Wednesday, December 12, 2018

February 7, 1919--Dr. Headlee's Plan to Kill Mosquitos

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Who can ever forget the song "Forever Chasing Skeeters"?  It was first sung at the tenth annual New Jersey Mosquito Extermin...
Tuesday, December 11, 2018

February 6, 1933--Aaron Dean Joins NJ Historical Society

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    The prestigious New Jersey Historical Society was founded in 1845 in Trenton, New Jersey.  The founders were Joseph C. Hornblower, ...

February 5, 1869--Monmouth Junction Post Office Established

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The first Post Office in Monmouth Junction was located in a small house on Hillside Avenue near the train tracks.  It opened on February...

February 4, 1830--Delaware-Raritan Canal Incorporated

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A canal across central Jersey was an inevitable phenomenon.  William Penn, back in the 1670's, thought of the idea first.  He sent o...

February 3, 2004--Seth Dvorin, SBHS Graduate Slain in Iraq

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First Lt. Seth Dvorin, who graduated from South Brunswick High School in 1998, died near Iskandariyah, Iraq, after a roadside bomb explo...
Monday, December 10, 2018

February 2, 1799--Aaron Dean's Will Seals Fate of His Slaves

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"Innisfree" Dean House 739 Georges Road Aaron Dean, Sr., was one of the "founding fathers" of South Bruns...
Thursday, November 15, 2018

February 1, 1951--George Parker Wins Poultry Trophy

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Parker Poultry Farm Practical poultryman,  George   R .  Parker  of Monmouth Junction, did not lay an egg on February 1, 1951.  Far f...