WINCHESTER - The art scene in town continues to grow. Whether it’s the Griffin Museum or the cultural council, art plays a major role in shaping Winchester’s identity. Going forward,
Essex Fells, N.J.: âItâs Very Norman Rockwellâ
With its highly regarded schools, grand old homes and close-knit community, the borough is one of Essex Countyâs most desirable areas.
Feb. 17, 2021
After spending much of her adult life working abroad, then moving to Brooklyn and starting a family, Christina PioCosta-Lahue discovered she
could go home again. Last summer, she moved back to Essex Fells, the tiny northern New Jersey suburb where she grew up.
Ms. PioCosta-Lahue, 42, and her husband, Emmett Williams, 58, who have a toddler son and another child on the way, traded a small apartment in the brownstone they own in Bedford-Stuyvesant for a stucco colonial on 1.26 acres, paying $1.087 million. They had also searched in Montclair, about five miles east, but found comparable houses more expensive and on smaller lots.