BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//172.67.150.207//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://www.cranford.com X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-11698@www.cranford.com DTSTAMP:20240329T061741Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Church of the Assumption\,Pancake Breakfast\,Rose lle Park CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, June 6th\, Pancake Breakfast\, after 8 am and 10:30 am masses. Pay at door. Contact John Ruiz at 908-693-3702 for details. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210606 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210607 LOCATION:Church of the Assumption @ 113 Chiego Pl\, Roselle Park\, NJ 07204 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Pancake Breakfast URL:https://www.cranford.com/event/pancake-breakfast-2/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nSunday\, June 6th\, Pancake Breakfast\, after 8 am and 10:30 am masses. Pay at door. Contact John Ruiz at 908-693-3702 for details.
\n\nLooking for some good reading at bargain prices? The Friends of the Cranford Public L ibrary invite you to visit their Used Book Sale in the Cranford Public Lib rary’s Friendly Book Cellar from Thursday\, July 21 through Saturday\, Jul y 23\, 2021. Browse through thousands of books at low prices. This sale is open to all\, and registration is required.
\nAttendees are invited
to sign up for a one-hour session\, starting on the hour. PLEASE SIGN UP
FOR ONE SESSION ONLY\; reservations for multiple sessions will be canceled
except for the first session booked.
\nOnly cash and checks are acce
pted\; no credit or debit cards.
Wednesday\, May 26\, Cranford Police Depart ment will be holding Coffee with a Cop from 8-11 AM at Mr. J’s Deli \, 15 Walnut Avenue.
\nCoffee with a Cop offers Cranford residents\, business\, and property owners the opportunity to stop by\, grab a cup of coffee\, and get to know the local Police Officers. People can feel free to ask questions\, share their concerns\, or just say hi.
\n\nStorytime with the Police & Fire Departments – Thursdays in July and August
\nBring th e young ones to the gazebo at the corner of North Union and Springfield av enues to have a story read to them starting at 10.
\n\nSt. Michael School locat ed at 100 Alden St. in Cranford will host a drive-thru book drive/drop off on Sat. 10/30 from 9 am-11 am. Please enter the back parking lot off of H olly St. Proceed to the front side door (Stop\, Drop & Go Door) to drop of f books. All types of gently used book donations are accepted\, please no magazines\, used workbooks\, or encyclopedias.
\n\nOn August 14\, 2021\, the beautiful Caribbean country of Haiti was hit with a devastating 7.2 earthquake. During the weeks that fol lowed the country felt several aftershocks.
\nHamsa Dance & Fitness has teamed up with GEM (Global Empowerment Mission) & local vendor\, Yumpa nadas of Cranford\, NJ to bring you this special event to help send much-n eeded supplies to the people of this country.
\nJoin us for this onl ine event featuring performances by our students and guest performers.
\nSupport our Cause!
\n\n\nLiterary Café is a book chat program. The format is simple: Bring a few of your recent favorite books and tell the o ther members of the group what you like about them. If you don’t have a co py of the book you want to talk about\, that’s okay\, too. The books can b e new or old\, fiction or non-fiction\, classic or contemporary. There is no required reading\, and you will have the opportunity to learn about boo ks recommended by other group members. Attend as many sessions as you’d li ke. Admission is free and all are welcome. Patrons are welcome to join us at the Cranford Community Center or online: the link is below\, or call 64 6 876 9923 and enter Webinar ID 858 6328 4347.
\n\nThe Cranford Police Department Community Ou treach Unit is announcing its newest initiative called “Meet The Departmen t” with its first session being held on March 31st\, 2022.
\nMuch li ke Coffee with a Cop\, the purpose of “Meet The Department” is to host mee t-and-greet sessions with the specific divisions\, bureaus\, and units tha t make up the Cranford Police Department. As the police department consist s of a Patrol Division\, Investigative Division\, Training Division\, Comm unity Support Services Division\, Detective Bureau\, Traffic Bureau\, Juve nile Bureau and Community Outreach Unit\, “Meet The Department” will be sc heduled throughout the calendar year at the Cranford Community Center so r esidents may address questions or concerns with specific division commande rs\, bureau supervisors and their respective teams.
\nThe first “Mee t The Department” session will host Chief Ryan Greco\, Captain Guy Patters on and Captain Edward Davenport of the Police Department Command Staff.
\nThere is no need to RSVP for this event\, and light refreshments wil l be served.
\n\nThere will be bagels\, muffins\, and do nuts for everyone. Children will color Easter pictures\, make a simple cra ft\, and get their picture taken with the Easter Bunny (please bring your own camera).
\nThere are two separate seatings\, 9:30am-10:30am and 11:00am-12:00pm.Tickets are needed for every attendee (including infants).
\nTickets are also available at The Cranford Public Library.
\n \nTickets: https://www.even tbrite.com/e/cranford-womans-club-breakfast-with-the-bunny-tickets-2899600 17217.
X-TICKETS-URL:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cranford-womans-club-breakfast-w ith-the-bunny-tickets-289960017217 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12689@www.cranford.com DTSTAMP:20240329T061741Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Cranford Woman's Club\,Holiday\,Holidays\,Kids\,P ancake Breakfast CONTACT:Cranford Woman's Club\; http://cranfordwc.com/ DESCRIPTION:There will be bagels\, muffins\, and donuts for everyone. Child ren will color Easter pictures\, make a simple craft\, and get their pictu re taken with the Easter Bunny (please bring your own camera).\nThere are two separate seatings\, 9:30am-10:30am and 11:00am-12:00pm.Tickets are nee ded for every attendee (including infants).\nTickets are also available at The Cranford Public Library.\n\n \n \n Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e /cranford-womans-club-breakfast-with-the-bunny-tickets-289960017217. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220402T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220402T120000 LOCATION:Cranford Community Center @ 220 Walnut Ave\, Cranford\, NJ 07016 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Cranford Woman’s Club Breakfast with the Bunny URL:https://www.cranford.com/event/cranford-womans-club-breakfast-with-the- bunny-2/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.cranford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022 /03/bunnycwc-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://www.cranford.com/wp -content/uploads/2022/03/bunnycwc-300x150.jpg\;300\;150\;1\,large\;https:/ /www.cranford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/bunnycwc.jpg\;800\;400\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nThere will be bagels\, muffins\, and do nuts for everyone. Children will color Easter pictures\, make a simple cra ft\, and get their picture taken with the Easter Bunny (please bring your own camera).
\nThere are two separate seatings\, 9:30am-10:30am and 11:00am-12:00pm.Tickets are needed for every attendee (including infants).
\nTickets are also available at The Cranford Public Library.
\n \nTickets: https://www.even tbrite.com/e/cranford-womans-club-breakfast-with-the-bunny-tickets-2899600 17217.
X-TICKETS-URL:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cranford-womans-club-breakfast-w ith-the-bunny-tickets-289960017217 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-12510@www.cranford.com DTSTAMP:20240329T061741Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Cranford Jaycees\,Holiday\,Holidays\,Pancake Brea kfast CONTACT:Cranford Jaycees\; social@cranfordjaycees.org\; https://cranfordjay cees.org/ DESCRIPTION:The Cranford Jaycees annual pancake breakfast returns on Sunday \, April 10th from 7:30 am-12 pm at the Cranford VFW. Proceeds benefit Cra nford Family Care. The Easter Bunny will be there for photos.\nMore detail s to be announced. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220410T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220410T120000 LOCATION:Cranford VFW @ 479 South Ave\, Cranford\, NJ 07016 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Pancake Breakfast with the Easter Bunny URL:https://www.cranford.com/event/pancake-breakfast-with-the-easter-bunny/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.cranford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022 /02/pancake.jpeg\;1440\;1704\,medium\;https://www.cranford.com/wp-content/ uploads/2022/02/pancake.jpeg\;1440\;1704\,large\;https://www.cranford.com/ wp-content/uploads/2022/02/pancake.jpeg\;1440\;1704\,full\;https://www.cra nford.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/pancake.jpeg\;1440\;1704 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nThe Cranford Jaycees annual pancake breakfast returns on
Sunday\, April 10th from 7:30 am-12 pm at the Cranford VFW. Proceeds benef
it Cranford Family Care. The Easter Bunny will be there for photos.
\nMore details to be announced.
Join us on Zoom Wednesday\, M ay 18th at 6:30 pm for a Q&A with Tiffany D. Jackson\, a New York Times be st-selling\, award-winning author of novels for young adults. Monday’s Not Coming\, a book based on the unexplained\, unresolved disappearances of B lack children in America\, received the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Aw ard for New Talent from the American Library Association in 2019. Her nove l Allegedly\, about the struggle of a recently incarcerated teen girl\, wa s an NAACP Image Award nominee. In 2021\, she co-authored “The Awakening o f Malcolm X\,” about the activist’s adolescent years in jail\, with his da ughter Ilyasah Shabazz.
\nPlease register here: https://us02web.zoom.u
s/
Cranford Wa lking Tour Inaugurates Historic QR Code Signs
\nOn Sunday\, May 22 a t 2 p.m.\, the Cranford Historic Preservation Advisory Board (HPAB) will c onduct a walking tour of historic sites with new QR (quick response) codes . The tour will also feature additional facts about the downtown and surro unding areas.
\nParticipants will meet in front of the First Baptist Church of Cranford at 100 High Street\, which is the first site on the to ur. There is a suggested fee of $5\, payable in cash or check (made payabl e to Cranford Historic Preservation Advisory Board or Cranford HPAB) to he lp fund its work.
\nHPAB is a volunteer advisory board appointed by the Cranford Township Committee. Its primary purpose is to help residents recognize the significance of noteworthy historic buildings\, steetscapes\ , and districts to emphasize the importance of preserving these resources so they can be enjoyed by current and future generations. Preserving histo ric buildings\, streetscapes\, and districts helps the architectural and a esthetic character of Cranford and its neighborhoods remain intact.
\n< p>Some of the things that HPAB does to accomplish its goals includes resea rching properties and districts and applying for Certificates of Eligibili ty for inclusion on the State and National Historic Registers as well as s eeking to have properties and districts designated as historic by the Town ship.\nFor more information about the HPAB\, visit our website at p reservecranford.com.
\n\nThis year\, we celebrate our 95th anniver sary preserving and perpetuating the history of the township of Cranford. On Sunday\, September 18th\, from 1- 5 pm\, the Society will re-open the Crane-Phillips House Museum for a tour with a FALL FESTI VAL outside. We will have crafters showing and selling their crafts and f ace painting\, balloon making and crafts for the children. Dreyer Farms w ill be on hand selling their mums\, pumpkins\, bales of hay\, corn stalks\ , pies and donuts. The Cranford Historical Society will sell ice cream co nes and ice cream sodas and will have garage sale items\, used books and o ur merchandise for sale. We will also have a history basket raffle and a 50/50 chance.
\nThe society is looking for Crafters\, face painting artists\, balloon making artists and a band. All spaces are $20 and must bring your own table and chair. If you can participate\, call or email us !
\n(908) 276-0082 cranfordhistoricalsociety@verizon.net
\nSa ve The Date for our FALL FESTIVAL! We hope to see the community out enjoy ing a day with friends and the Society.
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Did you know t hat 1 in 5 underserved households are not getting their kids involved in a thletics because of the rising price of sporting equipment? Leveling the P laying Field is nonprofit that collects and redistributes equipment to exp and access and equity within youth sports and recreation programs in under -resourced communities. LPF expanded to a third warehouse location in Phil adelphia during Fall 2021 to ensure that all kids in the Greater Philadelp hia area can get off the sidelines!
\nWe will be collecting on Satur day October 15\, 2022 at the Cranford Community Center 220 Walnut Ave Cran ford NJ from 09:00 am to 12:00 pm. Please drive to the rear of the buildin g an volunteers will unload your vehicle or you can park and drop it off i n the lobby. So clean out your garages and clear the yard of used sporting equipment so that kids who are less fortunate are able to enjoy them! To learn more about LPF\, please visit www.levelingtheplayingfield.org or con tact Detective John Rattigan at j-rattigan@cranfordnj.org or Lt. Matthew N azzaro at m-nazzaro@cranfordnj.org.
\nLPF accepts new and gently use d sporting equipment donations to directly redistribute to kids in need. We appreciate you making sure your donations are still in SAFE\, FUNCTIONA L condition. Have a question about the condition of your gear? Contact L PF directly at info@levelingtheplayingfield.org.
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\nFlag football belts
\nFootballs
\nFootball cleat
s
\nFootball
\ngloves
\nFootball pads
\nFootball helme
ts (5 yrs ornewer)
\nKicking tees
BASEBALL/SOFTBALL
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\nAluminum/Wood Bats
\nBags
\nBases (rubber & soft)
\nBaseballs
\nCatchers Gear
\nCleats
\nGloves (battin
g & fielding)
\nHelmets (5 yrs or newer)
\nPants
\nPitching
/Batting Nets
\nPitching Machines
\nSoftballs
\nSoft Balls<
br />\nT-Ball Sets
\nUmpire Gear
\nWhiffle Balls
\nWhiffle
Bats
BASKETBALL
\nBasketballs
\nBasketb
all shoes
\nBasketball hoops/goals
\nMini basketballs
\nBas
ketball Shorts
GOLF
\nGolf bags
\nGolf
balls
\nGolf clubs
FIELD HOCKEY
\nBalls
\nGoggles & gloves
\nGoalie Gear
\nSticks
HOCKEY
\nBags
\nGloves
\nGoalie Equipment
\nH
elmets
\nHockey Pucks
\nPads
\nShorts/Pants
\nSkates\nSocks
\nSticks (any type/size)
LACROSSE
\nBalls
\nFiddle Sticks (plastic)
\nGoals
\nGoggles<
br />\nGloves
\nHelmets
\nPads
\nSticks (any type/size)
RACQUET SPORTS
\nBall Hoppers
\nNets
\nTennis Balls
\nTennis Racquet Covers
\nTennis Racquets
\n
Badminton Sets
\nPickleball Sets
\nSquash Sets
P
LAYGROUND/FITNESS
\nAgility Equipment
\nBall Pumps
\nBoxing/Karate Pads
\nCones
\nCorn Hole
\nFirst Aid Kits<
br />\nFree Weights
\nFrisbees
\nGymnastics Equipment
\nHul
a Hoops
\nJump Ropes
\nLadder Golf
\nKickballs
\nMouth
-guards (still inpackage)
\nPinnies
\nPlayground Balls
\nRe
sistance Bands
\nRoller Skates/Blades (5 yearsold or less)
\nSwi
m Equipment
\nWeighted Plates
\nWhistles
\nYoga/Fitness Mat
s
VOLLEYBALL
\nKnee Pads
\nNets
\n
Volleyballs
SOCCER
\nSoccer Balls
\nCle
ats
\nGoalie Gloves
\nGoals
\nShin Guards
\nSocks
\nShorts
We are UNABLE to accept the following:
\nBikes
\nBicycle Helmets
\nBicycle/Skatebo
ardElbow/Knee Pads
\nClothing
\nCroquet Sets
\nExercise Mac
hines
\nFishing Gear
\nUncertified Football Helmets
\nHats<
br />\nPartial sets of uniforms
\nProtective Cups/Jock Straps
\n
Racquetball Equipment
\nScooters
\nSkis & Snowboards
\nTrop
hies
\nUsed Running Shoes
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\nRelease by Lt . Matthew R. Nazzaro
\nCranford Police Department
\nm-nazzaro@ cranfordnj.org
\n908-709-4313
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