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Local Artist Restores New Providence Murals
December 5, 2009 (New Providence, NJ) Local artist Joseph Tiedemann of Renaissance Restoration Studios was commissioned to restore murals in St. Andrew's Church in New Providence, New Jersey.
The murals were originally painted by Fernando Calderon, a Spanish artist, over 40 years ago. Calderon was visiting New Jersey on his way to California for an art exhibition when his painting were delayed in transit. Instead of attending the art exhibit, Calderon was commissioned to paint the murals for 1 dollar per day plus food and lodging. Calderon went on to become a famous muralist. Calderon passed away in 2003.
Harrison Woman Dies At Bridge Street
December 4, 2009 (Harrison, NJ) Elba Carrasco, a 54 year Harrison resident, was struck and killed early this morning as she crossed McCarter Highway (Route 21) at Bridge Street, in Newark (NJ). Carrasco was crossing McCarter Highway at approximately 6 a.m. this morning on her way to work when a tractor trailer's rear wheels hit and killed her. The tractor trailer was making a turn off of McCarter Highway onto Bridge Street.
Newark Police shut down the roadway this morning causing a massive traffic jam as investigators determined how the accident occurred. Newark Police requested information with respect to the incident and found the driver of the tractor trailer who they believe struck and killed Elba Carrasco. No charges have been issued to date. It appears that the incident was accidental.
Sopranos & Kearny Climb Aboard
November 28, 2009 (Kearny, NJ) The New York Times published a feature story on the Sopranos and mentioned Kearny. The story entitled Climb Aboard, Soprano's Fan, Next Stop, Bada Bing mentions the Irish American Association and Big Stash's Sub House both on Kearny Avenue. The Tour bus from New York City winds its way through New Jersey visiting sites where the Sopranos were filmed.
Unfortunately, one of the Kearny sites that is no longer in business is the Satriale's Pork Store on Kearny Avenue. Satriale's was demolished and is now a temporary parking lot, it's fake brick facade carefully dismantled and sold off to Soprano fans. Satriale's owner had plans to build condos but the housing market has put his plans on hold indefinitely. Or should we say on ice indefinitely.
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A Thanksgiving Message
Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, Americans across the country will sit down together, count our blessings, and give thanks for our families and our loved ones.
American families reflect the diversity of this great nation. No two are exactly alike, but there is a common thread they each share.
Our families are bound together through times of joy and times of grief. They shape us, support us, instill the values that guide us as individuals, and make possible all that we achieve.
So tomorrow, I'll be giving thanks for my family -- for all the wisdom, support, and love they have brought into my life.
But tomorrow is also a day to remember those who cannot sit down to break bread with those they love.
The soldier overseas holding down a lonely post and missing his kids. The sailor who left her home to serve a higher calling. The folks who must spend tomorrow apart from their families to work a second job, so they can keep food on the table or send a child to school.
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