Peer Leadership Conference Submitted by Kristina Petti, Rahway Elks Lodge #1075 For the past 34 years, the New Jersey Elks have sponsored a Peer Leadership Conference for High School students the first weekend in February. The objectives are to increase…
Rahway Non-Profit Alliance The Rahway Non-Profit Alliance strives to help our community through the combined resources of local non-profits. Through this collaboration, the RNA is able to provide a list of resources for youth, food assistance, housing assistance, and more.…
Rahway Entrepreneur, George P. Gordon Submitted by Al Shipley, City Historian and Rahway Library Research Consultant George Phineas Gordon, a popular figure in the community in the decade of the 1870s, was a businessman, inventor, and printer who developed the…
THE HISTORY OF ONIONS Many archaeologists, botanists, and food historians believe onions originated in central Asia, while other research suggests onions were first grown in Iran and West Pakistan. It is presumed that our predecessors discovered and started eating wild…
