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THIS WEEK IN LOCAL HISTORY: Emerson gets its start as Etna
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF PASCACK PRESS The borough we know as Emerson has gone by a number of names over the years. While still a part of Washington Township in the […]
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THIS WEEK IN LOCAL HISTORY: Westwood School Evacuated In April Fool’s Bomb Prank
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF PASCACK PRESS WESTWOOD, N.J.—An April Fool’s Day prank went too far in 1958, prompting the evacuation of Westwood High School. In those days before the new regional […]
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THIS WEEK IN LOCAL HISTORY: An Englewood April Fool’s prank that went too far
ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—We go back to Englewood in the pre-War World II years for this tale of an April Fool’s Day prank that saw kids vandalize a city elementary school. The […]
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BACK IN TIME: Township of Washington’s Gets Its First Ambulance
For years the Township of Washington had been served by Westwood’s ambulance service, but in 1956—amid a postwar population boom—volunteers formed the Township of Washington Ambulance Corps. The first ambulance, […]
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BACK IN TIME: After Failed Attempt and Legal Battle, Englewood Became Bergen’s First City
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—This week 120 years ago, Englewood incorporated to become the first city in Bergen County. The city that we now know as Englewood […]
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BACK IN TIME: When Westwood’s Jack’s Cafe was Jaeger’s Diner
WESTWOOD, N.J.—Wouldn’t you love to pull up to that old lunch counter for a burger and fries? It’s been known by different names over the years: Jolly Nicks, Double D’s, […]
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BACK IN TIME: Tenafly Mansion Was Retirement Home Before Demolition
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS TENAFLY, N.J.—The only remnant of this Victorian-era mansion that once stood in Tenafly is a couple of stone columns at the corner of Engle […]
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BACK IN TIME: ‘What’s The Zip Code For West Norwood?’
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHEROF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS NORWOOD, N.J.—It’s a question that was still being asked into the 1960s. That’s because Norwood, despite its modest population, once had two post offices. […]
Park Ridge
BACK IN TIME: Park Ridge Kids Visit Washington In 1940
This week in local history, “The Hoot” headed to Washington. The trip was for students on the staff of the school’s yearbook (long known as “The Hoot,” reflecting the school’s […]
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BACK IN TIME: A Relic Of Old-Time Education
Situated on Woodcliff Avenue is a reminder of education in the old days. In the midst of the current Woodcliff Middle School campus is a small stone structure that once […]