Tag: Madison-Old Bridge Township Historical Society
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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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Old Bridge Township to celebrate 150 years with a number of events
OLD BRIDGE – Township officials are rolling out a marketing campaign with the theme “Celebrate Old Bridge” and are holding a number events to mark the township’s 150 years. In the coming weeks, street banners, pole banners and other signs, which include a logo of the township’s years 1869 to 2019 and names Madison-Old Bridge,…
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First Lt. Army Nurse wouldn’t trade time in World War II ‘for anything’
“Saving Private Ryan” is a fictionalized account of a detail of soldiers who, after the Allies have secured the beachhead on the coast of Normandy, France, are sent ahead to find and bring out an Army Ranger whose brothers had been killed in action. By following a small detachment of soldiers as they work their…
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Old Bridge to hold annual Apple Fest
The Madison-Old Bridge Township Historical Society will present its 53rd annual Apple Festival from noon to 4 p.m. on Nov. 10 at the Old Bridge Township Civic Center, Route 516 and Cottrell Road, Old Bridge. There will be crafts, holiday gifts, refreshments, live music, face painting, freshly picked apples and handmade apple pies. Admission is…
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Thomas Warne Museum to participate in Blue Star Museums program
OLD BRIDGE – The Thomas Warne Museum is one of more than 2,000 museums across the country to offer free admission to military personnel and their families this summer in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Blue Star Families and the Department of Defense. Through Labor Day, the program provides families an opportunity…
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Volunteer fair, spring gardening program on tap at Old Bridge Library
The Old Bridge Library will hold a volunteer fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 21 for teens and adults. Organizations expected to attend include Caring Hospice of Central NJ, the Girl Scouts, the Kiwanis Club of Old Bridge, the Old Bridge Animal Shelter, Old Bridge CERT and the Madison-Old Bridge Township Historical…