http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/ ButlerNJArea Yahoogroup Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:23:31 GMT Julie Frerichs Realtor NJ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26335 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26335 FISH FRY St. Anthony's Knights of Columbus Council 943 will held on Friday November 13, 2009 from 6:00PM to 8:00PM, FISH FRY catered again by Thistle of Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:03:27 GMT Bob and Cal Roth http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26334 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26334 I lived in Ringwood from 1951 till September, 1956 and remember many power losses. We did have Orange and Rockland. It was terrible. It must have gone out a Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:14:36 GMT Rich Dean http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26333 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26333 I know.   About 5 years ago JCP&L sent in a contractor to top off the evergreen trees in the Butler Park that were within their right of way even if they Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:56:17 GMT cvitz http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26332 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26332 Rich, The power companies, JCP&L and PSE&G have been widening the tree clearing limits under their transmission lines for the past few years. I don't know if Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:14:18 GMT Susan7b@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26331 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26331 Thank you for sharing that article with all of us. What a nice story! Kudos to all involved. Its nice to read something so heartwarming. Thank you. Sue ... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:09:49 GMT Rich Dean http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26330 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26330  Come to think of it, maybe the areas in New Jersey served by Orange & Rockland Electric might have been in the dark as those lines come from New York Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:35:57 GMT cneridlon@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26329 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26329 Rich re the blackout in 65, you are right many of us in North Jersey had power. I lived in West Milford then and remember being able to watch TV by getting Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:05:40 GMT LynP42@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26328 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26328 Yes, Palisades Amusement Park was actually located in Cliffside Park only five minutes away but I think that they felt that Bertrand's Island was a much Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:48:47 GMT lme36ennis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26327 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26327 Thought that some would like to view this segment. We have had more than one visit from Lysa and she has always been a big help. Shelter gets a boost from TV Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:36:25 GMT Rich Dean http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26326 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26326    Those of us who have passed through downtown Butler during the past few days might have noticed tree surgeon's working in the Butler Park.  Their target Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:23:11 GMT Rich Dean http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26325 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26325  Back in the fall of 1960 a boy and girl were introduced to us in Miss Ruth Gelbin's afternoon third grade class at Butler Elementary.     We learned how Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:17:45 GMT Steve LaSala http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26324 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26324 Oh, Palisades Park by Freddie Cannon. Great song. Written by Chuck BArris who later brought us the Gong Show.... Hey, one out of two ain't bad... Steve Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:10:54 GMT Steve LaSala http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26323 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26323 The Gingerbread Castle is the one I don't have a real memory of other than passing it a million times. Palisades Amusement Park was amazing. Killed me to see Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:21:09 GMT Steve LaSala http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26322 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26322 I remember it being huge. Wasn't there a reviewing stand on High Street? I think that's how I remember it. I have to look around I have news articles my Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:31:04 GMT Ron Silton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26321 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ButlerNJarea/message/26321 20 years ago today Communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West. I remember seeing joyous Germans dance atop