Stepping Back in Time to Lugara’s Store This past May, 95-year-old Kenilworth native Rose Lugara Muravsky revisited 488 Washington Ave., the site of Tony Lugara’s Fruits and Vegetables store. A mom-and-pop store, her parents, Antonio and Francesca Lugara, owned and…

Saving Grandma’s House In 1948 a young Jack and Elizabeth Dunn bought a new home on Tulip Ct.  It was one of 93, four-room, cape cod homes measuring 24 feet by 28 feet built west of Columbia Ave. It was…

The Great Flood of 1968 and Water Contamination Days before Memorial Day 1968, heavy rains, later determined to be a “500-year storm,” deluged Kenilworth and surrounding communities resulting in unprecedented flooding in the region and drinking water contamination. The May…

Remembering Kenilworth’s Bravest Three years ago, this column paid tribute to the last 10 surviving Kenilworth WWII veterans. In 2021 the last two entered eternity: Robert Moldenhauer and Kenneth Ross. In addition, 19 residents perished as a result of serving…