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Your news of the day, summer 1899
PARK RIDGE—This week, we go back 125 years to see what was being reported in the Park Ridge Local, the Pascack Valley’s first newspaper. This simple weekly paper did not […]
Articles by Kristin Beuscher
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From Milan to the Manor: The story of Villa Gianazza and Its People
HILLSDALE—Villa Gianazza was a countryside restaurant with attached boarding rooms at Clinton Avenue and Evergreen Street in Hillsdale. Active during the 1910s and 1920s, the establishment was owned by Italian […]
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Beatlemania amps Pascack Valley
PASCACK VALLEY—Sixty years ago this week, The Beatles “mockumentary” “A Hard Day’s Night” debuted in the United States. The film would later be named to Time magazine’s list of the […]
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A scoop of nostalgia: Huff’s Ice Cream Bar
MONTVALE—Who can remember when Huff’s was the place to go for a cold treat on a hot summer day? The ice cream parlor, located on Grand Avenue across from Montvale […]
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Carefree frolics at a summertime favorite
HILLSDALE—This week we go back to the 1960s with vintage snapshots of Stonybrook Swim Club in Hillsdale. Back then, it was a private swim club complete with cabanas and a […]
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A serene scene on Westwood Avenue
WESTWOOD—Ah, summer in Westwood. Looking at the image above, one can almost hear the birds chirping, the rustling of leaves in the trees, the friendly ding, ding! of the cyclist […]
Park Ridge
Council OK’s $3.8M water filtration bond intro; hearing Aug. 13
PARK RIDGE—The Borough Council on July 9 approved the introduction of a $3.8 million bond ordinance to fund a water treatment system to remove so-called forever chemicals from one of […]
Pascack Press
School calendar change, A/C upgrades, questions on demographics, new sidewalk, more in WWRSD BOE session
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Westwood Regional Schools superintendent Jill Mortimer reached out to families on July 17 with an update from the July 11 school board meeting. She touched on the school […]
Park Ridge
‘Mothers of Invention’ at Pascack Historical Society museum July 28
PARK RIDGE—Join the Pascack Historical Society on Sunday, July 28, at 2 p.m. for an enlightening presentation by Carol Simon Levin, a professional storyteller and independent historian renowned for bringing […]
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What used to stand there: The Metz-Archibald House
RIVER VALE—Just west of Four Corners downtown, on the north side of Westwood Avenue, there’s a strip mall that most locals have visited. A Walgreens anchors a series of storefronts: […]