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Preserving Our Local Towns’ Historic Landmarks Through Wooden Miniatures Mr. Local History Project: Meet Brooks Betz, a Westfield, NJ resident with strong ties to Cranford. He is helping to preserve and promote Cranford and...
0Named for the stone wall that runs around the borders of the original estate property, “Stonehedge” stood as “the ideal country home” at 211 Hampton Street in Cranford (we hear the address has changed over time and was originally...
2There’s just something about old houses. Besides the character you find in the beautiful craftsmanship of older homes, there’s an energy and a visceral feeling you get from walking the same floors, touching the same walls,...
0If you read my blog on the Wilson family’s discovery of WWII memorabilia hidden in the walls of their just-purchased home, then you are in for a real treat! This past weekend Jerry and Gaby Wilson met with Eugene...
0It’s something you read about in books, something you see in movies: the discovery of secret treasure hidden behind the walls of an old home. But that very thing just happened to Gaby and Jerry Wilson of Cranford, and the story...
8Cranford’s Prominent Women Powerpoint Presentation March is National Women’s History Month. And one need go no farther than our own home town to find some notable women of history. In honor of Women’s History Month, the Cranford...
0Doo-Wop Groups of New Jersey Did you know that NJ was the birthplace of many a “doo-wop” group? It’s true! The Duprees, The Monotones, The Rivieras, The Shirelles . . . . . the NJ music scene was hoppin’ in the 1950’s...
0On Sunday, February 22, 2015 at the Crane-Phillips House Museum, located at 38 Springfield Avenue in Cranford, residents are invited to a free program featuring historian and author, James Gigantino. Gigantino will discuss his book,...
0Frederic Carder and Steuben Glass Presentation Most people are familiar with Tiffany, and with Steuben Glass, and with the beautiful pieces associated with both names, fewer are familiar with the name “Frederic Carder,” and his...
0Are you, or is someone you know and love, a veteran? The Cranford VFW Post #335, located at 479 South Avenue, is hosting their Annual Veterans Breakfast on Sunday, November 9th, at 9:00 AM. The breakfast is free of charge, and open to...
0Since Ben Franklin invented the printing press in the 1700’s, newspapers have become an iconic part of life as we know it. Even as e-news takes over, there is no denying the drastic effect that journalism has played in the course of...
2Heartwood Restorations in Cranford, NJ Did you ever watch those shows on the Home Channel . . . the ones where people take old, wretched, seemingly worthless pieces of furniture, restore them, and the pieces turn out to be gorgeous...
0The Cranford Trust Building If you are a resident of Cranford, you probably pass it every day. The large, regal looking, building at the very heart of the town, housing a variety of businesses in the center of the shopping district. ...
0Droeschers Mill a Potential Historical Landmark! Droeschers Mill is as much a part of Cranford as anything. You can still spot young kids fishing near the old mill on a pleasant day, and the building itself conjures up images...
0Memory and Dress So remember that t-shirt you saved, because when you were in 7th grade that boy you thought was cute said he liked the color of it? Or the monkey pajamas your now teenage son wore as an infant, that you have tucked...
0Spring is in the air! And soon it will be time to get the yards and grounds ready! There are flowers to be planted, lawns to be fertilized . . . . And, of course, all of that hard work can build up an appetite. You can...
0Lecture: Portrait of a Civil War Marriage It’s sort of a “The Notebook” movie meets “The Civil War” documentary. On Wednesday, February 12th, at 7:30 PM at the Cranford Community Center at 220 Walnut Avenue, you can take a peek into...
0Victorian Valentines at Westfield’s Reeve House Does Valentine’s Day leave you feeling a little flat? It is supposed to be a day of sharing love and appreciation, but do you ever feel that, like so many other originally...
0Author Linda Barth–Garden State:Where Ideas Grow Everyone knows about Thomas Edison’s “invention factory” in Menlo Park, the very location where he invented and patented such famous items as the...
0Patrolman Robert F. Hand Plaza Some of us pass by it or travel on it every day. A small stretch of road, including a portion of Springfield Avenue between North Avenue and North Union Avenue, right along the path of the Cranford...
0Public Meeting on Crane-Phillips House For most Cranfordians, it is already considered a historic landmark. Located at the very heart of town, it is perhaps the most familiar building in Cranford. There is even a scale model...
0Did you ever wonder how Scotch Plains, and Fanwood, too, got their names? In the late 1600’s, a small village was created and settled by Scottish immigrants who had landed at Perth Amboy under the leadership of George Scot. ...
0There’s always plenty to do in Cranford on Halloween night! Whether you go trick or treating with the kids, stay home to give out treats, enjoy what turns out to be live performance art on so many people’s lawns, or attend the...
0Did you ever wonder how Westfield NJ got its name? Dating way, WAY back, as early as the 1600’s, in fact, the area was used as very successful farmland. The “big town” of the area at that time was Elizabethtown, and this area was...
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