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The Cranford Connection: The Cranford 86 Project
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Local Effort Underway in Cranford to Collect Formula Amidst Nationwide Shortage
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CHS Baseball Team Surprises Young Boy Before His Eighth Surgery
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A Local Effort for Ukraine Ships Hundreds of Boxes to Aid those in Need
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Veteran Granted Car from Longstanding Cranford Business
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More than One Bunny Brought Smiles to Cranford This Week
By JENNIFER GLACKIN
May 22, 2022CRANFORD, NJ – A box in the attic. A scrapbook. That’s how many of the stories start for the Cranford 86 project.
Since the town was founded, many Cranford residents have served their country in the military. Eighty-six of them gave their lives.
Each year, after Cranford’s traditional Memorial Day parade is over the names of these 86 men are read aloud at ...
CRANFORD, NJ - Local shelves continue to be sparse as the baby formula shortage continues. In an effort to help, the Cranford Theater has partnered with Cranford Family Care to host a formula drive.
Cranford theater owner Doreen Sayegh, a parent herself, said she felt the need to help. Sayegh told TAPinto Cranford that she has been in contact with other parents through social ...
CRANFORD, NJ - Monday night, Fin O'Neill got to stay up a bit past his bedtime, wear a Cougar head and go for a ride in the blue and gold truck, all thanks to the Cranford High School Baseball team.
Fin has FATCO syndrome, a rare, genetic, congenital limb malformation syndrome. All four of Fin's extremities are affected, which his mother says is an even rarer form of the ...
CRANFORD, NJ - Ukraine has been fighting for survival for 76 days, ever since Russia declared war and invaded the country. Local residents Lada Bidiak and Olena Kiyko haven't gone a day since without crying. Those tears, shed for friends, family, beloved towns and cities, and everyone in Ukraine, are not in vain. They've propelled the two friends into action.
Bidiak lives in ...
CRANFORD, NJ - One lucky veteran was gifted a car from Benner's Auto Body, which has been in Cranford since 1910.
Joe O'Neill, Jr. owner of the South Avenue body shop, said giving back to the community has always been a priority for the family-owned business. Veteran causes were always close to O'Neill's heart, and when he took over for his dad in 2010, he went looking for ...
CRANFORD, NJ - When a fire left the Branley family of Cranford without their home and beloved pets, fellow residents rose to the challenge of helping them begin the difficult process of rebuilding their life.
One resident, Jessica Harring, used her creativity to help. Harring crochets small stuffed animals as a hobby and side business. She raffled off one, a bunny in a purple ...
CRANFORD, NJ - When a fire ravaged the Branley family's home, Cranford organizations and residents jumped at the chance to help the family in many ways.
On the evening of April 11, it took only moments for the fire that was noticed by neighbors to engulf the Orchard Street home. The Branley family managed to escape, but lost their two dogs in the fire.
The next day, FLAG for ...
CRANFORD, NJ - The Cranford community is once again proving #cranfordstrong is more than just a hashtag.
Relief efforts for the family affected by the Orchard Street fire have already begun. FLAG for Cranford and Cranford's Girl Scout Service Unit 48 have put together gift card drives to help the family begin the recovery process.
Some suggested donations are gift cards ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ -- One Scotch Plains girl is going on an international mission… and she is doing so one stitch at a time.
Ten-year-old Ella Burke wants to spread kindness, and her efforts to do so are going worldwide. The fifth grade Nettingham Middle School student, since learning about the war in Europe, has been raising money to benefit Ukrainian citizens by ...