🌱 Patch AM: Cranford Votes To Close One Of Its Pools In 2026

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In today's newsletter:

• Cranford cuts to one outdoor pool as costs and use drop
• How a Cranford photographer turned “half blind” into artistic strength

Also on today's calendar: Office Furniture & Soft Seating Warehouse Furniture Liquidation Sale and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Last night I had a dream. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Colder; breezy in the morning, with a high of 40 and low of 31 degrees.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and windy, temps: high: 47, low: 26.
• Monday: Sunny, with a high of 39 and low of 27 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Cranford Votes To Close One Of Its Pools In 2026 (patch.com) — Cranford residents will have only the Orange Avenue Pool as an outdoor option in 2026 after township officials voted to close the Centennial Avenue outdoor complex due to rising costs and declining memberships. Emotional parents urged the committee to reconsider, but leaders cited limited use by residents and exhausted grant funds, while launching a new task force to plan upgrades and long-term improvements for the remaining Cranford pool.
   

• Cranford visual artist shares her photographic journey (unionnewsdaily.com) — A Cranford-based visual artist, Cintia Malhotra, is gaining recognition for her abstract and poetic photography, with exhibits from Los Angeles to New York. She shares how growing up in a creative family, studying at Kean University, and overcoming partial blindness shaped her work, and offers encouraging advice for aspiring local artists looking to experiment and grow.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cranford

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 20

• Office Furniture & Soft Seating Warehouse Furniture Liquidation Sale
  Panera Bread, 301 Grand Ave, North Brunswick Township
  9:00 am

Wednesday December 24

• Christmas Eve Family Service with Glowsticks at First Presbyterian
  First Presbyterian Church of Cranford, NJ, 11 Springfield Ave, Cranford
  4:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Broadway Through the Ages
  Westfield High School, 550 Dorian Rd, Westfield
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday December 20

• Ice Hockey: Boys JV vs. Don Bosco Prep (Away)
  Westfield High School , 550 Dorian Road , Westfield
  8:45 pm

Sunday December 21

• SHOULDA 12:00-6:00
  Cranford Dramatic Club Theatre , 78 Winans Ave , Cranford

Monday December 22

• SHOULDA 7:00
  Cranford Dramatic Club Theatre , 78 Winans Ave , Cranford
• Ice Hockey: Boys Developmental vs. Scotch Plains-Fanwood (Home)
  Westfield High School , 550 Dorian Road , Westfield
  4:45 pm
• Kapers - Gym
  McKinley Elementary School , 500 First St , Westfield
  6:00 pm

Tuesday December 23

• SHOULDA 7:00
  Cranford Dramatic Club Theatre , 78 Winans Ave , Cranford
• Basketball: Girls Varsity vs. Cranford (Away)
  Westfield High School , 550 Dorian Road , Westfield
  4:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
  First Presbyterian Church of Cranford, NJ , 11 Springfield Ave , Cranford
  8:00 pm

Friday December 26

• Basketball: Boys Varsity vs. Matawan Regional (Home)
  Westfield High School , 550 Dorian Road , Westfield
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Also everyone please post in your social media page of Kevin's viewing and memorial
  Sunday December 21, 2025 2pm to 4pm Jone Funeral Home 247 Elm Street Rahway NJ 07065 Telephone number (732) 381-6981 (Nextdoor Cranford)

• Schwan's Company posted a job opening for Part-Time Merchandiser in Cranford. Apply here.
• Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Assistant Manager(04586) - 115 Saint George Ave. in Roselle. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cranford here.

🗞 Nearby News

Kenilworth

• Candids Capture the Merriment at the Italian American Society of Kenilworth's Pictures With Santa (tapinto.net)
• Sculpt Fitness Lifting Party (tapinto.net)

Summit

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I dreamed I was swimming in a pool of orange soda, but it was just a Fanta-sea.
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