Old Kenilworth – Eugene Coppola Turns 100 On March 3, 2020, Eugene Coppola, a true Kenilworth legend, turns 100 years old. He is one of six children of Amadeo “George” and Rosa Coppola, who arrived at Kenilworth about 1911. He…

OLD KENILWORTH – The wedding present house It takes a discerning eye to see one of Kenilworth’s oldest houses – but it is right there in the center of the Uptown shopping district. Partially hidden by a salon shop added…

WHAT, WHERE, AND WHEN IN OLD KENILWORTH – Fireworks at Borough Hall On January 2, 1922 fireworks erupted at the old borough hall – then the Woodmen of the World building. Incumbent Mayor Oswald Nitschke, a Democrat, initially lost the…

WHAT, WHERE, AND WHEN IN OLD KENILWORTH – Christmases past Rose Muravsky (nee Lugara) will be 93 years old on “Little Christmas” day, January 6, 2020.  Probably the oldest woman currently living in Kenilworth who was born here, she remembers…