Columnist Kristin Beuscher looks back in time at the bygone days of the Pascack Valley and Northern Valley’s people and places.
PALISADES INTERSTATE PARK, N.J.—We go back 80 years to Aug. 6, 1939, for this photograph taken at the Ross Dock Camp Colony that existed on the Palisades in the shadow […]
PARK RIDGE, N.J.—Long before the days of backyard swimming pools and air conditioning, boys chill out at the Electric Pond spillway in Park Ridge in this 1920s photo. Note the […]
PARK RIDGE, N.J.—Enjoy great music in a unique historical setting at the Wortendyke Barn on Pascack Road in Park Ridge, as this year’s series of free summer concerts launches this […]
PARK RIDGE, N.J.—There was no pay dirt recently for researchers hoping to locate traces of wampum production near Electric Lake in Park Ridge. However, at some private homes, investigations are […]
BERGEN COUNTY, N.J.—You may know a few in your own town. Or not. If you follow local news, you may have heard about historic homes being demolished: two recently in […]
ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—Can you imagine these poor kids having to wear long-sleeved dresses and shirts, with stockings and pants, in the summertime heat? Little ones are outdoors for a summer session […]
HAWORTH, N.J.—In 1938, baseball legend Babe Ruth spent a morning on the links at White Beeches Golf Club in Haworth—and lost like a champ, according to one of his golf […]
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—As officials in the Township of Washington mull an overhaul of the firehouse that would see it combined with an ambulance corps headquarters [“Hearing on $6M (or […]
July 4, 1923 was a day of celebration for the City of Englewood, as the people marked both Independence Day and the official opening of their long-awaited new city hall. […]
There’s no Zipper, Tilt-A-Whirl or dizzying Round Up ride to be seen in this photograph from the Hillsdale Fire Association’s annual carnival held July 1–8, 1916. Generations of Pascack Valley […]
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