PASCACK VALLEY–Memorial Day used to be called Decoration Day. The annual remembrance, which came about in the 1860s to honor those who died in the Civil War, was so named […]
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—At the dawn of the 1960s, things were changing fast in the Township of Washington. A postwar Baby Boom and construction surge had brought unprecedented population growth to […]
PARK RIDGE—Here’s a throwback that only the long-timers will remember. The Pascack Inn used to stand on the north side of Madison Avenue between Hawthorne Avenue and the railroad tracks, […]
EMERSON—The following article appeared in The Paterson News on May 12, 1905. In the early 20th century, Etna was the name for what is now the Borough of Emerson. The […]
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Who remembers Washington Township’s Fair Play Club? Maybe you were a member of this club as a youngster, or you had a brother who was. Ridgewood Road resident […]
HARRINGTON PARK—One of our favorite photographs taken in Northern Valley history is the one above, depicting the Beer Parade in Harrington Park on May 17, 1932. Knicker-clad boys hold signs […]
PARK RIDGE—The weather is warming in our little corner of the world, and people are getting outside more. If you lived in the Pascack Valley around 1900, one of the […]
PARK RIDGE—A century ago, Park Ridge High School’s senior class brought down the house with its production of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice,” presented in the school auditorium April 20–21, […]
PARK RIDGE “Remember the Maine!” That was the patriotic battle cry that accompanied the United States’ entry into the Spanish-American War in 1898. A U.S. Navy battleship called the Maine […]
CLOSTER, NJ — The United States was embroiled in the Civil War, but West Street in Closter presented a tranquil scene in this photograph taken in the winter of 1863. On […]
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