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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
Nov 3, 20194 min read
The Borough Grows, 1910-1916
For this year's Quasquicentennial Celebration, The Rock Recorder Blog will post a chronological (as much as possible) history of Glen...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
Sep 29, 20194 min read
Glen Rock Forms a Fire Department
For this year's Quasquicentennial Celebration, The Rock Recorder Blog will post a chronological (as much as possible) history of Glen...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
Feb 28, 20192 min read
From Colonial Days to the War of 1812
For this year's Quasquicentennial Celebration, The Rock Recorder Blog will post a chronological (as much as possible) history of Glen...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
Jan 5, 20193 min read
Happy Quasquicentennial, Glen Rock!
What's a "quasquicentennial", you might ask? It is a fancypants way to say "Happy 125th Birthday"! On September 14, 2019, Glen Rock...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
Nov 10, 20183 min read
WWI Veteran Frederick Freestone
As we stop this Veterans Day and remember the men and women who have served our country in peacetime and in war, my attention returns to...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
Sep 21, 20183 min read
Protect & Serve (part 2)
Continuing with our celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the establishment of the Glen Rock Police Department, this Blog post will...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
May 15, 20184 min read
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Glen Rock Historical & Preservation Society (GRHPS) Board Members Anne Ciliberti and Barbara Schineller recently did an analysis of the...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
Mar 16, 20185 min read
1894. And All That.
How Glen Rock became Glen Rock
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
Feb 8, 20184 min read
THOMAS L. HAWKINS: HERO FROM THE ROCK
Thomas Lawson Hawkins was born in 1923 in Springfield, Massachusetts and moved to Glen Rock with his parents, William and Rebecca, when...
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Sue Tryforos
Nov 5, 20174 min read
THE POWER OF ELEVEN
The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, when peace finally came to the Western Front following the four years of...
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Sue Tryforos
Jul 7, 20177 min read
THE SMITH-SINGER COMPANY
As the Borough Historian, I receive many questions from residents who want to know when their house was built or when their street was...
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Sue Tryforos
Jun 27, 20175 min read
JOHN A. HOPPER AND THE CIVIL WAR
This past Memorial Day, the Glen Rock VFW Post #850 and the Glen Rock American Legion Post #145 placed flags on a gravestone in the...
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