Tag: Madison Township
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Madison Township Lumber is last remaining entity of former town
By ALAN KARMIN Correspondent It seems that not too long ago that there wasn’t an Old Bridge Township. Long-time residents and members of the surrounding communities will recall that Old Bridge was once known as Madison Township. Madison Township was originally incorporated in 1869, breaking away from South Amboy. And then, in 1975, the…
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Opinion: Remember those who gave their lives for liberty: commemorating the 80th anniversary of World War II
“This is no exercise! These planes have swastikas painted on their tails!” Those were the words of a British director witnessing the German surprise invasion of Belgium on May 10, 1940, as recorded in the diary of Anne Brusselmans who would later become a leading figure in the Belgian/French underground. On that day, New Yorkers…
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Old Bridge concludes year-long 150th anniversary celebration with tree lighting ceremony
OLD BRIDGE – The Township of Old Bridge concluded its year-long 150th anniversary celebration with a tree lighting ceremony at the Thomas Warne Museum with Christmas carols from Voices of Old Bridge; reminiscing with one another; and cakes, cookies and hot cocoa galore. Jeffrey Kagan, recording secretary of the museum, said two former students of…
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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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Tomato wars and the Italian elixir of life
Ah September, the end of summer vacation and the start of another school year. It’s also the end of tomato season, and growing up in the 1950s that meant canning. Awakened at sunrise by my father, who by 4:30 a.m. had already had his coffee and set up the grinding machine, my sister and I…
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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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White nights and black potatoes: Remembering winters in rural Madison Township in the 1950s
Recently, I was reminded that young people today have a hard time imagining what it was like growing up all those years ago. They never used a rotary phone, don’t know what a church key is, how chicken eggs are collected, or what it means to shoot marbles. That got me thinking that perhaps they…
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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…
