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BACK IN TIME: Four Corners in River Vale
Hey, Pascack Valley natives! How many of these shops can you remember? The shopping center at Four Corners in River Vale (Westwood Avenue and Rivervale Road) is shown in this […]
Articles by Kristin Beuscher
Harrington Park
BACK IN TIME: A Changing Corner of Harrington Park
HARRINGTON PARK, N.J.—There’s been a service station at the corner of Schraalenburgh Road and Elm Street in Harrington Park for as long as anybody can remember. In fact, it was […]
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BACK IN TIME: An August Tradition: The Feast of St. Rocco
EMERSON, N.J.—When Southern Italians settled in Emerson during the early 20th century, many of their old world customs followed. Not the least of these were Catholic traditions, including the veneration […]
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BACK IN TIME: Cyclone wreaks havoc in Northern Valley
NORTHERN VALLEY AREA, N.J.—We go back 80 years to Aug. 11, 1913—the day that a “cyclonic wind” ripped apart buildings, uprooted trees, and even killed one man in Bergen County. […]
Alpine
BACK IN TIME: The Camp Colony Under The Palisades
PALISADES INTERSTATE PARK, N.J.—We go back 80 years to Aug. 6, 1939, for this photograph taken at the Ross Dock Camp Colony that existed on the Palisades in the shadow […]
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BACK IN TIME: Cooling Down in Park Ridge, 1920s Style
PARK RIDGE, N.J.—Long before the days of backyard swimming pools and air conditioning, boys chill out at the Electric Pond spillway in Park Ridge in this 1920s photo. Note the […]
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BACK IN TIME: LaRoche Avenue Named For Once-Prominent Land Owner
HARRINGTON PARK, N.J.—The photographer looks up LaRoche Avenue toward the railroad station in the image above, snapped in Harrington Park in the early 20th century. LaRoche Avenue was still a […]
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BACK IN TIME: Englewood’s Highwood Railroad Station
ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—The viewer steps back more than a century in Englewood with these photos, showing dual angles of the Highwood railroad station. On May 26, 1859, the first train on […]
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BACK IN TIME: Englewood Opens Lincoln School in 1869
ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—Can you imagine these poor kids having to wear long-sleeved dresses and shirts, with stockings and pants, in the summertime heat? Little ones are outdoors for a summer session […]
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BACK IN TIME: Horse Stolen from Englewood was Found in Closter
NORTHERN VALLEY AREA, N.J.—In 2019 it’s common to see police reports about stolen cars. Go back 110 years, however, and it was horse thievery that had Northern Valley residents worried. […]