PARK RIDGE, N.J.—In 1894, citizens met on the second floor of Foresters’ Hall on Kinderkamack Road (opposite Madison Avenue) to cast their votes, 95–49, for Park Ridge to break away […]
Young girls pose in father’s roadster in this classic Roaring Twenties photo snapped in Haworth. The teenagers are trendy with their cropped locks and headbands, while the little girl (a […]
TENAFLY, N.J.—These days people are going to Tenafly’s movie theater to see “Avengers: Endgame,” but this week back in 1923 local residents packed the house to see a silent […]
CRESSKILL, N.J.—Happy birthday, Cresskill! The borough formed on May 11, 1894, 125 years ago this week. The fledgling community was by no means unique—27 Bergen County municipalities formed in the […]
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, […]
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