton-twirling team of four girls new to the sport, took first-place honors at a United States Twirling Association novice competition at the Rahway Recreation Center on Sunday, May 1. The quartet, who just began twirling in September, are Leyla Akin, Liana Torres, Natalyn Molina and Megan Charlton. Scoring at […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Harmonium Choral Society has announced the winners of its 25th annual High School Composition Contest. Cranford High School student Asher Shectman’s piece “By Day” won first prize and will be sung at Harmonium’s “Open Hearts” concerts on Friday, June 3, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 5, at 3 p.m., both at […]
WATCHUNG, NJ — S. Deirdre Mullan visited Mount Saint Mary Academy on World Water Day, Tuesday, March 22, to discuss with administration, faculty, staff, and students the importance of water resources for impoverished countries in conjunction with the “Mercy Girl Effect: Women at the Well” initiative. Mullan had lunch in the Heritage Room with members […]
WATCHUNG, NJ — S. Deirdre Mullan visited Mount Saint Mary Academy on World Water Day, Tuesday, March 22, to discuss with administration, faculty, staff, and students the importance of water resources for impoverished countries in conjunction with the “Mercy Girl Effect: Women at the Well” initiative. Mullan had lunch in the Heritage Room with members […]
CRANFORD, NJ — After a three-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, Cranford hosted a Rahway River Cleanup event on Saturday, April 16, at various sites along the river as it passes through the township. According to information disseminated by the Cranford Jaycees, one of several organizations involved in the cleanup, collection locations included Kenilworth […]
CRANFORD, NJ — A medical call turned into a successful CPR life save after Cranford Police, Fire and Fire EMS responded to an Orchard Street home. On Friday, April 1, at approximately 8:47 a.m., Police Officers Daniel Donnerstag and Joshua Sousa were dispatched to an Orchard Street address on the report of a 53-year-old male […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Union County College hosted a reveal event for the Real Men of Union County College calendar on Wednesday, Feb. 9. The event was co-sponsored by the Dean of Students Office and the Union County College Foundation Women 100 Project. The college’s dean of students, Takeem Dean, introduced the calendar as a way […]