Talk:New Providence, New Jersey

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Deleted my discussions on the speed traps, since they are long gone.--Matthew McCullough 20:43, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Added Our Lady of Peace as a private school in the education section. OLP goes from Pre-k to 8th grade. Also added it as a landmark, with the yearly OLP fair. --Matthew McCullough 21:47, 12 February 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] Ideas for expansion

If we are still looking for things to add to the page, why not NPHS athletics. i know there is alot of championship years hanging in the gym, so we could maybe have a section about which years we won, and such. Also, band championships, because i know for a fact that our band has some pretty noteable achievements. What do you guys think?--Matthew McCullough 23:43, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

This should be added to hte New Providence High School page, not here. --Larsinio 14:25, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Photography Group

Added a link for a photography group I formed on a photogtaphy website called Flickr. The group photo pool has a collection of pictures taken in New Providence. I hope that one day, the pool will be a very large collection, and a photographic documentation of New Providence. Group can be found here. --Matthew McCullough 03:39, 12 February 2006 (UTC)



Removed sentence, "Currently it is ranked eighth in the entire state of New Jersey [1].". Source was from 1997. Please don't replace this sentence without a current source, or change the sentence to say, "In 1997...etc". Made some corrections to the Hillview entry, hillview was never a middle school, up until the early 90s 7th and 8th grade instruction took place at the elementary schools -- hillview was actually a third elementary school, up until the early 80s (i believe) when the district started leasing it to a private child care company, since it didn't have the students to fill it. Removed Lexus Nexus as a famous resident, since it isn't a person. If someone wants to start a section of NPHS companies (we have a few biggies, aside from Bell Labs: Bard, Aircast, Reed Elsivier), taht information should go there. BRILLIANT WORK ON THE LIST OF SPEED TRAPS. Added livingston avenue. REPLACED REFERENCES TO RACISM LAWSUIT IN SCHOOL SECTION - whomever keeps deleting it -- if you do not participate in the discussion thread, and explain your reasons for removing it, your future change will be reported as vandalism and your IP will be BLOCKED from wikipedia. Please just post here so we can actually start a discussion about it. You cannot just keep going and making changes without stating a reason, if the change is controversial. Reasons for keeping the note about the lawsuit in are already listed in this thread. 69.249.46.86 16:56, 9 January 2006 (UTC)


Removed the culture section, which was empty. Removed reference to a "famous resident" who doesn't exist, at least according to google. Removed reference to the "Towne Deli" as a landmark. Added a paragraph under schools regarding the recent lawsuit against the school district, and a source for this paragraph at the bottom. Added a history section and put some basic information in. Unlinked "presbyterian church" in the famous landmarks section. The link was pointing to presbyerianism, which doesn't seem appropriate. If someone has a chance to write a wiki page for the new providence presbyterian church, please add the link back in.

Removed some trash from this discussion page.

And Wikipedia is not a joke. Please. Don't write stuff about some kid you hate, or put yourself in the famous people section. Show some maturity. If you really think NP sucks bad or NP is awesome, add some FACT BASED information to the Wiki. There are plenty of great things and plenty of terrible things to say about NP. So maybe if people from both sides get involved we can have a well written, comprehensive wiki page that doesn't endorse a specific viewpoint.

This is an outstanding place - an opportunity for the aggressive to dig in and define the righteous cause in which to ascertain untold wealth, and disperse appropriately. Behold: A notable peril (at least a few years respite before hell) for those who seek to venture forth (note Andrew Faust - I'm sorry Andrew Fastow, Class of NPHS ~1985) without conscience. So go with an ethical posture, as there is much to be gained, and even more to be shared for the betterment of humankind. Amen. - Edmund the Junior

[edit] References to Racism Lawsuit

Whoever removed the references to the racism lawsuit from the school section, can you explain why you felt that was necessary? It's current, and extremely relevant, even if it is not good news. I added it back. Please post your changes to the discussion wiki.


[edit] Towne Deli

I agree, it probably doesn't belong in the "Landmarks" section. However, I left NP in 1986 to live in England, but I still come back every once in a while. Every time I do, I go and get a sub from the Towne Deli. It's one of the few places that hasn't changed in the last twenty years, even if I have. Jfbcubed 22:31, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, Towne Deli makes a dynamite sandwich, but I agree it's hardly a landmark. It's pretty indistinguishable, a lot of people aren't even aware of its existence, and I highly doubt much of NP feels the Towne Deli identifies the town. 69.249.46.86 16:58, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Avenue deli is much better anyway.. Anyone have more historical research, perhaps from the historical society about New prov? Im thinking about goign ot the historical socitey one day but being sppleiud the info would be easier.--Larsinio 17:44, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
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