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Mcgroarty Gives City Bright Spirit, Lots Of Glitz ``it's Our Own Times Square, Our Own Big Apple. How Could I Miss This?'' Joan Richards Of Hanover Township, Who Is Quoted Above, Was One Of More Than 4,000 People Who Thronged To Public Square Wednesday Night Into Thursday Morning For The Second Annual New Year's Eve Celebration On Public Square.

By Times Leader Archivist

January 5, 1998

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