Tag: living history
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Living History: An oral history with Dorothy Hauser
By Jeff Kagan and Sebastian Rizzo “What do you want to interview me for? I’m nobody important,” Dorothy “Dot” Hauser said while coaxing Coal, her black Labrador retriever, to settle down now that he’d finished his friendly sniff inspection of the two visitors. Although in her mind she has had a rather normal life, no…
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Hicks and city folk – School life in Old Bridge in the early 1960s
We were hicks. They were city folk. But it didn’t stop us from getting along just fine. Although I admit I might have snickered a few times when one of them came down with a rash because they didn’t know poison ivy leaves from maple leaves. It was the early 1960s and Madison Township (Old…
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Allentown Harvest Festival celebrates arrival of fall with weekend of activities
ALLENTOWN – One of the premiere events in the scenic borough of Allentown, the Harvest Festival, will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 13-14. Residents of all communities are invited to visit the town that is nestled at the border of Monmouth and Mercer counties. Organizers of the Harvest Festival are expecting…