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BACK IN TIME: A 1914 Railroad Crash in Haworth
Fortunately, this one looked a lot worse than it was. It’s been 105 years since this freight wreck took place on the West Shore Railroad line in Haworth on Feb. […]
Articles by Kristin Beuscher
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BACK IN TIME: The New Deal Comes To Palisades Interstate Park
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal, a federal work relief program, provided manual labor jobs to millions of unemployed men in the wake of the Great Depression. One beneficiary of […]
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BACK IN TIME: This Week In History: Milkman Robbed At Gunpoint
A stranded milkman sought refuge at the nearest dwelling, the Pine Lodge, after he was robbed at gunpoint in the Township of Washington this week 88 years ago. William Porbek, […]
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BACK IN TIME: Hazelhead Kennels in Closter
The Haring-Auryansen House at 377 Piermont Road in Closter goes back to the late 1700s, but when this wintry postcard image was captured a century ago it was Hazelhead Kennels. […]
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BACK IN TIME: Furniture Giveaways at Pascack Theatre
WESTWOOD, N.J.—You’re familiar with the classic “dinner and a movie” night out. But what about a dinner table and a movie? This week back in 1929, two Westwood businesses announced […]
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BACK IN TIME: The Milestone restaurant and bar in Englewood Cliffs
This week we look back at The Milestone restaurant and bar in Englewood Cliffs, were many a New Year’s bash took place in the World War II era and post-war […]
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BACK IN TIME: Zinke’s Restaurant on Tappan Road in Norwood
“There are two good places to eat—home and here.” That was the motto of Zinke’s Restaurant on Tappan Road in Norwood, shown above as it looked in the 1920s. The […]
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BACK IN TIME: The Burglars Who Needed a Snack
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS Local lawmen guessed it might be the work of “hoboes” when three houses in Norwood were burglarized in the early morning hours of Dec. […]
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BACK IN TIME: Cresskill’s First Supermarket
Who can remember back when there was a Valley Fair in Cresskill? Once located at the present-day site of Kings on Union Avenue, Valley Fair opened this week back in […]
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BACK IN TIME: Kidnapped Mail Porter Found in Palisades Woods
[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY KRISTIN BEUSCHER OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS NORTHERN VALLEY- Our little corner of America made nationwide headlines 90 years ago this week, when a railroad porter was found […]