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Durand-Hedden News
Mad Hatters, Radium Girls and the Asbestos Hotel
As an industrial state, NJ is no stranger to industrial toxins. In recent decades, we have been home to over 140 Superfund cleanup sites...
Oct 21, 2018
A History Ramble through Rosedale Cemetery
Over the centuries many families in our community have chosen Rosedale Cemetery as their final place of rest. It consists of 92...
May 6, 2018


The Hickories: A Budding Naturalist
The extended Roosevelt family were great believers in the benefits of summer vacations in the country and outdoor pursuits. Teddy, as a...
Mar 12, 2013


The Lenape Who Came Before Us
The earliest residents of the Maplewood-South Orange area were The Lenape (len-AH-pay), Native Americans who once populated “a vast...
Aug 5, 2008
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