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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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