Kristin Beuscher, Author at Pascack Press & Northern Valley Press

A 1902 map shows the Leslie Post Office on Westwood Avenue, just north of the Hackensack River. The River Vale–Old Tappan border area was known as Leslie at the turn of the 20th century.

Leslie: A forgotten name on the Pascack Valley map

March 8, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

A section of River Vale was once known as Leslie. It was named for Leon M. Leslie (1862–1937) — landowner, postmaster and inventor. Born in Ohio, Leslie spent his early […]

A street scene captured in New York City during the Blizzard of 1888.

When the Great Blizzard of 1888 walloped the Pascack Valley

March 2, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

“So, you call this a blizzard, eh? Why, this is merely a dusting. Let me tell you about the big one. The ’88. Now that was something…” This is what […]

A look back in print: A column of brief items from the Westwood Chronicle, February 1916, offers a snapshot of daily life in the Pascack Valley more than a century ago. (Photo shown is a generic illustration.)

Timely Pascack Valley Happenings, February 1916

February 22, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

PASCACK VALLEY—In 1889, the first newspaper serving the Pascack Valley was founded in the form of the Park Ridge Local. Compiled by editors John C. Storms and James B.H. Storms, […]

New book celebrates stories that shaped Westwood

February 14, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

The Westwood Heritage Society is proud to announce the release of “Did You Know? Stories and History of Our Hometown of Westwood,” by Helen Whalen, a new book celebrating the […]

The Park Avenue railroad crossing in the 1910s. The road coming up from the bottom right corner is Broadway, then called Railroad Avenue, and it meets up with Park Avenue, which runs horizontally. At far left we see a portion of the Mittag & Volger typewriter ribbon factory. Behind where the men are standing is the Park Ridge train station. The three-story, Second Empire-style building across from Broadway was a hotel.

‘The hearse received a glancing blow from the locomotive…’

February 14, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

PARK RIDGE—“A narrow escape from serious injury or perhaps from instant death occurred at the Park Avenue crossing of the railroad, Park Ridge, at about 6 o’clock Monday evening, when […]

Left: Mill Pond Park Ridge — Pascack Press "winter" illustration.

A century ago, Mill Pond ice was center stage

February 7, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

PARK RIDGE—Generations of people who grew up in Park Ridge spent winter days skating on Mill Pond. A future Olympian once skated there, too. This week we go back a […]

Sarah Vander Clute, a lifelong Hillsdale resident, who in 1935 sparked the formation of the Hillsdale Free Public Library.

Hillsdale Library loans its first book, 90 years ago

February 1, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

This is a story about what can happen when, instead of saying something should be done, a group takes action. We go, now, to Hillsdale in the year 1935. Miss […]

When this Hillsdale farmhouse was photographed on a winter day in 1914, it was already a historical property. The Forshee-Blauvelt-Peterson House on Piermont Avenue was built in the 1740s. It was demolished approximately five years ago.

A Hillsdale homestead raised prior to the Revolution

January 24, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

It was a snowy day on Piermont Avenue in Hillsdale, 1914, when this photograph was taken outside the Forshee-Blauvelt-Peterson House. This farmhouse, which stood at Piermont Avenue and Meadow Road, […]

Hillsdale’s Episcopal Church, Hillsdale Avenue and Trinity Place, at the turn of the 20th century. In January 1896, it was broken into and vandalized.

A burglary spree at Pascack, 130 years ago this week

January 16, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

PASCACK VALLEY—“The inhabitants of Park Ridge and Woodcliff are becoming alarmed at the numerous burglaries that have been perpetuated in the two villages within the last two weeks,” the New […]

TENAFLY - winter scene at station, 1920s

Before the suburbs: Tenafly’s railroad moment

January 12, 2026 Kristin Beuscher

TENAFLY—It’s a 1930s winter in this scene that looks at the Tenafly railroad station. Just look at those old cars! Today the Tenafly station stands as a historical gem in […]