A reminder that parking is free today, due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

When you're walking around keep an eye out for these posters in various downtown storefronts. The posters depict the places, people and events that make the downtown Cranford community stand apart. Our thanks to the UPS Store on South Avenue for printing up such eye-catching posters.

If one of your New Year resolutions was to try something new, then you owe it to yourself to stop by Arthur Murray Cranford tomorrow night for their Open House. Learn about their dancing classes, enjoy some wine, and start 2018 off on the right foot!

Thanks to the hard work of Cynthia Dawley, Two River Bank on North Avenue now displays the work of local artists. Please read our latest article to learn how this collaboration came about, and make sure you stop by to see the artwork in person!

If you're looking for something different to do for a night out, then why not try a private pottery wheel class at Fire Me Up Studio? Not only is it fun and different, but you'll have something to remember the night by!

Did you know Cake Artist Cafe offers cake decorating parties? It looks like the kids at this birthday party had a great time creating their edible masterpieces!

Here's a sampling of foods from downtown Cranford to warm you up on these really cold days. Short ribs at Emma's Brick Oven Pizza,soup & sandwich from Fromage Grillé, Little Buffalo wings, Playa Bowls Cranford hot chocolate & Sub-Ology hearty turkey wrap.

One of the many reasons that it's so nice to have a downtown movie theater is for weekends like this. Cold weather calls for enjoying dinner and a movie out. And if you needed a reason to catch up on your movies, The Golden Globes are this weekend so it's a great chance to knock another movie off your viewing list.

Had enough of the Weather Channel? Check out Little Fox Kitchen opening soon downtown. Stay tuned for details. www.littlefoxkitchen.com

If you've been daydreaming of travel and warmer weather, then this is for you! On January 14, Ciao Amici and Alluem Yoga will be holding an informational session on their Italian immersion trip in July. They've labeled it as " the trip of a lifetime," which we'd have to agree with.

This definitely makes the winter more bearable - Perrotti's Quality Meats has teamed up with Dreyer Farms and will carry Battenkill Valley milk until the farm reopens in March. Now if only they could bake up some of the farm's amazing donuts too...

From all of us at Downtown Cranford, we wish you a healthy, happy and peaceful New Year. We're looking forward to 2018 and the new opportunities and adventures it brings!