CRANFORD, NJ — Deputy Mayor Brian Andrews wasn’t going to let a cool windy day mar the observance of Cranford’s sesquicentennial at a ceremony on Sunday, March 14. “We’re here celebrating our 150th anniversary,” Andrews said that day. “We were founded on this day, 150 years ago, in the wake of a Civil War, and […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Calvary Nursery School & Child Care, an early childhood center serving children ages 2 and a half to 6, recently hosted a pop-up event in downtown Cranford to thank first responders and recognize the community’s yearlong difficult journey. Students marked the passage of the past year’s struggles with a first responder appreciation […]
UNION, NJ — Nutley resident Brennan Columbia-Walsh, a 16-year-old junior from Montclair Kimberley Academy, and Alejandro Espinal, a 17-year-old senior at the Academy for Performing Arts in Scotch Plains, have been selected to share first prize in The Theater Project’s prestigious annual Young Playwrights Competition. Ryan Rosenthal, a 16-year-old junior at Cranford High School, and […]
CRANFORD, NJ — A forward-thinking police officer, a generous Cranford-based business and the Police Department’s Community Outreach Unit combined efforts to create and deploy sensory communication kits in all primary radio cars in Cranford. “The sensory communication kits are intended to improve relationships and mitigate communication barriers between our officers and those individuals in our […]
CRANFORD, NJ — In advance of Presidents Day on Feb. 15, Robert Schott created an impressive 14-foot snow sculpture of the Lincoln Memorial. This isn’t the first time Schott has created a delightful snow sculpture in his front yard at 512 Springfield Ave. in Cranford; in the past he has created Snoopy from ‘Peanuts,’ Olaf […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Union County Board of County Commissioners has announced that 60 artists, historians and local nonprofit organizations will receive funding through the 2021 Union County HEART — History, Education, Arts Reaching Thousands — grant program. The HEART grant program was created by the Board of Commissioners in 1998, in recognition of […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Downtown New Jersey recently celebrated downtowns and downtown businesses across the state for their placemaking projects with awards. While many downtowns and businesses are struggling right now due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, these award winners have taken innovative steps to keep their areas surviving and thriving. Nominations were accepted in two […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — 2020 was packed to the brim with goings-on, from COVID-19 to the census, from the Black Lives Matter movement to the presidential election. While COVID-19 and unrest dominated headlines, there were many infrastructure advancements in Union County. The following is a short recap of some of those improvements; this is by […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Cranford United Methodist Church has announced that it will host its next drive-through food collection event on Saturday, Feb. 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the church’s parking lot, as the pandemic rages on and more neighbors are struggling to keep food on the table. Place your bags of nonperishable […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Patrolmen Thomas Bell and James Knight were on patrol on Sunday, Dec. 20, around 8:33 a.m., when they were dispatched in response to a 911 call for a pregnant woman in labor. Cranford resident Gina Chaves had gone into labor in her home when her water suddenly broke and the baby’s head […]