[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY KRISTIN BEUSCHER OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS The first light industry in Closter was located at the corner of Homans Avenue and Ruckman Road—the Closter Shading Co., a […]
[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] By KRISTEN BEUSCHER OF PASCACK PRESS RIVER VALE, NEW JERSY —— Not long after our Jan. 22 Back in Time feature on the River Vale Lodge hit driveways, […]
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHER OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS CLOSTER, N.J. ——Seventy-five years ago America was embroiled in World War II, and Closter High School’s newspaper of December of 1942 reflects the […]
ALPINE, N.J. —— Alpine gained some prominence in the late 19th century after a visit from the famous cartoonist Thomas Nast (pictured below). [slideshow_deploy id=’899′] Nast, widely known for his […]
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHER OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. —— The Undercliff School was a little schoolhouse constructed on the Palisades in the 19th century for the use of […]
HARRINGTON PARK, N.J. —— “The people of Harrington Park, a pretty New Jersey suburb on the West Shore Railroad, are greatly wrought up over the failure of the local school […]
MONTVALE, N.J. –– This Thursday, Dec. 21, brings the first day of winter (although it’s been chilly in the Pascack Valley for a few weeks now). Here’s a look at […]
In the photograph above, a new shipment of 1922 cars lines Jefferson Avenue in Westwood. [slideshow_deploy id=’899′] If you’re heading over to this spot today, it’s probably to grab a […]
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHER OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS OLD TAPPAN, N.J. —— Nowadays the oldest existing home in Old Tappan is less visible from the street due to the lush trees […]
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHER OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS CLOSTER, N.J. —— When grocer Joseph Herron posed for the above photo outside his store back in 1900, Closter was a community in […]
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