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August 19, 2025
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Articles by Kristin Beuscher

Westwood's Mayor & Council are hosting Hot Topics & Cold Mocktails on Sept. 27 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Westwood Community Center.
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Hot Topics & Cold Mocktails: A refreshing senior social in Westwood

September 20, 2024 Kristin Beuscher

WESTWOOD — It’s not quite 5 o’clock, but the Westwood Mayor and Council are ready to mix things up! On Friday, Sept. 27 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Westwood seniors […]

A class photo of Montvale's seventh and eighth grades at the start of the 1924 school year.
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Montvale middle-schoolers of 1924

September 8, 2024 Kristin Beuscher

MONTVALE—Can you believe that when this school photograph, above, was snapped in the autumn of 1924, this was Montvale’s entire seventh and eighth grades! Shortly into the new school year, […]

The Pascack Historical Society welcomes back guest speaker Robert Stevenson, Ed.D., for his latest presentation, “Have You Seen the Elephant? The Everyday Life of Johnny Reb and Billy Yank” on Sunday, Sept. 8 at 2 p.m. at the Society’s museum, 19 Ridge Ave., Park Ridge.
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PHS hosts expert on Civil War’s ‘elephant’ Sept. 8

August 31, 2024 Kristin Beuscher

PARK RIDGE—The Pascack Historical Society welcomes back guest speaker Robert Stevenson, Ed.D., for his latest presentation, “Have You Seen the Elephant? The Everyday Life of Johnny Reb and Billy Yank” […]

Dated to around 1900, this photograph captures a scene outside the Woodcliff railroad station in an era before automobiles. A sign on the depot reads Woodcliff, placing this before 1910 when Lake was added to the name. The change reflected the borough's new man-made reservoir.
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Woodcliff, Montvale are Boroughs, or ‘Where There’s an Orvil, There’s a Way’

August 31, 2024 Kristin Beuscher

PASCACK VALLEY—This week, 130 years ago, Montvale and Woodcliff took big steps into the future when they became boroughs. Each counts the date of its founding as Aug. 31, 1894. […]

Park RIdge Local 1899
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Your news of the day, summer 1899

August 24, 2024 Kristin Beuscher

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 […]

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From Milan to the Manor: The story of Villa Gianazza and Its People

August 16, 2024 Kristin Beuscher

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 […]

A Hard Day's Night is the third studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 10 July 1964, with side one containing songs from the soundtrack to their film of the same name.
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Beatlemania amps Pascack Valley

August 10, 2024 Kristin Beuscher

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 […]

Huff's Ice Cream Bar
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A scoop of nostalgia: Huff’s Ice Cream Bar

August 4, 2024 Kristin Beuscher

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

July 28, 2024 Kristin Beuscher

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 […]

Main and Fairview — Brickell's House 1921
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A serene scene on Westwood Avenue

July 21, 2024 Kristin Beuscher

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 […]

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