Garbage, fireworks, Garden State Parkway, and more NJ facts | Albright
Updated Mar 01, 2021;
Posted Mar 01, 2021
After apprenticing in Italy, Augustine Santore took his fireworks skills to North Bergen in 1890 which would eventually lead the creation of the Garden State Fireworks Company.
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Historically speaking, did you know that:
Full-Service Gas Stations in 1949: A gas station in Hackensack lured customers from rival stations when they offered a discount to motorists who pumped the gasoline themselves.
Gambling: Illegal gambling in New Jersey has a long subterranean history that includes bookmaking, numbers running, and backroom slot machines, often controlled by organized crime.
Garbage: From the start of the colonial period, New Jersey homeowners, counties, and local governments adopted the cheapest method to dispose of solid waste. It was burned, buried, and used as landfill.