Monday, February 18, 2013
An old book at the Middletown Library tells the story.
Abraham Lincoln was a descendant of one of Middletown's first settlers, according to "The Story of Middletown: The Oldest Settlement in New Jersey" by Ernest W. Mandeville, the rector of Christ Church on King's Highway. The 1927 book is available for perusal from the Middletown Township Public Library with a form of ID. In celebration of the 16th President's birthday, here's an excerpt from Chapter 18, "Famous Men and Landmarks." Paragraph breaks have been inserted to make it easier to follow the family tree. ________ Samuel Lincoln, the founder of the family, came to Massachusetts from Norwich, England. He had a son Mordecai, who in turn had a son Mordecai, born on April 24, 1686. Mordecai Lincoln 2nd moved to Middletown and married a …
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Unmoved by public pleas to award full funding request
The Manasquan Borough Council at its Monday meeting stood by last week's move to cut $10,000 from the borough public library's budget request, defying pleas from several members of the public and library employees to put the money back on the table. Despite pleas from several members of a standing-room-only audience comprised primarily of supporters of the borough library, council members, with the exception of Republican Patricia Connolly, defended their decision made during a special budget meeting last Thursday to cut $10,000 from the library's 2012 funding request in order to get the borough's overall budget below the state-mandated 2-percent cap on property tax increases. Conservative Party Councilman Donald Grasso, who has previously…
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Avon Public Library lets children get up close with animals
Small animals were on parade at the Avon Pavilion on June 29, as Eyes of the World presented What Big Eyes You Have! Roughly 30 children of all ages – and parents – marveled at the animals, and even got to pet several of them at the free program sponsored by Avon-by-the-Sea Public Library. “We do it every summer. It’s the annual event that kicks off our Avon Library summer season,” said Sheila Watson, head librarian. The animals – mostly small – were shown to entranced children by wildlife presenter, Kimberly Gruning, Flemington, who even brought along her pet African pygmy hedgehog, Seal. Eyes of the Wild – owned by Travis Gale, Washington – is an indoor rescue facility, which takes in animals that may have been pets people got and …
Rosemary Bruno
10:20 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013
I really enjoyed the quick history lesson! I would love to see more articles like this. more ›