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School daze: When the insults flew
PARK RIDGE—If you think small-town politics is bad today, you should have seen Park Ridge of the late 19th century. The coming of the railroad in 1870 had brought a […]
Articles by Kristin Beuscher
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Beloved Woodcliff Schoolhouse still building on success
WOODCLIFF LAKE—Last week we featured the old St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Montvale, sometimes called the Old Stone Church, designed in 1895 by Woodcliff architect Samuel Burrage Reed. With school […]
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Mayor’s wife, town marshal square off at the church
MONTVALE—This week 125 years ago, Montvale’s first lady faced down the town marshal. He threatened to take her church organ; she threatened to shoot him. Here is that story. The […]
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Cooling off, late-19th-century style
WESTWOOD—While the recent heat and humidity in the Pascack Valley has been pretty brutal, let’s all take a moment to be grateful for a couple of things: first, the fact […]
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12U Falcons tourney champs: Undefeated in 2022 county charity classic
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—The Washington Township Falcons are the 2022 Bergen County Charity Classic 12U Town Champions! The boys went undefeated over Memorial Day weekend to land on top of a […]
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Back in Time: Farmers flock to Westwood at Thanksgiving
WESTWOOD—This week we go back a century to a much different Pascack Valley — one in which a good portion of the land was still occupied by farms and the […]
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Celebrating our vets: Enlisted men of Westwood High, 1945
WESTWOOD—The Westwood High School yearbook for 1944–1945 featured this page of students who, having reached enlistment age prior to graduation, had already joined the military during World War II. On […]
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Each one a life: Black Poster Project raises awareness about addiction
Westwood’s Veterans Park was awash in a sea of portraits on Saturday afternoon, Aug, 22. Smiling, youthful faces printed on posters lined the walkways around the bandstand. Among them, musicians, […]
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HVAC work preceded middle school roof fire
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Westwood’s volunteer firefighters. They were already out at another call on the morning of Saturday, Aug. 1, when a report came in […]
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BACK IN TIME: A Vintage View Into Downtown Tenafly
We go back to the winter of 1957 for this vintage view into downtown Tenafly. The photographer is looking north on West Railroad Avenue from the train tracks. The railroad […]