Union County College, a community college headquartered in nearby Cranford, maintains a campus in downtown Plainfield.

The main campus of Union County College, New Jersey's oldest community college dating back to 1933, is located in Cranford.

In the late 1890s, the New Orange Industrial Association purchased land in Cranford and Union that was subdivided into building lots, and brought in several large industries and lured Upsala College from Brooklyn with a gift of free land for its campus.

* William Miller Sperry Observatory or Sperry Observatory, an astronomical observatory owned by Union County College and operated by Amateur Astronomers, Incorporated on Union County College on their Cranford, New Jersey campus

The system's high school, Cranford High School was ranked as one of the top 15 high schools in New Jersey in 2010 and has won a series of national and statewide awards for its innovative curriculum.

Cranford is one of the better-known novels of the 19th century English writer Elizabeth Gaskell.

Originally Colorado State Normal School occupied only one building, Cranford Hall and on 40 acres.

Using a jump shot patterned after what she saw in televised professional games, Blazejowski became one of the greatest scorers in the history of women's basketball, although she didn't begin serious competition until her senior year at Cranford High School in Cranford, New Jersey.

He spent nine years at the high school level, including Cranford High School in Cranford, New Jersey and Fair Lawn High School in Fair Lawn, New Jersey before becoming an assistant coach for one season at the College of William and Mary in 1968.

In 2004, Cranford High School was recognized as a National School of Character Winner by the Character Education Partnership, one of ten schools selected nationwide for its efforts in instilling character education in its curriculum and students.

The Aldene Connection is a connection between two railroad lines in Roselle Park, New Jersey, United States, one formerly belonging to the Central Railroad of New Jersey ( CNJ ), the other formerly of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, allowing trains on the New Jersey Transit Raritan Valley Line to travel from Cranford through stations in Roselle Park and Union to the Hunter Connection in Newark, which in turn allows access to the Northeast Corridor and Newark Penn Station.

With Wives and Daughters ( 1865 ) and Cranford ( 1853 ), it is one of Elizabeth Gaskell ’ s best known novels and a television adaptation North & South ( TV serial ), broadcast at the end of 2004, renewed interest and gained it a wider audience.

When the new gyms were completed at the Myers complex one of the hangars was moved to Cranford to be used as a community hall.

Exit 136 is known as the " four corners ", where Clark, Winfield, Cranford and Linden meet.

The cornerstone was saved and now graces the northeast corner of " Cranford Park " with four commemorative plaques regarding Cranford's significance and legacy in UNC's history.

In episode four of Cranford ( 2007 ), Jack-in-the-Green appears in the May Day celebrations, portrayed by the character Jem Hearne.

Union County College was founded in 1933 and has campuses throughout the county, in Cranford, Elizabeth, Plainfield and Scotch Plains.

Cranford was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 14, 1871, from portions of the Townships of Clark, Linden, Springfield, Union and Westfield.

She was Mayor of Cranford in 1977.

Freeholder Kowalski was an unsuccessful candidate for Cranford Township Committee in 1999 and served as Union County Freeholder Chairwoman in 2007.

The Cranford Historical Preservation Advisory Board was established in 1993 to record and help preserve historic buildings in the town.

One episode was shot at Cranford's Orange Avenue Pool and another at Cranford High School and Brookside Place School.

Garwood was incorporated as a borough on March 19, 1903, from portions of Cranford Township and Westfield Town.

Kenilworth was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on May 13, 1907, from portions of Cranford and Union Township, based on the results of a referendum held on June 18, 1907.

Historic landmarks include Gunston Hall, George Mason's Home, Pohick Church with George Washington's box, Belvoir which was George Fairfax's home, the Market, and now Fort Belvoir Army Corps of Engineer base and Cranford Church.

On television in 2009 he appeared as Mr Buxton in the critically acclaimed Return to Cranford and was nominated for an Emmy Award as Best Supporting Actor in a Mini Series.

He was buried in Cranford church, where a mural tablet was afterwards set up on the north side of the chancel, with an epitaph which contains a conceit worthy of his own pen, to the effect that while he was endeavouring ( viz, in.

His last and best patron was George Berkeley, 1st Earl Berkeley ( 1628 – 1698 ), of Cranford House, Middlesex, whose chaplain he was, and who gave him Cranford rectory ( 1658 ).

Roe was born at Low Leyton near Wanstead in Essex, the son of Sir Robert Rowe of Gloucestershire and Cranford, Middlesex, and his wife Elinor Jermy, daughter of Robert Jermy of Worstead, Norfolk.

The BBC TV adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's novel Cranford was partly filmed at West Wycombe Park, along with TV series Inspector Morse.

The BBC sequel, Return to Cranford, was broadcast in 2009 in the UK and 2010 in the USA.

It was designed and programmed by Michael Cranford.

Michael Cranford, the designer and programmer of the first two Bard's Tale games, was a devout Christian.

* Carol Blazejowski ( born 1956 ), member of Basketball Hall of Fame and 1974 Cranford High School graduate.

Lord Cranford, in his foreword to Captain Angus Buchanan's book on the war, writes, " At his strongest von Lettow probably mustered 25, 000 to 30, 000 rifles, all fighting troops ", with 70 machine guns and 40 guns.

Route 28 continues east, intersecting Route 59 and the Garden State Parkway in Cranford before heading to Elizabeth, where it crosses Route 439 before ending at Route 27.

Westbound Route 28 in Cranford, New Jersey | Cranford. Upon crossing County Route 606 ( Hetfield Avenue ), Route 28 turns slightly mor east and enters Scotch Plains, where it passes homes to the south and businesses to the north.

In Garwood, the road heads through more commercial areas before intersecting Route 59 ( Lincoln Avenue ) on the border of Cranford.

Cranford is a township in Union County, New Jersey, United States.

Cranford is located at ( 40. 656391 ,- 74. 30483 ).

Cranford has long been considered a center of commerce.

The Cranford Business Park on the south side of town consists of a complex of office buildings housing a variety of major corporations and small businesses.

Downtown Cranford is the main retail business district for the township.

With neighboring communities seeing downtown development and a focus on either recruiting chain store or upscale small stores, Cranford has been debating the issue.

The recent focus of downtown Cranford has been to recruit more restaurants in to the downtown and allow for a nightlife to flourish.

Amongst the existing nightlife, Cranford holds a number of local restaurant / bars: The Office, The Riverside Inn, Cranford Hotel, The Kilkenny House, Ye Olde Rathskellar, among others.

On the south side of the community, the Cranford Crossings redevelopment project features retail space, apartments, and a new parking deck.

The Riverfront redevelopment project is proposed on South Avenue to bring more business and housing into downtown Cranford.

In the 1980s, Cranford founded the first special improvement district in New Jersey, which allows for the downtown district to have a special tax on building and business owners for downtown development and marketing which is managed by the Cranford Downtown Management Corporation.

The DMC has used its budget for development projects, to recruit new businesses and to market shopping in Cranford.

Cranford is governed under the Township form of government with a five-member Township Committee.