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BACK IN TIME: The Tenafly Theater
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 […]
Articles by Kristin Beuscher
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: Cresskill becomes a borough
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 […]
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: Westwood Begins Life as a Borough
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 […]
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BACK IN TIME: A Sweet Deal For A Guy And His Gal
“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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THIS WEEK IN LOCAL HISTORY: Bus Hurled Through Air In Closter Crash
It’s an incident that until now had been lost to history. But for the people who witnessed the horrifying scene on April 29, 1929 in downtown Closter, it must have […]
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BACK IN TIME: ‘Proud Security For The Woman Who Drives’
We go back 90 years to April 1929 for this advertisement, which saw Dodge marketing to women at a time when it was mostly men behind the wheel. “From the […]
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BACK IN TIME: A Springtime Drive In E.H. Lyon’s ‘Horseless Carriage’
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—Spring weather is finally here! How about a drive? In 1897, Edward H. Lyon purchased the first car in Englewood, shown above. Local […]
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THIS WEEK IN LOCAL HISTORY: Police ‘Nip’ Burglars Bound For Harrington Park
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS HARRINGTON PARK, N.J.—Two recently released convicts, armed with burglary tools, were probably bound for Harrington Park when police picked them up on April 13, […]
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BACK IN TIME: A Message From Westwood to Winthrop
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF PASCACK PRESS WESTWOOD, N.J.—Postmarked in mid-April during the early 1910s, a postcard from Westwood, N.J., to Winthrop, Maine, shows an image of the old St. Andrew’s Church. […]
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BACK IN TIME: Springtime at the Huyler dock house on the Palisades
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS ALPINE, N.J.—The first signs of spring were emerging in Alpine when this photo was taken at Huyler’s Landing along the Palisades in early April […]