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BACK IN TIME: Long Before The Days Of Laptops
WESTWOOD, N.J.—Step back into the days before digital with this photo snapped in the Westwood High School’s south library in 1946. Take note of the card catalog in the center […]
Articles by Kristin Beuscher
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BACK IN TIME: The Old One-Room Schoolhouse
HILLSDALE, N.J.—The first school in Hillsdale, built in 1856, sat on Pascack Road at its intersection with Hillsdale Avenue. In its first year, enrollment at the school was 36 students. […]
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BACK IN TIME: Hanging Out At Tenafly’s First Public School
TENAFLY, N.J.—Can you imagine a scene like this taking place today? Below, kids are all over Tenafly’s first public school—and no safety nets in sight!—in a photograph taken around 1890. […]
Alpine
BACK IN TIME: The summer of ’49 Comes To a Close
PALISADES INTERSTATE PARK, N.J.—Nestled in the wooded cliffs off the Palisades Interstate Parkway between exits 2 and 3 stands the State Line Cafe, otherwise known as the Lookout Inn. Cozy, […]
Hillsdale
Next Stop: Hillsdale’s Manor Train Station
HILLSDALE, N.J.—Hillsdale’s railroad station at Broadway and Hillsdale Avenue is a focal point of the community, an important piece of local history, and a landmark that even appears on the […]
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BACK IN TIME: The circus that no kids could attend
ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—Pictured here, a scene from August of 1931 shows the Downie Bros. Wild Animal Circus as it parades through downtown Englewood. This photo was taken on Palisade Avenue. In […]
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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 […]
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. […]