CRANFORD, NJ — Ed Davenport’s last day at Cranford’s TV 35 will be Monday, July 31. “Aug. 1, I’m done,” he said. “It’s the first time in my life I never had a plan.” Davenport began volunteering for Cranford’s local cable access channel in 1986. The station that now reaches more than 350,000 viewers in […]
CRANFORD, NJ — The rain held off on the cool summer night, as 280 Cranford students participated in graduation. Prior to the commencement activities, Principal Mark Cantagallo said, “It’s been a pleasure. This graduating class has so much potential to make the world a better place.” Gianna Pantastico, 17, said she’s really excited about graduating […]
CRANFORD, NJ — On Friday, May 12, the New Jersey Office of Attorney General presented Officer Michael Gamba of the Cranford Police Department with the Detective Joseph Seals Valor Award at an Excellence in Policing Awards ceremony hosted in Trenton. Nearly a year earlier, on May 28, 2022, Cranford Patrol Units responded to the senior […]
CRANFORD, NJ — It was a special day for Diamondettes Baton and Dance LLC owner/director Nicole Marie Placca on Saturday, June 3, when she received an award from Cranford Mayor Brian Andrews at Diamond Gymnastics Academy in Cranford. “The award recognizes the program for offering baton twirling, which is very rare for the area, and […]
CRANFORD, NJ — The Cranford Woman’s Club hosted its 10th annual Sip and Shop event on Friday, May 12. Attendees of the event were awarded a tote bag filled with drink tickets and special coupons for discounts at surrounding stores that were participating in the event. “I think this is one of the premier events […]
CRANFORD, NJ — The final production of CDC Theatre’s 104th season, “In the Heights,” is set to run every weekend from now to Saturday, May 20. Lin Manuel Miranda’s first Broadway show burst onto the stage in 2008. It was nominated for 13 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Book and Score, as well as for […]
CRANFORD, NJ — The 2023 membership campaign for Hanson Park Conservancy has commenced. Hanson Park Conservancy is a non-profit organization begun in 2004 by a group of Cranford Citizens to support efforts to upgrade and maintain Hanson Park and to provide guidance and support to the preservation of the Cranford Canoe Club building, the last […]
Problems at the printing plant where our newspapers are printed have caused a delay in their distribution. Subscribers to the News-Record of Maplewood and South Orange, The Glen Ridge Paper, West Orange Chronicle, Irvington Herald, The Independent Press of Bloomfield, Record-Transcript and Union County LocalSource should receive their newspapers in Friday’s mail. We apologize for […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Camp Invention, a nationally recognized, nonprofit summer enrichment program, is coming to Orange Avenue School the week of June 26 through June 30. A program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Camp Invention challenges children in kindergarten through sixth grade to […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Union College of Union County has announced that six of its students are semifinalists for the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship — the most in Union’s history. The semifinalists are Eman Abdelrahman, of New Providence; Ozichi Chinedu, of Freehold; Joceline Gissel Guerra Osorio, of Elizabeth; Junaid Ilyas, of Roselle […]