NORWOOD, N.J.––This little piece of local history is recent enough that many people reading right now will surely remember it. And, sadly, our memories, along with a few photographs, are […]
Seen above, the members of Westwood’s Ladies Aid Society are dressed up for an “old fashioned” show nearly a century ago, in the year 1920. Considering the organization, it seems […]
ENGLEWOOD, N.J.––This week in local history: Ground is broken on the Bergen Building, corner of Engle and Bergen streets in Englewood, on Aug. 24, 1900. The Bergen Building was constructed […]
WOODCLIFF LAKE––In the 1890s and the early 20th century, the New York-based Summer Rest Society maintained a cottage at Woodcliff to provide a fresh-air country getaway for women from the […]
Longtime Cresskill residents might remember when Cresskill’s train station stood at the corner of Union Avenue and Piermont Road, while newer residents might not realize the town ever had one! […]
This week in local history: An Aug. 10, 1942 rockslide in the Palisades Interstate Park meant some quick cleanup was on the agenda in order to reopen Dyckman Hill Road […]
WESTWOOD/HILLSDALE––Yates Bridge, as residents of older days called it and historians refer to it today, is the crossing over the Pascack Brook where Westwood Avenue in Westwood meets up with […]
OLD TAPPAN—On April 16, 1857, Nicholas Collignon bought property on Westwood Avenue in Old Tappan that had previously been known as Stone Point Mill, a grist mill. On this land, […]
Copyright 2024 The Press Group Inc. All Rights Reserved