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unusual facts about Easton-Phillipsburg Madisons



Alexander Gibb

Gibb was born in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, the son of the civil engineer, Alexander Easton Gibb, and the great-grandson of John Gibb, an early member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

Alexis Blue

The band were formed in September 2005 following the split of another Wirral band 'The Rails', with that band's lead guitarist Andrew Stewart and drummer Mark Easton being joined by Tom McCarron to form Alexis Blue.

Allentown Railroad

On April 13, 1854, the charters of both the Allentown and the A&PC railroads were amended to allow them to merge with the Lehigh Valley Railroad, then building down through Allentown towards Easton (across the river from Phillipsburg).

Alvah Augustus Eaton

He went on three field trips to Florida and one to Europe for the Ames Botanical Laboratory in Easton, Massachusetts.

Baltimore County Public Library

:Richard D. Minnich, previously director of the Easton, Pennsylvania, library, becomes first county librarian to direct the system.

Branchburg, New Jersey

Also within driving distance are Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE, formerly Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton International Airport) near Allentown, Pennsylvania, John F. Kennedy International Airport and La Guardia Airport in New York, as well as the Trenton-Mercer Airport near Trenton and Princeton in Mercer County.

Clarence Snyder

A collection of his photographs is on display at the National Canal Museum at Two Rivers Landing in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Connecticut's 135th assembly district

Before 2002, the district contained the towns of Easton, Redding and parts of Newtown and Weston; boundary changes which took effect for the 2002 election removed Newtown and part of Redding from the district and added the remaining portion of Weston.

Continental Basketball Association franchise history

The Yankees leave the league; and are replaced by the Easton-Phillipsburg Madisons, who split their home games between Easton, Pennsylvania and Phillipsburg, New Jersey.

Easton affair

In April 1995, Keith Wilson, a Minister and Cabinet member in November 1992, told Paul McGeough, a journalist then employed by the Sydney Morning Herald, that the Easton matter was raised at a Cabinet meeting prior to the tabling of the petition.

Easton Historic District

North Easton Historic District, Easton, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts

Easton in Gordano

Easton in Gordano is the birthplace of the explorer Bertram Thomas.

Easton, Maine

Daniel Wathen, Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court

Easton, Maryland

After an alert store manager noticed that it was a signed original, the painting was subsequently auctioned for $40,600 at Sotheby's.

In 2008, a lost painting of a Paris street scene by Édouard Cortès was discovered amongst donated items at a Goodwill Industries thrift store in Easton.

Easton, Texas

"Easton, Texas" is the title of the fourth episode of the CBS Western television series Trackdown, starring Robert Culp as Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman.

Felix Werder

He formed the performance ensemble Australia Felix, which toured Europe, and included Bruce Clarke, Merlyn Quaife, Brian Brown, Alex Grieve, Judy Easton, Tony Conolan, Kevin Makin and Peter Clinch.

George Freemantle

George Freemantle (born 14th March 1806, Easton, Hampshire; details of death unknown) was an English cricketer who was associated with Hampshire and made his first-class debut in 1829.

George Junior Republic

A republic for younger boys, begun at Freeville, was established in Litchfield, Connecticut; and a National Junior Republic near Annapolis Junction, Maryland, and a Carter Junior Republic at Readington, near Easton, Pennsylvania, are modelled on the George Junior Republic.

George W. Easton

In 1908 Easton won the first Finnish championship title with Unitas Sports Club.

Easton participated the Finnish Championships in Athletics but was not awarded since he did not hold the Finnish citizenship.

Geraldine Creedon

Geraldine Creedon is a former representative in the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 11th Plymouth district, consisting of precincts 1, 2, 4 and 5, of the town of Easton, in the county of Bristol; and precincts A and C of ward 1, precinct A of ward 2, and all precincts of ward 7, of the city of Brockton, in the county of Plymouth.

Goddard and Townsend

John Townsend (1732–1809) was the son of Christopher Townsend and Patience (Easton) Townsend.

Hendrick Fisher

His homestead and grave are currently located near St. Andrew Memorial Church on Easton Avenue west of Davidson Avenue in the Somerset section of Franklin Township.

Jonathan Leo Fairbanks

Some of Fairbanks’ artwork is owned by institutions such as the National Portrait Gallery, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, The Boston Public Library, the Wye House and Myrtle Grove on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and the Alhambra in southern Spain.

Lehigh Valley Catz

Their home games are divided between Upper Hackett's Park in, and Lafayette College's Metzgar Fields near Easton, Pennsylvania.

Lehigh Valley Multi-Purpose Sport Complex

The Lehigh Valley Multi-Purpose Sport Complex was a proposed $15 million, 6,400 seat stadium that was slated to be built directly off I-78 in Williams Township, Pennsylvania, near Easton.

Maine State Route 10

Along with U.S. Route 1A between Easton and Mars Hill, it comprises a former route of U.S. 1.

N43

Braden Airpark in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States (FAA code)

New Brunswick Marconi Station

New Brunswick Marconi Station (40.51529° N 74.48895° W) was located at JFK Boulevard and Easton Avenue just a few minutes from the New Brunswick border in Somerset, New Jersey.

Nina Easton

While working for The Boston Globe, Easton co-authored John F. Kerry: A Complete Biography by The Boston Globe Reporters Who Know Him Best, with fellow Globe reporters Michael Kranish and Brian Mooney.

Northern Pacific Railway locomotives

As a rule they did not work west of Easton, Washington, due to the confines of Stampede Tunnel under the summit of Stampede Pass.

Oakes Angier Ames

Ames' legacy to North Easton can still be seen in Queset House, his home beside the Queset Brook.

Old York Road

Old York Road deviates from PA 611, at the intersection with Easton Road in Willow Grove where it runs concurrently with PA 263.

One Man Woman

In November 1980, Easton was invited to appear at The Royal Variety Performance to sing for the Queen.

Palmer Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Highway 22 crosses it east-to-west and interchanges in the township just west of Wilson with Route 248, which connects Easton and Nazareth.

Reservation Road

Parts of the movie were also filmed at Lake Compounce Amusement Park in Bristol, Connecticut, and the Olde Blue Bird Inn & Gas Station and adjacent Baseball Field in Easton, CT.

Robert H. Wentorf, Jr.

(May 28, 1926, West Bend, Wis. – April 3, 1997, Easton, N.Y.) was a staff scientist at General Electric Corporate Research and Development Laboratory in Schenectady, N.Y. and a professor of chemical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.

Robert L. D. Potter

At the age of nine his family moved to Egremont, Massachusetts, where he remained until about 20 years old, when he left to attend Union Law School in Easton, Pennsylvania, receiving his degree in 1857.

Shaun Muir Racing

After the departure of James Ellison in 2008 to GSE racing Airwaves Yamaha Team, Karl Harris was taken on to race alongside Stuart Easton to compete for the BSB championship in 2009.

Take My Time

In the US, the album was simply titled Sheena Easton and included only two singles (“Morning Train“ and “Modern Girl”) before Easton was to chart highly with a new song, the James Bond theme, “For Your Eyes Only”; however "When He Shines" was released as a single from Sheena's second US album.

The Widowmaker – Ian Easton

The shoot incorporates a Mexican Day of the Dead feel, with Easton being accosted in a dark wooded area.

The Worst...Album in the World...Ever...EVER!

#THE RA-GNOMES — "Sheena Easton (Punk Rocker) / Joe's Fucked Off" (The Ramones — "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" segued with "Blitzkrieg Bop")

Tidewater Stamp Club

Meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. on the 2nd floor of the Mayor and Council Building, 14 S. Harrison Street, Easton, Maryland, on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month.

Trout Brook Valley State Park Reserve

They were joined in the effort by Connecticut Fund for the Environment (CFE), Citizens for Easton, the Easton garden club, hiking and mountain biking groups, birding enthusiasts, naturalists and others including actor/philanthropist Paul Newman and his family.

WDIY

To solve this problem, WDIY maintains two translator frequencies: 93.7 in Trexlertown and Fogelsville and 93.9 in Easton and Phillipsburg, New Jersey.

West Bridgewater, Massachusetts

On the state level, West Bridgewater is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a part of the Tenth Plymouth district, which includes portions of Brockton and Easton.

William Fermor, 1st Baron Leominster

‘Coming back,’ writes Horace Walpole to George Montagu on 20 May 1736, ‘we saw Easton Neston, where in an old greenhouse is a wonderful fine statue of Tully haranguing a numerous assembly of decayed emperors, vestal virgins with new noses, Colossus's, Venus's, headless carcases, and carcaseless heads, pieces of tombs, and hieroglyphics’.


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