Happy Birthday to MLH Trustee Paula AxtTake a second to wish Paula for her volunteer support to the Mr. Local History Project.https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=NGhzamhiN25mOGJiaWJrbzhsM2VmYTlqYmtfMjAyMTA5MTggcTN2N2E0MDQzZTZia2U2cWFzNW02bXZjcG9AZw

1992 - President George HW Bush visits ATT Headquarters- On this day in local history: President George H. W. Bush appeared at AT&T headquarters on North Maple Avenue in Bernards Township where he targeted women voters and criticized government-controlled social programs on Friday afternoon, Sept. 18.

The president arrived at Morristown Municipal Airport at 2 p.m. and then traveled by limousine down Interstate 287. With women accounting for about three-quarters of the 450 people in the audience, Bush, who was trailing Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton in the polls, said family leave was needed but should be achieved through incentives to business.Mr. Bush made three prior trips to the area during his 30-year political career. On Sept. 22, 1968, when he was a Texas congressman, he attended a picnic at the New Vernon estate of Walter T. Margetts as a keynote speaker for presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon. On June 8, 1979, while running for president, he appeared at an outdoor reception at the Oldwick estate of Mr. and Mrs. Webster Todd where he spoke to some 350 Republican Party leaders. On Sept. 30, 1986, when he was vice president, he appeared at Roxiticus Golf Club in Mendham as part of a $250-per-plate lunch to boost the candidacy of Rep. Dean Gallo, R-11.https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=NDk4aXBoOTZ0a2ZzNGZqZ2RycmxyZDI0M21fMjAyMTA5MTggcTN2N2E0MDQzZTZia2U2cWFzNW02bXZjcG9AZw

1944 - Basking Ridge Airport has to Close. On this day in local history, between 50 and 60 people attended a special Bernards Township Committee meeting on Monday, Sept. 18, 1944, to discuss concerns about alleged low-flying and other dangerous activities at the Basking Ridge airport on Lord Stirling Road.Residents complained “that the operation of the field is a nuisance and a public hazard, and others felt that the field is too small for safety.”Committee Chairman Albert R. Mayo agreed to determine “the status of the airport as it may be affected by any ordinance.”The airport was ultimately closed in the early 1980s. https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/somersethillsairport/ Click Linkhttps://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=NDBzMWJrY2ZlM3MzZmd0ZnFna3Z2aWIxaXBfMjAyMTA5MTggcTN2N2E0MDQzZTZia2U2cWFzNW02bXZjcG9AZw

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1992 - Beloved Congresswoman Fenwick Dies. On this day in local history in 1992: Millicent Fenwick, 82, the beloved former congresswoman who got her political start in Bernardsville, died at her home on Mendham Road on Wednesday morning, Sept. 16, 1992. She was born on February 25, 1910 in New York City and raised in Bernardsville. Known at one time as "the conscience of the Congress," Mrs. Fenwick held office as a Borough Council member, state Assembly representative, state consumer affairs director and member of the House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983. She was Gary Trudeau's inspiration for the cartoon character Lacey Davenport in the comic "Doonsbury".https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=NjhyaGZvcjI2aGM0NW1qa2owcTNrZ3E5bmlfMjAyMTA5MTYgcTN2N2E0MDQzZTZia2U2cWFzNW02bXZjcG9AZw

1972 - Townhomes to be Built on Old Airport. On this day in local history: On September 16,1972, townhouses would soon replace planes at the 50-year-old Somerset Hills Airport on Lord Stirling Road in Bernards Township, The News said on Thursday, Sept. 16.The airport was scheduled to close on Oct. 15, with Lanid Corp. of Parsippany preparing to develop the 77-acre tract with 150 townhouses and 25 single-family homes. Read more about the history of the Somerset Hills Airport- https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/somersethillsairport/" id="ow4821" __is_owner="true">https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/somersethillsairport/Learn more about how developments grew in Basking Ridge in the 1970s-1980s. https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/affordable-housing-development-history-in-bernards-township/ - Click Links to stories.https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=NHMydmtudnVvZ2g4c2Nqa3BjdjEzbWhtYXVfMjAyMTA5MTYgcTN2N2E0MDQzZTZia2U2cWFzNW02bXZjcG9AZw