IN THIS ISSUE: The Spring 2022 edition kicks off our 4th season with great events, fun stories, and yes some new collectibles like the one honoring Newark’s Krug’s Tavern. If you haven’t been, it’s time for a road trip. Let us know how we did this time around. Ms. Paula – Paula Axt of Basking Ridge serves as one of the Mr. Local History Project docents during last year’s Walking Tour of Basking Ridge Village. Get your tickets before they sell out. 
Views: 3,265 Mr. Local History took a ride down Washington Avenue in Bernardsville & Basking Ridge as we uncovered a story that we wanted to check out. Now if you know Washington Avenue and Washington Street, it’s really known as… Read More »The Bernardsville Basking Ridge Speedway of 1907
Views: 20,243 International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on March 8 andt throughout the month March. Honoring International Women’s Day, we thought it would be an honor to research and share the stories of inspirational trailblazing women from our… Read More »Honoring Female Trailblazers from the Somerset Hills in New Jersey
Views: 6,217 We are very happy to announce our partnership support to the MainStreet Bernardsville revitalization effort in New Jersey and hope that everyone who lives in the area, read the story and then volunteer to support this fantastic local… Read More »History Matters to MainStreet Bernardsville
Views: 17,781 Take an aerial journey meandering down Mine Brook on the Meadowbrook farm area. Relax and enjoy. Most people in Bernardsville go about their business every day, never really wondering what it was like when Bernardsville was still part… Read More »Meandering Bernardsville’s Mine Brook
Views: 17,817 Project Local History Ambassador – Nicknamed “Teach ’em,” Project Ambassador is a five-year program where the Mr. Local History Project holds assemblies at each elementary school in Bernards Township and shares the history of the Bernards Township flag,… Read More »Get a Bernards Township Flag – MLH Donates 15 to Project Local History Ambassador
Views: 6,265 Krug’s Tavern, a shot and beer joint that’s survived through WW2, the Riots, and gentrification, the four generations continue the family legacy with this legendary New Jersey tavern. Now Krug’s has reached its 90th anniversary and the non-profit… Read More »Newark’s 1932 Krug’s Tavern Wooden Collectible Honors Jersey’s BEST
Views: 2,437 IN THIS ISSUE: The Spring 2022 edition kicks off our 4th season with great events, fun stories, and yes some new collectibles like the one honoring Newark’s Krug’s Tavern. If you haven’t been, it’s time for a road… Read More »MLH Releases 2022 Spring Magazine – Vol. 4 Issue 1
Views: 8,177 It’s been discussed over the years in hushed circles at Brush’s Deli. It has been described as a racing playground, a car junkyard, and a kids’ playground over the decades. Now it’s time to tell what happened to… Read More »That Historic Sand Pit in Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Views: 10,767 The Mr. Local History Project took a moment out to answer a very simple set of questions, of which we’ve learned many people just didn’t know the correct answer. The Somerset Hills is an area of northern Somerset… Read More »Most People Don’t Know The Meaning Behind These Town Names
Views: 57,883 While watching an old Man vs. Food Nation episode, food critic and comedian Adam Richman showed some awesome sandwiches from Jersey. Adam got us thinking: What sandwiches define New Jersey? We’ve asked the public for their advice and… Read More »Sandwiches Invented in New Jersey
