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.•*/• • - / v Cranford Chronicle January 27, gOOE I' Serving Cranford^ Garwood and Kenilworth Vol. 117, No. 5 Thursday, February 3,2005 50 Cents INSIDE CHRYSLER fPONTIAd eommitte^ AND OUR NEWEST FAMILY MEMBER. S Hekemian, Lincoln are only firms still in tiie ruiiiiing By LAUREN TOA1NOR parking deck, built in ai "rieo:- THE CHRONICLE . ~— traditional" style with no set- Cougars ready back from the sidewalk. CRANFORD — The two The initial S. Hekemian pro- to pounce developers still in the running posal called building at South for the Riverfront C.J. Ferrari, Cranford's 171- and High with retail space on Redevelopment Project will try the ground floor and office space pounder, joins 160-pound team- to sell their proposals to the mate Pat Hogan among the individ- above. Farther to the east, over- Township Committee tonight in looking the river, would be a 70 ual favorites in the competitive a session that is open to the Union County Tournament as the luxury condominiums. Ground- / public. floor retail space would extend Cougars and the Brearley Bears 1 ; .•'•':•• •' '. ••.• : : ' : V ' ' ••; •"•••:•• ••..-" •'•'•'•• V ' KEN BUNIEWSKI/CORRESP6NDENT A task force designated to down High Street, topped by 20 look to surprise some teams this Members of the Cranford based-choral group Celebration Singers practice Schubert's Mass In G screen the developers finalized weekend. See Sports, Page G-1. at the Cranford United Methodist Church. The choir, now 50 members strong, has been harmoniz- smaller residential units. To the ing for more than 60 years. their decision last week to send rear of the property would be 15 the proposals of the Lincoln threerbedroom townhouses. The Property Company of Jersey total retail space would amount City and the S. Hekemian to 28,000 square feet, with "each Good cause for celebration Group of .' space up to Paramus onto 5,000 square Singers come from far and Berg, the director of the group, decided to per- the township's "/ thought they were far feet. ; There 000 LOW PRICE GUARANTEE form the Schubert piece because he will be mak- governing body. and 'away the best would be 24,000 ing his own conducting debut with the piece at The companies, square feet of If we Can't Meet or Beat the Competition, We'll Give You $1.000t wide to join Cranford choir the National Cathedral in Washington in April 'which • * have equipped to bring the office space. as part of the National Choral Festival. already been in Township Committee's The company By LAUREN TRAINOfi "I always try to offer something different to town for inter- vision to completeness." has also''., since THE CHRONICLE the singers and the audience, so I thought it views, will pres- e x p'r.e s s e d DAIMLERCHRYSLER would be nice to offer something completely dif- ent their plans —Ann Darby interest in 267 BROAD STREET, SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY CRANFORD — The members of the to the public at FIVE STAR ferent," Berg said. township commissioner incorporating Celebration Singers have something to raise "As the talent evolves, I've tried to give them a special meet- the train sta- their voices about. an opportunity to try something they haven't ing 7:30 pm ~ ~ tion lot into the The group has been around for more than 60 tonight in council chambers. done. A lot of them have never sung with an project.. •;. ••' •'•;'•: '••'•• .'"• •'. •• .'. '• DEALER years, enjoying membership swells and toughing orchestra," he added. "Then on the flip side, these A story in last week's edition K. Hovnanian and Pulte out declines to remain one of the longest-running spirituals arid gospels are just a lot of fun — they FREE LOANER CARS CLICK: WWW.SALERNODUANESUMMIT.com reported the field, which initial- Homes had been the other firms choirs in New Jersey. Now, under conductor Sean get to let their hair down'and really have a good ly contained seven developers, to get past the initial cut, but HOURS: MON-FRI 9-9, SAT 9-6 Mighty promotion Berg, membership has risen once again to one of 1 MILE FROM SHORT HILLS MALL time." had. been screened to two; At they have now been eliminated. the highest levels in the group's history. Although the group is not faith-based, a sense that time, though, local officials The members of the taslc Mys| preseni advertisement lo lake atalage ol specials and discounts, t Based on same year, make, model anil equipment Dealer reserves the right to purchase competitor's vehicle il necessary. Not responsible lor typographical errors. Oilers expire 1/31/05. for Del Quinn Over the past four years, the group has grown of the sacred pervades their performances. had not publicly identified the force.agreed that while the com- Cranford Detective Jerry Quinn was from 20 singers to more than 50, and the mem- "We're not a church choir, we're a community- two firms. panies' concept plans for rede- promoted to sergeant at a ceremony bers couldn't be more dedicated. They come from based chttir that happens to practice in a "I thought they were far and velopment were crucial to deter- last month. For more on Quinn's near (Cranford, Kenilworth and Scotch Plains) church," sai I Berg. away the best equipped to bring mining the Successful appli-. accomplishments, see the story on and far (Long Branch and Manchester), and A venue hasn't yet been selected for the May the Township Committee's cants, most. important was a Page A-3. their ages range from 18 years to 70-something. concert. Said Fairbanks, "We're not a church vision to completeness," willingness to work with the Weekly two-hour practices at the United choir, but we hope to be in a church space with a Commissioner Ann Darby said township and the public on a Methodist Chruch aren't the extent of their com- sanctuary and some good acoustics." of the two firms. Darby and Dan project that will include a new mitment. About two-thirds of the choir's mem- Aschenbach were the two mem- parking deck and thousands of What is most important to Berg is creating a •v!l bers are planning to attend a retreat in Stony sense of the whole out of the distinctly different bers of the committee to serve square feet devoted to retail, Point, N.Y., described by Dianne Fairbanks, a experiences of the choir's members. on the task force. residential, and potentially six-year member and the group's spokeswoman "I guess the thing that I preach the most is a Lincoln's initial proposal was office space. as a "grueling weekend" spent in rehearsal. sense of ensemble," said Berg. "We come together among the densest submitted, "It was unanimous by our "Since we're all amateurs with families and from all these communities and we try to create with an 80-room hotel, 460- project team," said Downtown homes and jobs, it's a pretty good turnout," the something special. They all have their own lives, space parking deck and 11,000 Management Corporation Kenilworth resident said. so il's difficult, but it's always about being an square feet of retail at the South Director Kathleen Prunty, also a The group's spring show in May will feature ensemble." Avenue train station parking member of the task force. Schubert's Mass in G, along with some lighter "And, it has to be fun," he added. "Even if it's lot. Across South Avenue would "Everyone thought that these, DAYS! spirituals and gospel pieces. The group will per- that Mass that's very serious, we have fun put- be a mixed-use development were two companies who under-" form with a chamber orchestra, a first for many including another 14,000 square stood what the township was members and a welcome return for others. (Continued on page A-2) feet of retail space, 85-115 resi- dential units and a 250-space (Continued on page A-2) Singing on A surprising lesson: the big stage Cranford High School students Keeping fit can be fun! Jonathan Schwartz and Aland Murphy will sing in Los Angeles this weekend along with some of the Local students thrilled by nutrition program nation's finest high school vocalists. See the picture in Community Life, By LAUREN TRA1NOR Project Manager Brian Jacobson of THE CHRONICLE Horizon; Tracy Kraft, a sixth-year phar- Page B-1. macy student at Rutgers; and Lucy Jiang, CRANFORD — Gobs of Crisco blocking a nutrition fellow at Rutgers, engaged the their "arteries," juice like blood flowing students using visuals and a dialogue that through their tubular "veins," and a glass kept them involved and attentive. The stu- • M of water so full of, sugar that it looked more dents were invited to participate at every like water sitting atop a sandy beach — turn, and were given healthy prizes such those were some of the sights presented by boxes of raisins, tennis balls, and green Benefit auction Brookside Place School students during a and red apples for their effort and bravery special Friday assembly about nutrition. when called upon to answer questions in set for Saturday "Shape it Up," a program sponsored by front of the group. Each student received an activity book, a food pyramid, and a A goods and services auction spon- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and the Ernest Mario School of chart detailing the benefits of each color sored by Raphael's Life House and fruit and vegetable. the St. Michael's Home and School Pharmacy at Rutgers and developed to Association will be held 6:30 p.m.

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