BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF PASCACK PRESS WESTWOOD, N.J.—An April Fool’s Day prank went too far in 1958, prompting the evacuation of Westwood High School. In those days before the new regional […]
ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—We go back to Englewood in the pre-War World II years for this tale of an April Fool’s Day prank that saw kids vandalize a city elementary school. The […]
For years the Township of Washington had been served by Westwood’s ambulance service, but in 1956—amid a postwar population boom—volunteers formed the Township of Washington Ambulance Corps. The first ambulance, […]
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—This week 120 years ago, Englewood incorporated to become the first city in Bergen County. The city that we now know as Englewood […]
WESTWOOD, N.J.—Wouldn’t you love to pull up to that old lunch counter for a burger and fries? It’s been known by different names over the years: Jolly Nicks, Double D’s, […]
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS TENAFLY, N.J.—The only remnant of this Victorian-era mansion that once stood in Tenafly is a couple of stone columns at the corner of Engle […]
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS NORWOOD, N.J.—It’s a question that was still being asked into the 1960s. That’s because Norwood, despite its modest population, once had two post offices. […]
This week in local history, “The Hoot” headed to Washington. The trip was for students on the staff of the school’s yearbook (long known as “The Hoot,” reflecting the school’s […]
Situated on Woodcliff Avenue is a reminder of education in the old days. In the midst of the current Woodcliff Middle School campus is a small stone structure that once […]
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. […]
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