Vic Wells rises from setback to star for Hillside Comets
Vic Wells transforms from out of shape junior to a standout senior at Hillside High. He leads the Comets with a 18.5 point season, 445 points, and 14.1 career average, guiding upset wins and earning national prep prospects notice despite academic hurdles and a near state title miss.
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Comets
Vic
Joe Silver
Victor
Harvey Wooten
John Frize
Tom Barnett
al Earl
Hillside
Pleasantville
Vic Wells
Wells
College
Morris Ave
Union
Roselle
Morristown
Irvington Tech
Kenilworth
Union County
Comet
Virginia
Gardener
THE
Hillside Times
Webb
St. Bonaventure’s
New Jersey and Continental Efforts in 1776 Preserve New York Harbor Defenses
In March 1776 Washington urged New Jersey and Connecticut to bolster militia as British threats hovered near New York. Lord Stirling advised fortifying the eastern province while Newark and Lyons Farms faced Tory incursions. New Yorkers fleeing settlements affected by war spurred NJ action, yet Howe delayed heading to New York, awaiting supplies at Halifax before a potential occupation.
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Washington
Boston
New York
New Jersey
Sandy Hook
Canada
Connecticut
Continental Congress
Lord Stirling
Lord Howe
Morris County
Essex County Committee
Newark- Lyons Farms
Elizabethtown
Lyons Farms
Long Island
London
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Horoscope forecast for March 28 to April 3
The reader is advised to pause, avoid premature actions, and keep plans private this week. A troublesome associate may push risky projects, while emotional control and wary timing are advised. expect criticism of ideas and strained relationships as plans and confidences are weighed.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko the Polish Patriot and General
A compact portrait of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, born 1746 in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, who aided the American War of Independence as a colonel of engineers. It recounts his Saratoga fortifications at Bemis Heights, service in the Carolina Campaign, later roles in Poland and France, and his death in 1817. It notes a literary tie to Abraham Lincoln, born February 12, 1809, who shared Kosciuszko’s birth date origin.
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Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Brest
Kosciusko
Piarist College
Lubieszow
Royal Military School
Warsaw
France
America
Highland Point
Bemis Heights
New York
Saratoga
Poland
Elizabethtown
Philadelphia
Kosciusko Kollock
Shepard Kollock
Thomas Jefferson
Europa
Solothurn
Switzerland
Wawel
Krakow
Thaddeus Kosciusko
United States
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Baron Frederick von Steuben
Prussia
Marquis de Lafayette
Casimir Pulaski
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Chad Kirch
Kelly Tripucka
Clive Austin
Hawkeye Whitney
DeMatha
Washington, D.C
Len Horton
Bailey Ave
Kean
Colonial Jersey
Arnold H. McClow
Hillside Historical Society, Inc
National Park Service
Department of the Interior
Aries Mar
Taurus
Gemini
Moonchild
LEO
VIRGO
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricorn
Aquarius
A.W. Damis
Koscuisko
Horatio Gates
Burgoyne
Nathanael Greene
Carolina
Russia
Radowice
Macinjowice
St. Petersburg
Harmonia Savings Bank
Family Savings Bank
Harmonia
Safe Deposit Boxes
Union Square
Elizabeth
Scotch Plains
Morris Avenue
the Family Savings Bank
North Ave
Crestwood RD
Middletown
Harmony Road
F.D.I.C
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