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The Beers family cabin, built in 1804, still stands today in north Columbus.

Today, we do not think of New Jersey as a battleground. But in the 1750s, Sussex County, New Jersey, was at the edge of a dangerous frontier.

Bits and Pieces: Readers share their memories of Christmas and Santa Ann Gasbarre As a young boy, every holiday season Doug Taylor of Bexley had his picture taken with Santa Claus at Freedlanders Department Store on West Liberty Street. The annual trip to the store in downtown Wooster was always a popular holiday activity for area youngsters. "I remember," wrote the 1958 Wooster High School graduate, "the line to Santas throne used to stretch all the way across the store’s overhead walkway." ...