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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 […]

Back in Time

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 […]

Back in Time

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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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 […]

Back in Time

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 […]

Back in Time

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, […]

Alpine

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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