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Letters! We Get Letters!
Compiling Family History
Success!
A few days ago, I struck gold! A long-lost cousin
contacted me, and now another. I had promised to tell you if my letter on your
letters page was a success...it was, indeed. Thank you, for your help.
Dee Bryan
September 11, 2009
Original Notice
I am anxious to make contact with family members
in East Hanover. Joe Schuler, former police chief in East Hanover, was my
cousin. If anyone in his family would be willing to contact me, and help with
the family history I am compiling, I would be very appreciative.
Dee Bryan
castaway4@verizon.net
May 3, 2009
House Is a Disgrace?
I recently visited East Hanover and stopped at
what is left of my old home place [574 Ridgedale Avenue]. I am ashamed to admit I lived there in the
50's. The house is almost ready to fall down - the out buildings and garage
already has. Someone has finally cleared some of the growth away from the house
and now you can see what a real mess it is. I understand no one has lived there
for years - WHY HASN'T EAST HANOVER HAD IT TORN DOWN? Are the taxes still being
paid on the property? Over the years, while attending high school reunions, I
have driven by and I know nothing has been done to the property since my family
sold it to the present owners in 1959. The eyesore should be removed.
Barbara Michal Reed
March 16, 2009
Christmas Eve Remembrance
My parents lived in Whippany for almost 60 years
in a number of houses most of them near the Brickyard Pond, known to those who
don't know any better as Bee Meadow where the town's Swimming Pool sits. Before
the pool was built in the mid '60s, the area hosted the remains of an 19th
Century brick factory with all sorts scary buildings, tunnels, chimneys, and the
creepy crawlers within. I lived my first 22 years roaming this wondrous mix of
nature, history, and legends. Attached is a short Christmas Fable that takes
place in 1962 describing two of the semi-fictional figures who inhabited this
lost world which I ponder often. I now reside in Washington, DC but return on
occasion to walk around the Pond to regain the spirit that lived in all of us
who lived in Whippany after WWII. I thought during this season with times so
tough for many, your readers might enjoy this
short tale about what it was like to
live near the Brickyard on Christmas Eve when the real and the not-so-real
intertwined. Thank you for taking the time to look this over. I think you will
like it. Whippany, the Brickyard, what a place to have grown up in and to
remember always
Terry Scott Boykie
December 16, 2008
Drive to ShopRite?
Here is a great idea about building a supermarket. Since everyone that lives in East Hanover has a car to commute, What is wrong with driving over to Livingston ShopRite which is maybe 5 minutes away from Pathmark. If you don't like Pathmark then drive 5 minutes more to ShopRite . Both places are affordable when it comes to prices.
Route 10 already looks like Route 22 with stores
everywhere so why destroy whatever is left in East Hanover. The reason why we
live in East Hanover is to have some quality of life where we don't need to deal
with extra traffic and higher taxes to support new building facilities (extra
police officers and firefighters and larger schools)
Fred Rebeiro
December 5, 2008
Who Needs Speed Humps?
I received a letter from PMK Group pertaining to
placing 3 speed bumps along Timberhill Drive. I think that spending the taxpayer
money on building speed humps in a quiet residential street is a waste of money.
Instead if there is a abundance of money in East Hanover, maybe it should go
towards the school system where it is needed.
Fred Rebeiro
December 5, 2008
Occasionally some letters we get explode into a much larger discussion. One example is the subject of the former Eberhardt Farm.
Another was a question about the airport identification code for the old East Hanover Airport.
More recently, there's been some discussion about a potential new supermarket moving into town.
To contribute to any of these topics or to start a new thread, just let us know!
As other topics emerge, we'll be discussing them right here!
