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Everyone’s going horseless!
PASCACK VALLEY—In the featured photograph, taken in the early 1900s, two early automobiles kick up dust in a race on Broadway in Park Ridge. The drivers are heading in the […]
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David P. Patterson and the creation of a railroad suburb
HILLSDALE—The corner of Patterson Street and Hillsdale Avenue is nothing out of the ordinary these days. Occupied by one of many banks in the Pascack Valley, customers go back and […]
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Pause and Healey superlative
PARK RIDGE—From March 10 to 14, 1924, life at Park Ridge High was a real popularity contest. That week the students cast their ballots in a race to proclaim the […]
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Before it was Stegemann’s Cock ‘n’ Bull…
NORWOOD—Once a Colonial home, later a restaurant, now just a memory. This little piece of local history is recent enough that many people reading right now will surely remember it. […]
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‘The Hoot’ roosts in Washington
PARK RIDGE—This week in 1940, “The Hoot” headed to Washington, D.C. The trip was for students on the staff of the school’s yearbook (long known as “The Hoot,” reflecting the […]
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Westwood first with firefighting company, 1894
WESTWOOD—On a wintry day long ago, Westwood’s bravest posed proudly. Westwood was the first community in the Pascack Valley to formally organize a firefighting company. Continental Hook and Ladder Co. […]
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School days and a century
PARK RIDGE—The photograph at top was snapped on Pascack Road (or Main Street as it was called then) in Park Ridge on a winter’s day more than a century ago. […]
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Tom Thumb Weddings
PASCACK VALLEY—A century ago, a popular fundraiser for schools and churches was the Tom Thumb Wedding. Gen. Tom Thumb was the stage name of Charles Stratton (1838–1883). Standing a little […]
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Misciagna: PR bounded back from ‘Flint,’ and how!
PASCACK VALLEY—Park Ridge Mayor Keith Misciagna said at this year’s Greater Pascack Valley Chamber of Commerce Breakfast With the Mayors that the borough is “extremely busy—I like to say we’re […]
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Gaining ground in Montvale
MONTVALE—Ah, modern technology! On a February morning in 2024 you can start your car remotely before even setting foot outside the house. Entering a pre-warmed vehicle, you settle in for […]