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Thursday, October 27, 2011

The Civil War battle fought in New Jersey

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Yes, you read that correctly. A Civil War battle was fought in New Jersey. Granted, it was 13 years after the war had actually ended, but th...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

FEED ME! Looking for carnivorous plants at High Point

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Dangerous, man-eating plants on state property? Carnivorous greenery? Sounds like something straight out of a Toxic Avenger episode set in t...
Sunday, October 23, 2011

Merchants and Drovers tavern: the Turnpike rest area of its time... and more

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The intersection of St. Georges Avenue (Route 27) and Westfield Avenue in Rahway is a busy one, and likely the real estate surrounding it is...
Friday, October 21, 2011

Liberty Hall - the crossroads of American history

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When I was growing up in Union, we all knew of a mysterious house on Morris Avenue across the street from Kean College. You couldn't see...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Holy Cow! The Phil Rizzuto Museum in Hillside

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Part of our visit to the Eaton Store was a delightful conversation with a volunteer who shared her lifelong passion for baseball. Fittingly...
Monday, October 17, 2011

A grocery store in your house? How convenient!

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Hillside's Woodruff House/Eaton Store Museum crams a lot of history into a very small space. Nestled into a pleasant neighborhood on Co...
Friday, October 14, 2011

Penn Station eagles come to roost in the Highlands

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Several eagles from New York left Manhattan in 1963, taking a strange migration to places far afield. Some roosted and remain in the same lo...