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Gathering at the Grange
WOODCLIFF LAKE—As we prepare for our Thanksgiving travels to be with family and friends, or we ready our homes for the arrival of guests, here is a look back at […]
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A hero’s homecoming: Hillsdale turns out for local son Frank Hill
HILLSDALE—Eighty years ago, in November 1943, thousands of Hillsdale residents gathered for a jubilant patriotic celebration—the biggest the town had ever seen. A hero was coming home. It was reason […]
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The Old Badger Game…
PARK RIDGE—There are so many scams being perpetrated these days that it can be difficult to stay informed on all of them. There is the one where a caller impersonates […]
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Hillsdale’s costumed cuties
HILLSDALE—Happy Halloween, Pascack Valley! We hope we didn’t startle you too badly with this spooky bunch. In this photograph snapped in 1948, kindergartners at the Hillsdale Public School are all […]
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A vintage view of downtown Emerson
EMERSON—Longtime Emersonians will recognize this location in a heartbeat. This is a snapshot of Kinderkamack Road captured one autumn day in the mid-1960s. A white Ford Mustang has just made […]
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When a woodie goes wild
WESTWOOD—Crash photos are captivating, and we expect this one got people talking when it appeared on the cover of the Westwood News on Oct. 20, 1955. The Country Store has […]
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Adorned for an old-fashioned autumn
ROCKLEIGH—As September turns to October, we are starting to see the appearance of jack-o’-lanterns, plastic tombstones, skeletons, and spiderwebs in Northern Valley neighborhoods. Halloween has become as much a holiday […]
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A new high school in Westwood
PASCACK VALLEY—They came from as far as Peetzburg. No, that isn’t a misspelling of Pennsylvania’s Steel City. Peetzburg, 110 years ago, referred to what is now a section of New […]
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1923 Owls gear up for gridiron glory
PARK RIDGE—We fall back a full century with a photograph of the Park Ridge High School football team snapped in autumn 1923. Here, the boys are outside their school—the same […]
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Hillsdale Troop 52 can do!
HILLSDALE—The attire might be updated, but scouting is just as popular today as when this photo of Hillsdale’s Troop 52 was taken in Hillsdale in September 1927. The Boy Scouts […]