1982: MAURY PERILLI, PROPHET!

My dear friend Maury Perilli, humble man that he is, scoffs when I suggest he is a political prophet. During his time as a writer of "View From Here" in the Mercer Messenger, Maury has proven to be an uncanny seer into the future. The above article, written almost 20 years ago, points out the still existing problem of funding the Social Security program as it continues to descend into a financial disaster. Nineteen years later, politicians of all political affiliation have done nothing to alleviate the problem. The subject of reforming social security has been called the "third rail of politics" and indeed it is. Unfortunately, our elected officials are worried more about being re-elected than forming a bipartisan commission to solve the problem once and for all.

1969: HARRY LIEBERMAN DEMOCRAT CLUB

My father was on friendly terms with many in the early Lieberman political scene in Hamilton Township. He was a Hamilton Township Committeeman during the WWII years. My very dear friend Maury Perilli is shown in the photo as are numerous personal acquaintances. My Kuser School classmate Vinnie Brenna is there, as is another old time friend, Al DeMartin. I understand that the original founders of the BRL, including my friends Jack Lacy and Jack Zoller were among the founders of the league. If either of them read this post, I would sure appreciate a comment that would add to the "BASEBALL" folder in the Local History Collection.

1976: ""Identification of the vandals is being witheld because of their age...."

One Sunday last summer when I went to Kuser Farm Gazebo to set up for my afternoon sing along, I saw the "artistry" of whomever it was who brought chalk to the park and proceeded to scribble pink, white, and blue graffiti all over the concrete dance floor. It was only chalk, but there were no sources of water nearby to wash the stuff off. A harmless prank, right? WRONG! As I sat on the steps of the gazebo, I also noted that some little darling took a black marker and wrote on the newly painted, newly restored wooden post on the gazebo steps. The township spent many man hours bringing that beautiful structure back to its original state! Vandalizing teens who choose to deface public property should be held accountable and their parents held responsible for the financial damage they have caused. I took many photos which clearly showed what they did along the edge of Kuser Farm Park in the area of the windmill. Spray paint on Rusling Paving's relatively new concrete buildings is an outrageous insult to Hamiltonians as is the damage they did to a very large cinder block structure adjacent to Rusling Paving's facility along the Kuser property on Loomis Avenue. Were I a judge, they would be given a tooth brush to clean off their anti social graffiti, or their parents would be fined in the amount it would take to bring the buildings back to their original state. There needs to be vigilance on the part of the community to thwart these anti social acts of vandalism that are becoming all too common in "America's Favorite Home Town."

PUBLISH THE NAMES OF THE LITTLE DARLINGS AND WATCH THE VANDALISM DISAPPEAR!

Sally Logan Gilman said...

Tom: I'm sorry about the vandalism. Graffiti is vandalism and not some little darling's artistic freedom. Again, I'm sorry. Regards

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Tom Glover said...

Unfortunately Sally, there are a number of miscreants running rampant in today's society, and their apologists are just as guilty as are the perpetrators. Tom Glover

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

omad said...

This site, the Kuser Farm, and buildings on it, seem very important to you and I'm sure to many. How disappointing. Is nothing precious anymore?

Thursday, June 09, 2011

Tom Glover said...

KUSER FARM PARK IS NOT IMPORTANT TO JUST TO ME, BUT TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. IF THESE SENSELESS ANTI-SOCIAL ACTS OF VANDALISM ARE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE WITHOUT A CONCERTED EFFORT TO CATCH THESE BRATS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO COPE WITH BLACK SPRAY PAINTED TRAFFIC SIGNS, PRIVATE BUILDINGS, AND OTHER ACTS OF VANDALISM THAT JEOPARDIZE "AMERICA'S FAVORITE HOMETOWN."

Friday, June 10, 2011

1974: MAURY PERILLI STEPS DOWN FROM HAMILTON POLITICS

The newest history of Hamilton Township had little in the way of the history that former Mayor Maurice Perilli had on the evolution of Hamilton Township. In his many years as a local political heavyweight, Maury served on the Hamilton Committee, and as the Mayor of Hamilton. It was during his term in office that the Hamilton Library, Police Station, Veterans' Park, and Hamilton Hospital were established. He is a giant in the annals of Hamilton Township, the city of Trenton, and indeed, all of Mercer County,