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BACK IN TIME: A winter portrait of Montvale’s iconic Octagon House

December 18, 2017 Kristin Beuscher

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 […]

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BACK IN TIME: Westwood’s I.J. Demarest

December 13, 2017 Kristin Beuscher

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 […]

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BACK IN TIME: Haring-DeWolf—An Old Tappan home with a 300-year history

December 12, 2017 Kristin Beuscher

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 […]

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BACK IN TIME: A place to buy hay and make a phone call in Closter

December 4, 2017 Kristin Beuscher

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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BACK IN TIME: Voting in the early days in Old Tappan

November 14, 2017 Kristin Beuscher

In October of 1894 the Borough of Old Tappan was born, splitting off from Harrington Township. When it was time for residents of the young borough to cast their ballots […]

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BACK IN TIME: A contentious election in early Park Ridge

November 10, 2017 Kristin Beuscher

If you were a voter in Park Ridge in the 1890s, this is where you would have gone to cast your election ballot. The building shown at right, Foresters’ Hall, […]

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BACK IN TIME: Fall in the Palisades

November 6, 2017 Kristin Beuscher

BY KRISTIN BEUSCHER OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. –– We love the fall foliage in this photograph (above) looking north at the cliffs of the Palisades, captured 50 years ago […]

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BACK IN TIME: The Erie Lackawanna Railroad rolls through Park Ridge

August 29, 2017 Kristin Beuscher

PARK RIDGE, N.J.––Seen here are two vintage views of the Park Ridge railroad station. The top photo dates to the summer of 1966, while the image below goes slightly further […]

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BACK IN TIME: Once a colonial home, later a restaurant, now just a memory

August 28, 2017 Kristin Beuscher

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 […]

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BACK IN TIME: ‘Society’ ladies

August 23, 2017 Kristin Beuscher

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 […]

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