Author: JoeRenna

Green Brook Township: Somerset County’s Best Kept Secret

Posted on by JoeRenna Posted in Springfield Patriot

By Jerry Searfoss, Green Brook Township Committeeman – Business Community Liaison I grew up spending my summer vacation in a great, relatively unknown location at the Jersey Shore. One day a big city newspaper wrote a glowing review of that…

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Linden September to Remember Street Festival

Posted on by JoeRenna Posted in Life in Linden

Remembering George Weiss, Fanwood Community TV Icon

Posted on by JoeRenna Posted in Fanwood Post

George Weiss, who made community television for Fanwood possible for more than 20 years, died on Saturday, August 18, 2018, in Virginia. George was predeceased by his wife Betty whom he married in 1955. The family resided in Fanwood for…

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A Tale of Three High School Buildings

Posted on by JoeRenna Posted in Our Town Rahway

Submitted by Al Shipley, City Historian and Rahway Library Research Consultant Another September has arrived and the annual ritual of students returning to classrooms will soon begin, following a practice that in Rahway dates back to 1851 when the city’s…

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