Clinton Township Newsletter

1 0 J a n u a r y 2 0 1 8 www.ClintonTwpNewsletter.com YOUR LOCAL SOLAR COMPANY WHY SOLAR ENERGY? • Solar energy is reliable and more affordable than ever. • Purchasing solar for your home is a great investment. • Federal and State incentives are still available to you. • Upfront costs can be avoided with $0 down options; Yes, you can go solar for $0 down and be cash flow positive from day one! START SAVING MONEY TODAY! 47 EAST STREET, ANNANDALE, NJ 08801 CALL (908) 713-9055 OR VISIT WWW.GREENPOWERENERGY.COM NJ HIC #13VH05559800 t h e v I n t A G e s h o P P e – A n t I q u I n G I s r e C y C L I n G ! No shopping trip or day spent in Clinton would be complete without stopping into The Vintage Shoppe on Leigh Street! This gem of a store holds treasures galore! It's virtually impossible to come here and not leave with something! The Vintage Shoppe is a treasure trove of antique furnishings and collectibles, much of which have been sourced from around the globe. Antique dealers take note: from vintage gold, silver and costume jewelry to architectural custom-match bird houses, (all created from repurposed wood), chandeliers, rugs, antique Christmas ornaments and decorations. There's plenty of merchandise to root through here and, believe us, you'll enjoy the root. But the hunt is often rewarded with exceptional finds at exceedingly exceptional prices. Better still, the store updates its inventory often, which means it is constantly reducing prices to make space for new arrivals. Tell Vesta that the Clinton Township Newsletter sent you! The Vintage Shoppe is located at 21 Leigh Street in downtown Clinton, right next to Christies Bakery, and is open Wednesday through Sunday, from 11:00 am to 5:30 pm or later. Call 908.735.0404 for questions. Do stop by, you won't be sorry! A w A r d - w I n n I n G s t A r L e d G e r C o L u m n I s t m A r k d I I o n o s P e A k s A t t h s ' s 2 0 1 8 A n n u A L m e e t I n G o n J A n u A r y 2 1 The Tewksbury Historical Society will be holding its annual membership meeting on Sunday, January 21 at 1:00 pm at the Mountainville Meeting Hall, 60 Water Street, Mountainville. The public is invited and refreshments will be served. The Society will hold its annual reorganization meeting, at which time the Society's Nominating Committee will present a slate of officers for the positions of President and Secretary, to be voted upon by the membership at large. The Society's Treasurer will be presenting a 2017 financial report and Standing Committee Chairs will present their reports on 2017 activities and proposed 2018 plans. Jersey in the '30s was Fred Haines' beat, though it was hardly worthy of the reporter who'd scooped the Ruth Snyder story back in '27. "The most famous Daily News cover ever," Haines bragged. His photo showed Snyder strapped to the electric chair. "Respectable" papers denounced it as vulgar, but it sold millions of copies and cemented Haines s reputation as the go-to "tabloid guy" just as celebrity worship was becoming an American obsession. But that was before Haines had the bad sense to publicly insult an even faster-rising media star named Walter Winchell. Haines wound up on the graveyard shift at the Daily Mirror, covering the most trivial stories his editor could dredge up. "Strictly Sticksville," he said, remembering a cold March night in 1932. That was the night he drove down to rural Hopewell, near Trenton, oblivious that the story of the century was about to break under his byline. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh had been kidnapped, and Haines was about to become part of a media frenzy unlike anything anyone had ever seen. Credit: Amazon website. Come hear award-winning Star Ledger columnist Mark Di Iono talk about his latest novel "The Last Newspaperman". Mark explores the roots of tabloid journalism and the rise of celebrity media culture. Mark is a four-time winner of the New Jersey Press Association Award for column writing and author of four award-winning books. He is the father of six children. In the event of inclement weather the meeting will be postponed. Check the Society's website at www.TewksburyHistory.net or call: 908.832.6734.

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