Talk:East Windsor, New Jersey

In the late 1990s early 2000, the East Windsor Historical Preservation Commission held several lectures on local history at the Hickory Corner Library.

The astronaut Robert Cenker also lives in East Windsor. He worked at the RCA Space Center before it was closed. At his lecture he recounted a number of the space satellites and probes built at the RCA (later GE Astro and later Lockheed-Martin) Space Center. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cenker

For a short time Olympic Gold-Medal winner John Woodruff lived in East Windsor, but moved to Arizona. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/sports/othersports/01woodruff.html

Does much of this article belong in an Encyclopedia?

Including the DOT plans for the bypass in such detail was out of line with the general rules for non-triviality and these plans are outdated by the near completion of the project. Is the staffing of the police department appropriate? An encyclopedia is supposed to contain durable information, of wide interest and relevance. The detail taken from the most recent census that is endemic to most New Jersey municipalities is unusual in relation to the rest of the world. So is the provision of council member names, let alone the number of votes cast. Michael P. Barnett (talk) 01:29, 7 December 2010 (UTC) I just moved this within the page Michael P. Barnett (talk) 17:05, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Clara Barton

Clara Barton, who formed the American Red Cross, also lived in East Windsor. Between 1851-1852, she taught at the Cedar Swamp Schoolhouse in East Windsor Township, NJ. Many history books list Hightstown instead of East Windsor, but the actual school house was in East Windsor. The confusion has to do with the fact that Hightstown was once part of East Windsor Township. In fact it is completly surrounded by East Windsor. In the 1800s Hightown developed because of the train, but broke away when the surrounding farmlands wanted the taxes to be spent on roads. In the 20th century, many of the farms were sold to developers and East Windsor is now bigger than Hightstown in population.

Clara Barton eventually moved to Bordentown, NJ and formed a school. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.225.43.14 (talk) 17:32, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Photographic History

Images of America: Hightstown and East Windsor by Peggy S. and Frank J. Brennan Jr, Arcadia Publishing, Chalford Publishing Corporation, Dover, NH contains photo of Clara Barton in Hightstown (page 11), also picture of Colonel Hight 1780, Baptist Church 1840, other buildings from mid 19th century (I am no judge of what might be of interest in history of architecture, history of local worship), railroad engines 1880, school chemistry lab at Peddie 1890 page 27 , automobile 1909, p 47,(certainly of interest to history of science education), car facing pony cart p.51, car 1910, potato harvesting p.61, flood of 1915 p.64, railroad watchman p68, wheatfish catch p.77, fire 1920 p. 77, coach used by Abraham Lincoln i Trenton p80, post WWI parade p.80, RedCross 1921 p.81, fire 1925 p.86, parachutist 1930 p. 94, plane crash 1932 p.96, parchute towe 1930s p.97, flood 1934 p99, 103 year old resident from Engalnd p122 -- also apples p100, locomotive p100, wwII victory parade p111

Selection of these just shows my prejudices -- cannot exclude interest content of pictures of local residents.

Many of items above are relevant to articles on other topics. Michael P. Barnett (talk) 17:05, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

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Dakota Mills

I think my step-cousin Dakota Mills should be added back to the list of notable people next to Randal Pinkett. She plays for a St. Kitts and Nevis national team. (My stepfather and her parents are from St. Kitts and Nevis. My step-cousin was raised in East Windsor like Pinkett.)

The following are why I think my step-cousin is notable enough in the East Windsor/Hightstown area to be listed:

https://www.trentonian.com/2023/09/08/hightstown-high-to-induct-hall-of-fame-class-on-sept-29/amp/ (My step-cousin is the black woman in the picture accompanying the article.)

https://kids.kiddle.co/Dakota_Mills

https://www.allforxi.com/2020/2/7/21125800/learning-from-olympic-qualifying-st-kitts-nevis-ready-start-winning

She was inducted in the hall of fame at Hightstown High School, like Pinkett. On his website, he lists his induction into the hall of fame as a notable event, and if you click on it, you even see a slideshow with a picture of my step-cousin. (I’m not a fan of either of them, but I still checked out his website for information for the sake of this post; the link is on his Wikipedia page. I didn’t know his name until I saw him listed on Wikipedia alongside her. I didn’t know all this information about him either before reading parts of his page for the purpose of this post.)

My step-cousin was an All-American nominee and Pinkett was an All-American. They both participated in track and field. She was their high school’s athlete of the year and Pinkett was NCAA’s top scholar athlete.

—Indie John Baptiste

Ijohnbaptiste (talk) 02:31, 9 August 2024 (UTC)