Category: Magazines

Mr. Local History Releases Winter Magazine Vol.2 Issue 4 – The Holiday Issue

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Post Views: 45 The holidays are going to be historic AGAIN as we all deal with the Covid 19 pandemic. But we move on! Join us as we share all the best that our local community has to offer. This Issue’s Cover The holiday season with the Covid pandemic won’t stop the spirit of the season. Our Community Wish Tree is placed this year at Gerald York Opticians in Basking Ridge as we all hope 2020 vision is captured with local wishes from our community. Stop by and add a…

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Mr. Local History Releases Summer Magazine Vol.2 Issue 3 – The Covid-19 Issue

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Mr Local History Magazine - Free - Interesting Articles about History in the Somerset Hills

Post Views: 622 Who would have ever imagined that between our Spring and Summer issues that the world would change. The historic Covid-19 virus has crippled communities and businesses. Read how the Mr. Local History Project team is working to document the event as well as to continue to research and share local history to distract everyone from what has certainly been a stressful time. We hope our latest issue brings just a bit of joy to everyone’s stressful time. This Issue’s Cover Two great images: Our first showcases the…

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Mr. Local History Releases Spring Magazine Vol.2 Issue 2

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Mr Local History Magazine Vol 2 Issue 2 #HGOAT

Post Views: 1,099 With Spring in the air and everyone now told to stay inside, we present our digital Mr. Local History Magazine. Remember that warmer days and gardening come to mind and we get to go outside and enjoy the fresh spring air. Make sure you do it! Learn things about the area that even we didn’t know when we began our research. Just knowing that we had baseball in 1867 is insane. Cover Two great images: Our first showcases Simon and Karen Perry of Basking Ridge who breathes…

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Mr. Local History Magazine Releases Vol 2. Issue 1

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The Mr. Local History Magazine kicks off the new decade with a full packed free edition of our Mr. Local History Magazine. ALL FREE. Enjoy

Post Views: 1,173 We call this the “2020 Welcome to the New Decade” Winter Edition It may be winter and for some strange reason it’s almost 70 degrees outside today. So after a nice long walk we came back in and designed our first edition of the new decade. It’s been a busy few months as we got through the holidays, yet had time to dig into the life of Bishop Janes, a Bernardsville and Basking Ridge resident that could be named “the father of the Bville Mountain. Learn why…

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Mr. Local History Releases its Latest Online Magazine – Vol 1 Issue 4

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Post Views: 1,362 Our Holiday Issue Happy holidays. Tiz the Season! The Mr. Local History Project has been working hard to produce the next issue of our magazine that combines news, stories, and feature posts about the area’s local history in the Somerset Hills area of New Jersey. This month’s cover showcases the iconic Christmas Eve caroling on the green in the village of Basking Ridge. Volume 1 Issue 4 – Holiday Edition. Another word for history is “tradition” and this issue is full of holiday traditions in the Somerset…

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Mr. Local History Releases its Latest Online Magazine – Vol 1 Issue 3

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Mr Local History Back to School Issue

Post Views: 1,898 We call this the “the Back to School Issue” The Mr. Local History project has been working hard to produce the next issue of our magazine that combines news, stories, and feature posts about the area’s local history in the Somerset Hills area of New Jersey. This month’s cover showcases what was known as the “one room classroom”. The Somerset Hills is full of the history of the one room classroom, as well as Academy’s that you may have never known about. Teachers rules from back in…

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Mr. Local History Releases its Latest Online Magazine – Vol 1 Issue 2

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Take a look at the Mr. Local History Magazine, an online version of local news, articles, and posts about local history in the Somerset Hills region of New Jersey.

Post Views: 2,657 We call this the “2019 Bernards Township Charter Day Edition” The Mr. Local History project has been working hard to produce the next issue of our magazine that combines news, stories, and feature posts about the area’s local history in the Somerset Hills area of New Jersey. This month’s cover showcases Charter Day, what it means to Bernards Township, the lost Charter, and how Mr. Local History worked to recreate the infamous document. Also take a look at the latest wooden village keepsake, the historic 1912 Astor…

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Inaugural Online Magazine – Mr. Local History Launched

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Take a look at the Mr. Local History Magazine, an online version of local news, articles, and posts about local history in the Somerset Hills region of New Jersey.

Post Views: 1,606 As a fun new idea, the Mr. Local History project is launching a monthly magazine that combines news, stories, and feature posts about the area’s local history in the Somerset Hills area of New Jersey. This month’s cover showcases Blairsden, the iconic estate in Peapack that showcases grandeur on one side as well as bizarre imagination on the other. Just click the magazine cover to read this issue’s stories. Enjoy.

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