Four Cars Robbed on JFK Parkway in an Afternoon, Police Say

West Orange, Livingston, Cranford and Scotch Plains residents had their cars broken into in Short Hills last Friday.

Four parked cars in the business parking lots at 51 and 101 John F. Kennedy Parkway across from the The Mall at Short Hills were broken into between 2 and 6 p.m. on Jan. 11, Millburn police said. Scott Dorfman, 31, of Cranford, told police when he entered the parking lot at about 2:30 p.m., he saw a young man in his car searching through his belongings. He told police, someone in a black Chevy Tahoe truck with tinted windows pulled up to Dorfman's car. The driver shouted "let's get out of here," to the man in the car once he saw Dorfman, according to the report. The truck drove off toward JFK Parkway South. Dorfman reported his gym bag and $150 worth of clothes were stolen.  Dianna Sancho , 66, of Livingston, told police she returned to …

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Zoe Clemson Is At It Again: Lemonade Stand Will Benefit St. Hubert's

Westfield girl is offering lemonade and cookies in exchange for donations.

Nine-year-old Zoe Clemson is at it again! The fourth grader at Franklin Elementary, who offered chocolate chip cookies and lemonade in exchange for donations to benefit St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center, will set up shop from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, September 22 at Kiehl's at The Mall at Short Hills. After a successful afternoon in August, the animal advocate was invited back, her mom, Rose, explained. "The day we did the lemonade stand last time, they asked us to come the next month," she said. "They suggested we bring back the money and let them continue to add to the donation box. If you look at the picture, there is a dog house that we built and painted and people put their donations in it. They suggested we count up the two-day total …

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Blotter: Footchase Ends in Arrest; Other Crimes Reported

Arrest information is provided by Millburn Police and does not indicate a conviction.

The attempted arrest of a suspected shoplifter resulted with a footchase through The Mall at Short Hills and through a a couple of levels of the “C” Parking Deck on Friday. As police attempted to arrest Ramel Ervin of Brooklyn, who was suspected of an earlier shoplifting incident at True Religion, Ervin broke free and took off running. Millburn Police Officers Travis Jiroux and Christopher DeRosa chased him and ordered him to stop but he exited through the entrance at Paparazzi’s into the parking deck, according to the police report. Several officers joined in the chase and DeRosa and Officer Jamal Poyner eventually apprehended Ervin and placed him under arrest. During a background check, police learned that Ervin was an escaped felon from…

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Rutgers Campaign Gives Thanks at The Mall

The university's poster thanking Chatham residents for donations is on display at The Mall at Short Hills.

If you have been to The Mall at Short Hills recently, you may have noticed a large poster on display near one of the entrances. The poster, paid for by Rutgers University, thanks Chatham residents for donations made to the "Our Rutgers. Our Future." fundraising campaign. The goal of the campaign is to help the Rutgers students who receive financial aid through donor-funded scholarships. The fundraising goal for the campaign is $1 billion, and donors from throughout New Jersey have helped raise about half that money. Anne Sherber, of the Rutgers University Foundation said, "Chatham residents have been particularly generous during the 'Our Rutgers. Our Future.' campaign," and the donations have a positive influence "on their neighbors as …

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Historically Speaking

Before There Was A Mall

A recent addition to the collection of the Millburn-Short Hills Historical Society supplements a very small bit of information about life in the 1900s B.M (Before the Mall at Short Hills).

While going through a 1939 scrapbook that belonged to a young NJ woman (not from Millburn), who chronicled her activities while in college, a page of rare Short Hills memoriabilia was uncovered. The items of interest that were pasted into the scrapbook were from the Short Hills nightclub known as The Brook and they add to the very small store of information about the restaurant, which was completely destroyed by fire in 1947. William C. Wallace built the original mansion (seen here), allegedly in the early 1900s, although a definitive date is not available. It was built on family-owned land that is now the site of the Mall at Short Hills, the Office Center at Short Hills, Canoe Brook Country Club, and the poets' section of Short Hills. By …

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Locally, Nationally, Steve Jobs Made an Impact

Apple founder was visionary behind legacy of innovative consumer gadgets.

When Steve Jobs, the founder and visionary behind one of the most important technological companies in the modern world died on Wednesday at the age of 56, he left behind a legacy of innovative consumer gadgets for computing, phone and music markets.  Jobs, who started Apple from a California garage 35 years ago, is being remembered today as a visionary by people ranging from President Barack Obama to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who said, "Thanks for showing that what you build can change the world."  Obama called Jobs "among the greatest of American innovators—brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it."  "The world has lost a visionary,” he continued, “And there may…

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Don

6:52 pm on Saturday, October 8, 2011

In 2005, Steve Jobs gave the commencement address at Stanford University. Check it out, its really good. http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html   more ›