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Raises hefty harvest in Emerson
EMERSON—In our featured photo, dated to autumn, 1964, Dominick Brescia measures the enormous squash he grew in his garden in Emerson. This amazing specimen, which he grew from seeds sent […]
Articles by Kristin Beuscher
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Burglars blow the safe, make off with $2 in pennies. (Try getting back to sleep after that)
PARK RIDGE—This week we go back 120 years to the pre-dawn hours of Nov. 13, 1904. The streets were dark, and the people of Park Ridge were asleep in their […]
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A second life for the schoolhouse under the cliffs
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS—In October’s edition of Northern Valley Press, readers of this column learned about the Undercliff School, a little schoolhouse constructed on the Palisades in the 19th century for the […]
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A Wacky Wager in Westwood
WESTWOOD—When former Mayor Harry Goodwin came up on the wrong side of an election wager in 1929, he had to give his friend a ride down Westwood Avenue in a […]
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Pascack Voices: Angelina Capalbo on resilience, community, and advocacy
Editor’s note: Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an international health campaign held every October, promotes screening and prevention of the disease, which affects 2.3 million women worldwide. Wrapped in pink, the […]
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Torchlights and trains: Westwood rallies for Wendell Willkie in 1940
WESTWOOD—In this look at our political past we turn to October 1940 for a photograph snapped in Westwood. The borough did not have a local election that year, and so […]
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The McKinley and Roosevelt Club
PASCACK VALLEY—The North Bergen Chapter was one of many McKinley and Roosevelt clubs that sprang up in cities across America in 1900 to promote the reelection of Republican William McKinley, […]
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Pascack’s Political Past: PHS exhibit highlights election relics
PARK RIDGE—Did you know that Park Ridge’s first election in 1894 was explosive—literally? The winning candidate, who led by a single vote, celebrated by firing off a cannon in Depot […]
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The schoolhouse under the cliffs
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS—In the 19th century, hundreds of people living in small fishing villages, collectively called Undercliff colony, populated the shores of the Hudson River at the base of the towering […]
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Emerson Environmental Commission Town-wide Garage Sale Oct. 5
EMERSON—The Emerson Environmental Commission invites you to a lively town-wide garage sale on Saturday, Oct. 5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a rain date of Sunday, Oct. 6 at the […]