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Mr.localhistoryproject3 days ago
After our post about Jersey crumb cake we thought it's now lunchtime - what do you think about a crumb cake smash burger? Committed Pig in Motown has a glazed donut burger.... thoughts?

Add it to the list of Jersey sandwiches invented in New Jersey
Take a look: Don't worry, it's photoshopped and not real.....YET! 🙂
https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/jersey-sandwiches/

Can't you see I'm really hungry? 🙂
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Mr.localhistoryproject3 days ago
Sunday morning coffee and what's better than Jersey crumb cake? NOTHING - there are a few facts we never knew - did you? Coffee and a little local history -

Great story_
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Mr.localhistoryproject4 days ago
Weekend morning coffee and a little local history - Bernardsville's St. Bernard's church is as local as you can get. From it's construction in the late 1800s to the 21st century adaptive reuse and transformation. Love this history story!

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Mr.localhistoryproject6 days ago
Our gift to Basking Ridge is BLOOMING! Drive by and see on S. Finley Ave triangle. Then join us to help DOUBLE the size for 2026 and America's 250th birthday!

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https://www.mrlocalhistory.org/beautifulbernards/
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Mr.localhistoryproject7 days ago
One of the most beautiful churches you'll ever find is tucked away on the Bernardsville Mountain - we wanted to tell its story - the St. Bernard's Episcopal Church -

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Mr.localhistoryproject7 days ago
For our Basking Ridge and Bernardsville followers:

We found a great story we wrote years ago about the lost sandpit of Basking Ridge, a popular hangout spot back in the 1980s. We are still looking for anyone with photos to share and a quote to add to the collection.

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Liar – Route 31 Did Go Thru Bedminster & Bernardsville

Did you know that US Route 206 actually used to be Route 31 and what is US Route 202 was actually Route 32?

Here are the signs!
Here are the signs!

So now you tell your friend “Take Route 31 North Thru Bedminster
and Turn Right onto Route 32 straight into Bernardsville.” Huh. “Route 31 goes to Clinton right? Left? WRONG! Confused?

Travel back to 1935 and you definitely would have been.

Maybe you could travel down Mine Brook Road to Bernardsville and the directions read take Route 32 south to Bville and stop at the dairy. Or maybe you’re coming down from Chester and you wanted to visit the Brady’s Hamilton Farm in Peapack/Bedminster and you actually have to go down Route 31. Well that was actually the case right up until 1935 when the transition began to change these two crossroads across the Somerset Hills to Routes 202 and 206.

How Confusing?

Have you ever had such a major roadway change names in your lifetime? Your whole psychic changes. Think about how much confusion there is when the Department of Transportation changes highway exits and how long it takes you to forget the old ones and replace it with the new numbers. Geeze, I think there’s still exit signs on the southern end of Route 202 South that still say Old Exit 2B.

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