Partial government shutdown hits NJ: This week in Central Jersey history, Sept. 25-Oct. 1

Caused by the congressional deadlock over a federal spending bill, a partial government shutdown began on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, with about 14,000 employees at New Jersey's federal facilities receiving furlough notices.

Among federal agencies, furloughs were widespread, including the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Small Business Administration and the National Park Service.

Here's a look at events that happened in Central Jersey from five, 10, 25, 50 and 100 years ago this week.

Five years ago

Sept. 26, 2018: It was reported that according to government officials and advocates, New Jersey's drug crisis was deepening to unprecedented levels and the state was falling behind as others streamlined resources and built networks to treat the abuse as a true public health emergency.

Sept. 27: In Superior Court in Somerville, David Villegas, 22, a rap artist also known as Skinnyfromthe9, who was charged with kidnapping the month prior, accepted a plea deal for a lesser charge and would likely not get sentenced to prison.

Sept. 27: The J.P. Stevens High School girls tennis team won its third straight GMC Tournament title.

Sept. 28: The Bridgewater-Raritan High School Marching Band would give a pre-game performance on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, at MetLife Stadium in the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, prior to the New York Jets home football game against the Buffalo Bills, it was reported.

Sept. 29: It was reported that in a move intended to promote a safe and successful learning environment for them, New Jersey became the 11th state in the nation that week to issue guidance on transgender students.

Sept. 29: Edison Police Officer Paul Pappas, 44, was indicted on official misconduct and computer theft charges as well as allegedly stalking his former girlfriend, it was reported.

Sept. 30: Grammy Award-winning The Manhattan Transfer, with tenor vocals from Kean University alumnus Alan Paul, performed at Kean Stage in Union.

10 years ago

Sept. 25, 2013: Ralph A. Saviano, 72, of Bridgewater, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for stealing $138,000 from two elderly investors and funding his lifestyle with money he claimed to be investing in conservative securities and his business.

Sept, 27: Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson said now that the federal government recognized gay marriages, not doing so in New Jersey would violate the state constitution.

Sept. 29: It was reported Def Leppard's new concert documentary, "Viva! Hysteria," would be shown on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, at Commerce Center 18 in North Brunswick.

Sept. 30: Tianle Li, 43, of Monroe, was sentenced to life in prison for killing her husband, Xiaoye "Alex" Wang, 39, with thallium, an odorless, colorless, tasteless poison she obtained at work.

Oct. 1: Erin Butrico led the Pingry field hockey team to a 3-2 victory over Hillsborough.

1998

Sept. 26, 1998: Country music singer Loretta Lynn performed at the State Theatre in New Brunswick.

Sept. 26: In college football, Rutgers beat Army in a 27-15 upset.

Sept. 28: The Manville Borough Council called for the closure of Central Jersey Regional Airport in Hillsborough, which had been the center of controversy for more than a year.

Sept. 29: Joseph Avellino, 39, of Middletown, hit a deer on Thor Solberg Road in Readington while landing his plane at Solberg Airport. Avellino was not injured.

Sept. 30: It was reported, according to a report by Education Week, an education journal, that despite having some of the highest math scores in the nation, New Jersey lagged behind the rest of the country in using computers to teach that subject.

Sept. 30: An armed bandit made off with about $3,000 in a robbery at First Community Bank in Scotch Plains.

1973

Sept. 25, 1973: The Plainfield Board of Education agreed to hire an extra teacher to reduce class size at Woodland Elementary School in Plainfield, following more than a week of protest by parents disturbed by large classes at the school.

Sept. 26: New Jersey commissioners on the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey board rejected Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller's proposal of utilizing state subsidies to hold the fare on the Port Authority Trans-Hudson rail line at 35 cents. The action left pending a formal Port Authority request to raise the current 30-cent fare to 50 cents.

Sept. 26: The Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company would be presented as the first program of the 1973-74 season of the Plainfield Community Concert Association on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 1973, at the Plainfield High School auditorium, it was reported.

Sept. 26: In boys soccer, St. Joseph of Metuchen beat South Brunswick, 4-3. It was the third win of the season for the Falcons.

Sept. 27: In Bridgewater, Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Brendan T. Byrne said soaring state property taxes could be reduced without instituting a state income tax.

Sept. 29: Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty, who spent 15 years in the U.S. Embassy in Budapest as a political refugee, took up temporary residency at the Holiday Inn in North Brunswick, for a four-day visit to the New Brunswick area.

1923

Sept. 25, 1923: Mrs. Eugene Jennings of North Plainfield and Russell Griffin of Dunellen escaped from being fatally injured when a Ford coupe, owned by Griffin, in which he was teaching Jennings to drive, backed over a 10-foot embankment at Green Brook Road and West End Avenue in North Plainfield, and turned over as it dropped in the meadow below.

Sept. 26: Menu Schelah, 40, was murdered at his boarding house in Carteret, in a mysterious manner the Carteret police and Chief Detective Ferd A. David were attempting to unravel.

Sept. 27: A verdict for $5,000 in damages for alienation of affections was returned against Claire E. Meigs, a teacher in the Woodbridge schools, and daughter of the proprietress of the Mauer Hotel, near Perth Amboy. The plaintiff was Emma Owen, of Baltimore, Maryland, whose husband, an electrician, stopped at the hotel for more than a year while working at Mauer.

Sept. 28-29: The Paramount production, "The Silent Partner," a drama starring Leatrice Joy, Owen Moore and Robert Edeson, was shown at Reade's Strand Theatre in Perth Amboy.

Sept. 30: The body of an infant girl was found drowned near the Washington Avenue bridge of New Market Pond in the New Market section of Piscataway.

Sept. 30: In baseball, Recreation beat the All-Stars, 6-1, at Pearl Oval in Elizabeth.

Brad Wadlow is a staff writer for MyCentralJersey.com

This article originally appeared on MyCentralJersey.com: NJ history for the week of Sept. 25-Oct. 1