Columnist Kristin Beuscher looks back in time at the bygone days of the Pascack Valley and Northern Valley’s people and places.
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—Depending on how long you’ve lived in the area, your memories of the corner of Pascack and Ridgewood roads in the Township of Washington will vary widely. […]
We go back 125 years in the Northern Valley for a story of a jilted woman who turned to the law for vindication. The following article, reprinted in its entirety, […]
ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—This advertisement takes us back a full 115 years to September of 1904, when Varley’s in Englewood was pushing the 15-horsepower Pierce at a price of $2,500. Back in […]
HILLSDALE, N.J.—The first school in Hillsdale, built in 1856, sat on Pascack Road at its intersection with Hillsdale Avenue. In its first year, enrollment at the school was 36 students. […]
PALISADES INTERSTATE PARK, N.J.—Nestled in the wooded cliffs off the Palisades Interstate Parkway between exits 2 and 3 stands the State Line Cafe, otherwise known as the Lookout Inn. Cozy, […]
HILLSDALE, N.J.—Hillsdale’s railroad station at Broadway and Hillsdale Avenue is a focal point of the community, an important piece of local history, and a landmark that even appears on the […]
Hey, Pascack Valley natives! How many of these shops can you remember? The shopping center at Four Corners in River Vale (Westwood Avenue and Rivervale Road) is shown in this […]
HARRINGTON PARK, N.J.—There’s been a service station at the corner of Schraalenburgh Road and Elm Street in Harrington Park for as long as anybody can remember. In fact, it was […]
EMERSON, N.J.—When Southern Italians settled in Emerson during the early 20th century, many of their old world customs followed. Not the least of these were Catholic traditions, including the veneration […]
NORTHERN VALLEY AREA, N.J.—We go back 80 years to Aug. 11, 1913—the day that a “cyclonic wind” ripped apart buildings, uprooted trees, and even killed one man in Bergen County. […]
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