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BACK IN TIME: An Old-Time Memorial Day in Hillsdale
The parade might be a little smaller, but the idea is the same. This Memorial Day parade took place in Hillsdale in the early 1920s. Here, townspeople are coming off […]
Articles by Kristin Beuscher
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THIS WEEK IN LOCAL HISTORY: A New Era For The Northern Valley
It’s been 160 years since the first train whistle roused the Northern Valley from its rural slumber, and the region started on a path toward becoming the suburb we know […]
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BACK IN TIME: When Engelwood’s Calvary Baptist Church was the True Dutch Reformed Church
Even an Englewoodian with a time machine could easily recognize this structure at Tenafly Road and Demarest Avenue. When it was dedicated this week, 144 years ago, it was the […]
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FROM PASCACK TO THE PLAINS: The Story of Campbell Wampum
Pascack Press reported May 3 on the May 20 archaeological dig in Park Ridge, which revolves around the region’s once prevalent wampum-making industry. Researcher Eric Johnson, a Ph.D. candidate with […]
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THIS WEEK IN LOCAL HISTORY: Demarest’s Street Names Get an Overhaul
The home pictured at above was built on First Street in Demarest, but nowadays it stands on Stelfox Street. That’s because this week 80 years ago, a full 12 streets […]
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: An Explosive Start for Park Ridge
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 […]
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BACK IN TIME: Teens Hit The Road in Haworth
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 […]
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BACK IN TIME: The Tenafly Theater
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 […]
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: Cresskill becomes a borough
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 […]
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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 […]