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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
[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 […]
A rockslide, a trick of the light and a case of pareidolia caused many people to see what looked like Adolf Hitler’s face on the cliffs of the Palisades during […]
[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY KRISTIN BEUSCHER OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS Closter, New Jersey—When the Erie Railroad tried to cut costs by reducing its cleaning staff in 1914, the people of Closter […]
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