Collection · The Fiedler Local History Archive

Faces of Hackettstown

The people the town still talks about.

Ed Coyne, in his late nineties, seated in a floral armchair in his living room, smiling as a saxophonist in a gray suit plays tenor sax beside him.
HKT-2026-001 · Oral History · b. 1927
Ed Coyne: the artist who helped shape Hackettstown

At 99, artist and jazz devotee Ed Coyne looks back on Helga, the Sunshine Barn, and how he brought world-class jazz to Hackettstown.

Photograph by Jeff Fiedler
A single-story red-brick building with a dark roof and tidy shrubs at dusk, 'Jacob Garabed Administration Building' lettered above the white entrance door.
HKT-1993-001 · Story · 1918–1993
The Jacob Garabed Administration Building

Businessman Jacob Garabed gave 22 volunteer years to the board of Hackettstown's water and sewer authority. Its Hurley Drive headquarters bears his name.

Photograph by January O'Neill

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