Carol Blazejowski, who played on the first Cranford High School girls varsity basketball squad in 1974, is now the team Vice President and General Manager of New York Liberty, a WNBA team. Blazejowski played for Montclair State and was the first player to have her number (12) retired. She also played on the gold medal winning United States team at the World University Games and the World Championships.

Ms. Blazejowski's high school number was recently retired at a ceremony late in January at Cranford High School. She holds many impressive records including being the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Women's Basketball League. All the amazing and "blazing" feats have helped Carol Blazejowski be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

reported and written by Lisa Lavikoff

Dr. Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe, a Cranford resident, is a professor of early childhood and elementary education at Queens College. Dr. Wolfe was elected president of the Non-Governmental Organization Representatives to the United Nations in 1983, and was the first woman elected as the president of the Cranford Clergy Council. She is also serving on the Advanced Education Committee of the Graduate Record Examination as a national representative for the American Association of University Women, and is a member of the International Federation of University Women.

Wolfe, who calls herself a "daughter of Cranford," was elected chairman of the state Board of Higher Education. Not only is she a well known educator, preacher, and civil rights advocate, but she is an African American woman who loves the town she grew up in.

reported and written by Lisa Lavikoff