The Deleted Scenes - Antiques, Good or Bad?
Due to a technical issue only the first paragraph of today’s post went out to the email list. This is the complete post. I’ve written about two towns in New Jersey a lot: Flemington and Somerville, the county seats of Hunterdon County and Somerset County. I grew up just outside Flemington, and we often went to Somerville too. I always liked Somerville, but there’s no question it’s seen a lot of new life in the last 5-10 years. New housing, new restaurants, new stores, right in the little main drag. Back when I was a kid, I remember seeing a Zenith television repair sign hanging outside one of the buildings. There was a very old-school Italian deli. It felt like every other store was a dusty antique shop, many in old Main Street buildings with basements and partial second floors, probably not worked on or renovated in decades... Subscribe to The Deleted Scenes to read the rest.Become a paying subscriber of The Deleted Scenes to get access to this post and other subscriber-only content. A subscription gets you:
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