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September 30, 2025
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Back in Time

BACK IN TIME: When a future president roamed the Palisades

February 22, 2018 Kristin Beuscher

[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY KRISTIN BEUSCHER OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS Shown here is a circa 1890 snapshot of the Englewood Cliffs Rod and Gun Club. Notice anyone who looks familiar? That’s […]

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BACK IN TIME: A shade factory at Closter

February 22, 2018 Kristin Beuscher

[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 […]

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BACK IN TIME: A history of River Vale’s Stonewell Poultry Farm

February 5, 2018 Kristin Beuscher

[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, […]

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BACK IN TIME: A wartime Christmas at Closter High School

December 26, 2017 Kristin Beuscher

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

BACK IN TIME: The Northern Valley’s ‘Christmas Church’

December 26, 2017 Kristin Beuscher

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 […]

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BACK IN TIME: A second life for the little schoolhouse under the cliffs

December 19, 2017 Kristin Beuscher

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 […]

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BACK IN TIME: Citizens Want a Schoolhouse’

December 19, 2017 Kristin Beuscher

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 […]

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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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