Winter time sleigh rides and more Sleigh riding years ago in Kenilworth was a lot different. Some of those years-gone-by opportunities no longer exist for children and adults. Let’s look back. Old timer Gene Coppola – now passed on –…

Who was Kenilworth’s first Santa Claus? With Christmas days away it’s a good time to reminisce about some resident who in days-gone-by played Santa for Kenilworth children. Several stand out.  But only one visited nearly every child’s home.  Anna Ruscansky…

Monuments to our local veterans: 1924 to 2022 There are likely will be few people if any who will attend the Kenilworth VFW Veterans Day program this coming November 11, who know about the history of the veteran monuments adjoining…

When The Parkway Cut Through Town, Part I Construction of the Garden State Parkway in Union County commenced in 1947. It cut a swath approximately two miles long and hundreds and hundreds of feet wide through town. Starting in 1948…