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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
- Nov 17, 2019
- 4 min
WWI and a New Municipal Building
For this year's Quasquicentennial Celebration, The Rock Recorder Blog will post a chronological (as much as possible) history of Glen Roc...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
- Nov 3, 2019
- 4 min
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 Roc...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
- Sep 30, 2019
- 4 min
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 Roc...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
- Sep 13, 2019
- 12 min
Three Glen Rock Heroes
As part of Glen Rock's Quasquicentennial Celebration (125 years since Incorporation in 1894), I spoke about three of Glen Rock's heroes a...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
- Aug 5, 2019
- 4 min
The Turn of the Century: 1896-1908
For this year's Quasquicentennial Celebration, The Rock Recorder Blog will post a chronological (as much as possible) history of Glen Roc...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
- Jun 24, 2019
- 4 min
Life in the New Borough, 1894-1900
For this year's Quasquicentennial Celebration, The Rock Recorder Blog will post a chronological (as much as possible) history of Glen Roc...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
- Jun 9, 2019
- 3 min
Glen Rock Incorporation, 1894
For this year's Quasquicentennial Celebration, The Rock Recorder Blog will post a chronological (as much as possible) history of Glen Roc...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
- Apr 13, 2019
- 4 min
From the Civil War to District School #44
For this year's Quasquicentennial Celebration, The Rock Recorder Blog will post a chronological (as much as possible) history of Glen Roc...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
- Mar 24, 2019
- 3 min
The Trains Come to Glen Rock
For this year's Quasquicentennial Celebration, The Rock Recorder Blog will post a chronological (as much as possible) history of Glen Roc...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
- Feb 28, 2019
- 2 min
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 Roc...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
- Feb 17, 2019
- 4 min
Early Days and Save the Rock
For this year's Quasquicentennial Celebration, The Rock Recorder Blog will post a chronological (as much as possible) history of Glen Roc...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
- Jan 5, 2019
- 3 min
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 wil...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
- Nov 11, 2018
- 3 min
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
- Jun 14, 2018
- 5 min
Protect and Serve
100 years ago, on September 1st, 1918, the Glen Rock Police Department (GRPD) was officially organized. This is not to say that Glen Roc...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
- May 16, 2018
- 4 min
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
Glen Rock Historical & Preservation Society (GRHPS) Board Members Anne Ciliberti and Barbara Schineller recently did an analysis of the 1...
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Sue Tryforos, Borough Historian
- Feb 8, 2018
- 4 min
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 h...
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