Nominations sought for the 2024 Historic Preservation & History Awards program

Nominations sought for the 2024 Historic Preservation & History Awards program. The deadline is Friday, March 15. https://SoCoNJ.gov/HistoryAwardsNominations

Shown in the photo is Cindy Williams Newsome who received a 2022 History Publication Award for her book "Chasing Baseball for Life and other Adventures," dedicated to Nearo Williams Jr. 

The book covers the life of Nearo Williams, an African American baseball player who was raised in the Hobbstown region of Bridgewater and played for the Somerville Raiders, while also paying homage to several local Little League, Pony League, and semi-pro baseball coaches and managers of the 1950s to 1970s

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