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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 […]
Articles by Kristin Beuscher
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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 […]
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BACK IN TIME: Eggerts Kept Gas Station, Lunch Stop
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—A large house stands there today, but in the 1930s the property at 5 Ridgewood Road in the Township of Washington was home to Eggert’s Service Station. […]
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This Week in History: Closter Factory Worker Turns Fugitive
CLOSTER, N.J.—Few have heard of it today, but the United States Bronze Powder Works was at one time the largest industry and employer in the Northern Valley. The company operated […]
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BACK IN TIME: Tenafly’s Library Opened This Week in 1910
TENAFL, N.J.—With a modest collection of books to their credit and some space set aside on the third floor of the local grammar school, the Tenafly Library got started 110 […]