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Franklin Council forms commission to preserve rich mining history New Jersey Herald FRANKLIN — The Borough Council approved a Historic Preservation Commission on Tuesday, but not without first expressing concerns over the rights of owners to manage their own properties. The vote was three in favor of the commission with a no from Councilman Concetto Formica. Councilman Steven Skellenger abstained and Councilman Joe Limon was absent. The commission was proposed by Mayor John Sowden as a way to focus on the borough's history as the center of mining in northwestern New Jersey.  The counci...

N.J.’s forgotten history of hate | Opinion Updated Jan 25, 2021; Posted Jan 24, 2021 Arlene Stein, a sociology professor at Rutgers University, says today, as thousands openly espouse violent racist and anti-Semitic beliefs and our now former president mobilizes them to wield power, we should not forget that white supremacist and fascist-inspired movements have been a recurrent part of our history. In July 1937, nearly 1,000 members of the German-American Bund wear swastika armbands and carry Nazi banners as they parade during the opening of Camp Nordland in Sussex County, New Jersey. (AP...