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The Underground Railroad a network of safe houses, safe spaces and secret routes that assisted runaway slaves on their journeys to freedom to the North has a mysterious history in Central Jersey.
The region has only a few documented Underground Railroad sites or points of interest but far more that have garnered debate among historians and property owners. The trouble with the Underground Railroad is there were no records kept because it was all highly secretive, said Richard Moody, a former board member and longtime volunteer with the Cranbury Historical and Preservation Society, as well as a volunteer with the Historical Society of Princeton.
23-year-old man killed in warehouse accident, cops say
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A 23-year-old New Jersey man was killed Sunday after being pinned between a cleaning machine and a section of shelving at a warehouse in Cranbury, authorities said.
Samuel Toatley Jr., of Ewing, was operating the machinery shortly before 3 a.m. at nuLoom warehouse (Rugs USA), on Prospect Plains Road when the accident took place, Cranbury police said in a statement Wednesday
Toatley, who worked for Complete Care Maintenance, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Toatley is survived by his 2-year-old son, according to a GoFundme.com page established to raise money for his funeral expenses.
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A 23-year-old maintenance worker killed over the weekend in an industrial accident over the weekend is being remembered as a hard-working dad who would ve done anything to put a smile on his little boy s face.
Samuel Toatley Jr., of Ewing, was operating a machine at nuLoom warehouse (Rugs USA) became pinned between a cleaning machine and section of shelving around 3 a.m. at the Prospect Plains Road facility, police said Wednesday.
Affectionately known as Loco, Toatley worked for Complete Care Maintenance, a company that cleaned the facility once a week, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Chabad of Monroe spreads light during Hanukkah season, pays tribute to essential workers
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MONROE – The community of the Chabad of Monroe came together to spread light during what has been “an extremely difficult year, a year of pain, challenges and hardships” due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
“This is why when a holiday like Hanukkah comes we need to jump on the opportunity to spread light, to come together even though socially distanced or watching through media technology and demonstrate the ability to make light around us,” Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky said during a menorah lighting on Dec. 10.
The Chabad of Monroe, led by Zaklikovsky, has been hosting the public menorah celebration in Monroe for 19 years with a 32-foot tall menorah, which is a replica of the National Menorah lit across the street from the White House in Washington D.C.