Jennie Sweetman with her brother Cornelius Vander Stad of Pequannock in 2021. (Photo by Bill Truran) Sussex County History Today: Passing of Jennie Sweetman Northern New Jersey has lost one of the best historians that we have had, and I can certainly attest to the fact of this... Columns 22 Nov 2024 | 09:07
Grand Army of the Republic medals. (Photo courtesy of Bill Truran) Sussex County History Today: Presidential election of 1864 This column is composed a week or so in advance of being printed in the newspaper. A contentious election will have taken... Columns 01 Nov 2024 | 09:03
St Paul’s Abbey cemetery. (Photos by Myrna Snook) Sussex County History Today: St. Paul’s Abbey cemetery This column is by guest historian Jennie E. Sweetman. Recent reports released rather ambitious building plans for the former... Columns 25 Aug 2024 | 09:11
Sussex County History Today: Revolutionary War spy It is my honor to have Jennie Sweetman again contribute a guest article. She has very interesting and heretofore unpublished... Columns 06 Oct 2023 | 04:59
The private residence previously was the headquarters for Camp Shapanack, a summer camp facility. (Photos provided) Sussex County History Today: Ancient Shapanack The Sussex County Historical Marker program is alive and well. Three additional markers were awarded this year to deserving... Columns 20 Aug 2023 | 04:32
A county historical marker will be placed at the 185-year-old Keen’s Grist Mill, located on a portion of Swartswood Lake property on Route 521 in Stillwater Township. Sussex County History Today: Keen’s Mill In the next several weeks, we will cover awards presented at the New Jersey State Fair. The first is the Sussex County Historical... Columns 06 Aug 2023 | 09:35
Bill Truran, the Sussex County historian, with Jennie Sweetman, who wrote about Sussex County for more than 50 years. (Photo provided) Sussex County History Today: Jennie Sweetman Jennie Sweetman has been a leading historian of Sussex County for more than 50 years. She has stood as a figure of great importance... Columns 14 Jul 2023 | 12:05
