Alumni Picnic 2000

Saturday, September 9, 2000, 12 Noon; Grover Cleveland Park, West Caldwell, NJ

It's time again for the annual end of summer picnic and Sig Series #1 -- Softball!

This year's picnic will be at Grover Cleveland Park in the Essex Fells section of Caldwell, NJ on Saturday, September 9th.

The festivities will begin at noon. The softball game will be played first followed by the BBQ picnic. If you want to brush up a bit with some softball practice, I'm sure a bunch of people will show up a little early for that. This is always an event packed with youngsters running this way and that, so plan on bringing the kids because they have a great time.

The cost for the BBQ is $5 a head for all adults that are not dues paying 2000-01 Alumni Association Members with pre-paid events at their dues level (B or higher). Kids under the age of 10 or 12 or something like that are free as always.

A NEW TWIST: For brothers not into softball (and those that are too), this year we plan to use the open spaces of Grover Cleveland Park to play Bocce as well. We're looking at having at least 3 bocce sets, and if you have anoher bring, it would surely be appreciated. If there's enough interest, a 2-person team double elimination round robin tournament will be set up.

The park is in Caldwell at the intersection of Runnymede Road and Buttonwood Road; the best parking is located on Buttonwood Road.

Directions to Grover Cleveland Park (West Caldwell)

• From Newark, take I-280 WEST
• Exit at Laurel Ave (Exit 6B). After exiting, continue to the 4th street on the left -- Eagle Rock Ave.
• Turn left on Eagle Rock Ave.
• Go 1.1 miles and bear right at fork on to Harrison Ave.
• Make the next right on to Roseland Ave.
• Go .65 miles and turn left on to Borough Place (If you miss Borough Place, the next left is Runnymede Road).
• Make a left on to Runnymede Road and the park is 2 blocks up on your right.
• Park on Runnymede Road approximately 250 feet south of Brookside Ave., and look for the small footbridge across the stream, which will lead you approximately 500 feet (166 yards) to the picnic area.
• From the picnic area, a trail heads east parallel to Pine Brook (it's the only brook, and heads east-west), and leads approximately 700 feet (233 yards) to the softball field.

Maps

We encourage you to make use of the maps. Note that clicking on the image will show you a small version of the map, sized to be printed on a standard size printer, although detail such as road names may be unreadable. To print a LARGE version, please click on the LARGE links, noted below the maps.

Map to Grover Cleveland Park. Click to enlarge. Route from I-280 to park in green. Also available a LARGE map which is more readable.

Map of Grover Cleveland Park. Click to enlarge. Also available a LARGE map which is more readable.

Special thanks to Rob Romaine for the directions and maps!