THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: Westwood Begins Life as a Borough
Longtime Westwoodians might remember when the building at 313 Broadway was Volz Hardware. But before William Volz opened his store in 1898, the location had been Odd Fellows Meeting Hall […]
Longtime Westwoodians might remember when the building at 313 Broadway was Volz Hardware. But before William Volz opened his store in 1898, the location had been Odd Fellows Meeting Hall […]
“Got a date tomorrow night?” asks this advertisement, published April 30, 1957. “Come on over to Dairy Queen for a real treat for you and your gal. Just order any […]
It’s an incident that until now had been lost to history. But for the people who witnessed the horrifying scene on April 29, 1929 in downtown Closter, it must have […]
We go back 90 years to April 1929 for this advertisement, which saw Dodge marketing to women at a time when it was mostly men behind the wheel. “From the […]
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—Spring weather is finally here! How about a drive? In 1897, Edward H. Lyon purchased the first car in Englewood, shown above. Local […]
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS HARRINGTON PARK, N.J.—Two recently released convicts, armed with burglary tools, were probably bound for Harrington Park when police picked them up on April 13, […]
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF PASCACK PRESS WESTWOOD, N.J.—Postmarked in mid-April during the early 1910s, a postcard from Westwood, N.J., to Winthrop, Maine, shows an image of the old St. Andrew’s Church. […]
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS ALPINE, N.J.—The first signs of spring were emerging in Alpine when this photo was taken at Huyler’s Landing along the Palisades in early April […]
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF PASCACK PRESS The borough we know as Emerson has gone by a number of names over the years. While still a part of Washington Township in the […]
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF PASCACK PRESS WESTWOOD, N.J.—An April Fool’s Day prank went too far in 1958, prompting the evacuation of Westwood High School. In those days before the new regional […]
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