Hillside Comets remain undefeated in tough week
Hillside High soccer, the lone unbeaten team, went 2-0-1 posting wins over Plainfield 3-0 and Roselle 3-0, while tying Union Catholic 1-1 in double overtime. Lou Ruffino scored twice against Plainfield, Matti Shimon netted twice vs Roselle, and Mike Foley made 12 saves with a key second period penalty kick goal. The Comets sit 3-0-7 and face Clark next.
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Hillside High
Booters
Roselle
Plainfield
Union Catholic
Lou Ruffino
Wave Uleli
Comets
Mike Foley
Nets
Foley
Hillside
Matti Shimon
Roselle Catholic
Steve Mischissin
Bill Domina
Joe Burkert
Hooters
Clark
Boxing show to honor Benny Levine at Hillside gym
The 3rd Annual Maxie Fisher Lou Harper Memorial All Star Boxing Event will be held on October 20 at 8 p.m. in Hillside High School Gym. Honoree Benny Levine, a 1930s boxing figure and former Mexican welterweight champ, will attend. Local youths from the Hillside Community Center Boxing Program will box, trained by Dave Taub and Dave Klurman. Tickets are on sale at Harper Bros Eliz, Liberty Plumbing Linden, and Ap proved Travel Roselle Park, with door sales also available.
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Hillside
Maxie Fisher - Lou Harper
Hillside High School
Benny Levine
Hillside B'nai B'rith
Benny
Mexico City
Hillside Community Center
Dave Taub
Dave Klurman
Community Center
Dave Harper
Harper Bros
York Street
Eliz
Liberty Plumbing
E. St. George Avenue
Linden
Westfield Avenue W
Roselle Park
Hillside dispute over police pay prompts ticket spree
The mayor notes a six percent raise offer to cops has left them unhappy while defending ticketing as lawful enforcement. He warns the Township Committee will resist coercion and acknowledges possible continued ticketing as a solution. Patrolman Silva suggests officers feel underpaid versus firefighters amid morale concerns. Fire prevention week and classroom programs follow in Hillside with emphasis on safety.
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Baldassano
Lyons Farms Hillside in 1775 Dense Population Core
In 1775 Lyons Farms, now Hillside, formed part of New Jersey’s densest population. The area linked to Elizabethtown and Philadelphia routes, with Old New Ark centered along Broad Street and Back Lanes. A 1783 Lyons Farms School House later moved to the Newark Museum.
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Hillside
Lyons Farms
Old New Ark
Elizabethtown
New Jersey
Old New-Ark
New-Ark
New Ark
Orange Mountains
Springfield
Washington Street
Mulberry Street
Passaic River
High Street
Broad Street
Clinton Avenue
High
Philadelphia
Paulus Hook
Jersey City
Passaic
Hackensack Rivers
New York
Chancellor Avenue
Newark Museum
Perth
Amboy
North Broad Street
Jewell’s Mills
Salem Avenue
Conant Street
Salem Dam
Continental Congress
Provincial Congress
Free ballet classes for youngsters at Community Center
Free ballet sessions offered to children ages 4 through 13 at the Community Center with registration on Saturday October 11 from 10 a.m. to noon. Weekend classes will cover posture basic yoga creative movement and various dance styles including classical ballet training at the center. If absent on registration day, call 923-1285.
Rev James Caldwell and His Wife Mourned in Elizabethtown
The 1760s era tale recalls Reverend James Caldwell, famed for zeal and patriotism, serving Elizabethtown before dying at Mart’s Point during the Revolution. His wife Hannah Caldwell was killed in Connecticut Farms, prompting a postwar monument in the First Presbyterian Church graveyard on Broad Street.
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Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth
Elizabethtown
James Caldwell
Caldwell
Virginia
Princeton
South
George
Continental Army
Coldwell
Springfield
Watts
Hannah Caldwell
Connecticut Farms
Staten Island
Washington
deMart
James Morgan
Morgan
Broad Street
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Comets Booters
James J. Silva
Hillside Times
Hurden-Looker
William Smith
Hillside Fire Department
Mayfaire Hillside
Erotic Film Festival
Hillside Radio & TV
Liberty Avenue
Blow Street
Arnold H. M. Clow
Jonathan Dickinson
Presbyterian Church In
College of
Rahway Road
Cherry Street
Caleb
Dickinson
Princeton University
Mutual Savings Fund
Harmonia
Harmonia Savings Bank
Clauss
Fulton Street
Jacob Brucklacher
Union Square
Scotch Plains
Morris Avenue
the Family Savings Bank
Morris Ave
North Ave
Crestwood
Middletown
Harmony Road
F.D.J.C
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