PARK RIDGE, N.J.—A local newspaper described it as “one of the largest audiences ever assembled in that growing borough.” Residents and dignitaries gathered at Foresters’ Hall on Kinderkamack Road in […]
FORT LEE, N.J.—The George Washington Bridge was dedicated Oct. 24, 1931 amid great fanfare. Over 30,000 people (equivalent to the population of the entire Northern Valley from Old Tappan down […]
OLD TAPPAN, N.J.—The Borough of Old Tappan’s incorporation became official this week 125 years ago, on Oct. 18, 1894. It joined 26 Bergen County municipalities that formed in the same […]
ENGLEWOOD, N.j.—In the event of a personal injury, the players had all the bases covered. This week back in 1911, Northern Valley doctors took on the area’s lawyers in a […]
HAWORTH, N.J.—Whether or not we know it, we’re all living by Robert’s Rules. The most widely used manual of parliamentary procedure in America, “Robert’s Rules of Order” is a guide […]
CLOSTER, N.J.—This week we take a look back at the Closter School—later Village Middle School—which will soon get a new life as affordable housing. The Closter Public School at Durie […]
EMERSON, N.J.—We go back 125 years for a strange tale out of Etna—an earlier name for Emerson—that appeared in newspapers all over the country. Little rural Etna had fewer than […]
An Old Tappan husband and wife were seriously injured—but recovered—after their automobile was struck by a train at the Blanche Avenue crossing in Norwood on Sept. 27, 1929. Authorities regarded […]
Can you imagine Englewood ever looking like this? This photo goes back to 1880 and looks down Palisade Avenue, eastward across the railroad tracks. Back then, decades before cars would […]
TENAFLY, N.J.—We go back 80 years to the football season of 1939 for this photo of the Tenafly Tigers, snapped on the steps of their high school. Tenafly’s striped uniforms […]
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