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A placeblog discussing all aspects of Hillsborough, NJ. Politics, parks, history, government

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posted on
April 23rd, 2013
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The Mystery That Was George Garretson

A death certificate from 1918, a single white evening glove, and a well worn valentine signed "Helen", all carefully wrapped in tissue paper and found in a junk-filled Hillsboro ...

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posted on
March 21st, 2013
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Anna Case, The Hidden Truth

A typical movie set during the silent film era was anything but - silent, that is.  With no live microphones or audio recording of any type taking place, directors shouted out instructions, ca ...

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posted on
March 20th, 2013
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Anna Case Breaks Through in Boris

 Anna Case often stated that she was never given her "big break" by anyone - that she earned all of her success through her own hard work and determination.  There is no better examp ...

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posted on
March 13th, 2013
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Anna Case is On the Air

 Thomas "Tommy" Cowan made his way carefully up the ladder to the hatchway that led to the roof of the Westinghouse plant in Newark, one hand on the iron rungs, the other gently cradling a few ...

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posted on
October 18th, 2012
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Annie Beekman, Strangled. Part Two

The home of Jacob Johnson, south of Somerville, NJ, Sunday, September 15, 1895.  Annie Beekman, a twenty-three-year-old former Hillsborough resident visiting the area for the ...

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