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Southern Railway Locomotive 385's Harrison Connnection

There is a former Southern Railway Steam Locomotive which was restored by personnel of the Whippany Train Museum in Whippany NJ that has a Harrison connection.  The Locomotive was rescued from its demise moments before a “welder’s torch” was to take it apart and turn it into scrap metal by a Harr...

“The Miracle on the Hudson” Airplane Landing Harrison Connection

Everyone remembers the events surrounding the “Miracle on the Hudson” airplane landing. Geese flew into both engines of US Airways Flight 1549 out of LaGuardia Airport as it approached 3000 feet in the air.  The Airbus A320 plane’s engines stalled and could not be restarted. Captain Chesley “Sull...

TBT Lost Opportunity: Movie Studios in Harrison

Yesterday (May 18, 2022), New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced a $100 million television and production studio complex in neighboring Newark.  Lionsgate Newark will occupy a 15-acre lot where the Seth Boyden public housing was previously located before it was demolished by the City of Newark...

TBT: Senator Bob Menendez at Harrison Fest 2016

Throw Back Thursday. It was not the first time that United States Senator Robert "Bob" Menendez attended and marched in the Harrison Fest Grand Parade but you could see from his reaction to being thanked for coming to open up Harrison Fest 2016 with a step off at noon from Harrison Avenue and Jos...