CRANFORD, NJ - This holiday weekend, as we celebrate Independence Day, we are bringing you a Sunday with Bernie as he chats with Jay Boxwell, jr., a Cranford resident who has recently been named as the State Commander for the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).

The Boxwell family has a long and storied history with the military, going as far back as the Civil War. Boxwell is a US Navy veteran ...

CRANFORD, NJ - Patriotism was on parade as Cranford kicks off it's Independence Day Celebrations this weekend.

Friday morning at the Cranford Gazebo, some of Cranford's youngest residents took part in a patriotic craft that was co-sponsored by Downtown Cranford and Fire Me Up Studio. The Cranford Police and Fire Departments also helped out. Children created a red, white and blue ...

CRANFORD, NJ - After a 5 - 4 loss in the eighth inning for the Cranford Cougars at last Saturday's Group 3 championship, Cranford High School athletic director Darren Torsone challenged the results due to a pitch count discrepancy.

Originally reported by NJ.com, Cranford challenged the result, alleging that the Middletown North pitcher threw 120 pitches, which exceeded the 110 ...

CRANFORD, NJ - The Blue and Gold is going Red, White, and Blue at the Softball Youth All-American Games. Four Cranford athletes, Viviana Flores, Mia Andre, Juliana Messinger, and Sofia Messinger, were chosen to represent the Northeast in the Games this year.

The girls were evaluated by All-American scouts and professional athletes and scored. The top scorers from around the country ...

CRANFORD, NJ - A new purple and yellow building is decorating the streetscape of Cranford. The Artist Framer has moved from its former iconic location on the corner of North Avenue and Alden Street, but the long-standing Cranford business hasn't gone far. 

Stefani Lalor, who opened the shop at its old location in 1999, moved the shop a few blocks down North Avenue to the old ...

CLARK, NJ – The Clark Target store was the scene of a shoplifting haul worth more than $50K this week according to police.

In a release to the public on Friday, the Clark PD said two suspects, a male and female, stayed in the store’s restrooms until after closing on Tuesday night before emerging into the store dressed in vests impersonating overnight employees.

The duo then ...

CRANFORD, NJ - This week Bernie sat down with Cranford Library Director Michael Maziekien and Marissa Lieberman, Head of Reference Services to talk Manga, the digital circulation growth, library events, and future planned services for the library.

Lieberman is considered an expert on the subject of Manga, comics, and graphic novels and has spoken at Comic-Cons and New Jersey Library ...

CRANFORD, NJ - As the theater went dark on Friday's opening night performance of Cranford Dramatic Club's A Bronx Tale, the cityscape lights twinkled. A streetlight illuminated the Belmont Avenue sign and a quartet crooned. 

A Bronx Tale is based on Chazz Palminteri's one-man play, which was turned into the Academy Award-winning 1993 movie of the same name ...

CRANFORD, NJ - Kristen D'Anna will be the new principal of Bloomingdale Avenue School. D'Anna will be replacing Lourdes Murphy who will be the principal of Orange Avenue School. Her appointment was unanimously confirmed at Monday's Board of Education meeting.

D'Anna was an elementary school teacher in Freehold, NJ and taught first, second, and third grade. In 2015, she ...

CRANFORD, NJ – Union County College will soon turn the page on a new chapter.

“Thank you for joining us today, and I’d like to welcome you to Union County College and that’s probably one of the last times that we’ll be saying that,” said Dr. Jaime Segal, the new Union College Executive Director of College Relations. “This is an exciting day for us, and ...

Wonder, a new home dining experience serving 22 towns in New Jersey, has announced its first ever Student of the Year awards. The company is currently accepting nominations for 2022 high school graduates that exemplify Wonder’s core values of mastery, compassion, and courage.

"These communities have been so welcoming to us,” Wonder Senior Director of Marketing, Raina ...

CRANFORD, NJ - New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the $50.6 billion fiscal year 2023 state budget at Cranford High School on Thursday, where it was also announced that Cranford would receive $1.8 million for flood mitigation procedures.

According to a press release from Cranford's Mayor, Kathleen Miller Prunty, the $1.8 has been slated for the Southside Stormwater Improvement ...

NEW JERSEY — The price of gas in New Jersey is heading down as the Fourth of July weekend gets closer.

The average price of a gallon of unleaded is $4.85, according to AAA. That's down 2 cents from yesterday and 9 cents from last week. Drivers are paying $1.71 more than this time last year.

AAA says the Energy Information Administration reported the demand for gas decreased ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — A frozen yogurt shop and café on Westfield’s south side is singing its swan song.

Bohemian Raspberry on Wednesday announced that it must close its doors and vacate the shop by Aug. 1 as its landlord will not renew the lease. It follows the establishment’s nearly 10-year-long run.

“The outpouring of support has been humbling and ...

Wonder, a new home dining experience serving 22 towns in New Jersey, has announced its first ever Student of the Year awards. The company is currently accepting nominations for 2022 high school graduates that exemplify Wonder’s core values of mastery, compassion, and courage.

"These communities have been so welcoming to us,” Wonder Senior Director of Marketing, Raina ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — A frozen yogurt shop and café on Westfield’s south side is singing its swan song.

Bohemian Raspberry on Wednesday announced that it must close its doors and vacate the shop by Aug. 1 as its landlord will not renew the lease. It follows the establishment’s nearly 10-year-long run.

“The outpouring of support has been humbling and ...

CRANFORD, NJ - Max Masure lived most of their life with imposter syndrome, a persistent belief that a person is inadequate no matter their accomplishments. “I was not feeling empowered in the body I was living in,” Masure told TAPinto Cranford.

After burning out of work and trying figure out why, Masure, who is currently an author, motivational speaker, and inclusion ...

CRANFORD, NJ - The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued an air quality alert for Saturday until 11 p.m. 

The Ground Level Ozone "may approach or exceed unhealthy standards," states an alert sent out by the Cranford Police Department. According to AirNow.org, the region will be in the orange zone, which is defined as "unhealthy for sensitive ...

TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) announced on Monday the first possible case of monkeypox in the state. A PCR test conducted by the Department’s Public Health and Environmental Laboratories confirmed the presence of orthopoxvirus in a Jersey City individual on June 18. A confirmatory test for the monkeypox virus, one of the viruses associated with the ...