Keep your children busy during winter break at the Cranford Community Center

CRANFORD, NJ — Winter break will be here soon. Keep your children engaged and active, while learning with youth programs offered at the Cranford Community Center, 220 Walnut Ave. Mad Science brings its fun, diverse and super science-themed camps to Cranford. Mad Science offers Birds & Beasts, Junior Engineers and Shutterbugs for youth in kindergarten […]

Cranford Woman’s Club hosts its 35th Home for the Holidays House Tour

Cranford Woman’s Club hosts its 35th Home for the Holidays House Tour

CRANFORD, NJ — The Cranford Woman’s Club is celebrating its Diamond Jubilee – its 75th anniversary. And it has also recently announced its 35th Home for the Holidays House Tour. This year, there will be seven beautifully decorated historic homes to view on Sunday, Dec. 8, from noon to 4 p.m. Julia Corbett Davis, a […]

Volunteers sort and bag socks for the needy at ‘Sock Hop’

Volunteers sort and bag socks for the needy at ‘Sock Hop’

CRANFORD, NJ — First Presbyterian Church of Cranford recently invited the community to a Sock Hop. They played 1950s rock and roll music, as volunteers of all ages sorted and bagged more than 2,000 pairs of socks into bundles for distribution. The donated socks went to Cranford–Elmora Soup Kitchen, a mission of the church, and […]

Wednesday Morning Club has much to offer

Wednesday Morning Club has much to offer

CRANFORD, NJ — The Wednesday Morning Club, which meets the first Wednesday of every month at 10 a.m. at the Cranford Community Center, 220 Walnut Ave., Cranford, welcomed Karen Quigley from Bank of America on Wednesday, Nov. 6, to speak about frauds and scams with her associate, Preya Gobin, to the group. It invites everyone […]

State grand jury declines to criminally charge Cranford officers in fatal shooting on Garden State Parkway in Woodbridge

TRENTON, NJ — A state grand jury has voted not to file any criminal charges at the conclusion of its deliberations regarding the death of Kevin Harlfinger, 40, of Perth Amboy, who was fatally shot on the Garden State Parkway in Woodbridge, during an encounter with members of the Cranford Police Department on Dec. 28, […]

Cranford appoints new police chief following retirement of Greco

Cranford appoints new police chief following retirement of Greco

CRANFORD, NJ — In a unanimous vote, the Cranford Township Committee appointed Capt. Matthew Nazzaro to lead the Cranford Police Department, following the retirement of Chief Ryan Greco. Nazzaro will assume the office on Sunday, Dec. 1, and will work closely with Greco on the transition. Mayor Brian Andrews spoke about the Township Committee’s selection […]