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Gallery Exhibit Celebrates Somerset County’s 325th Anniversary
An 18th-century tea kettle is among the artifacts on display in the Cultural & Heritage Gallery in celebration of Somerset County’s 325th anniversary.
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Artist David John Rush brings “Country Living” to the Washington Township Public Library
“Staring Me Down,” Mr. Rush explains, “ came about while driving through the back farm roads of Sussex County. A herd of white-faced Herefords were gathered in the field and as I drove by they all turned and stared at me as if asking in Robert Deniro fas
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Gallery Exhibit Celebrates Somerset County’s 325th Anniversary
By Somerset County Board of Freeholders SOMERVILLE – A special exhibition of historical maps, sketches, postcards, paintings and artifacts in the Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Gallery will celebrate the county’s 325th anniversary. Somerset County was founded May 22, 1688. “We’re very pleased to have the Cultural & Heritage Commission hosting this exhibit in honor…
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SOLEBURY: School dinner auction set May 4
Solebury School will host its annual dinner auction — “A Night of Intrigue: Shaken Not Stirred” — on May 4. The event will take place in the John D. Brown Athletic Center gymnasium on Solebury School’s Phillips Mill Road campus from 6 to 10:30 p.m. The event is open to the public. Tickets cost $75…
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Research on Mathematica’s History Yields Morgenstern Papers
By Mathematica Communications Research on Mathematica’s History Yields Morgenstern Papers Collection Donated to Duke University Economic Papers Project A project on the history of Mathematica Policy Research recently unearthed a historical treasure—a cache of personal papers, professional files, and correspondence by celebrated economist and mathematician Oskar Morgenstern, a founder of Mathematica. Among his many achievements,…
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NEW HOPE: Garden Club plants pansies, cleans canal
Shira Tizer from oWowCow with Chuck Tarr of the New Hope Garden Club. Ms. Tizer provided ice cream for members of the club who planted pansies in whiskey barrel planters in New Hope.
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EAST WINDSOR: Police close case after firefighters extinguish Washington Court blaze
Fire burns townhouse, one firefighter is hurt By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor EAST WINDSOR — Firefighters answered the service call to fight a three-alarm blaze at a townhouse structure on Washington Court. ”Gratefully, no one was seriously injured, and our thoughts are with the people displaced,” said East Windsor Mayor Janice Mironov on April 24.…
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WEST AMWELL: South sets Communiversity
WEST AMWELL Tuesday, April 30, starting at 6:30 p.m., South Hunterdon Regional High School will have its third Communiversity. There will be elective programs taught by local expert volunteers. Select from the following four classes; choose up to two; classes are offered at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m.: Cooking with a favorite local top chef…
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BEACON BRIEFS: April 25
Communiversity at South Hunterdon Communiversity will be held Tuesday, April 30, starting at 6:30 p.m. at South Hunterdon Regional High School for the third year. There will be elective programs taught by local expert volunteers, including one on cooking, carpentry, Zumba and mono print-making. Register for classes by April 25. Email class choices along with…
