Why should you care about New Providence?
- It is the home of the Bell Labs headquarters (seen at right).
- It was one of the first settlements in this county.
- It was the big Kahuna from which modern-day Summit, Berkeley Heights, and Murray Hill were carved.
- It is awesome.
(Check it out: here is a map from 1776 of basically the entire northeast, and New Providence (aka Turkey) was one of 5 towns in modern-day Union County that they thought was important enough to put on the map.)
…Okay, that’s a little subjective, maybe.
Stuff to do around here!
Below are some links to local goings-on in the New Providence area. You can also check the regular news pages (linked below) or your local library pages (not linked, but here’s an example, and a quick Google search should put you on the right track)
- Independent Press: Entertainment
- Patch.com local events
- Paper Mill Playhouse (Millburn)
- Community resources (parks, libraries, community centers, religious centers, etc.) via Patch.com:
- Museums, performing arts, movie theaters, historical sites, and art galleries via Patch.com:
More info!
For more information on New Providence and its neighboring towns, check out these links (and I apologize if the formatting is bonkers; I made this thing in MSWord, and the HTML generated by a copy/paste is highly questionable):
